2003 in Pride FC
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The year 2003 was the 7th year in the history of the Pride Fighting Championships, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. 2003 had 6 events beginning with, Pride 25 - Body Blow.
Title fights
| Title fights in 2003 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Event | Notes | |||
| Heavyweight | Fedor Emelianenko | def. | Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | Pride 25: Body Blow | |
| Heavyweight | Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira | def. | Mirko Cro Cop | Submission (Armbar) | 2 | 1:45 | Pride Final Conflict 2003 |
Debut Pride FC fighters
The following fighters fought their first Pride FC fight in 2003:
Events list
| # | Event | Japanese name | Date held | Venue | City | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | Pride FC - Shockwave 2003 | Otoko Matsuri | December 31, 2003 | Saitama Super Arena | Saitama, Japan | 39,716 |
| 35 | Pride FC - Final Conflict 2003 | Ketsushosen | November 9, 2003 | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | 67,451 |
| 34 | Pride FC - Bushido 1 | —N/a | October 5, 2003 | Saitama Super Arena | Saitama, Japan | —N/a |
| 33 | Pride FC - Total Elimination 2003 | Kaimakusen | August 10, 2003 | Saitama Super Arena | Saitama, Japan | 40,316 |
| 32 | Pride 26 - Bad to the Bone | Reborn | June 8, 2003 | Yokohama Arena | Yokohama, Japan | —N/a |
| 31 | Pride 25 - Body Blow | —N/a | March 16, 2003 | Yokohama Arena | Yokohama, Japan | —N/a |
Pride 25: Body Blow
Pride 25: Body Blow was an event held on March 16, 2003, at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan.
Results
| Main Card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Heavyweight | Fedor Emelianenko | def. | Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Quinton Jackson | def. | Kevin Randleman | KO (knee and punches) | 1 | 6:58 | ||
| Antônio Schembri | def. | Kazushi Sakuraba | TKO (Knees and soccer kicks) | 1 | 6:15 | ||
| Dan Henderson | def. | Shungo Oyama | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 3:28 | ||
| Anderson Silva | def. | Carlos Newton | KO (Flying Knee and Punches) | 1 | 6:27 | ||
| Alexander Otsuka | def. | Kenichi Yamamoto | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Akira Shoji | def. | Alex Stiebling | Decision (Split) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Antônio Rogério Nogueira | def. | Kazuhiro Nakamura | Submission (Armbar) | 2 | 3:49 |
Pride 26: Bad to the Bone
Pride 26: Bad to the Bone was an event held on June 8, 2003, at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan.
Results
| Main Card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Fedor Emelianenko | def. | Kazuyuki Fujita | Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) | 1 | 4:17 | ||
| Mirko Cro Cop | def. | Heath Herring | TKO (Kick to the Body and Punches) | 1 | 3:17 | ||
| Mark Coleman | def. | Don Frye | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Quinton Jackson | def. | Mikhail Ilyukhin | Submission (Knee to the Body) | 1 | 6:26 | ||
| Alistair Overeem | def. | Mike Bencic | TKO (Submission to Knee to the Body and Punches) | 1 | 3:44 | ||
| Daiju Takase | def. | Anderson Silva | Submission (Triangle Choke) | 1 | 8:33 | ||
| Kazuhiro Hamanaka | def. | Antônio Schembri | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 |
Pride FC: Total Elimination 2003
Pride FC: Total Elimination 2003 was an event held on August 10, 2003, at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
Results
| Main Card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Wanderlei Silva | def. | Kazushi Sakuraba | KO (Punch) | 1 | 5:01 | ||
| Hidehiko Yoshida | def. | Kiyoshi Tamura | Submission (Ezekiel Choke) | 1 | 5:06 | ||
| Mirko Cro Cop | def. | Igor Vovchanchyn | KO (Head Kick) | 1 | 1:29 | ||
| Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira | def. | Ricco Rodriguez | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Quinton Jackson | def. | Murilo Bustamante | Decision (Split) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Chuck Liddell | def. | Alistair Overeem | KO (Punches) | 1 | 3:09 | ||
| Fedor Emelianenko | def. | Gary Goodridge | TKO (soccer kicks/punches) | 1 | 1:09 |
Pride 2003 Middleweight Grand Prix bracket
Pride FC: Bushido 1
Pride FC: Bushido 1 Is an event held by the Pride Fighting Championships at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan on October 5, 2003. The card was billed as Team Japan Vs. Team Gracie, with five bouts featuring a Japanese fighter represented by Hidehiko Yoshida and a member of the Gracie family represented by Royce Gracie. In the main event, Dos Caras, Jr. became the first Hispanic fighter to compete in Pride and the first to wear a lucha libre mask during a bout. He is now better known as WWE pro wrestler Alberto Del Rio.
