The results for the first round of Pride’s welterweight grand prix are after the jump. Kang, Ishida and Sakurai gave very entertaining matches.
Gegard Mousasi defeats Makoto Takimoto by TKO (Doc Stoppage) at 5:38 in RD 1
Ryo Chonan defeats Joey Villasenor by Decision (Split) at 5:00 in RD 2
Akihiro Gono defeats Hector Lombard by Decision (Unanimous) at 5:00 in RD 2
Amar Suloev defeats Murilo Bustamante by Decision (Unanimous) at 5:00 in RD 2
Denis Kang defeats Murilo Rua by KO (Punches) at in RD 1
Kazuo Misaki defeats Phil Baroni by Decision (Unanimous) at 5:00 in RD 2
Hayato Sakurai defeats Olaf Alfonso by KO (Punch) at in RD 1
Tatsuya Kawajiri defeats Charles Bennett by Submission (Knee Bar) at in RD 1
Mitsuhiro Ishida defeats Marcus Aurelio by Decision (Unanimous) at 5:00 in RD 2
Jason Black defeats Eoh Won Jin by TKO (Corner Stoppage) at in RD 1
Paulo Filho defeats Gregory Bouchelaghem by Decision (Unanimous) at 5:00 in RD 2