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The year 2000 was the 4th year in the history of the Pride Fighting Championships, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. 2000 had 6 events beginning with, Pride FC - Grand Prix 2000: Opening Round.
| 2000 in Pride FC | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| First date | January 30, 2000 | |||
| Last date | December 23, 2000 | |||
| Events | ||||
| Total events | 6 | |||
| Fights | ||||
| Total fights | 53 | |||
| Chronology | ||||
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The following fighters fought their first Pride FC fight in 2000:
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| # | Event | Japanese name | Date held | Venue | City | Attendance |
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| 14 | Pride 12 - Cold Fury | — | December 23, 2000 | Saitama Super Arena | Saitama, Japan | 26,882 |
| 13 | Pride 11 - Battle of the Rising Sun | — | October 31, 2000 | Osaka-jo Hall | Osaka, Japan | 13,500 |
| 12 | Pride 10 - Return of the Warriors | — | August 27, 2000 | Seibu Dome | Saitama, Japan | 35,000 |
| 11 | Pride 9 - New Blood | — | June 4, 2000 | Nagoya Rainbow Hall | Nagoya, Japan | — |
| 10 | Pride FC - Pride Grand Prix 2000: Finals | — | May 1, 2000 | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | 38,429 |
| 9 | Pride FC - Pride Grand Prix 2000: Opening Round | — | January 30, 2000 | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | 48,316 |
| Pride: Grand Prix 2000 - Opening Round | ||||
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| Promotion | Pride Fighting Championships | |||
| Date | January 30, 2000 | |||
| Venue | Tokyo Dome | |||
| City | Tokyo | |||
| Attendance | 48,316[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Pride FC - Grand Prix 2000: Opening Round[2] was an event held on January 30, 2000 at The Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan.
Results
| Openweight Opening Round | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Openweight |  Royce Gracie |
def. |  Nobuhiko Takada |
Decision (Unanimous) | 1 | 15:00 | |
| Openweight | Kazushi Sakuraba |
def. |  Guy Mezger |
TKO (forfeit) | 1 | 15:00 | [a] |
| Openweight |  Igor Vovchanchyn |
def. | Alexander Otsuka |
Decision (Unanimous) | 1 | 15:00 | |
| Openweight |  Gary Goodridge |
def. | Osamu Kawahara |
Submission (forearm choke) | 1 | 0:51 | |
| Openweight | Mark Coleman |
def. | Masaaki Satake |
Submission (neck crank) | 1 | 1:14 | |
| Openweight | Akira Shoji |
def. | Ebenezer Fontes Braga |
Decision (Unanimous) | 1 | 15:00 | |
| Openweight | Mark Kerr |
def. | Enson Inoue |
Decision (Majority) | 1 | 15:00 | |
| Openweight | Kazuyuki Fujita |
def. |  Hans Nijman |
Submission (scarf hold) | 1 | 2:48 | |
| Alternate Bout | |||||||
| Openweight | Wanderlei Silva |
def. | Bob Schrijber |
Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 2:42 | |
Pride 2000 Grand Prix Bracket
| Opening Round January 30, 2000 | Quarter-finals May 1, 2000 | Semi-finals May 1, 2000 | Final May 1, 2000 | |||||||||||
| Royce Gracie | UD | |||||||||||||
| Nobuhiko Takada | 15:00 | |||||||||||||
| Royce Gracie | ||||||||||||||
| Kazushi Sakuraba | ||||||||||||||
| Kazushi Sakuraba | TKO | |||||||||||||
| Guy Mezger | 15:00 | |||||||||||||
| Kazushi Sakuraba | ||||||||||||||
| Igor Vovchanchyn | ||||||||||||||
| Igor Vovchanchyn | UD | |||||||||||||
| Alexander Otsuka | 15:00 | |||||||||||||
| Igor Vovchanchyn | ||||||||||||||
| Gary Goodridge | ||||||||||||||
| Gary Goodridge | SUB | |||||||||||||
| Osamu Kawahara | 0:51 | |||||||||||||
| Igor Vovchanchyn | ||||||||||||||
| Mark Coleman | ||||||||||||||
| Mark Coleman | SUB | |||||||||||||
| Masaaki Satake | 1:14 | |||||||||||||
| Mark Coleman | ||||||||||||||
| Akira Shoji | ||||||||||||||
| Akira Shoji | UD | |||||||||||||
| Ebenezer Fontes Braga | 15:00 | |||||||||||||
| Mark Coleman | ||||||||||||||
| Kazuyuki Fujita | ||||||||||||||
| Mark Kerr | MD | |||||||||||||
| Enson Inoue | 15:00 | |||||||||||||
| Mark Kerr | ||||||||||||||
| Kazuyuki Fujita | ||||||||||||||
| Kazuyuki Fujita | SUB | |||||||||||||
| Hans Nijman | 2:48 | |||||||||||||
| Pride: Grand Prix 2000 - Finals | ||||
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| Promotion | Pride Fighting Championships | |||
| Date | May 1, 2000 | |||
| Venue | Tokyo Dome | |||
| City | Tokyo | |||
| Attendance | 38,429[3] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Pride FC - Pride Grand Prix 2000: Finals[4] was an event held on May 1, 2000 at The Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan.
