List of Pride Fighting Championships champions


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

Pride champions

Heavyweight Championship

No.NameEventDateDefenses
1 Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira
def. Heath Herring

Tokyo, Japan
November 3, 2001
2 Fedor Emelianenko
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

Welterweight Championship

Lightweight Championship

No.NameEventDateDefenses
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 FinalsMay 1, 2000Open-Weight Mark Coleman Igor Vovchanchyn
Pride Final Conflict 2003Nov 9, 2003Middleweight Wanderlei Silva Quinton Jackson
Pride Final Conflict 2004 /
Pride Shockwave 2004
Dec 31, 2004Heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko* Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira
Pride Final Conflict 2005Aug 28, 2005Middleweight Mauricio Rua Ricardo Arona
Pride Shockwave 2005Dec 31, 2005Welterweight Dan Henderson* Murilo Bustamante
Pride Shockwave 2005Dec 31, 2005Lightweight Takanori Gomi* Hayato Sakurai
Pride Final Conflict AbsoluteSep 10, 2006Open-Weight Mirko Filipović Josh Barnett
Pride Bushido 13Nov 5, 2006Welterweight Kazuo Misaki Denis Kang