2003 in Pride FC

2003 in Pride FC
Information
First date	March 16, 2003
Last date	December 31, 2003
Events
Total events	6
Fights
Total fights	51
Title fights	2
Chronology
2002 in Pride 2003 in Pride FC 2004 in Pride

The year 2003 is the 7th year in the history of the Pride Fighting Championships, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. 2003 had 6 events beginning with, Pride 25 - Body Blow.

Title fights

Title fights in 2003
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Event	Notes
Heavyweight	Fedor Emelianenko	def.	Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00	Pride 25: Body Blow	[lower-alpha 1]
Heavyweight	Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira	def.	Mirko Filipović	Submission (Armbar)	2	1:45	Pride Final Conflict 2003	[lower-alpha 2]

1. For the Pride Fighting Championship World Heavyweight Championship.
2. For the Interim Pride Heavyweight Championship.

Debut Pride FC fighters

The following fighters fought their first Pride FC fight in 2003:

Alberto Rodriguez Aleksander Emelianenko Chalid Arrab Chris Brennan Dan Bobish Dokonjonosuke Mishima Hayato Sakurai Ikuhisa Minowa

Jason Suttie Kazuhiro Hamanaka Kazuhiro Nakamura Mauricio Rua Mike Bencic Mikhail Ilyukhin Murilo Bustamante Paulo Cesar Silva

Ralph Gracie Rodney Glunder Rodrigo Gracie Rony Sefo Sergei Kharitonov Wataru Sakata Yuki Kondo

Events list

Pride 25: Body Blow

Pride 25: Body Blow^[1] was an event held on March 16, 2003 at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Heavyweight	Fedor Emelianenko	def.	Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00	[lower-alpha 1]
	Quinton Jackson	def.	Kevin Randleman	TKO (Punches)	1	6:58	[lower-alpha 2]
	Antonio Schembri	def.	Kazushi Sakuraba	TKO (Knees)	1	6:15
	Dan Henderson	def.	Shungo Oyama	TKO (Punches)	1	3:28
	Anderson Silva	def.	Carlos Newton	KO (Flying Knee and Punches)	1	6:27
	Alexander Otsuka	def.	Kenichi Yamamoto	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Akira Shoji	def.	Alex Stiebling	Decision (Split)	3	5:00
	Antonio Rogerio Nogueira	def.	Kazuhiro Nakamura	Submission (Armbar)	2	3:49

1. For the Pride Fighting Championship World Heavyweight Championship.
2. No. 1 Contender bout

Pride 26: Bad to the Bone

Pride 26: Bad to the Bone^[2] was an event held on June 8, 2003 at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Fedor Emelianenko	def.	Kazuyuki Fujita	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	4:17	[lower-alpha 1]
	Mirko Filipović	def.	Heath Herring	TKO (Kick to the Body and Punches)	1	3:17
	Mark Coleman	def.	Don Frye	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Quinton Jackson	def.	Mikhail Ilyukhin	Submission (Knee to the Body)	1	6:26
	Alistair Overeem	def.	Mike Bencic	Submission (Knee to the Body and Punches)	1	3:44
	Daiju Takase	def.	Anderson Silva	Submission (Triangle Choke)	1	8:33
	Kazuhiro Hamanaka	def.	Antonio Schembri	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00

1. Non-Title bout

Pride Total Elimination 2003

Official poster

Pride Total Elimination 2003^[3] was an event held on August 10, 2003 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Wanderlei Silva	def.	Kazushi Sakuraba	KO (Punch)	1	5:01	[lower-alpha 1]
	Hidehiko Yoshida	def.	Kiyoshi Tamura	Submission (Ezekiel Choke)	1	5:06	[lower-alpha 2]
	Mirko Filipović	def.	Igor Vovchanchyn	KO (Head Kick)	1	1:29
	Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira	def.	Ricco Rodriguez	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Quinton Jackson	def.	Murilo Bustamante	Decision (Split)	3	5:00	[lower-alpha 3]
	Chuck Liddell	def.	Alistair Overeem	KO (Punches)	1	3:09	[lower-alpha 4]
	Fedor Emelianenko	def.	Gary Goodridge		1	1:09	[lower-alpha 5]

