2002 in Pride FC
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The year 2002 was the 6th year in the history of the Pride Fighting Championships, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. 2002 had 10 events beginning with, Pride FC: The Best, Vol. 1.
Title fights
| Title fights in 2002 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Event | Notes | |||
| Middleweight | Wanderlei Silva (c) | def. | Kiyoshi Tamura | KO (Punch) | 2 | 2:28 | Pride 19: Bad Blood | |
| Middleweight | Wanderlei Silva (c) | def. | Hiromitsu Kanehara | TKO (Corner Stoppage) | 1 | 3:40 | Pride 23: Championship Chaos 2 |
Debut Pride FC fighters
The following fighters fought their first Pride FC fight in 2002:
| Achmed Labasanov Aji Susilo Akira Nitagai Alistair Overeem Anderson Silva Andrei Kopylov Antônio Rogério Nogueira Bazigit Atajev Bob Sapp Daisuke Nakamura Daniel Gracie Demetrius Gioulacos Eiji Mitsuoka Fatih Kocamis Fedor Emelianenko Gilles Arsene Han Ten Yun Hidehiko Yoshida Hidehisa Matsuda | Hiromitsu Kanehara Hirotaka Yokoi Jerrel Venetiaan Joe Son John Alessio Jong Wang Kim Jukei Nakajima Kazuki Okubo Ken Orihashi Kenichi Yamamoto Kestutis Smirnovas Kevin Randleman Kiyoshi Tamura Kyosuke Sasaki Lloyd Van Dams Paulo Filho Ron Waterman Rory Singer Scott Bills | Shinichiro Takamura Sokun Koh Steve White Takahiro Oba Takashi Sugiura Tatsuya Iwasaki Tim Catalfo Togo Togo Tomohiko Hashimoto Xue Do Won Yoshinori Kawakami Yoshinori Sasaki Yuji Hisamatsu Yuki Sasaki Yukiya Naito Yuriy Kochkine Yushin Okami Yusuke Imamura Yutaro Miyamoto |
Events list
| # | Event | Japanese name | Date held | Venue | City | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | Pride 24 - Cold Fury 3 | —N/a | December 23, 2002 | Marine Messe Fukuoka | Fukuoka, Japan | —N/a |
| 29 | Pride 23 - Championship Chaos 2 | —N/a | November 24, 2002 | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | 52,228 |
| 28 | Pride FC - The Best, Vol. 3 | —N/a | October 20, 2002 | Differ Ariake Arena | Tokyo, Japan | —N/a |
| 27 | Pride 22 - Beasts from the East 2 | —N/a | September 29, 2002 | Nagoya Rainbow Hall | Nagoya, Japan | —N/a |
| 26 | Pride FC - Shockwave | Dynamite! | August 28, 2002 | Tokyo National Stadium | Tokyo, Japan | 91,107 |
| 25 | Pride FC - The Best, Vol. 2 | —N/a | July 20, 2002 | Differ Ariake Arena | Tokyo, Japan | —N/a |
| 24 | Pride 21 - Demolition | —N/a | June 23, 2002 | Saitama Super Arena | Saitama, Japan | —N/a |
| 23 | Pride 20 - Armed and Ready | —N/a | April 28, 2002 | Yokohama Arena | Yokohama, Japan | 18,926 |
| 22 | Pride 19 - Bad Blood | —N/a | February 24, 2002 | Saitama Super Arena | Saitama, Japan | —N/a |
| 21 | Pride FC - The Best, Vol. 1 | —N/a | February 22, 2002 | Korakuen Hall | Tokyo, Japan | —N/a |
Pride FC: The Best, Vol. 1
Pride FC: The Best, Vol. 1 was an event held on February 22, 2002 at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.
