2005 in Pride FC

The year 2005 was the 9th year in the history of the Pride Fighting Championships, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. 2005 had 10 events beginning with, Pride 29 - Fists of Fire.

Title fights

Title fights in 2005
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Event	Notes
Heavyweight	Fedor Emelianenko (c)	def.	Mirko Cro Cop	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00	Pride FC - Final Conflict 2005
Middleweight	Wanderlei Silva (c)	def.	Ricardo Arona	Decision (Split)	3	5:00	Pride FC - Shockwave 2005
Lightweight	Takanori Gomi	def.	Hayato Sakurai	KO (Punches)	1	3:56	Pride FC - Shockwave 2005
Welterweight	Dan Henderson	def.	Murilo Bustamante	Decision (Split)	2	5:00	Pride FC - Shockwave 2005

Debut Pride FC fighters

The following fighters fought their first Pride FC fight in 2005:

Alexandru Lungu Aliev Makhmud Andrei Semenov Daisuke Sugie Daniel Acacio David Abbott Denis Kang Dong Sik Yoon Fabrício Werdum Ibragim Magomedov In Seok Kim Jean Silva

Joachim Hansen Josh Thomson Jutaro Nakao Ken Kaneko Luiz Azeredo Masanori Suda Michihiro Omigawa Milton Vieira Murad Chunkaiev Naoyuki Kotani Pawel Nastula

Pedro Rizzo Phil Baroni Roman Zentsov Ryuichi Murata Tatsuya Kawajiri Tomomi Iwama Tsuyoshi Kosaka Wagner da Conceicao Martins Yoshiro Maeda Yves Edwards Aaron Riley

Events list

#	Event	Japanese name	Date held	Venue	City	Attendance
56	Pride FC - Shockwave 2005	Otokomatsuri - Itadaki	December 31, 2005	Saitama Super Arena	Saitama, Japan	49,801
55	Pride 30 - Fully Loaded	Starting Over	October 23, 2005	Saitama Super Arena	Saitama, Japan	—N/a
54	Pride - Bushido 9	The Tournament	September 25, 2005	Ariake Coliseum	Tokyo, Japan	10,775
53	Pride FC - Final Conflict 2005	Ketsushosen	August 28, 2005	Saitama Super Arena	Saitama, Japan	—N/a
52	Pride - Bushido 8	—N/a	July 17, 2005	Nagoya Rainbow Hall	Nagoya, Japan	—N/a
51	Pride FC - Critical Countdown 2005	2nd Round	June 26, 2005	Saitama Super Arena	Saitama, Japan	—N/a
50	Pride - Bushido 7	—N/a	May 22, 2005	Ariake Coliseum	Tokyo, Japan	—N/a
49	Pride FC - Total Elimination 2005	Kaimakusen	April 23, 2005	Osaka Dome	Osaka, Japan	45,423
48	Pride - Bushido 6	—N/a	April 3, 2005	Yokohama Arena	Yokohama, Japan	—N/a
47	Pride 29 - Fists of Fire	Survival	February 20, 2005	Saitama Super Arena	Saitama, Japan	22,047

Pride 29: Fists of Fire

Pride 29: Fists of Fire was an event held on February 20, 2005 at Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka, Japan.

Results

Fight Card
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Heavyweight 120 kg	Croatia Mirko Filipovic	def.	United States Mark Coleman	KO (punches)	1	3:40
Middleweight 93 kg	United States Quinton Jackson	def.	Brazil Murilo Rua	Decision (split)	3	20:00
Middleweight 93 kg	Brazil Antônio Rogério Nogueira	def.	Netherlands Alistair Overeem	Decision (unanimous)	3	20:00
Welterweight 83 kg	Japan Kiyoshi Tamura	def.	Azerbaijan Aliev Makhmud	TKO (retirement)	1	7:09
Heavyweight 120 kg	Russia Sergei Kharitonov	def.	South Korea Mu Bae Choi	KO (punches)	1	3:24
Middleweight 93 kg	Japan Kazuhiro Nakamura	def.	Germany Stefan Leko	TKO (punches)	1	0:54
Middleweight 93 kg	Ukraine Igor Vovchanchyn	def.	Japan Kazuo Takahashi	KO (punch)	1	1:10
Middleweight 93 kg	Brazil Maurício Rua	def.	Japan Hiromitsu Kanehara	TKO (stomp)	1	1:40
Heavyweight 120 kg	Brazil Fabrício Werdum	def.	United States Tom Erikson	Submission (RNC)	1	5:11
Middleweight 93 kg	Brazil Mario Sperry	def.	Japan Hirotaka Yokoi	TKO (knees)	1	9:08

