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| 2001 in Pride FC | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| First date | March 25, 2001 | |||
| Last date | December 23, 2001 | |||
| Events | ||||
| Total events | 6 | |||
| Fights | ||||
| Total fights | 49 | |||
| Title fights | 2 | |||
| Chronology | ||||
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The year 2001 was the 5th year in the history of the Pride Fighting Championships, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. 2001 had 6 events beginning with, Pride 13 - Collision Course.
Title fights
| Title fights in 2001 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Event | Notes | |||
| Middleweight | Wanderlei Silva | def. | Kazushi Sakuraba | TKO (Doctor Stoppage) | 1 | 10:00 | Pride 17 | [a] |
| Heavyweight | Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira | def. | Heath Herring | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | Pride 17 | [b] |
Debut Pride FC fighters
The following fighters fought their first Pride FC fight in 2001:
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Events list
| # | Event | Japanese name | Date held | Venue | City | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | Pride 18 - Cold Fury 2 | — | December 23, 2001 | Marine Messe Fukuoka | Fukuoka, Japan | — |
| 19 | Pride 17 - Championship Chaos | — | November 3, 2001 | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | 53,200 |
| 18 | Pride 16 - Beasts from the East | — | September 24, 2001 | Osaka-jo Hall | Osaka, Japan | — |
| 17 | Pride 15 - Raging Rumble | — | July 29, 2001 | Saitama Super Arena | Saitama, Japan | — |
| 16 | Pride 14 - Clash of the Titans | — | May 27, 2001 | Yokohama Arena | Yokohama, Japan | — |
| 15 | Pride 13 - Collision Course | — | March 25, 2001 | Saitama Super Arena | Saitama, Japan | — |
Pride 13: Collision Course
| Pride 13 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Pride Fighting Championships | |||
| Date | March 25, 2001 | |||
| Venue | Saitama Super Arena | |||
| City | Saitama | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Pride 13: Collision Course[1] was an event held on March 25, 2001 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
Results
| Main Card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Wanderlei Silva | def. | Kazushi Sakuraba | TKO (Knees and Soccer Kicks) | 1 | 1:38 | ||
| Tra Telligman | def. | Igor Vovchanchyn | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Tadao Yasuda | def. | Masaaki Satake | Decision (Split) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Mark Coleman | def. | Allan Goes | TKO (Knees) | 1 | 1:19 | ||
| Dan Henderson | def. | Renzo Gracie | KO (Punch) | 1 | 1:40 | ||
| Heath Herring | def. | Denis Sobolev | Submission (Keylock) | 1 | 0:22 | ||
| Guy Mezger | def. | Egan Inoue | KO (Punch) | 1 | 2:25 | ||
| Vitor Belfort | def. | Bobby Southworth | Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) | 1 | 4:09 | ||
Pride 14: Clash of the Titans
| Pride 14 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Pride Fighting Championships | |||
| Date | May 27, 2001 | |||
| Venue | Yokohama Arena | |||
| City | Yokohama | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Pride 14: Clash of the Titans[2] was an event held on May 27, 2001 at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan.
Results
| Main Card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Kazuyuki Fujita | def. | Yoshihiro Takayama | Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke) | 2 | 3:10 | ||
| Igor Vovchanchyn | def. | Gilbert Yvel | Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) | 1 | 1:52 | ||
| Wanderlei Silva | def. | Shungo Oyama | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 0:30 | ||
| Dan Henderson | def. | Akira Shoji | TKO (Punches and Knees) | 3 | 3:18 | ||
| Vitor Belfort | def. | Heath Herring | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Gary Goodridge | def. | Valentijn Overeem | TKO (Submission to Knee) | 1 | 2:39 | ||
| Chuck Liddell | def. | Guy Mezger | KO (Punch) | 2 | 0:21 | ||
| Daijiro Matsui | def. | Jose Landi-Jons | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Antonio Schembri | def. | Johil de Oliveira | Submission (Armbar) | 1 | 7:17 | ||
Pride 15: Raging Rumble
| Pride 15 | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Pride Fighting Championships | |||
| Date | July 29, 2001 | |||
| Venue | Saitama Super Arena | |||
| City | Saitama | |||
| Attendance | 27,323 | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Pride 15: Raging Rumble[3] was an event held on July 29, 2001 at the Saitama Super Arena Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. Future Pride and UFC legends Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira and Quinton Jackson made their Pride debuts at this event.