1998 in Pride FC

The year 1998 was the 2nd year in the history of the Pride Fighting Championships, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. 1998 had 3 events beginning with, Pride 2.

1998 in Pride FC
Information
First date	March 15, 1998
Last date	October 11, 1998
Events
Total events	3
Fights
Total fights	22
Chronology
1997 in Pride 1998 in Pride FC 1999 in Pride

Debut Pride FC fighters

The following fighters fought their first Pride FC fight in 1998:

Alexander Otsuka Allan Goes Amir Rahnavardi Carlos Newton Daijiro Matsui Daiju Takase Emmanuel Yarborough George Randolph

Hugo Duarte Igor Vovchanchyn Juan Mott Kazushi Sakuraba Kyle Sturgeon Marco Ruas Mark Kerr Naoki Sano

Pedro Otavio Royler Gracie Sanae Kikuta Satoshi Honma Tasis Petridis Vernon White Wallid Ismail William van Roosmalen

Events list

Main article: List of Pride FC events

#	Event	Japanese name	Date held	Venue	City	Attendance
4	Pride 4	—	October 11, 1998	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo, Japan	—
3	Pride 3	—	June 24, 1998	Nippon Budokan	Tokyo, Japan	—
2	Pride 2	—	March 15, 1998	Yokohama Arena	Yokohama, Japan	—

Pride 2

Pride 2
Promotion	Pride Fighting Championships
Date	March 15, 1998
Venue	Yokohama Arena
City	Yokohama, Japan
Event chronology
Pride 1 Pride 2 Pride 3

Pride 2^[1] was an event held on March 15, 1998, at The Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan.

Results

Main card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Mark Kerr	def.	Branko Cikatic	Disqualification	1	2:14	[a]
	Marco Ruas	def.	Gary Goodridge	Submission (heel hook)	1	9:09
	Tasis Petridis	def.	George Randolph	Decision	5	3:00	[b]
	Renzo Gracie	def.	Sanae Kikuta	Submission (guillotine choke)	6	0:43
	Kazushi Sakuraba	def.	Vernon White	Submission (armbar)	3	6:53
	William van Roosmalen	def.	Ralph White	KO	4	0:38	[c]
	Akira Shoji	def.	Juan Mott	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	3:47
	Royler Gracie	def.	Naoki Sano	Submission (armbar)	1	33:14

1. Cikatic was penalized for illegal elbows, grabbing the ropes and striking Kerr in the back of the head.
2. Kickboxing bout.
3. Kickboxing bout.

Pride 3

Pride 3
Promotion	Pride Fighting Championships
Date	June 24, 1998
Venue	Nippon Budokan
City	Tokyo, Japan
Event chronology
Pride 2 Pride 3 Pride 4

Pride 3^[2] was an event held on June 24, 1998, at The Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Nobuhiko Takada	def.	Kyle Sturgeon	Submission (heel hook)	1	2:18
	Mark Kerr	def.	Pedro Otavio	Technical Submission (kimura)	1	2:13
	Gary Goodridge	def.	Amir Rahnavardi	KO (punches)	1	7:22
	Daiju Takase	def.	Emmanuel Yarborough	Submission (punches)	2	3:22
	Kazushi Sakuraba	def.	Carlos Newton	Submission (kneebar)	2	5:19
	Daijiro Matsui	vs.	Akira Shoji	Draw (time limit)	4	10:00

Pride 4

Pride 4
Promotion	Pride Fighting Championships
Date	October 11, 1998
Venue	Tokyo Dome
City	Tokyo
Event chronology
Pride 3 Pride 4 Pride 5

Pride 4^[3] was an event held on October 11, 1998, at The Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Rickson Gracie	def.	Nobuhiko Takada	Submission (armbar)	1	9:30
	Mark Kerr	def.	Hugo Duarte	TKO (retirement)	3	2:32
	Alexander Otsuka	def.	Marco Ruas	TKO (corner stoppage)	2	10:00
	Satoshi Honma	def.	Naoki Sano	TKO (punches)	1	9:25
	Kazushi Sakuraba	vs.	Allan Goes	Draw (time limit)	3	10:00
	Daijiro Matsui	vs.	Sanae Kikuta	Draw (time limit)	3	10:00
	Akira Shoji	def.	Wallid Ismail	TKO (punches)	2	1:26
	Igor Vovchanchyn	def.	Gary Goodridge	TKO (punches)	1	5:58

See also

• Pride Fighting Championships
• List of Pride Fighting Championships champions
• List of Pride Fighting events