2005 in Pride FC

2005 in Pride FC
Information
First date	February 20, 2005
Last date	December 31, 2005
Events
Total events	10
Fights
Total fights	98
Title fights	4
Chronology
2004 in Pride 2005 in Pride FC 2006 in Pride

The year 2005 was the 9th year in the history of the Pride Fighting Championships, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. 2005 had 10 events beginning with, Pride 29 - Fists of Fire.

Title fights in 2005
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Event	Notes
Heavyweight	Fedor Emelianenko (c)	def.	Mirko Cro Cop	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00	Pride FC - Final Conflict 2005	[a]
Middleweight	Wanderlei Silva (c)	def.	Ricardo Arona	Decision (Split)	3	5:00	Pride FC - Shockwave 2005	[b]
Lightweight	Takanori Gomi	def.	Hayato Sakurai	KO (Punches)	1	3:56	Pride FC - Shockwave 2005	[c]
Welterweight	Dan Henderson	def.	Murilo Bustamante	Decision (Split)	2	5:00	Pride FC - Shockwave 2005	[d]

The following fighters fought their first Pride FC fight in 2005:

#	Event	Japanese name	Date held	Venue	City	Attendance
56	Pride FC - Shockwave 2005	Otokomatsuri - Itadaki	December 31, 2005	Saitama Super Arena	Saitama, Japan	49,801
55	Pride 30 - Fully Loaded	Starting Over	October 23, 2005	Saitama Super Arena	Saitama, Japan	—
54	Pride - Bushido 9	The Tournament	September 25, 2005	Ariake Coliseum	Tokyo, Japan	10,775
53	Pride FC - Final Conflict 2005	Ketsushosen	August 28, 2005	Saitama Super Arena	Saitama, Japan	—
52	Pride - Bushido 8	—	July 17, 2005	Nagoya Rainbow Hall	Nagoya, Japan	—
51	Pride FC - Critical Countdown 2005	2nd Round	June 26, 2005	Saitama Super Arena	Saitama, Japan	—
50	Pride - Bushido 7	—	May 22, 2005	Ariake Coliseum	Tokyo, Japan	—
49	Pride FC - Total Elimination 2005	Kaimakusen	April 23, 2005	Osaka Dome	Osaka, Japan	45,423
48	Pride - Bushido 6	—	April 3, 2005	Yokohama Arena	Yokohama, Japan	—
47	Pride 29 - Fists of Fire	Survival	February 20, 2005	Saitama Super Arena	Saitama, Japan	22,047

Pride 29
Promotion	Pride Fighting Championships
Date	February 20, 2005
Venue	Saitama Super Arena
City	Saitama
Attendance	22,047
Event chronology
Pride: Shockwave 2004 Pride 29 Pride: Bushido 6

Pride 29: Fists of Fire^[1] was an event held on February 20, 2005 at Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka, Japan.

Fight Card
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Heavyweight 120 kg	Mirko Filipovic	def.	Mark Coleman	KO (punches)	1	3:40
Middleweight 93 kg	Quinton Jackson	def.	Murilo Rua	Decision (unanimous)	3	20:00
Middleweight 93 kg	Antônio Rogério Nogueira	def.	Alistair Overeem	Decision (unanimous)	3	20:00
Welterweight 83 kg	Kiyoshi Tamura	def.	Aliev Makhmud	TKO (retirement)	1	7:09
Heavyweight 120 kg	Sergei Kharitonov	def.	Mu Bae Choi	KO (punches)	1	3:24
Middleweight 93 kg	Kazuhiro Nakamura	def.	Stefan Leko	TKO (punches)	1	0:54
Middleweight 93 kg	Igor Vovchanchyn	def.	Kazuo Takahashi	KO (punch)	1	1:10
Middleweight 93 kg	Maurício Rua	def.	Hiromitsu Kanehara	TKO (stomp)	1	1:40
Heavyweight 120 kg	Fabrício Werdum	def.	Tom Erikson	Submission (RNC)	1	5:11
Middleweight 93 kg	Mario Sperry	def.	Hirotaka Yokoi	TKO (knees)	1	9:08

Pride: Bushido 6
Promotion	Pride Fighting Championships
Date	April 3, 2005
Venue	Yokohama Arena
City	Yokohama
Event chronology
Pride 29 Pride: Bushido 6 Pride: Total Elimination 2005

Pride FC: Bushido 6^[2] was an event held on April 3, 2005 at Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka, Japan.

