List of PRIDE champions

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Below is a list of PRIDE Fighting Championships' champions and title defenses.

Contents 1 World Heavyweight championship 2 World Middleweight championship 3 World Welterweight championship 4 World Lightweight championship 5 Tournaments 6 See also 7 References

[edit] World Heavyweight championship

at and above 93 kg (204.6 lb)

Name:	Date:	Location:	Successful Defenses:
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (def. Heath Herring)	November 3, 2001 (PRIDE 17)	Tokyo, Japan	def. Enson Inoue on February 24, 2002 in Saitama, Japan (PRIDE 19)
Fedor Emelianenko	March 16, 2003 (PRIDE 25)	Yokohama, Japan	def. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira on December 31, 2004 in Saitama, Japan (PRIDE Shockwave 2004) def. Mirko Filipovic on August 28, 2005 in Saitama, Japan (PRIDE Final Conflict 2005) def. Mark Hunt on December 31, 2006 in Saitama, Japan (PRIDE Shockwave 2006)

[edit] World Middleweight championship

below 93 kg (204.6 lb)

Name:	Date:	Location:	Successful Defenses:
Wanderlei Silva (def. Kazushi Sakuraba)	November 3, 2001 (PRIDE 17)	Tokyo, Japan	def. Kiyoshi Tamura on February 24, 2002 in Saitama, Japan (PRIDE 19) def. Hiromitsu Kanehara on November 24, 2002 in Tokyo, Japan (PRIDE 23) def. Quinton Jackson on October 31, 2004 in Saitama, Japan (PRIDE 28) def. Ricardo Arona on December 31, 2005 in Saitama, Japan (PRIDE Shockwave 2005)
Dan Henderson	February 24, 2007 (PRIDE 33)	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
The PRIDE Middleweight Title was unified with the UFC Light Heavyweight Title on September 8, 2007 when Quinton Jackson defeated Dan Henderson at UFC 75 in London.[1]

[edit] World Welterweight championship

below 83 kg (183 lb)

Name:	Date:	Location:	Successful Defenses:
Dan Henderson (def. Murilo Bustamante)	December 31, 2005 (PRIDE Shockwave 2005)	Saitama, Japan
The PRIDE Welterweight Title was unified with the UFC Middleweight Title on March 1, 2008 when Anderson Silva defeated Dan Henderson at UFC 82.

[edit] World Lightweight championship

below 73 kg (161 lb)

Name:	Date:	Location:	Successful Defenses:
Takanori Gomi (def. Hayato Sakurai)	December 31, 2005 (PRIDE Shockwave 2005)	Saitama, Japan	def. Marcus Aurelio on November 5, 2006 in Yokohama, Japan (PRIDE Bushido 13)

[edit] Tournaments

Year/Weight Division	Champion
2000 Open-weight	Mark Coleman
2003 Middleweight	Wanderlei Silva
2004 Heavyweight	Fedor Emelianenko
2005 Middleweight	Mauricio "Shogun" Rua
2005 Welterweight	Dan Henderson
2005 Lightweight	Takanori Gomi
2006 Open-weight	Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipović
2006 Welterweight	Kazuo Misaki

[edit] See also

• List of UFC champions
• List of PRIDE events

[edit] References