Sunday in Tokyo the second PRIDE Middleweight Grand Prix champion will be crowned and the organization’s heavyweight title is up for grabs. But those four fights aren’t the only ones worth discussing on August 28th’s sensational mixed martial arts card.
In part one of Sherdog.com’s look at “Final Conflict,” we breakdown Team Cro Cop jiu-jitsu fighter Fabricio Werdum (Pictures)’s battle with Roman Zentsov (Pictures) of the Red Devil Fight Club; Olympic judo gold medalist Hidehiko Yoshida (Pictures)’s bout against American bad boy David Abbott; and Ukrainian kickboxer Igor Vovchanchyn (Pictures)’s fight with Kazuhiro Nakamura (Pictures) of Yoshida Dojo in a tournament reserve match.
On Thursday we get in-depth on the tournament, which features four of the best 205-pound fighters on the planet.