 Three months later, Jackson defeated UFC fighter Chuck Liddell in the tournament's semi-finals at "Pride Final Conflict 2003" by corner stoppage, putting him in place to battle Silva in the tournament finals that night.After taking Wanderlei Silva down and bloodying him, a stand-up was called by the referee and Jackson was stopped with a series of heavy knees to the head, leading to a referee stoppage.Jackson continued his Pride career with a TKO victory over Ikuhisa Minowa at Pride Shockwave 2003.