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Fedor Emelianenko	def.	Tsuyoshi Kosaka	TKO (Doctor Stoppage)	1	10:00
	Ikuhisa Minowa	def.	Gilbert Yvel	Submission (Toe Hold)	1	1:10
	Murilo Bustamante	def.	Ryuta Sakurai	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Alexander Emelianenko	def.	Ricardo Morais	KO (Punches)	1	0:15
	Daniel Acacio	def.	Daiju Takase	TKO (Soccer Kicks)	2	3:34
	Luiz Azeredo	def.	Luiz Firmino	Decision (Split)	2	5:00
	Marcus Aurelio	def.	Daisuke Nakamura	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Dean Lister	def.	Akira Shoji	Submission (Triangle Choke)	1	3:13
	Paulo Filho	def.	Amar Suloev	Submission (Armbar)	1	4:22
	Denis Kang	def.	Takahiro Oba	Submission (Armbar)	1	4:24

Pride: Total Elimination 2005
Promotion	Pride Fighting Championships
Date	April 23, 2005
Venue	Osaka Dome
City	Osaka
Attendance	45,423
Event chronology
Pride: Bushido 6 Pride: Total Elimination 2005 Pride: Bushido 7

Pride FC: Total Elimination 2005^[3] was an event held on April 23, 2005 at Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka, Japan.

Fight Card
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Middleweight 93 kg	Wanderlei Silva	def.	Hidehiko Yoshida	Decision (Split)	3	5:00
Middleweight 93 kg	Maurício Rua	def.	Quinton Jackson	TKO (Soccer Kicks)	1	4:47
Middleweight 93 kg	Kazushi Sakuraba	def.	Dong Sik Yoon	TKO (Punches)	1	0:38
Middleweight 93 kg	Antônio Rogério Nogueira	def.	Dan Henderson	Submission (Armbar)	1	8:05
Middleweight 93 kg	Alistair Overeem	def.	Vitor Belfort	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	1	9:36
Middleweight 93 kg	Igor Vovchanchyn	def.	Yuki Kondo	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Middleweight 93 kg	Ricardo Arona	def.	Dean Lister	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Middleweight 93 kg	Kazuhiro Nakamura	def.	Kevin Randleman	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00

Total Elimination

Critical Countdown

Final Conflict

Final Conflict

Kazushi Sakuraba

KO

Dong-Sik Yoon

0:38

Kazushi Sakuraba

Ricardo Arona

Ricardo Arona

UD

Dean Lister

20:00

Kazuhiro Nakamura

UD

Kevin Randleman

20:00

Kazuhiro Nakamura

Wanderlei Silva

Wanderlei Silva

DD

Hidehiko Yoshida

20:00

Alistair Overeem

SUB

Vitor Belfort

9:36

Alistair Overeem

Igor Vovchanchyn

Igor Vovchanchyn

UD

Yuki Kondo

20:00

Antônio Rogério Nogueira

SUB

Dan Henderson

8:05

Antônio Rogério Nogueira

Maurício Rua

Maurício Rua

TKO

Quinton Jackson

4:47

Pride: Bushido 7
Promotion	Pride Fighting Championships
Date	May 22, 2005
Venue	Differ Ariake
City	Tokyo
Event chronology
Pride: Total Elimination 2005 Pride: Bushido 7 Pride: Critical Countdown 2005

Pride FC: Bushido 7^[4] was an event held on May 22, 2005 at Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka, Japan.

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Takanori Gomi	def.	Luiz Azeredo	KO (Punches)	1	3:46
	Phil Baroni	def.	Ikuhisa Minowa	TKO (Stomps)	2	2:04
	Ryo Chonan	def.	Antônio Schembri	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Tatsuya Kawajiri	def.	In Seok Kim	TKO (Corner Stoppage)	1	3:28
	Akihiro Gono	def.	Crosley Gracie	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Hayato Sakurai	def.	Milton Vieira	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Aaron Riley	def.	Michihiro Omigawa	KO (Head Kick)	1	6:00
	Yves Edwards	def.	Dokonjonosuke Mishima	Submission (Armbar)	1	4:36
	Jens Pulver	def.	Tomomi Iwama	KO (Punch)	1	1:00
	Charles Bennett	def.	Yoshiro Maeda	KO (Punch)	1	1:55

Pride: Critical Countdown 2005
Promotion	Pride Fighting Championships
Date	June 26, 2005
Venue	Saitama Super Arena
City	Saitama
Event chronology
Pride: Bushido 7 Pride: Critical Countdown 2005 Pride: Bushido 8

Pride FC: Critical Countdown 2005^[5] was an event held on June 26, 2005 at Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka, Japan.

