Below is a list of Pride Fighting Championships champions and title defenses:
No. | Name | Event | Date | Reign | Defenses |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() def. Heath Herring | Pride 17 Tokyo, Japan | Nov 3, 2001 | 498 days | |
2 | ![]() | Pride 25 Yokohama, Japan | Mar 16, 2003 | 1,663 days | NC vs. interim champion Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira at Pride Final Conflict 2004 on Aug 15, 2004 |
- | ![]() def. Mirko Cro Cop for interim title | Pride Final Conflict 2003 Tokyo, Japan | Nov 9, 2003 | - |
No. | Name | Event | Date | Reign | Defenses |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() def. Kazushi Sakuraba | Pride 17 Tokyo, Japan | Nov 3, 2001 | 1,939 days | 1. def. Kiyoshi Tamura at Pride 19 on Feb 24, 2002l |
2 | ![]() | Pride 33 Las Vegas, NV, U.S. | Feb 24, 2007 | 196 days | |
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] |
No. | Name | Event | Date | Reign | Defenses |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() def. Murilo Bustamante | Pride Shockwave 2005 Saitama, Japan | Dec 31, 2005 | 791 days | |
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 . |
No. | Name | Event | Date | Reign | Defenses |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() def. Hayato Sakurai | Pride Shockwave 2005 Saitama, Japan | Dec 31, 2005 | 642 days | 1. def. Marcus Aurelio at Pride Bushido 13 on Nov 5, 2006 |
An asterisk (*) indicates that the tournament was also a title fight.
Event | Division | Winner | Runner-up | Final |
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Pride Grand Prix 2000 Opening Round Pride Grand Prix 2000 Finals | Openweight | ![]() | ![]() | May 1, 2000 |
Pride Total Elimination 2003 Pride Final Conflict 2003 | Middleweight | ![]() | ![]() | November 9, 2003 |
Pride Total Elimination 2004 Pride Critical Countdown 2004 Pride Final Conflict 2004 Pride Shockwave 2004 | Heavyweight | ![]() | ![]() | December 31, 2004 |
Pride Total Elimination 2005 Pride Critical Countdown 2005 Pride Final Conflict 2005 | Middleweight | ![]() | ![]() | August 28, 2005 |
Pride Bushido 9 Pride Shockwave 2005 | Welterweight | ![]() | ![]() | December 31, 2005 |
Lightweight | ![]() | ![]() | ||
Pride Total Elimination Absolute Pride Critical Countdown Absolute Pride Final Conflict Absolute | Openweight | ![]() | ![]() | September 10, 2006 |
Pride Bushido 11 Pride Bushido 12 Pride Bushido 13 | Welterweight | ![]() | ![]() | November 5, 2006 |
Victories | Champion | Division | V | D | NC | L |
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5 | ![]() | Middleweight | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
4 | ![]() | Heavyweight | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | ![]() | Heavyweight | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
![]() | Lightweight | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
![]() | Middleweight Welterweight | 1 1 | 0 0 | 0 0 | 0 0 |
Defenses | Champion | Division | Period |
---|---|---|---|
4 | ![]() | Middleweight | November 3, 2001 – February 24, 2007 |
3 | ![]() | Heavyweight | March 16, 2003 – October 4, 2007 |
1 | ![]() | Lightweight | December 31, 2005 – October 4, 2007 |
Interim title |
No. | Champion | Division | Won | Lost | Defenses | Reign | Total reign |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | Middleweight | February 24, 2007 (Pride 33) | September 8, 2007 (UFC 75) | 0 | 196 days | 987 days |
Welterweight | December 31, 2005 (Pride Shockwave 2005) | March 1, 2008 (UFC 82) | 0 | 791 days |
This table, different from the previous one, only counts the periods in which the fighter loaded the titles simultaneously and the defenses in that period of time.
No. | Champion | Division | Span | Defenses | Simultaneous Reign |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | Middleweight | February 24, 2007 – September 8, 2007 | 0 | 196 days |
Welterweight | 0 |
The division champions include only linear and true champions. Interim champions who have never become linear champions will be listed as interim champions. Fighters with multiple title reigns in a specific division will also be counted once. Runners-up are not included in tournaments champions.
Country | Division champions | Interim champions | Tournaments champions | Total |
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![]() | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
![]() | 2 | - | 2 | 4 |
![]() | 1 | - | 2 | 3 |
![]() | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
![]() | - | - | 1 | 1 |
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