Pride 31 Unbreakable Results!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pride 31 looked boring and overmatched on paper, but the actual event was filled with action and controversy. On to the results and explanations on the above pictures.

Mark "The Hammer" Coleman vs Mauricio "Shogun" Rua: WINNER-Mark Coleman????
The match was short and crazy. Shogun came out with a spin kick and Coleman began with his takedowns. Shogun went for some submissions attempts but failed. Then, during a scramble, both men fell to the canvas, where Rua dislocated his elbow! The match was immediately halted as Ninja Rua (Shogun's brother) dove into the ring to attend to his fallen brother. Mark Coleman, already celebrating as if he caused the injury that led to the win, swore at Ninja and walked toward him glaring at his brother. Ninja stood over his brother as if to protect him, and the two fighters jawed at each other. Meanwhile, the leader of Chute Boxe, Wanderlei Silva, entered the ring with the whole team! Phil Baroni, of Mark Coleman's Hammer House, tackled Silva thinking he was going to attack Coleman. Finally, all hell broke loose as the ring filled with fighters and security. All the while, Shogun was laying on the ground in obvious pain. Coleman and Baroni climbed the ropes and celebrated.
An obvious lack of class from the Hammer House team. Chute Boxe will no doubt respond to this growing feud. Wanderlei wants to fight Baroni, and I'm sure Ninja wants a piece of Coleman. Bring in other Hammer House members (Wes Simms, Kevin Randleman, ect.) and we could have a nice war between the two camps.

Antonio Nogueira defeated Kiyoshi Tamura by armbar. Shocking that this would end in a submission.

Pedro Rizzo was brutally KO'd quickly by Roman Zentsov. Zentsov was congradulated by the leader of his Red Devil's, Fedor Emelianenko. Rizzo needs to retire.

Quinton "Rampage" Jackson had a much tougher time than most thought against Yoon Don Sik. It went all the way to decision with Rampage getting the nod.

Alistair Overeem continued to impress, debuting at heavyweight and defeating Sergei Kharitonov by TKO. Sergei was thought to be the #1 contender if he could win this fight. Now, as usual, the heavyweight division is up for grabs.

Josh Barnett defeated Kazuhiro Nakamura by rear naked choke keeping his name in the heavyweight title hunt. Speaking of hunt....

Mark Hunt also struggled against a very game Yosuke Nishijima. Many thought Hunt would roll through this fight, but it was close until he attained the KO in the 3rd round.

Tsuyoshi Kohsaka KO'd Mario Sperry in the first round. It looks as though the 40 year old Sperry's fighting days are now numbered.

Fabricio Werdum defeated Jon Olav Einemo by decision gaining a needed win for Cro Cop's team.

An interesting PPV with some good suprises. Rizzo needs to really think about retiring as does Sperry. Alistair Overeem seems to be emerging as the next big thing in Pride. Mark Hunt and Josh Barnett continue to climb the mountain toward Fedor's title. Rampage is now a free agent and it will be interesting to see where this popular fighter signs. Finally, Coleman has lucked his way into the No Limit Grand Prix with his "win" over the injured Shogun. We could possibly see Wanderlei meet up with Coleman in the tournament this summer.
UFC 58 is next, debuting on March 4th. Till then............45-19!