List of Pride Fighting Championships champions

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

Pride champions

World Heavyweight Championship

above 93 kg (205 lbs)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
1	Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira def. Heath Herring	Pride 17 Tokyo, Japan	November 3, 2001
2	Fedor Emelianenko	Pride 25 Yokohama, Japan	March 16, 2003	1. def. interim champion Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira at Pride Shockwave 2004 on Dec 31, 2004 in Saitama, Japan 2. def. Mirko Filipović 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 Filipović for interim title	Pride Final Conflict 2003 Tokyo, Japan	November 9, 2003

World Middleweight Championship

83 to 93 kg (183 to 205 lbs)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
1	Wanderlei Silva def. Kazushi Sakuraba	Pride 17 Tokyo, Japan	November 3, 2001	1. def. Kiyoshi Tamura at Pride 19 on Feb 24, 2002 in Saitama, Japan 2. def. Hiromitsu Kanehara at Pride 23 on Nov 24, 2002 in Tokyo, Japan 3. def. Quinton Jackson at Pride 28 on Oct 31, 2004 in Saitama, Japan 4. def. Ricardo Arona at Pride Shockwave 2005 on Dec 31, 2005 in Saitama, Japan
2	Dan Henderson	Pride 33 Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	February 24, 2007
The Pride World Middleweight Title was unified with the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship on September 8, 2007 when Quinton Jackson defeated Dan Henderson at UFC 75.[1]

World Welterweight Championship

73 to 83 kg (161 to 183 lbs)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
1	Dan Henderson def. Murilo Bustamante	Pride Shockwave 2005 Saitama, Japan	December 31, 2005
The Pride World Welterweight Title was unified with the UFC Middleweight Championship on March 1, 2008 when Anderson Silva defeated Dan Henderson at UFC 82.

World Lightweight Championship

73 kg (161 lbs) and below

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
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.

Event	Date	Division	Winner	Runner-up
Pride Grand Prix 2000 Finals	May 1, 2000	Open-Weight	Mark Coleman	Igor Vovchanchyn
Pride Final Conflict 2003	Nov 9, 2003	Middleweight	Wanderlei Silva	Quinton Jackson
Pride Shockwave 2004	Dec 31, 2004	Heavyweight	Fedor Emelianenko*	Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira
Pride Final Conflict 2005	Aug 28, 2005	Middleweight	Mauricio Rua	Ricardo Arona
Pride Shockwave 2005	Dec 31, 2005	Welterweight	Dan Henderson*	Murilo Bustamante
		Lightweight	Takanori Gomi*	Hayato Sakurai
Pride Final Conflict Absolute	Sep 10, 2006	Open-Weight	Mirko Filipović	Josh Barnett
Pride Bushido 13	Nov 5, 2006	Welterweight	Kazuo Misaki	Denis Kang

See also

• List of Strikeforce champions
• List of UFC champions
• List of WEC champions
• List of Pride FC fighters
• List of Pride events

References

1. UFC (September 11, 2007). ""UFC 75" on Spike TV is the most watched UFC event in history". Retrieved 2008-02-05. Dana White: "Not only did UFC 75 showcase the bout that unified the 205 lb Pride and UFC titles..."

External links

• PRIDE Title Histories