Pride FC: Bushido 6

Pride FC: Bushido 6 was an event held on April 3, 2005 at Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Fedor Emelianenko	def.	Tsuyoshi Kosaka	TKO (Doctor Stoppage)	1	10:00
	Ikuhisa Minowa	def.	Gilbert Yvel	Submission (Toe Hold)	1	1:10
	Murilo Bustamante	def.	Ryuta Sakurai	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Alexander Emelianenko	def.	Ricardo Morais	KO (Punches)	1	0:15
	Daniel Acacio	def.	Daiju Takase	TKO (Soccer Kicks)	2	3:34
	Luiz Azeredo	def.	Luiz Firmino	Decision (Split)	2	5:00
	Marcus Aurelio	def.	Daisuke Nakamura	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Dean Lister	def.	Akira Shoji	Submission (Triangle Choke)	1	3:13
	Paulo Filho	def.	Amar Suloev	Submission (Armbar)	1	4:22
	Denis Kang	def.	Takahiro Oba	Submission (Armbar)	1	4:24

Pride FC: Total Elimination 2005

Pride FC: Total Elimination 2005 was an event held on April 23, 2005 at Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka, Japan.

Results

Fight Card
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Middleweight 93 kg	Brazil Wanderlei Silva	def.	Japan Hidehiko Yoshida	Decision (Split)	3	5:00
Middleweight 93 kg	Brazil Maurício Rua	def.	United States Quinton Jackson	TKO (Soccer Kicks)	1	4:47
Middleweight 93 kg	Japan Kazushi Sakuraba	def.	South Korea Dong Sik Yoon	TKO (Punches)	1	0:38
Middleweight 93 kg	Brazil Antônio Rogério Nogueira	def.	United States Dan Henderson	Submission (Armbar)	1	8:05
Middleweight 93 kg	Netherlands Alistair Overeem	def.	Brazil Vitor Belfort	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	1	9:36
Middleweight 93 kg	Ukraine Igor Vovchanchyn	def.	Japan Yuki Kondo	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Middleweight 93 kg	Brazil Ricardo Arona	def.	United States Dean Lister	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Middleweight 93 kg	Japan Kazuhiro Nakamura	def.	United States Kevin Randleman	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00

Pride GP 2005 Middleweight Bracket

Total Elimination

Critical Countdown

Final Conflict

Kazushi Sakuraba

0:38

Ricardo Arona

20:00

Kazuhiro Nakamura

20:00

Wanderlei Silva

20:00

Alistair Overeem

SUB

9:36

Igor Vovchanchyn

20:00

Antônio Rogério Nogueira

SUB

United States

Dan Henderson

8:05

Brazil

Antônio Rogério Nogueira

Brazil

Maurício Rua

Brazil

Maurício Rua

TKO

United States

Quinton Jackson

4:47

Pride FC: Bushido 7

Pride FC: Bushido 7 was an event held on May 22, 2005 at Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Japan Takanori Gomi	def.	Brazil Luiz Azeredo	KO (Punches)	1	3:46
	United States Phil Baroni	def.	Japan Ikuhisa Minowa	TKO (Stomps)	2	2:04
	Japan Ryo Chonan	def.	Brazil Antônio Schembri	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Japan Tatsuya Kawajiri	def.	South Korea In Seok Kim	TKO (Corner Stoppage)	1	3:28
	Japan Akihiro Gono	def.	Brazil Crosley Gracie	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Japan Hayato Sakurai	def.	Brazil Milton Vieira	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	United States Aaron Riley	def.	Japan Michihiro Omigawa	KO (Head Kick)	1	6:00
	The Bahamas Yves Edwards	def.	Japan Dokonjonosuke Mishima	Submission (Armbar)	1	4:36
	United States Jens Pulver	def.	Japan Tomomi Iwama	KO (Punch)	1	1:00
	United States Charles Bennett	def.	Japan Yoshiro Maeda	KO (Punch)	1	1:55