Results
| Main Card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Yusuke Imamura | def. | Joe Son | TKO (Elbow Injury) | 1 | 0:33 | ||
| Sokun Koh | def. | Amir Rahnavardi | KO (Punch) | 2 | 1:19 | ||
| Takayuki Okada | def. | Soichi Nishida | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 2:00 | ||
| Daiju Takase | def. | Johil de Oliveira | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Jong Wang Kim | def. | Yoshinori Sasaki | Submission (Guillotine Choke) | 1 | 0:25 | ||
| Eiji Mitsuoka | def. | Anthony Macias | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 |
Pride 19: Bad Blood
Pride 19: Bad Blood was an event held on February 24, 2002 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
Results
| Main Card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Middleweight | Wanderlei Silva (c) | def. | Kiyoshi Tamura | KO (Punch) | 2 | 2:28 | |
| Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira | def. | Enson Inoue | Technical Submission (Triangle Choke) | 1 | 6:17 | ||
| Don Frye | def. | Ken Shamrock | Decision (Split) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Heath Herring | def. | Igor Vovchanchyn | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Carlos Newton | def. | Jose Landi | Submission (Armbar) | 1 | 7:16 | ||
| Rodrigo Gracie | def. | Daijiro Matsui | Submission (Guillotine Choke) | 3 | 0:28 | ||
| Alex Stiebling | def. | Wallid Ismail | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Tom Erikson | def. | Tim Catalfo | Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) | 1 | 2:35 |
Pride 20: Armed and Ready
Pride 20: Armed and Ready was an event held on April 28, 2002 at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan.
Results
| Main Card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Wanderlei Silva | vs. | Mirko Cro Cop | Draw | 5 | 3:00 | ||
| Sanae Kikuta | def. | Alexander Otsuka | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Murilo Rua | def. | Mario Sperry | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Ricardo Arona | def. | Dan Henderson | Decision (Split) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Antônio Rogério Nogueira | def. | Yusuke Imamura | Technical Submission (Guillotine Choke) | 1 | 0:35 | ||
| Quinton Jackson | def. | Masaaki Satake | TKO (Slam) | 1 | 7:07 | ||
| Bob Sapp | def. | Yoshihisa Yamamoto | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 2:44 |
Pride 21: Demolition
Pride 21: Demolition was an event held on June 23, 2002 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. This event featured the PRIDE debut of MMA all-time greats Fedor Emelianenko and Anderson Silva.
Results
| Main Card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Don Frye | def. | Yoshihiro Takayama | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 6:10 | ||
| Fedor Emelianenko | def. | Semmy Schilt | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Daniel Gracie | def. | Takashi Sugiura | Decision (Split) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Shungo Oyama | def. | Renzo Gracie | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Jeremy Horn | def. | Gilbert Yvel | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Anderson Silva | def. | Alex Stiebling | TKO (Doctor Stoppage) | 1 | 1:23 | ||
| Gary Goodridge | def. | Achmed Labasanov | Decision (Split) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Bob Sapp | def. | Kiyoshi Tamura | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 0:11 |
Pride FC: The Best, Vol. 2
Pride FC: The Best, Vol. 2 was an event held on July 20, 2002 at the Differ Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan.
Results
| Main Card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Sokun Koh | def. | Bob Schrijber | Decision (Split) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
| Antônio Schembri | def. | Daiju Takase | Decision (Split) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
| Alistair Overeem | def. | Yusuke Imamura | TKO (Knee and Punches) | 1 | 0:44 | ||
| Takayuki Okada | def. | Tomohiko Hashimoto | KO (Punch) | 1 | 2:10 | ||
| John Alessio | def. | Eiji Mitsuoka | TKO (Cut) | 2 | 3:13 | ||
| Fatih Kocamis | def. | Takahiro Oba | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
| Daisuke Nakamura | def. | Shannon Ritch | Submission (Armbar) | 1 | 4:28 | ||
| Jukei Nakajima | def. | Joe Son | TKO (Shoulder Injury) | 1 | 0:54 | ||
| Yushin Okami | def. | Hidehisa Matsuda | KO (Punches) | 1 | 3:52 | ||
| Yukiya Naito | def. | Ken Orihashi | Decision (Split) | 1 | 5:00 |
Pride FC: Shockwave
Pride FC: Shockwave was an event held on August 28, 2002 at the Tokyo National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan. The event was co-promoted by the PRIDE Fighting Championships and K-1
Results
| Main Card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Mirko Cro Cop | def. | Kazushi Sakuraba | TKO (Eye Injury) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
| Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira | def. | Bob Sapp | Submission (Armbar) | 2 | 4:03 | ||
| Gary Goodridge | def. | Lloyd Van Dams | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 3:39 | ||
| Jerrel Venetiaan | def. | Daijiro Matsui | Decision (Split) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Wanderlei Silva | def. | Tatsuya Iwasaki | TKO (Head Kick and Punches) | 1 | 1:16 |
Pride 22: Beasts from the East 2
Pride 22: Beasts from the East 2 was an event held on September 29, 2002 at the Nagoya Rainbow Hall in Nagoya, Japan. It featured the Pride debut of former UFC Heavyweight Champion Kevin Randleman
Results
| Main Card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Ryan Gracie | def. | Shungo Oyama | Technical Submission (Armbar) | 1 | 1:37 | ||
| Quinton Jackson | def. | Igor Vovchanchyn | TKO (Injury) | 1 | 7:17 | ||
| Mario Sperry | def. | Andrei Kopylov | TKO (Cut) | 1 | 6:02 | ||
| Heath Herring | def. | Yuriy Kochkine | TKO (Knees) | 1 | 7:31 | ||
| Paulo Filho | def. | Akira Shoji | Submission (Armbar) | 1 | 2:48 | ||
| Anderson Silva | def. | Alexander Otsuka | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Guy Mezger | def. | Yoshihisa Yamamoto | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Kevin Randleman | def. | Michiyoshi Ohara | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 |
Pride FC: The Best, Vol. 3
Pride FC: The Best, Vol. 3 was an event held on October 20, 2002 at the Differ Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan.
