The event took place on October 21, 2006, at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Pride followed Nevada's MMA rules for the most part, however they prohibited elbows to the head.

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.

[7] Regular Pride commentators Mauro Ranallo and Frank Trigg were joined on the call by Craig Minervini for the PPV broadcast.