Pride Fighting Championship 32 - Fedor Vs Coleman - Official Event Poster [AUTOGRAPHED] - B3 15x20

Pride Fighting Championship Official Event Poster

Pride FC 32: The Real Deal

Size B3 (approx 15x20 inches)

Autographed by Butterbean Eric Esch & Mark Coleman (I obtained the signatures myself via private signings around 10 years ago)

Japanese Version

Condition: Some Edgewear & minor Surfacewear as is common with these signed posters - Corner have tiny pinholes which are barely noticeable, especially when framed - Back of the poster has some waviness and a bit of tape covering a possible tear - luckily the creased design of the poster hides most of the damage
See photos for exact condition

Pride 32: The Real Deal was a mixed martial arts event and was held by the Pride Fighting Championships. The event took place on October 21, 2006, at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

This was the first Pride event to be held outside Japan. Since the event took place in Nevada, Pride had to modify its rules to follow Nevada's version of the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts for this event. Pride followed Nevada's MMA rules for the most part, however they prohibited elbows to the head. Matches were three rounds of five minutes each, and if a match went the distance, it would be judged by Nevada's 10-point must system with Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) judges, which was different from Pride's own judging criteria.

Mark Hunt was originally announced to be fighting Eric Esch in an MMA match. But the NSAC would not allow Hunt to fight Esch as they argued that Hunt’s wins over Wanderlei Silva and Mirko Filipovic gave him an unfair mat advantage. Hunt was replaced by Sean O'Haire.

Wanderlei Silva was also expected to fight at the event, but was barred by the NSAC as Silva had been knocked out at Pride Final Conflict Absolute on September 10, 41 days prior (knockout losses require a minimum 60 day suspension in Nevada).

Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipović had also been thought to fight at this event, as he was seen in the earlier Pride 32 promotional poster. However, he was unfit to fight as he had injured his foot in a previous match in an earlier Pride event.

After the event, Vitor Belfort and Pawel Nastula both tested positive for banned substances; Nastula for nandrolone and Belfort for 4-hydroxytestosterone. Kevin Randleman also provided a dubious urine sample, of which was stated "It was either allegedly non-human urine or urine from a dead human being," by the NSAC.

Results:
Heavyweight     Fedor Emelianenko     def.     Mark Coleman     Submission (armbar)
Light Heavyweight     Maurício Rua     def.     Kevin Randleman     Submission (kneebar) 
Heavyweight     Josh Barnett     def.     Pawel Nastula     Submission (toe hold) 
Heavyweight     Eric Esch     def.     Sean O'Haire     KO (punches)   
Light Heavyweight     Dan Henderson     def.     Vitor Belfort     Decision (unanimous)
Catchweight (195lb)     Phil Baroni     def.     Yosuke Nishijima     Technical Submission
Light Heavyweight     Kazuhiro Nakamura     def.     Travis Galbraith     TKO (punches)
Middleweight     Robbie Lawler     def.     Joey Villasenor     KO (flying knee)