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Wanderlei Silva	def.	Kazuhiro Nakamura	TKO (Punches)	1	5:24
	Ricardo Arona	def.	Kazushi Sakuraba	TKO (Corner Stoppage)	2	5:00
	Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira	def.	Pawel Nastula	TKO (Punches)	1	8:38
	Kiyoshi Tamura	def.	Makoto Takimoto	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Mirko Cro Cop	def.	Ibragim Magomedov	KO (Kick to the Body)	1	3:53
	Alistair Overeem	def.	Igor Vovchanchyn	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	1	1:20
	Maurício Rua	def.	Antônio Rogério Nogueira	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Sergei Kharitonov	def.	Pedro Rizzo	TKO (Soccer Kick and Punches)	1	2:02

Total Elimination

Critical Countdown

Final Conflict

Final Conflict

Kazushi Sakuraba

KO

Dong-Sik Yoon

0:38

Kazushi Sakuraba

15:00

Ricardo Arona

TKO

Ricardo Arona

UD

Dean Lister

20:00

Ricardo Arona

Wanderlei Silva

Kazuhiro Nakamura

UD

Kevin Randleman

20:00

Kazuhiro Nakamura

5:24

Wanderlei Silva

TKO

Wanderlei Silva

DD

Hidehiko Yoshida

20:00

Alistair Overeem

SUB

Vitor Belfort

9:36

Alistair Overeem

SUB

Igor Vovchanchyn

1:20

Igor Vovchanchyn

UD

Yuki Kondo

20:00

Alistair Overeem

Maurício Rua

Antônio Rogério Nogueira

SUB

Dan Henderson

8:05

Antônio Rogério Nogueira

20:00

Maurício Rua

UD

Maurício Rua

TKO

Quinton Jackson

4:47

Pride: Bushido 8
Promotion	Pride Fighting Championships
Date	July 17, 2005
Venue	Nagoya Rainbow Hall
City	Nagoya
Event chronology
Pride: Critical Countdown 2005 Pride: Bushido 8 Pride: Final Conflict 2005

Pride FC: Bushido 8^[6] was an event held on July 17, 2005 at Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka, Japan.

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Takanori Gomi	def.	Jean Silva	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Phil Baroni	def.	Ryo Chonan	KO (Punch)	1	1:40
	Ikuhisa Minowa	def.	Kimo Leopoldo	Submission (Achilles Lock)	1	3:11
	Tatsuya Kawajiri	def.	Luiz Firmino	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Daniel Acacio	def.	Kazuo Misaki	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Joachim Hansen	def.	Masakazu Imanari	KO (Knee)	1	2:34
	James Thompson	def.	Henry Miller	KO (Punch)	1	1:21
	Kazuki Okubo	def.	Ryuichi Murata	Submission (Armbar)	1	9:30
	Marcus Aurelio	def.	Jutaro Nakao	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Denis Kang	def.	Andrei Semenov	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Josh Thomson	def.	Daisuke Sugie	Submission (Kneebar)	1	4:35

Pride: Final Conflict 2005
Promotion	Pride Fighting Championships
Date	August 28, 2005
Venue	Saitama Super Arena
City	Saitama
Attendance	47,629[7]
Event chronology
Pride: Bushido 8 Pride: Final Conflict 2005 Pride: Bushido 9

Pride FC: Final Conflict 2005^[8] was an event held on August 28, 2005 at Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka, Japan.

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Maurício Rua	def.	Ricardo Arona	KO (Punches)	1	2:54
Heavyweight	Fedor Emelianenko (c)	def.	Mirko Cro Cop	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00	[a]
	Hidehiko Yoshida	def.	David Abbott	Submission (Single Wing Choke)	1	7:40
	Fabrício Werdum	def.	Roman Zentsov	Submission (Triangle Armbar)	1	6:01
	Maurício Rua	def.	Alistair Overeem	TKO (Punches)	1	6:42
	Ricardo Arona	def.	Wanderlei Silva	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Kazuhiro Nakamura	def.	Igor Vovchanchyn	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00

Total Elimination

Critical Countdown

Final Conflict

Final Conflict

Kazushi Sakuraba

KO

Dong-Sik Yoon

0:38

Kazushi Sakuraba

15:00

Ricardo Arona

TKO

Ricardo Arona

UD

Dean Lister

20:00

Ricardo Arona

UD

Wanderlei Silva

15:00

Kazuhiro Nakamura

UD

Kevin Randleman

20:00

Kazuhiro Nakamura

5:24

Wanderlei Silva

TKO

Wanderlei Silva

DD

Hidehiko Yoshida

20:00

Ricardo Arona

2:54

Maurício Rua

KO

Alistair Overeem

SUB

Vitor Belfort

9:36

Alistair Overeem

SUB

Igor Vovchanchyn

1:20

Igor Vovchanchyn

UD

Yuki Kondo

20:00

Alistair Overeem

6:42

Maurício Rua

TKO

Antônio Rogério Nogueira

SUB

Dan Henderson

8:05

Antônio Rogério Nogueira

20:00

Maurício Rua

UD

Maurício Rua

TKO

Quinton Jackson

4:47

Pride: Bushido 9
Promotion	Pride Fighting Championships
Date	September 25, 2005
Venue	Ariake Coliseum
City	Tokyo
Attendance	10,775
Event chronology
Pride: Final Conflict 2005 Pride: Bushido 9 Pride 30

Pride FC: Bushido 9^[9] was an event held on September 25, 2005 at Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan.