Pride FC: Critical Countdown 2005

Pride FC: Critical Countdown 2005 was an event held on June 26, 2005 at Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Brazil Wanderlei Silva	def.	Japan Kazuhiro Nakamura	TKO (Punches)	1	5:24
	Brazil Ricardo Arona	def.	Japan Kazushi Sakuraba	TKO (Corner Stoppage)	2	5:00
	Brazil Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira	def.	Poland Pawel Nastula	TKO (Punches)	1	8:38
	Japan Kiyoshi Tamura	def.	Japan Makoto Takimoto	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Croatia Mirko Cro Cop	def.	Russia Ibragim Magomedov	KO (Kick to the Body)	1	3:53
	Netherlands Alistair Overeem	def.	Ukraine Igor Vovchanchyn	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	1	1:20
	Brazil Maurício Rua	def.	Brazil Antônio Rogério Nogueira	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Russia Sergei Kharitonov	def.	Brazil Pedro Rizzo	TKO (Soccer Kick and Punches)	1	2:02

Pride GP 2005 Middleweight Bracket

Total Elimination

Critical Countdown

Final Conflict

Kazushi Sakuraba

0:38

15:00

Ricardo Arona

TKO

Ricardo Arona

20:00

Kazuhiro Nakamura

20:00

5:24

Wanderlei Silva

TKO

Wanderlei Silva

20:00

Alistair Overeem

SUB

Brazil

Vitor Belfort

9:36

Netherlands

Alistair Overeem

SUB

1:20

Igor Vovchanchyn

20:00

Antônio Rogério Nogueira

SUB

United States

Dan Henderson

8:05

Brazil

Antônio Rogério Nogueira

20:00

Brazil

Maurício Rua

Brazil

Maurício Rua

TKO

United States

Quinton Jackson

4:47

Pride FC: Bushido 8

Pride FC: Bushido 8 was an event held on July 17, 2005 at Nagoya Rainbow Hall in Nagoya, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Takanori Gomi	def.	Jean Silva	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Phil Baroni	def.	Ryo Chonan	KO (Punch)	1	1:40
	Ikuhisa Minowa	def.	Kimo Leopoldo	Submission (Achilles Lock)	1	3:11
	Tatsuya Kawajiri	def.	Luiz Firmino	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Daniel Acacio	def.	Kazuo Misaki	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Joachim Hansen	def.	Masakazu Imanari	KO (Knee)	1	2:34
	James Thompson	def.	Henry Miller	KO (Punch)	1	1:21
	Kazuki Okubo	def.	Ryuichi Murata	Submission (Armbar)	1	9:30
	Marcus Aurelio	def.	Jutaro Nakao	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Denis Kang	def.	Andrei Semenov	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Josh Thomson	def.	Daisuke Sugie	Submission (Kneebar)	1	4:35

Pride FC: Final Conflict 2005

Pride FC: Final Conflict 2005 was an event held on August 28, 2005 at Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Maurício Rua	def.	Ricardo Arona	KO (Punches)	1	2:54
Heavyweight	Fedor Emelianenko (c)	def.	Mirko Cro Cop	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Hidehiko Yoshida	def.	David Abbott	Submission (Single Wing Choke)	1	7:40
	Fabrício Werdum	def.	Roman Zentsov	Submission (Triangle Armbar)	1	6:01
	Maurício Rua	def.	Alistair Overeem	TKO (Punches)	1	6:42
	Ricardo Arona	def.	Wanderlei Silva	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Kazuhiro Nakamura	def.	Igor Vovchanchyn	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00

