| 2002 in Pride FC | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| First date | February 22, 2002 | |||
| Last date | December 23, 2002 | |||
| Events | ||||
| Total events | 10 | |||
| Fights | ||||
| Total fights | 80 | |||
| Title fights | 2 | |||
| Chronology | ||||
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The year 2002 was the 6th year in the history of the Pride Fighting Championships, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. 2002 had 10 events beginning with, Pride FC: The Best, Vol. 1.
| Title fights in 2002 | ||||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Event | Notes | |||
| Middleweight | Wanderlei Silva (c) | def. | Kiyoshi Tamura | KO (Punch) | 2 | 2:28 | Pride 19: Bad Blood | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Middleweight | Wanderlei Silva (c) | def. | Hiromitsu Kanehara | TKO (Corner Stoppage) | 1 | 3:40 | Pride 23: Championship Chaos 2 | [lower-alpha 2] |
The following fighters fought their first Pride FC fight in 2002:
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| # | Event | Japanese name | Date held | Venue | City | Attendance |
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| 30 | Pride 24 - Cold Fury 3 | — | December 23, 2002 | Marine Messe Fukuoka | Fukuoka, Japan | — |
| 29 | Pride 23 - Championship Chaos 2 | — | November 24, 2002 | Tokyo Dome | Tokyo, Japan | 52,228 |
| 28 | Pride FC - The Best, Vol. 3 | — | October 20, 2002 | Differ Ariake Arena | Tokyo, Japan | — |
| 27 | Pride 22 - Beasts from the East 2 | — | September 29, 2002 | Nagoya Rainbow Hall | Nagoya, Japan | — |
| 26 | Pride FC - Shockwave | Dynamite! | August 28, 2002 | Tokyo National Stadium | Tokyo, Japan | 91,107 |
| 25 | Pride FC - The Best, Vol. 2 | — | July 20, 2002 | Differ Ariake Arena | Tokyo, Japan | — |
| 24 | Pride 21 - Demolition | — | June 23, 2002 | Saitama Super Arena | Saitama, Japan | — |
| 23 | Pride 20 - Armed and Ready | — | April 28, 2002 | Yokohama Arena | Yokohama, Japan | 18,926 |
| 22 | Pride 19 - Bad Blood | — | February 24, 2002 | Saitama Super Arena | Saitama, Japan | — |
| 21 | Pride FC - The Best, Vol. 1 | — | February 22, 2002 | Korakuen Hall | Tokyo, Japan | — |
| Pride: The Best Vol. 1 | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Pride Fighting Championships | |||
| Date | February 22, 2002 | |||
| Venue | Korakuen Hall | |||
| City | Tokyo | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Pride FC: The Best, Vol. 1 [1] was an event held on February 22, 2002 at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.
| Main Card | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Yusuke Imamura | def. | Joe Son | TKO (Elbow Injury) | 1 | 0:33 | ||
| Sokun Koh | def. | Amir Rahnavardi | KO (Punch) | 2 | 1:19 | ||
| Takayuki Okada | def. | Soichi Nishida | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 2:00 | ||
| Daiju Takase | def. | Johil de Oliveira | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Jong Wang Kim | def. | Yoshinori Sasaki | Submission (Guillotine Choke) | 1 | 0:25 | ||
| Eiji Mitsuoka | def. | Anthony Macias | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Pride 19 | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Pride Fighting Championships | |||
| Date | February 24, 2002 | |||
| Venue | Saitama Super Arena | |||
| City | Saitama | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Pride 19: Bad Blood [2] was an event held on February 24, 2002 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
| Main Card | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Middleweight | Wanderlei Silva (c) | def. | Kiyoshi Tamura | KO (Punch) | 2 | 2:28 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira | def. | Enson Inoue | Technical Submission (Triangle Choke) | 1 | 6:17 | ||
| Don Frye | def. | Ken Shamrock | Decision (Split) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Heath Herring | def. | Igor Vovchanchyn | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Carlos Newton | def. | Jose Landi | Submission (Armbar) | 1 | 7:16 | ||
| Rodrigo Gracie | def. | Daijiro Matsui | Submission (Guillotine Choke) | 3 | 0:28 | ||
| Alex Stiebling | def. | Wallid Ismail | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Tom Erikson | def. | Tim Catalfo | Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) | 1 | 2:35 | ||
| Pride 20 | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Pride Fighting Championships | |||
| Date | April 28, 2002 | |||
| Venue | Yokohama Arena | |||
| City | Yokohama | |||
| Attendance | 18,926 | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Pride 20: Armed and Ready [3] was an event held on April 28, 2002 at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan.
