PRIDE Fighting Championships

By Jared Leatzow Mark Coleman was a UFC tournament champion, meaning he had to fight multiple opponents in one night. Also Coleman was the first Pride champion as well, and one the PRIDE GP in 2000 meaning that he had to fight a semi-final and final match all on the same night.

Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - The names are almost identical, as are the faces - like you would expect from identical twins - but when it comes to their fighting careers, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira is, as his brother Antonio Rogerio Nogueira states, "a master", winner of heavyweight titles in PRID...

By Mitch Ciccarelli This classic event was dubbed as the “David vs. Goliath” tournament and was headlined by a UFC Superfight championship showdown between Ken Shamrock and Kimo Leopaldo. The focal point of the event featured an old-school eight man tournament that marked the debuts of MMA legends Don Frye a...

By Jesse Holland Former UFC welterweight champion Matt Hughes (43-7) may have finally found an opponent for his 2010 return as he will reportedly welcome jiu-jitsu legend Renzo Gracie (13-6-1) to the Octagon at UFC 109 in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Feb. 6, according to Heavy.com.

By Jesse Holland Former PRIDE and current WAMMA Heavyweight Champion Fedor Emelianenko (31-1) will be out of action for up to six weeks as a result of hand surgery that was required to repair a dislocated thumb suffered in his Nov. 7 fight against Brett Rogers, according to Sherdog.com.

By Andrew Nuschler The UFC exploded in popularity and the sport of mixed martial arts along with it. However, the burgeoning love affair with the masses passed through a filter controlled by Dana White and company. Millions of new fans became familiar with his darling and little else in the world of MMA.

By Kris Karkoski Dan Henderson, a former PRIDE title-holder and current middleweight contender, has likely signed with Strikeforce, UFC President Dana White recently told Yahoo Sports. “I guarantee you 1,000 percent that Dan Henderson is signed by Strikeforce,” said White. “Dan and I have been friend...

By Mitch Ciccarelli 8. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic (PRIDE Final Conflict 2003) Honorable Mentions: Quinton Jackson vs. Ricardo Arona, Fedor Emelianenko vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Royce Gracie vs. Kazushi Sakuraba, Bob Sapp vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Mark Hunt vs. Yosuke Nish...

By Mike Leanza Gegard "The Dreamcatch" Mousasi is a 24 year old MMA prodigy. Currently holding a both the DREAM Middleweight Championship and the Strikeforce Light-Heavyweight championship, he is currently the only fighter holding a title in two major MMA promotions.

By Jesse Holland Main card (Televised): 185 lbs.: Jason “Mayhem” Miller (22-6) vs. Jake Shields (23-4-1) 205 lbs.: Gegard “The Dreamcatcher” Mousasi (26-2-1) vs. “The African Assassin” Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou (7-4) 265 lbs.: Fabricio “Vai Cavalo” Werdum (12-4-1) vs. Antonio “Junior” Silva (13-1)

By Jesse Holland The former UFC Heavyweight champion issued a press release last month, calling into question the integrity of those results alleged by the CSAC — who does have a fairly sordid history dating back to the Sean Sherk scandal and beyond.

By Jason Eisenhorn Kazushi Sakuraba Vs Zelg Glesic Solid action here, though both fighters seemed to be gassed halfway through the fight.  It basically came down to Kikuno not being up to the challenge of Alvarez's submission skills. Read more MMA news on BleacherReport.com

By Mark Pare Rua has been on a tear in MMA since winning the Middleweight Grand Prix in PRIDE four years ago. He has gone 6-2 since then, only losing to Hall of Famer Mark Coleman and the highly publicized choke-out loss to Forrest Griffin. Rothwell is a former IFL fighter and has won 14 of his last 15 fights. T...

By Derek Bolender In 2007, toward the dissolution of PRIDE FC, Mauricio “Shogun” Rua was considered (arguably) the top 205-pound fighter in the world. At the age of 25, he was already one of the crown jewels of the Japanese-based organization highlighted by his 2005 Grand Prix title.

By Jeremy Botter InsideFights.com has also learned that Henderson and the UFC are “far apart” on contract negotiations. Henderson is asking for a contract that will make him one of the highest-paid fighters on the roster, and the UFC offer is said to be considerably lower.

By MMAmania Former dual Pride FC middleweight and welterweight champion, Dan Henderson, could be headed to Strikeforce after he could not come to agreeable terms on a contract extension with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), according to Yahoo!Sports.com.

By Akimitsu Kuwabara At an Oct 14 press conference hosted by Fighting and Entertainment Group (FEG), president Sadaharu Tanigawa and DREAM event producer Keiichi Sasahara unveiled the synopsis of this year’s annual “Dynamite!!” show on New Year’s Eve.

