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List of Pride champions

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Below is a list of Pride Fighting Championships’ champions and title defenses:

Contents

  • 1 World Heavyweight championship
  • 2 World Middleweight championship
  • 3 World Welterweight championship
  • 4 World Lightweight championship
  • 5 Tournaments
  • 6 See also
  • 7 References
  • 8 External links


World Heavyweight championship

above 93 kg (205 lbs)
No: Name: Date: Location: Successful Defenses:
1 Brazil Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
(def. Heath Herring)
November 3, 2001
(Pride 17)
Tokyo, Japan
2 Russia Fedor Emelianenko March 16, 2003
(Pride 25)
Yokohama, Japan
Brazil Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
(def. Mirko Filipovic for interim title)
November 9, 2003
(Pride Final Conflict 2003)
Tokyo, Japan
2 Russia Fedor Emelianenko
(def. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira for undisputed title)
December 31, 2004
(Pride Shockwave 2004)
Saitama, Japan
  • def. Mirko Filipovic on August 28, 2005 in Saitama, Japan (Pride Final Conflict 2005)
  • def. Mark Hunt on December 31, 2006 in Saitama, Japan (Pride Shockwave 2006)

World Middleweight championship

93 kg (205 lbs) and below
No: Name: Date: Location: Successful Defenses:
1 Brazil Wanderlei Silva
(def. Kazushi Sakuraba)
November 3, 2001
(Pride 17)
Tokyo, Japan
  • def. Kiyoshi Tamura on February 24, 2002 in Saitama, Japan (Pride 19)
  • def. Hiromitsu Kanehara on November 24, 2002 in Tokyo, Japan (Pride 23)
  • def. Quinton Jackson on October 31, 2004 in Saitama, Japan (Pride 28)
  • def. Ricardo Arona on December 31, 2005 in Saitama, Japan (Pride Shockwave 2005)
2 United States Dan Henderson February 24, 2007
(Pride 33)
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
The Pride World Middleweight Title was unified with the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship on September 8, 2007 when Quinton Jackson defeated Dan Henderson at UFC 75.[1]

World Welterweight championship

83 kg (183 lbs) and below
No: Name: Date: Location: Successful Defenses:
1 United States Dan Henderson
(def. Murilo Bustamante)
December 31, 2005
(Pride Shockwave 2005)
Saitama, Japan
The Pride World Welterweight Title was unified with the UFC Middleweight Championship on March 1, 2008 when Anderson Silva defeated Dan Henderson at UFC 82.

World Lightweight championship

73 kg (161 lbs) and below
No: Name: Date: Location: Successful Defenses:
1 Japan Takanori Gomi
(def. Hayato Sakurai)
December 31, 2005
(Pride Shockwave 2005)
Saitama, Japan
  • def. Marcus Aurelio on November 5, 2006 in Yokohama, Japan (Pride Bushido 13)

Tournaments

An asterisk (*) indicates that the tournament was also a title fight.

Year/Weight Division Champion Event
2000 Open-weight United States Mark Coleman Pride Grand Prix 2000 Finals
2003 Middleweight Brazil Wanderlei Silva Pride Final Conflict 2003
2004 Heavyweight Russia Fedor Emelianenko Pride Shockwave 2004*
2005 Middleweight Brazil Mauricio “Shogun” Rua Pride Final Conflict 2005
2005 Welterweight United States Dan Henderson Pride Shockwave 2005*
2005 Lightweight Japan Takanori Gomi Pride Shockwave 2005*
2006 Open-weight Croatia Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipović Pride Final Conflict Absolute
2006 Welterweight Japan Kazuo Misaki Pride Bushido 13

See also

  • List of Strikeforce champions
  • List of UFC champions
  • List of WEC champions
  • List of Pride events

References

  1. ^ UFC (September 11, 2007). “”UFC 75″ on Spike TV is the most watched UFC event in history”. http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=news.detail&gid=7748. Retrieved 2008-02-05. “Dana White: “Not only did UFC 75 showcase the bout that unified the 205 lb Pride and UFC titles…”" 

External links

  • PRIDE Title Histories
v • d • e

Pride FC Final Champions

Heavyweight
Russia Fedor Emelianenko
Middleweight
United States Dan Henderson (unified with the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship at UFC 75)
Welterweight
United States Dan Henderson (unified with the UFC Middleweight Championship at UFC 82)
Lightweight
Japan Takanori Gomi
Retrieved from “http://en.wikipedia.orghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Pride_champions“
Categories: Pride Fighting Championships champions | Lists of sportspeople

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