| Main Card | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Wanderlei Silva | vs. | Mirko Cro Cop | Draw | 5 | 3:00 | ||
| Sanae Kikuta | def. | Alexander Otsuka | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Murilo Rua | def. | Mario Sperry | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Ricardo Arona | def. | Dan Henderson | Decision (Split) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Antônio Rogério Nogueira | def. | Yusuke Imamura | Technical Submission (Guillotine Choke) | 1 | 0:35 | ||
| Quinton Jackson | def. | Masaaki Satake | TKO (Slam) | 1 | 7:07 | ||
| Bob Sapp | def. | Yoshihisa Yamamoto | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 2:44 | ||
| Pride 21 | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Pride Fighting Championships | |||
| Date | June 23, 2002 | |||
| Venue | Saitama Super Arena | |||
| City | Saitama | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Pride 21: Demolition [4] was an event held on June 23, 2002 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. This event featured the PRIDE debut of MMA all-time greats Fedor Emelianenko and Anderson Silva.
| Main Card | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Don Frye | def. | Yoshihiro Takayama | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 6:10 | ||
| Fedor Emelianenko | def. | Semmy Schilt | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Daniel Gracie | def. | Takashi Sugiura | Decision (Split) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Shungo Oyama | def. | Renzo Gracie | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Jeremy Horn | def. | Gilbert Yvel | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Anderson Silva | def. | Alex Stiebling | TKO (Doctor Stoppage) | 1 | 1:23 | ||
| Gary Goodridge | def. | Achmed Labasanov | Decision (Split) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Bob Sapp | def. | Kiyoshi Tamura | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 0:11 | ||
| Pride: The Best, Vol. 2 | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Pride Fighting Championships | |||
| Date | July 20, 2002 | |||
| Venue | Differ Ariake Arena | |||
| City | Tokyo | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Pride FC: The Best, Vol. 2 [5] was an event held on July 20, 2002 at the Differ Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan.
| Main Card | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Sokun Koh | def. | Bob Schrijber | Decision (Split) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
| Antônio Schembri | def. | Daiju Takase | Decision (Split) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
| Alistair Overeem | def. | Yusuke Imamura | TKO (Knee and Punches) | 1 | 0:44 | ||
| Takayuki Okada | def. | Tomohiko Hashimoto | KO (Punch) | 1 | 2:10 | ||
| John Alessio | def. | Eiji Mitsuoka | TKO (Cut) | 2 | 3:13 | ||
| Fatih Kocamis | def. | Takahiro Oba | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
| Daisuke Nakamura | def. | Shannon Ritch | Submission (Armbar) | 1 | 4:28 | ||
| Jukei Nakajima | def. | Joe Son | TKO (Shoulder Injury) | 1 | 0:54 | ||
| Yushin Okami | def. | Hidehisa Matsuda | KO (Punches) | 1 | 3:52 | ||
| Yukiya Naito | def. | Ken Orihashi | Decision (Split) | 1 | 5:00 | ||
| Pride Shockwave | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Pride Fighting Championships, K-1 | |||
| Date | August 28, 2002 | |||
| Venue | Tokyo National Stadium | |||
| City | Tokyo | |||
| Attendance | 91,107 | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Pride FC: Shockwave [6] was an event held on August 28, 2002 at the Tokyo National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan. The event was co-promoted by the PRIDE Fighting Championships and K-1
| Main Card | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Mirko Cro Cop | def. | Kazushi Sakuraba | TKO (Eye Injury) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
| Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira | def. | Bob Sapp | Submission (Armbar) | 2 | 4:03 | ||
| Gary Goodridge | def. | Lloyd Van Dams | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 3:39 | ||
| Jerrel Venetiaan | def. | Daijiro Matsui | Decision (Split) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Wanderlei Silva | def. | Tatsuya Iwasaki | TKO (Head Kick and Punches) | 1 | 1:16 | ||
| Pride 22 | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Pride Fighting Championships | |||
| Date | September 29, 2002 | |||
| Venue | Nagoya Rainbow Hall | |||
| City | Nagoya | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Pride 22: Beasts from the East 2 [7] was an event held on September 29, 2002 at the Nagoya Rainbow Hall in Nagoya, Japan. It featured the Pride debut of former UFC Heavyweight Champion Kevin Randleman
| Main Card | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Ryan Gracie | def. | Shungo Oyama | Technical Submission (Armbar) | 1 | 1:37 | ||
| Quinton Jackson | def. | Igor Vovchanchyn | TKO (Injury) | 1 | 7:17 | ||
| Mario Sperry | def. | Andrei Kopylov | TKO (Cut) | 1 | 6:02 | ||
| Heath Herring | def. | Yuriy Kochkine | TKO (Knees) | 1 | 7:31 | ||
| Paulo Filho | def. | Akira Shoji | Submission (Armbar) | 1 | 2:48 | ||
| Anderson Silva | def. | Alexander Otsuka | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Guy Mezger | def. | Yoshihisa Yamamoto | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Kevin Randleman | def. | Michiyoshi Ohara | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Pride: The Best, Vol. 3 | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Pride Fighting Championships | |||
| Date | October 20, 2002 | |||
| Venue | Differ Ariake Arena | |||
| City | Tokyo | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Pride FC: The Best, Vol. 3 [8] was an event held on October 20, 2002 at the Differ Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan.