Results
| Openweight final | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Openweight | Mark Coleman |
def. | Igor Vovchanchyn |
TKO (Submission to knees) | 2 | 3:09 | [a] |
| Superfight | |||||||
| Superfight | Ken Shamrock |
def. | Alexander Otsuka |
KO (punches) | 1 | 9:43 | [b] |
| Openweight Semi-finals | |||||||
| Openweight | Igor Vovchanchyn |
def. | Kazushi Sakuraba |
TKO (corner stoppage) | 1 | 15:00 | |
| Openweight | Mark Coleman |
def. | Kazuyuki Fujita |
TKO (corner stoppage) | 1 | 0:02 | [c] |
| Openweight Quarter-finals | |||||||
| Openweight | Igor Vovchanchyn |
def. | Gary Goodridge |
TKO (punches) | 1 | 10:14 | |
| Openweight | Kazushi Sakuraba |
def. | Royce Gracie |
TKO (corner stoppage) | 6 | 15:00 | [d] |
| Openweight | Mark Coleman |
def. | Akira Shoji |
Unanimous decision | 1 | 15:00 | |
| Openweight | Kazuyuki Fujita |
def. | Mark Kerr |
Unanimous decision | 1 | 15:00 | |
| Other | |||||||
| Guy Mezger |
def. | Masaaki Satake |
Unanimous decision | 2 | 15:00 | ||
Pride 2000 Grand Prix Bracket
| Opening Round January 30, 2000 | Quarter-finals May 1, 2000 | Semi-finals May 1, 2000 | Final May 1, 2000 | |||||||||||
| Royce Gracie | UD | |||||||||||||
| Nobuhiko Takada | 15:00 | |||||||||||||
| Royce Gracie | 90:00 | |||||||||||||
| Kazushi Sakuraba | TKO | |||||||||||||
| Kazushi Sakuraba | TKO | |||||||||||||
| Guy Mezger | 15:00 | |||||||||||||
| Kazushi Sakuraba | 15:00 | |||||||||||||
| Igor Vovchanchyn | TKO | |||||||||||||
| Igor Vovchanchyn | UD | |||||||||||||
| Alexander Otsuka | 15:00 | |||||||||||||
| Igor Vovchanchyn | TKO | |||||||||||||
| Gary Goodridge | 10:14 | |||||||||||||
| Gary Goodridge | SUB | |||||||||||||
| Osamu Kawahara | 0:51 | |||||||||||||
| Igor Vovchanchyn | 3:09 | |||||||||||||
| Mark Coleman | SUB | |||||||||||||
| Mark Coleman | SUB | |||||||||||||
| Masaaki Satake | 1:14 | |||||||||||||
| Mark Coleman | UD | |||||||||||||
| Akira Shoji | 15:00 | |||||||||||||
| Akira Shoji | UD | |||||||||||||
| Ebenezer Fontes Braga | 15:00 | |||||||||||||
| Mark Coleman | TKO | |||||||||||||
| Kazuyuki Fujita | 0:02 | |||||||||||||
| Mark Kerr | MD | |||||||||||||
| Enson Inoue | 15:00 | |||||||||||||
| Mark Kerr | 15:00 | |||||||||||||
| Kazuyuki Fujita | UD | |||||||||||||
| Kazuyuki Fujita | SUB | |||||||||||||
| Hans Nijman | 2:48 | |||||||||||||
| Pride 9 | ||||
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| Promotion | Pride Fighting Championships | |||
| Date | June 4, 2000 | |||
| Venue | Nippon Gaishi Hall | |||
| City | Nagoya | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Pride 9 - New Blood[5] was an event held on June 4, 2000 at The Nagoya Rainbow Hall in Nagoya, Japan.