Pride GP 2005 Middleweight Bracket

Total Elimination

Critical Countdown

Final Conflict

Kazushi Sakuraba

0:38

15:00

Ricardo Arona

TKO

Ricardo Arona

20:00

Ricardo Arona

15:00

Kazuhiro Nakamura

20:00

5:24

Wanderlei Silva

TKO

Wanderlei Silva

20:00

2:54

Maurício Rua

Alistair Overeem

SUB

Brazil

Vitor Belfort

9:36

Netherlands

Alistair Overeem

SUB

1:20

Igor Vovchanchyn

20:00

6:42

Maurício Rua

TKO

Brazil

Antônio Rogério Nogueira

SUB

United States

Dan Henderson

8:05

Brazil

Antônio Rogério Nogueira

20:00

Brazil

Maurício Rua

Brazil

Maurício Rua

TKO

United States

Quinton Jackson

4:47

Pride FC: Bushido 9

Pride FC: Bushido 9 was an event held on September 25, 2005 at Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Takanori Gomi	def.	Luiz Azeredo	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Hayato Sakurai	def.	Joachim Hansen	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Murilo Bustamante	def.	Ikuhisa Minowa	TKO (Punches)	1	9:51
	Dan Henderson	def.	Akihiro Gono	KO (Punch)	1	7:58
	Luiz Azeredo	def.	Naoyuki Kotani	KO (Punch)	1	0:11
	Takanori Gomi	def.	Tatsuya Kawajiri	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	7:42
	Joachim Hansen	def.	Yves Edwards	Decision (Split)	2	5:00
	Hayato Sakurai	def.	Jens Pulver	TKO (Punches)	1	8:56
	Dokonjonosuke Mishima	def.	Charles Bennett	Submission (Ankle Lock)	1	4:04
	Murilo Bustamante	def.	Masanori Suda	Submission (Armbar)	1	3:20
	Ikuhisa Minowa	def.	Phil Baroni	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Dan Henderson	def.	Ryo Chonan	KO (Punch)	1	0:22
	Akihiro Gono	def.	Daniel Acacio	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Paulo Filho	def.	Ryuta Sakurai	Submission (Armbar)	1	3:49

Welterweight Tournament Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Japan

Akihiro Gono

Brazil

Daniel Acacio

15:00

7:58

Dan Henderson

Dan Henderson

Ryo Chonan

0:22

Dan Henderson

Murilo Bustamante

Ikuhisa Minowa

Phil Baroni

15:00

Japan

Ikuhisa Minowa

9:51

Brazil

Murilo Bustamante

TKO

Brazil

Murilo Bustamante

SUB

Japan

Masanori Suda

3:20

Lightweight Tournament Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Japan

Hayato Sakurai

TKO

United States

Jens Pulver

8:56

Japan

Hayato Sakurai

Norway

Joachim Hansen

15:00

Norway

Joachim Hansen

The Bahamas

Yves Edwards

15:00

Japan

Hayato Sakurai

Japan

Takanori Gomi

Japan

Takanori Gomi

SUB

Japan

Tatsuya Kawajiri

7:42

Japan

Takanori Gomi

Brazil

Luiz Azeredo

15:00

Brazil

Luiz Azeredo

Japan

Naoyuki Kotani

0:11

Pride 30: Fully Loaded

Pride 30: Fully Loaded was an event held on October 23, 2005 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Croatia Mirko Cro Cop	def.	United States Josh Barnett	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Japan Kazushi Sakuraba	def.	United States Ken Shamrock	TKO (Punch)	1	2:27
	Japan Makoto Takimoto	def.	South Korea Dong Sik Yoon	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Russia Sergei Kharitonov	def.	Brazil Fabrício Werdum	Decision (Split)	3	5:00
	United States Quinton Jackson	def.	Japan Hirotaka Yokoi	TKO (Punches and Stomps)	1	4:05
	England James Thompson	def.	Romania Alexandru Lungu	TKO (Punches)	1	2:13
	Brazil Murilo Rua	def.	Russia Murad Chunkaiev	Submission (Heel Hook)	1	3:31
	Brazil Wagner da Conceicao Martins	def.	United States Henry Miller	TKO (Knees)	1	1:31

