Andrews Nakahara b Yoon Dong Sik early in the second round when the ref stopped it after a flurry of punches on the ground

Middleweight tournament semifinals

Gegard Mousasi b Melvin Manhoef very quickly with a triangle

Zelg Galesic vs. Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza is up next

Souza with a triangle armbar also immediately.  Both first round winners took no damage at all

Keita Nakamura b Adriano Martins via split decision.  Boring fight.

Sergei Kharitonov b Jimmy Ambriz.  Ambriz couldn't stand with Kharitonov and got picked apart from the start.  Head and body punches and knees put Ambriz down and Ambriz tapped in a quick fight. 

Zelg Galesic did an interview.  Surprisingly, since Souza beat him, he picked Mousasi to win the championship, saying that he could tell Souza doesn't like to get hit and Mousasi is more well rounded.

Hideo Tokoro vs. Atsushi Yamamoto is next.

Yamamoto won the unanimous decision.  Tokoro was working for an armbar in the last 30 seconds but could never break Yamamoto's grip.  Yamamoto scored a first round knockdown.  Good fight.

Melvin Manhoef interview.  Blamed himself for making a stupid mistake.  Said he was disappointed in himself.   

Minowa-man vs. Masakatsu Funaki

Funaki won with a heel hook in 52 seconds.  Quite a shock.  Funaki's first win in 9 years.

Ron Kruck was backstage an said Dream was trying to sign the Cro Cop vs. Overeem winner to face Fedor Emelianenko on New Year's Eve

Fedor did a promo.  He looks like he's asleep, but then again, he always does.  He talked about judo gold medalist Satoshi Ishii.  He said he'd like to fight on the New Year's Eve show.   

Hayato Sakurai vs. former UFC fighter Kuniyoshi Hironaka

Sakurai won the unanimous decision.  Mostly standing and Sakurai hurt Hironaka's legs with low kicks and connected with more punches.  Sakurai scored a knockdown with a left in the last minute.

Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Masanori Tonooka

Tonooka came out to the Bay City Rollers singing "Saturday Night," which tells you what generation he comes from.  People didn't boo Akiyama as much as usual. 

Akiyama won with an armbar against a totally overmatched opponent.  Akiyama looked sluggish, though.  Match went more than 6:00, which was a lot longer than it should have.  He challenged Hidehiko Yoshida after the match, which has zero chance of happening given they are from rival promotions.

Shinya Aoki vs. Todd Moore  

Aoki immediately jumped on Moore's back and got a choke for the finish in 1:10.  Aoki challenged the Michael Jackson of MMA, Yoshihiro Akiyama to take him into neverland.  

Mirko Cro Cop vs. Alistair Overeem in a tar and feathers match is next.

Overeem was dominating Cro Cop, opening a cut on his left eye and bloodying his nose.  Overeem gave Cro Cop a low knee once and they stopped the fight.  In another clinch, Overeem threw another knee to the groin which knocked Cro Cop's left testicle inside.  There is a long rest period but I can't see any way Cro Cop can continue.  This should be ruled a no contest, but Cro Cop looked flat and not in his best shape from the start.

It is now officially a no contest.

Gegard Mousasi vs. Ronaldo Souza finishes up the show which is coming up on the five hour mark.

What a strange finish.  Mousasi knocked him out with an up kick from his back early in the first round as Jacare was coming in for a diving punch.

Total nothing show.