By Jeremy Botter On the flip side, it should be obvious that a victory for Akiyama over the former PRIDE legend will mean something to the casual fan. The Japanese superstar, one of the biggest MMA stars to ever come out of Japan, earned a legion of new UFC fans with his unique entrance, reckless fighting sty...

By Kris Karkoski During a Tuesday UFC press conference in Japan, middleweight Yoshihiro Akiyama announced that he’d be fighting Wanderlei Silva early next year, likely in February at UFC 110 in Las Vegas or UFC 111 in Sydney, Australia. Pictured: Wanderlei Silva

By Akimitsu Kuwabara Prior to his 25-second demolition of MMA legend Mark Kerr at M-1 “Breakthrough” back on Aug. 28, Lawal had competed exclusively under the World Victory Road banner in Japan since his professional mixed martial arts debut just last year.

By Jesse Holland Former PRIDE light heavyweight sensation Antonio Rogerio Nogueira is getting closer to joining his twin brother Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira in the ranks of the UFC as Fighter’s Only reports that “Minotoro” is being considered for a UFC 105 debut on November 14 in Manchester, England.

One of the most popular MMA organizations in the world during its ten years of operation (1997-2007), PRIDE Fighting Championships, based in Japan, featured world class mixed martial arts artists in some of the most dramatic bouts in the early history of the sport. Spike TV will re-broad...

By Jesse Holland By now it’s no secret that former PRIDE FC Heavyweight Champion and Affliction headliner Fedor Emelianenko is being vigorously pursued by most of the world’s mixed martial arts promotions following the untimely demise of his previous employer. Topping the list of potential suitors is...

By MMAmania The 2006 Pride FC Open Weight Grand Prix winner, Mirko Cro Cop, clarifies the recent brouhaha over his contract status, saying he chose the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) because of the money and level of competition. The Croatian caused quite a controversy after his most recent a...

By Adam Wagner Henderson is one of the most decorated fighters in MMA history. The former Olympic wrestler is the only man to concurrently hold two belts from two different weight classes for a major promotion (Pride FC). He is also 1998’s UFC 17 middleweight and PRIDE 2005 welterweight tournament champ...

 MN From Royce Gracie and Ken Shamrock in the early UFC, to Kazushi Sakuraba, Wanderlei Silva and Bob Sapp in PRIDE back to Tito Ortiz, Chuck Liddell and Randy Couture with many in between, there's again something here for every fan. ...

By Jesse Holland Today, April 8, marks the two-year anniversary of PRIDE 34, the last event ever held by Dream Stage Entertainment (DSE) under the PRIDE FC banner. In recognition of its unfortunate demise, we present a quick look back at the purchase and eventual dissolution of PRIDE FC, as presented by Lo...

 UK Oh, PRIDE, how you warmed my heart so, in your incarnation as a shootfight version of WCW Saturday Night. Shrieking banshee MC Lenne Hardt is still absolutely hilarious... Why, oh why don't the UFC look to one Joachim Hansen to break up the ...

By Matt De La Rosa Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu vs. Wrestling Between the five great wrestlers are eight UFC tournament victories (open and heavyweight), two of them became UFC heavyweight champions,  one was a PRIDE FC 2000 Grand Prix champion and three are UFC Hall of Famers.

By Matt De La Rosa Dana White claimed a TV deal in Japan would not be possible due in part to PRIDE’s smeared reputation. The tabloid continued to kick DSE and Fuji TV while they were down, not wanting to let up on the irresponsibility and poor judgment made by DSE and Fuji TV’s handling of PRIDE FC during its exi...

By Dave Sholler Another UFC pay-per-view came and went and yet another former superstar proved to the world that his best days are behind him. When Wanderlei Silva (32-9-1) was knocked senseless by Quinton Jackson at 3:21 of the first round of their bout at UFC 92, the former PRIDE sensation showed that ye...

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Jackson on the same night after "Rampage" had produced a stirring but tiring victory over UFC's Chuck Liddell in the PRIDE middleweight grand prix. ... Analyzing Silva-Jackson III Sherdog.com International Herald Tribune - Las Vegas Review - Journal

By ben Unless you caught him in his PRIDE Bushido appearances in 2006, you probably had no idea who Gegard Mousasi was when he entered DREAM’s middleweight tournament earlier this year. But after choking out the highly-regarded Denis Kang in the opening round in April, and beating Dong Sik Yoon...

By mythbuster He talks about the tournament structure and why he feels it's better than the current MMA model: The rules, the times of the rounds, the weight classes, those are all going to be very standard and what we're all used to seeing, touching, feeling." Cage or ring?

