Product Details

• Actors: Yukihiko Kondo, Vitor Belfort, Kazushi Sakuraba, Antnio Rodrigo Nogueira, Kevin Randleman
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Bci / Eclipse
• DVD Release Date: May 23, 2006
• Run Time: 175 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000EUMMM0
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #73,941 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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PRIDE FC:TOTAL ELIMINATION 2005 - DVD Movie

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent beginning to the Middleweight GP, June 2, 2006

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rjones2818 "Rex A. Jones" (Somewhere in Indiana, United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pride Fighting Championships: Total Elimination 2005 (DVD)

All of the fights were interesting. Sakuraba's fight was quick, Shogun vs Rampage was revealing and Silva vs Yoshida was excellent. The 2nd disk contains uncut interviews with Randleman and Rampage starring.

All-in-all a very intertaining DVD.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Decent But Yet Disappointing Event, July 9, 2006

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robbypark (Saskatoon, SK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pride Fighting Championships: Total Elimination 2005 (DVD)

PRIDE or PRIDE Fighting Championships is the largest mixed martial arts organization in the world. It is based in Japan and currently promoted by Dream Stage Entertainment (DSE). Its inaugural event was held at the Tokyo Dome on October 11, 1997, promoted by Kakutougi Revolution Spirits (KRS). It is the most popular MMA organization in the world based on the number of event attendees: the PRIDE Final Conflict 2003 event had over 67,000 people in the audience. The audience record is 91,107 people on the PRIDE and K-1 co-production Shockwave/Dynamite, held in August 2002. It is considered to be the premiere MMA organization on the planet.

Total Elimination 2005 is the 1st round of the PRIDE Middleweight(205lbs) Grand Prix. This tournament pitted 16 of the world's best 205lbs fighters against each other in order to determine who was the world's best.

On paper, this 1st round looks like an MMA fan's wet dream come true. Every fight is between two top contenders and in a tournament of this magnitude, it was expected that this would be a 5-star fight card. Unfortunately, this was not so. Due to the relatively even skill level of each fighter, many of the bouts became stalemates rather than entertaining shootouts. With that said, there are some great fights on this card including the main event between Wanderlei Silva and Hidehiko Yoshida.

Realistically, I should have given this event 3 stars. I bumped it up to 4 because the 2nd and Final Rounds of the Grand Prix are incredible(Critical Countdown and Final Conflict 2005) and this first round is good to have in order to substantiate your MMA collection.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Event, September 5, 2010

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D. Morris - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pride Fighting Championships: Total Elimination 2005 (DVD)

The event reads like a who's who of MMA and submission grappling:

Wanderlei Silva
Yoshida
Shogun
Rampage
Sakuraba
Minotauro
Dan Henderson
Alistar Overeem
Vitor Belfort
Igor Vovchanchyn
Yuki Kondo
Kevin Randleman
Dean Lister

Contrast the exceptional talent level of this card to the typical sub-standard UFC event churned out by the ZUFFA sausage factory. Absolutely no comparison.