Results
| Main Card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Daijiro Matsui | def. | Rory Singer | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
| Yuji Hisamatsu | def. | Demetrius Gioulacos | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
| Eiji Mitsuoka | def. | Scott Bills | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
| Yushin Okami | def. | Steve White | TKO (Submission to Punches) | 2 | 3:25 | ||
| Kestutis Smirnovas | def. | Takahiro Oba | Submission (Armbar) | 1 | 0:55 | ||
| Yusuke Imamura | def. | Han Ten Yun | Submission (Guillotine Choke) | 1 | 2:15 | ||
| Aji Susilo | def. | Xue Do Won | Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) | 2 | 0:42 | ||
| Takayuki Okada | def. | Jong Wang Kim | TKO (Broken Hand) | 1 | 0:24 | ||
| Kyosuke Sasaki | def. | Akira Nitagai | Submission (Armbar) | 1 | 4:35 | ||
| Yutaro Miyamoto | def. | Yoshinori Kawakami | Decision (Unanimous) | 1 | 5:00 | ||
| Shinichiro Takamura | def. | Togo Togo | KO (Punches) | 1 | 4:59 |
Pride 23: Championship Chaos 2
Pride 23: Championship Chaos 2 was an event held on November 24, 2002 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan.
Results
| Main Card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Kazushi Sakuraba | def. | Gilles Arsene | Submission (Armbar) | 3 | 2:08 | ||
| Kiyoshi Tamura | def. | Nobuhiko Takada | KO (Punch) | 2 | 1:00 | ||
| Hidehiko Yoshida | def. | Don Frye | Technical Submission (Armbar) | 1 | 5:32 | ||
| Middleweight | Wanderlei Silva (c) | def. | Hiromitsu Kanehara | TKO (Corner Stoppage) | 1 | 3:40 | |
| Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira | def. | Semmy Schilt | Submission (Triangle Choke) | 1 | 6:36 | ||
| Fedor Emelianenko | def. | Heath Herring | TKO (Doctor Stoppage) | 1 | 10:00 | ||
| Ricardo Arona | def. | Murilo Rua | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Kevin Randleman | def. | Kenichi Yamamoto | TKO (Knees) | 3 | 1:16 | ||
| Hirotaka Yokoi | def. | Jerrel Venetiaan | Submission (Armbar) | 2 | 3:29 |
Pride 24: Cold Fury 3
Pride 24: Cold Fury 3 was an event held on December 23, 2002 at the Marine Messe Fukuoka in Fukuoka, Japan.
Results
| Main Card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira | def. | Dan Henderson | Submission (Armbar) | 3 | 1:49 | ||
| Kevin Randleman | def. | Murilo Rua | TKO (Cut) | 3 | 0:20 | ||
| Alistair Overeem | def. | Bazigit Atajev | TKO (Knee to the Body) | 2 | 4:59 | ||
| Yoshihisa Yamamoto | def. | Alexander Otsuka | TKO (Leg Injury) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
| Rodrigo Gracie | def. | Yuki Sasaki | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Ron Waterman | def. | Valentijn Overeem | Submission (Keylock) | 1 | 2:18 | ||
| Antônio Rogério Nogueira | def. | Guy Mezger | Decision (Split) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Daijiro Matsui | def. | Kazuki Okubo | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 |