Pride 33

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title: "Pride 33" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["pride-fighting-championships-events", "2007-in-mixed-martial-arts", "2007-in-sports-in-nevada", "mixed-martial-arts-events-at-thomas-&-mack-center", "february-2007-sports-events-in-the-united-states"] description: "Pride FC MMA event in 2007" topic_path: "sports" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_33" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Pride FC MMA event in 2007 ::

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Field	Value
name	Pride 33
image	L fb820846bcec192296b10ae072646e0f.jpg
promotion	Pride Fighting Championships
date	February 24, 2007
venue	Thomas & Mack Center
city	Las Vegas, Nevada, US
attendance	12,911 (8,334 paid){{cite web
url	http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=3515&zoneid=13
title	Pride: The Second Coming Attendance Breakdown
author	Ivan Trembow
publisher	mmaweekly.com
url-status	dead
archiveurl	https://web.archive.org/web/20070303064712/http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=3515&zoneid=13
archivedate	2007-03-03
gate	$2,033,098
previousevent	Pride Shockwave 2006
followingevent	Pride 34
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| name = Pride 33 | image = L fb820846bcec192296b10ae072646e0f.jpg | promotion = Pride Fighting Championships | date = February 24, 2007 | venue = Thomas & Mack Center | city = Las Vegas, Nevada, US | attendance = 12,911 (8,334 paid){{cite web |url = http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=3515&zoneid=13 |title = Pride: The Second Coming Attendance Breakdown |author = Ivan Trembow |publisher = mmaweekly.com |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070303064712/http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=3515&zoneid=13 |archivedate = 2007-03-03 | gate = $2,033,098 | buyrate = | previousevent = Pride Shockwave 2006 | followingevent = Pride 34 Pride 33: The Second Coming was a mixed martial arts event held by Pride Fighting Championships on February 24, 2007, at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Background

In the night's main event, the welterweight champion Dan Henderson knocked out Pride Middleweight Champion Wanderlei Silva to become the new middleweight champion.{{cite web | url=http://www.thefightgame.tv/pride_fc_february_24_2007.htm| title=Pride 33: Silva vs. Henderson | date=January 7, 2007| accessdate=January 7, 2007| publisher=The Fight Game}} This victory by Henderson avenged an earlier loss to Silva after their first encounter in 2000 at Pride 12 - Cold Fury, with Silva winning that fight in a three-round unanimous decision.

A fight between Sergei Kharitonov and Gilbert Yvel was submitted for approval by the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC). However, the fight did not take place after Yvel was denied a fighter's license by the NSAC based on a history of disqualification from multiple fights, most notably, his infamous attack on a referee. Kharitonov instead fought Mike Russow defeating him with an armbar.

A fight between Wes Sims and Kazuyuki Fujita was proposed but the NSAC turned it down due to competitive reasons—the fighters were at unequal experience/talent levels. After that a Wes Sims-Mark Hunt fight was turned down as well. The NSAC confirmed that Fujita would not be fighting anyone on the Pride 33 card as the deadline for receiving the medical records of fighters over the age of 35 (Fujita was 36) had passed (they must be submitted one week before the show so they can be properly reviewed and cleared).

Travis Wiuff's original opponent, Kazuhiro Nakamura, did not fight due to a knee injury.

Nick Diaz defeated Takanori Gomi in a non-title fight via Gogoplata. The victory was later ruled a No Contest due to a failed drug test (Cannabis) from Diaz.

The pay-per-view retailed for $34.99 and was announced by Lon McEachern, Frank Trigg, and Josh Barnett.

Results

|Middleweight |Dan Henderson |def. |Wanderlei Silva (c) |KO (punches) |3 |2:08 |For the Pride Middleweight Championship. |Lightweight |Nick Diaz |vs. |Takanori Gomi |NC (overturned) |2 |1:46 |Originally a submission (gogoplata) win for Diaz; later changed to no contest by the Nevada State Athletic Commission after Diaz tested positive for marijuana in a post-fight drug test. |Heavyweight |Maurício Rua |def. |Alistair Overeem |KO (punches) |1 |3:37 | |Catchweight (164 lbs) |Hayato Sakurai |def. |Mac Danzig |KO (punch) |2 |4:01 | |Heavyweight |Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou |def. |Antônio Rogério Nogueira |KO (punch) |1 |0:23 | |Heavyweight |Sergei Kharitonov |def. |Mike Russow |Submission (armbar) |1 |3:46 | |Middleweight |Frank Trigg |def. |Kazuo Misaki |Decision (unanimous) |3 |5:00 | |Catchweight (210 lbs) |James Lee |def. |Travis Wiuff |Submission (guillotine choke) |1 |0:39 | |Lightweight |Joachim Hansen |def. |Jason Ireland |Submission (armbar) |3 |2:33 |

References

References

1. (2007). "Pride official site". [[Pride Fighting Championships.
2. "Fight Finder – Pride 12". [[Sherdog.com.
3. (February 16, 2006). "License To Fight: Busy Morning For The NSAC". [[Sherdog]].
4. Mendoza, Ricardo. (February 21, 2007). "Kharitonov vs. Russow; Nakamura Out". MMA Weekly.
5. Trembow, Ivan. (February 16, 2007). "In Depth Coverage: Hearings for Randleman, Yvel, Alves, Toughill and Carvahlo". MMA Weekly.
6. Gross, Josh. (April 10, 2007). "NSAC Changes Diaz Win to No-Decision". Sherdog.com.

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