Results
| Main Card | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Heath Herring |
def. | Willie Peeters |
submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 0:48 | ||
| Carlos Barreto |
def. | Tra Telligman |
unanimous decision | 2 | 10:00 | ||
| Allan Goes |
def. | Vernon White |
unanimous decision | 2 | 10:00 | ||
 Carlos Newton |
def. | Naoki Sano |
submission (armbar) | 1 | 0:40 | ||
| Akira Shoji |
def. | John Renken |
submission (armbar) | 1 | 6:44 | ||
| Ricco Rodriguez |
def. | Gary Goodridge |
unanimous decision | 2 | 10:00 | ||
| Igor Vovchanchyn |
def. | Daijiro Matsui |
TKO (doctor stoppage) | 1 | 5:03 | ||
| Vitor Belfort |
def. | Gilbert Yvel |
unanimous decision | 2 | 10:00 | ||
| Pride 10 | ||||
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| Promotion | Pride Fighting Championships | |||
| Date | August 27, 2000 | |||
| Venue | Seibu Dome | |||
| City | Saitama | |||
| Attendance | 38,429 | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Pride 10 - Return of the Warriors[6] was an event held on August 27, 2000 at The Seibu Dome in Saitama, Japan.
Results
| Main Card | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Kazushi Sakuraba |
def. | Renzo Gracie |
technical submission (kimura) | 2 | 9:43 | [a] | |
| Ryan Gracie |
def. | Tokimitsu Ishizawa |
KO (punches) | 1 | 2:16 | ||
| Kazuyuki Fujita |
def. | Ken Shamrock |
TKO (corner stoppage) | 1 | 6:46 | ||
| Masaaki Satake |
def. | Kazunari Murakami |
TKO (punches) | 1 | 6:58 | ||
| Igor Vovchanchyn |
def. | Enson Inoue |
TKO (doctor stoppage) | 1 | 10:00 | ||
| Mark Kerr |
def. |  Igor Borisov |
submission (neck crank) | 1 | 2:06 | ||
| Gilbert Yvel |
def. | Gary Goodridge |
KO (head kick) | 1 | 0:28 | ||
| Ricco Rodriguez |
def. | Takayuki Okada |
submission (smother choke) | 1 | 6:04 | ||
| Wanderlei Silva |
def. | Guy Mezger |
KO (punches) | 1 | 3:40 | ||
| Vitor Belfort |
def. | Daijiro Matsui |
unanimous decision | 2 | 10:00 | ||
- Gracie dislocated his elbow during the fight.[7]
| Pride 11 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Promotion | Pride Fighting Championships | |||
| Date | October 31, 2000 | |||
| Venue | Osaka-jo Hall | |||
| City | Osaka | |||
| Attendance | 13,500 | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Pride 11 - Battle of the Rising Sun[8] was an event held on October 31, 2000 at Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka, Japan.
Results
| Main Card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Kazushi Sakuraba |
def. | Shannon Ritch |
Submission (Achilles Lock) | 1 | 1:08 | ||
| Naoya Ogawa |
def. | Masaaki Satake |
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) | 2 | 2:01 | ||
| Igor Vovchanchyn |
def. | Nobuhiko Takada |
TKO (Submission to Punches) | 2 | 3:17 | ||
| Akira Shoji |
def. | Herman Renting |
Submission (Armbar) | 1 | 3:48 | ||
| Alexander Otsuka |
def. | Mike Bourke |
Submission (Double Armbar) | 1 | 2:37 | ||
| Gary Goodridge |
def. | Yoshiaki Yatsu |
TKO (Punches) | 1 | 8:58 | ||
| Wanderlei Silva |
vs. | Gilbert Yvel |
No Contest (Yvel Kicked in Groin) | 1 | 0:21 | ||
| Heath Herring |
def. | Tom Erikson |
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) | 1 | 6:17 | ||
| Pride 12 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Promotion | Pride Fighting Championships | |||
| Date | December 23, 2000 | |||
| Venue | Saitama Super Arena | |||
| City | Saitama | |||
| Attendance | 26,882 | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Pride 12 - Cold Fury[9] was an event held on December 23, 2000 at The Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. This event featured the debut of future PRIDE Champion, Dan Henderson.
Results
| Main Card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Kazushi Sakuraba |
def. | Ryan Gracie |
Decision (Unanimous) | 1 | 10:00 | ||
| Igor Vovchanchyn |
def. | Mark Kerr |
Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Kazuyuki Fujita |
def. | Gilbert Yvel |
Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 10:00 | ||
| Wanderlei Silva |
def. | Dan Henderson |
Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Heath Herring |
def. | Enson Inoue |
TKO (Knees) | 1 | 4:52 | ||
| Ricardo Almeida |
def. | Akira Shoji |
Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 10:00 | ||
| Ricco Rodriguez |
def. | John Marsh |
Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 10:00 | ||
| Carlos Newton |
def. | Johil de Oliveira |
Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 10:00 | ||
| Guy Mezger |
def. | Alexander Otsuka |
TKO (Punches) | 1 | 1:52 | ||
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