Results
| Main Card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Mirko Cro Cop | def. | Alberto Rodriguez | KO (Head Kick) | 1 | 0:46 | ||
| Alexander Emelianenko | def. | Assuério Silva | Decision (Split) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
| Maurício Rua | def. | Akira Shoji | KO (Punches) | 1 | 3:47 | ||
| Ryan Gracie | def. | Kazuhiro Hamanaka | TKO (Soccer Kicks) | 1 | 7:37 | ||
| Rodrigo Gracie | def. | Daiju Takase | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
| Kazuhiro Nakamura | def. | Daniel Gracie | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
| Ralph Gracie | def. | Dokonjonosuke Mishima | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
| Carlos Newton | def. | Renzo Gracie | Decision (Split) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
| Sergei Kharitonov | def. | Jason Suttie | Submission (Armbar) | 1 | 2:25 | ||
| Chalid Arrab | def. | Rodney Glunder | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
| Chris Brennan | def. | Eiji Mitsuoka | Submission (Kimura) | 1 | 4:31 |
Pride FC: Final Conflict 2003
Pride FC: Final Conflict 2003 was an event held on November 9, 2003, at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. This event was host to the semi-finals and finals of the 2003 Pride Middleweight Grand Prix tournament. The first round of the tournament was contested at the Pride: Total Elimination 2003 event the previous August.
Results
| Main Card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Wanderlei Silva | def. | Quinton Jackson | TKO (Knees) | 1 | 6:28 | ||
| Heavyweight | Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira | def. | Mirko Cro Cop | Submission (Armbar) | 2 | 1:45 | |
| Kazushi Sakuraba | def. | Kevin Randleman | Submission (Armbar) | 3 | 2:36 | ||
| Heath Herring | def. | Yoshihisa Yamamoto | Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) | 3 | 2:29 | ||
| Dan Henderson | def. | Murilo Bustamante | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 0:53 | ||
| Wanderlei Silva | def. | Hidehiko Yoshida | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
| Quinton Jackson | def. | Chuck Liddell | TKO (Corner Stoppage) | 2 | 3:10 | ||
| Gary Goodridge | def. | Dan Bobish | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 0:18 |
Pride 2003 Middleweight Grand Prix bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| United States Chuck Liddell | KO | |||||||||
| Netherlands Alistair Overeem | 3:09 | |||||||||
| United States Chuck Liddell | 13:10 | |||||||||
| United States Quinton Jackson | TKO | |||||||||
| United States Quinton Jackson | DD | |||||||||
| Brazil Murilo Bustamante | 20:00 | |||||||||
| United States Quinton Jackson | 6:28 | |||||||||
| Brazil Wanderlei Silva | TKO | |||||||||
| Japan Hidehiko Yoshida | SUB | |||||||||
| Japan Kiyoshi Tamura | 5:06 | |||||||||
| Japan Hidehiko Yoshida | 15:00 | |||||||||
| Brazil Wanderlei Silva | UD | |||||||||
| Brazil Wanderlei Silva | KO | |||||||||
| Japan Kazushi Sakuraba | 5:01 | |||||||||
Pride FC: Shockwave 2003
Pride FC: Shockwave 2003 was an event held on December 31, 2003, at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
Results
| Main Card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Antônio Rogério Nogueira | def. | Kazushi Sakuraba | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Kiyoshi Tamura | def. | Rony Sefo | Submission (Armbar) | 1 | 2:20 | ||
| Yuki Kondo | def. | Mario Sperry | TKO (Doctor Stoppage) | 1 | 3:27 | ||
| Daniel Gracie | def. | Wataru Sakata | Submission (Armbar) | 1 | 7:12 | ||
| Gary Goodridge | def. | Don Frye | KO (Head Kick) | 1 | 0:39 | ||
| Royce Gracie | vs. | Hidehiko Yoshida | Draw | 2 | 10:00 | ||
| Murilo Rua | def. | Akira Shoji | KO (Flying Knee) | 1 | 2:24 | ||
| Hayato Sakurai | def. | Daiju Takase | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Heath Herring | def. | Paulo Cesar Silva | Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) | 3 | 0:35 | ||
| Quinton Jackson | def. | Ikuhisa Minowa | TKO (Punches) | 2 | 1:05 |