1. Quarterfinal bout
2. Quarterfinal bout
3. Quarterfinal bout
4. Quarterfinal bout
5. Non-Title Bout

Pride Bushido 1

Pride Bushido 1^[4] was an event held on October 5, 2003 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Mirko Filipović	def.	Alberto Rodriguez	KO (Head Kick)	1	0:46
	Aleksander Emelianenko	def.	Assuerio Silva	Decision (Split)	2	5:00
	Mauricio Rua	def.	Akira Shoji	KO (Punches)	1	3:47
	Ryan Gracie	def.	Kazuhiro Hamanaka	TKO (Soccer Kicks)	1	7:37
	Rodrigo Gracie	def.	Daiju Takase	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Kazuhiro Nakamura	def.	Daniel Gracie	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Ralph Gracie	def.	Dokonjonosuke Mishima	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Carlos Newton	def.	Renzo Gracie	Decision (Split)	2	5:00
	Sergei Kharitonov	def.	Jason Suttie	Submission (Armbar)	1	2:25
	Chalid Arrab	def.	Rodney Glunder	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Chris Brennan	def.	Eiji Mitsuoka	Submission (Kimura)	1	4:31	[lower-alpha 1]

1. There was a lengthy pause a couple of minutes into the fight when Brennan released an armbar, believing that Mitsuoka had tapped out. Confusion ensued amongst both camps and the officials, and with replays inconclusive, the fight was eventually restarted.

Pride Final Conflict 2003

Pride Final Conflict 2003^[5] was an event held on November 9, 2003 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Wanderlei Silva	def.	Quinton Jackson	TKO (Knees)	1	6:28	[lower-alpha 1]
Heavyweight	Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira	def.	Mirko Filipović	Submission (Armbar)	2	1:45	[lower-alpha 2]
	Kazushi Sakuraba	def.	Kevin Randleman	Submission (Armbar)	3	2:36
	Heath Herring	def.	Yoshihisa Yamamoto	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	3	2:29
	Dan Henderson	def.	Murilo Bustamante	TKO (Punches)	1	0:53	[lower-alpha 3]
	Wanderlei Silva	def.	Hidehiko Yoshida	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00	[lower-alpha 4]
	Quinton Jackson	def.	Chuck Liddell	TKO (Corner Stoppage)	2	3:10	[lower-alpha 5]
	Gary Goodridge	def.	Dan Bobish	TKO (Punches)	1	0:18

1. Finals bout
2. For the Interim Pride Heavyweight Championship.
3. Reserve bout
4. Semifinal bout
5. Semifinal bout

Pride Shockwave 2003

Pride Shockwave 2003^[6] was an event held on December 31, 2003 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Antonio Rogerio Nogueira	def.	Kazushi Sakuraba	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Kiyoshi Tamura	def.	Rony Sefo	Submission (Armbar)	1	2:20
	Yuki Kondo	def.	Mario Sperry	TKO (Doctor Stoppage)	1	3:27
	Daniel Gracie	def.	Wataru Sakata	Submission (Armbar)	1	7:12
	Gary Goodridge	def.	Don Frye	KO (Head Kick)	1	0:39
	Royce Gracie	vs.	Hidehiko Yoshida	Draw	2	10:00
	Murilo Rua	def.	Akira Shoji	KO (Flying Knee)	1	2:24
	Hayato Sakurai	def.	Daiju Takase	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Heath Herring	def.	Paulo Cesar Silva	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	3	0:35
	Quinton Jackson	def.	Ikuhisa Minowa	TKO (Punches)	2	1:05

See also

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

References

1. "Pride 25: Body Blow". Sherdog. Archived from the original on September 9, 2014.
2. "Pride 26: Bad to the Bone". Sherdog. Archived from the original on September 9, 2014.
3. "Pride Total Elimination 2003". Sherdog. Archived from the original on September 9, 2014.
4. "Pride Bushido 1". Sherdog. Archived from the original on September 9, 2014.
5. "Pride Final Conflict 2003". Sherdog. Archived from the original on September 9, 2014.
6. "Pride Shockwave 2003". Sherdog. Archived from the original on September 9, 2014.