| Main Card | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Daijiro Matsui | def. | Rory Singer | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
| Yuji Hisamatsu | def. | Demetrius Gioulacos | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
| Eiji Mitsuoka | def. | Scott Bills | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
| Yushin Okami | def. | Steve White | TKO (Submission to Punches) | 2 | 3:25 | ||
| Kestutis Smirnovas | def. | Takahiro Oba | Submission (Armbar) | 1 | 0:55 | ||
| Yusuke Imamura | def. | Han Ten Yun | Submission (Guillotine Choke) | 1 | 2:15 | ||
| Aji Susilo | def. | Xue Do Won | Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) | 2 | 0:42 | ||
| Takayuki Okada | def. | Jong Wang Kim | TKO (Broken Hand) | 1 | 0:24 | ||
| Kyosuke Sasaki | def. | Akira Nitagai | Submission (Armbar) | 1 | 4:35 | ||
| Yutaro Miyamoto | def. | Yoshinori Kawakami | Decision (Unanimous) | 1 | 5:00 | ||
| Shinichiro Takamura | def. | Togo Togo | KO (Punches) | 1 | 4:59 | ||
| Pride 23 | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Pride Fighting Championships | |||
| Date | November 24, 2002 | |||
| Venue | Tokyo Dome | |||
| City | Tokyo, Japan | |||
| Attendance | 52,228 | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Pride 23: Championship Chaos 2 [9] was an event held on November 24, 2002 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan.
| Main Card | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Kazushi Sakuraba | def. | Gilles Arsene | Submission (Armbar) | 3 | 2:08 | ||
| Kiyoshi Tamura | def. | Nobuhiko Takada | KO (Punch) | 2 | 1:00 | ||
| Hidehiko Yoshida | def. | Don Frye | Technical Submission (Armbar) | 1 | 5:32 | ||
| Middleweight | Wanderlei Silva (c) | def. | Hiromitsu Kanehara | TKO (Corner Stoppage) | 1 | 3:40 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira | def. | Semmy Schilt | Submission (Triangle Choke) | 1 | 6:36 | ||
| Fedor Emelianenko | def. | Heath Herring | TKO (Doctor Stoppage) | 1 | 10:00 | ||
| Ricardo Arona | def. | Murilo Rua | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Kevin Randleman | def. | Kenichi Yamamoto | TKO (Knees) | 3 | 1:16 | ||
| Hirotaka Yokoi | def. | Jerrel Venetiaan | Submission (Armbar) | 2 | 3:29 | ||
| Pride 24 | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Pride Fighting Championships | |||
| Date | December 23, 2002 | |||
| Venue | Marine Messe Fukuoka | |||
| City | Fukuoka | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Pride 24: Cold Fury 3 [10] was an event held on December 23, 2002 at the Marine Messe Fukuoka in Fukuoka, Japan.
| Main Card | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira | def. | Dan Henderson | Submission (Armbar) | 3 | 1:49 | ||
| Kevin Randleman | def. | Murilo Rua | TKO (Cut) | 3 | 0:20 | ||
| Alistair Overeem | def. | Bazigit Atajev | TKO (Knee to the Body) | 2 | 4:59 | ||
| Yoshihisa Yamamoto | def. | Alexander Otsuka | TKO (Leg Injury) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
| Rodrigo Gracie | def. | Yuki Sasaki | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Ron Waterman | def. | Valentijn Overeem | Submission (Keylock) | 1 | 2:18 | ||
| Antônio Rogério Nogueira | def. | Guy Mezger | Decision (Split) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Daijiro Matsui | def. | Kazuki Okubo | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
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