List of Pride Fighting Championships champions

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

Pride champions

Heavyweight Championship
Weight limit: Over 93 kg (205 lb)
Over 90 kg (198.4 lb) until 2004
No. Name Event Date Defenses
1 Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira
def. Heath Herring		 Pride 17
Tokyo, Japan		 November 3, 2001
2 Fedor Emelianenko Pride 25
Yokohama, Japan		 March 16, 2003

NC against interim champion Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira at Pride Final Conflict 2004 on Aug 15, 2004 in Saitama, Japan
1. def. interim champion Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira at Pride Shockwave 2004 on Dec 31, 2004 in Saitama, Japan
2. def. Mirko Cro Cop at Pride Final Conflict 2005 on Aug 28, 2005 in Saitama, Japan
3. def. Mark Hunt at Pride Shockwave 2006 on Dec 31, 2006 in Saitama, Japan

- Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira
def. Mirko Cro Cop for interim title		 Pride Final Conflict 2003
Tokyo, Japan		 November 9, 2003

Middleweight Championship
Weight limit: 83 kg (183 lb) to 93 kg (205 lb)
Below 90 kg (198.4 lb) until 2004
No. Name Event Date Defenses
1 Wanderlei Silva
def. Kazushi Sakuraba		 Pride 17
Tokyo, Japan		 November 3, 2001

1. def. Kiyoshi Tamura at Pride 19 on Feb 24, 2002 in Saitama, Japan
2. def. Hiromitsu Kanehara at Pride 23 on Nov 24, 2002 in Tokyo, Japan
3. def. Quinton Jackson at Pride 28 on Oct 31, 2004 in Saitama, Japan
4. def. Ricardo Arona at Pride Shockwave 2005 on Dec 31, 2005 in Saitama, Japan

2 Dan Henderson Pride 33
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA		 February 24, 2007
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]

Welterweight Championship
Weight limit: 73 kg (160.9 lb) to 83 kg (183 lb)
No. Name Event Date Defenses
1 Dan Henderson
def. Murilo Bustamante		 Pride Shockwave 2005
Saitama, Japan		 December 31, 2005
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.

Lightweight Championship
Weight limit: Below 73 kg (160.9 lb)
No. Name Event Date Defenses
1 Takanori Gomi
def. Hayato Sakurai		 Pride Shockwave 2005
Saitama, Japan		 December 31, 2005

1. def. Marcus Aurelio at Pride Bushido 13 on Nov 5, 2006 in Yokohama, Japan

Tournament Winners

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

EventDateDivisionWinnerRunner-up
Pride Grand Prix 2000 Finals May 1, 2000 Open-Weight Mark Coleman Igor Vovchanchyn
Pride Final Conflict 2003 Nov 9, 2003 Middleweight Wanderlei Silva Quinton Jackson
Pride Final Conflict 2004 /
Pride Shockwave 2004		 Dec 31, 2004 Heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko* Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira
Pride Final Conflict 2005 Aug 28, 2005 Middleweight Mauricio Rua Ricardo Arona
Pride Shockwave 2005 Dec 31, 2005 Welterweight Dan Henderson* Murilo Bustamante
Lightweight Takanori Gomi* Hayato Sakurai
Pride Final Conflict Absolute Sep 10, 2006 Open-Weight Mirko Filipović Josh Barnett
Pride Bushido 13 Nov 5, 2006 Welterweight Kazuo Misaki Denis Kang

See also

References
  1. UFC (September 11, 2007). ""UFC 75" on Spike TV is the most watched UFC event in history". Archived from the original on February 9, 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-05. Dana White: "Not only did UFC 75 showcase the bout that unified the 205 lb Pride and UFC titles..."
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