By Kid Nate But his biggest fight was this past New Year’s Eve, when he apparently knocked off the most hated fighter in Japan, Yoshihiro Akiyama of South Korea. Mitsuhiro Ishida - The Endless Fighter (By Genghis Con) Mitsuhiro Ishida vs Takanori Gomi

By Josh Nason gt;Dan Henderson vs. Rousimar Palhares (185): If there was ever a must-win fight for a guy, this is it for Henderson. Since coming over from PRIDE, the 22-8 Hendo has lost his light-heavy belt to "Rampage" Jackson and then was submitted by Anderson Silva.

By Tom Grant So the fact that Fedor is 28-1 is one of the most outstanding feats in sports, regardless of who he fights. And this is not to say his fights have been weak, he dominated PRIDE, a league on par with the UFC in terms of fighter talent. Fedor has an outstanding chin and can stand with any fighter, but...

By Eric Shapiro Check out the BRAND NEW MMAFrenzy.com store for all your MMA clothing and gear needs! Former UFC referee “Big” John McCarthy recently dished out his thoughts on varying commission rules, boxing vs. MMA, and most notably, his no-holds-barred take on the UFC’s “anti-Affliction” programm...

By Derek Bolender Couture is one of the most popular UFC fighters of all-time and he sports a 16-8 lifetime record, including victories over former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Chuck Liddell, Vitor Belfort, former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Tito Ortiz, former UFC Heavyweight Champion Tim Sylvi...

By Sam Caplan Silva is not an opportunistic fighter. He’s the king of the deepest middleweight division in all of MMA. His reign is legit. Parity is an element that exists in most of the UFC’s weight classes, except for 185 lbs. But how can the UFC remedy the situation?

Mirko Cro Flop?: Numerous sources, including Mirko Cro Cop himself, are saying that the Croatian heavyweight is no longer with the UFC. In fact, he was present at the press conference of a new league in Japan called "Dream." Dream is a partnership between the former employees of DSE (the for...

By Adam Morgan The UFC will only cross promote when it’s in their best interest to do so. When they sent Chuck Liddell to PRIDE in 2003, there was a real possibility that Chuck would eventually fight Wanderlei Silva and that he would beat him, thus ending the debate about PRIDE fighters vs. UFC fighters. Even...

By Greg Clark With the news that Anderson Silva is quite comfortable fighting in the Light Heavyweight division brings new hope for the fans of Silva and MMA alike in that, we may very well see a concurrent UFC title holder of two weight classes. The only human to accomplish such a feat is Dan "Hollywood" Henderson when he knocked out Wanderlei Silva for the Pride FC Middleweight title at Pride 33 in February of this year to compliment his existing Pride FC Welterweight belt. Is it possible for Silva to jump up to 205 at a time when the UFC Middleweight division is in such disarry with the dismantling of Franklin (Ranked #2 Middleweight in the UFC) and now the loss of Yushin Okami who was not granted a contract extension by the UFC brass?   [read the full post]

By MMA Junkie In the past two years, Emelianenko has a perfect 4-0 record. He needed just 26 seconds to beat 400-pound “Zuluzinho” (2-3) into submission at a PRIDE Shockwave 2005 event. Then, Emelianenko scored a second-round submission over 41-year-old Mark Coleman (15-8) at PRIDE 32, a first-round...

By UFCmania Henderson recently dropped a five-round unanimous decision to Quinton “Rampage” Jackson at UFC 75: “Champion vs. Champion,” which was designed to “unify” the two 205-pound UFC and PRIDE FC belts. It marked his first fight inside the Octagon since 1998.

By UFCmania Hopefully, the the remainder of 2007 can live up to its beginning. That might be hard, however. The bar is set rather high. Debut of Cro Cop. Return of Randy. Death of Aldana. Purchase of PRIDE FC. Upset of St. Pierre. Cover of Sports Illustrated. Breaking of the Ice. Those are just a few of the UFC headlin...

By UFCmania UFC 75 will be the promotion’s third event of the year in Europe, following UFC 70 in Manchester, England, and UFC 72 in Belfast, Ireland. For the developing (and rumored) UFC 75 fight card click here. Quinton “Rampage” Jackson will make his first title defense against PRIDE FC middleweigh...

By UFCmania Lindland on the UFC trying to sign training partner and PRIDE FC champion Dan Henderson to a contract Props: TheFightCard.com Shortcuts: Lindland on offer to appear on TUF 4 not being “intriguing” Lindland on Nate Marquardt not being “much of a challenge” Lindland on the UFC trying to sig...

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