Pride FC: Shockwave 2005

Pride FC: Shockwave 2005 was an event held on December 31, 2005 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. The event included the finals of the Pride Welterweight and Lightwent tournaments that began at Pride: Bushido 9, a rematch between Wanderlei Silva and Ricardo Arona for the Pride Middleweight Championship, and a main event between Olympic judokas Naoya Ogawa and Hidehiko Yoshida.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Japan Hidehiko Yoshida	def.	Japan Naoya Ogawa	Submission (Armbar)	1	6:04
Middleweight	Brazil Wanderlei Silva (c)	def.	Brazil Ricardo Arona	Decision (Split)	3	5:00
	New Zealand Mark Hunt	def.	Croatia Mirko Cro Cop	Decision (Split)	3	5:00
	Japan Kazushi Sakuraba	def.	Japan Ikuhisa Minowa	Technical Submission (Kimura)	1	9:59
Lightweight	Japan Takanori Gomi	def.	Japan Hayato Sakurai	KO (Punches)	1	3:56
Welterweight	United States Dan Henderson	def.	Brazil Murilo Bustamante	Decision (Split)	2	5:00
	Russia Fedor Emelianenko	def.	Brazil Wagner da Conceicao Martins	TKO (Submission to Punches)	1	0:26
	Russia Alexander Emelianenko	def.	Poland Pawel Nastula	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	8:45
	Japan Sanae Kikuta	def.	Japan Makoto Takimoto	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	United Kingdom James Thompson	def.	Brazil Paulo Cesar Silva	TKO (Punches)	1	1:28
	Japan Kazuhiro Nakamura	def.	Japan Yuki Kondo	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	United States Charles Bennett	def.	Japan Ken Kaneko	Submission (Armbar)	1	4:14

Welterweight Tournament Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Japan

Akihiro Gono

Brazil

Daniel Acacio

20:00

7:58

Dan Henderson

Dan Henderson

Ryo Chonan

0:22

United States

Dan Henderson

Brazil

Murilo Bustamante

15:00

Japan

Ikuhisa Minowa

United States

Phil Baroni

20:00

Japan

Ikuhisa Minowa

9:51

Brazil

Murilo Bustamante

TKO

Brazil

Murilo Bustamante

SUB

Japan

Masanori Suda

3:20

Lightweight Tournament Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Japan

Hayato Sakurai

TKO

United States

Jens Pulver

8:56

Japan

Hayato Sakurai

Norway

Joachim Hansen

20:00

Norway

Joachim Hansen

The Bahamas

Yves Edwards

20:00

Japan

Hayato Sakurai

3:56

Japan

Takanori Gomi

Japan

Takanori Gomi

SUB

Japan

Tatsuya Kawajiri

7:42

Japan

Takanori Gomi

Brazil

Luiz Azeredo

20:00

Brazil

Luiz Azeredo

Japan

Naoyuki Kotani

0:11

2005 in Pride FC

Title fights

Debut Pride FC fighters

Events list

Pride 29: Fists of Fire

Results

Pride FC: Bushido 6

Results

Pride FC: Total Elimination 2005

Results

Pride GP 2005 Middleweight Bracket

Pride FC: Bushido 7

Results

Pride FC: Critical Countdown 2005

Results

Pride GP 2005 Middleweight Bracket

Pride FC: Bushido 8

Results

Pride FC: Final Conflict 2005

Results

Pride GP 2005 Middleweight Bracket

Pride FC: Bushido 9

Results

Welterweight Tournament Bracket

Lightweight Tournament Bracket

Pride 30: Fully Loaded

Results

Pride FC: Shockwave 2005

Results

Welterweight Tournament Bracket

Lightweight Tournament Bracket

See also