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Takanori Gomi	def.	Luiz Azeredo	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Hayato Sakurai	def.	Joachim Hansen	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Murilo Bustamante	def.	Ikuhisa Minowa	TKO (Punches)	1	9:51
	Dan Henderson	def.	Akihiro Gono	KO (Punch)	1	7:58
	Luiz Azeredo	def.	Naoyuki Kotani	KO (Punch)	1	0:11
	Takanori Gomi	def.	Tatsuya Kawajiri	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	7:42
	Joachim Hansen	def.	Yves Edwards	Decision (Split)	2	5:00
	Hayato Sakurai	def.	Jens Pulver	TKO (Punches)	1	8:56
	Dokonjonosuke Mishima	def.	Charles Bennett	Submission (Ankle Lock)	1	4:04
	Murilo Bustamante	def.	Masanori Suda	Submission (Armbar)	1	3:20
	Ikuhisa Minowa	def.	Phil Baroni	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Dan Henderson	def.	Ryo Chonan	KO (Punch)	1	0:22
	Akihiro Gono	def.	Daniel Acacio	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Paulo Filho	def.	Ryuta Sakurai	Submission (Armbar)	1	3:49

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Akihiro Gono

UD

Daniel Acacio

15:00

Akihiro Gono

7:58

Dan Henderson

KO

Dan Henderson

KO

Ryo Chonan

0:22

Dan Henderson

Murilo Bustamante

Ikuhisa Minowa

UD

Phil Baroni

15:00

Ikuhisa Minowa

9:51

Murilo Bustamante

TKO

Murilo Bustamante

SUB

Masanori Suda

3:20

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Hayato Sakurai

TKO

Jens Pulver

8:56

Hayato Sakurai

UD

Joachim Hansen

15:00

Joachim Hansen

DD

Yves Edwards

15:00

Hayato Sakurai

Takanori Gomi

Takanori Gomi

SUB

Tatsuya Kawajiri

7:42

Takanori Gomi

UD

Luiz Azeredo

15:00

Luiz Azeredo

KO

Naoyuki Kotani

0:11

Pride 30
Promotion	Pride Fighting Championships
Date	October 23, 2005
Venue	Saitama Super Arena
City	Saitama
Event chronology
Pride: Bushido 9 Pride 30 Pride: Shockwave 2005

Pride 30: Fully Loaded^[10] was an event held on October 23, 2005 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Mirko Cro Cop	def.	Josh Barnett	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Kazushi Sakuraba	def.	Ken Shamrock	TKO (Punch)	1	2:27
	Makoto Takimoto	def.	Dong Sik Yoon	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Sergei Kharitonov	def.	Fabrício Werdum	Decision (Split)	3	5:00
	Quinton Jackson	def.	Hirotaka Yokoi	TKO (Punches and Stomps)	1	4:05
	James Thompson	def.	Alexandru Lungu	TKO (Punches)	1	2:13
	Murilo Rua	def.	Murad Chunkaiev	Submission (Heel Hook)	1	3:31
	Wagner da Conceicao Martins	def.	Henry Miller	TKO (Knees)	1	1:31

Pride: Shockwave 2005
Promotion	Pride Fighting Championships
Date	December 31, 2005
Venue	Saitama Super Arena
City	Saitama
Attendance	49,801
Event chronology
Pride 30 Pride: Shockwave 2005 Pride 31

Pride FC: Shockwave 2005^[11] was an event held on December 31, 2005 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. The event included the finals of the Pride Welterweight and Lightwent tournaments that began at Pride: Bushido 9, a rematch between Wanderlei Silva and Ricardo Arona for the Pride Middleweight Championship, and a main event between Olympic judokas Naoya Ogawa and Hidehiko Yoshida.

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Hidehiko Yoshida	def.	Naoya Ogawa	Submission (Armbar)	1	6:04
Middleweight	Wanderlei Silva (c)	def.	Ricardo Arona	Decision (Split)	3	5:00	[a]
	Mark Hunt	def.	Mirko Cro Cop	Decision (Split)	3	5:00
	Kazushi Sakuraba	def.	Ikuhisa Minowa	Technical Submission (Kimura)	1	9:59
Lightweight	Takanori Gomi	def.	Hayato Sakurai	KO (Punches)	1	3:56	[b]
Welterweight	Dan Henderson	def.	Murilo Bustamante	Decision (Split)	2	5:00	[c]
	Fedor Emelianenko	def.	Wagner da Conceicao Martins	TKO (Submission to Punches)	1	0:26
	Alexander Emelianenko	def.	Pawel Nastula	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	8:45
	Sanae Kikuta	def.	Makoto Takimoto	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	James Thompson	def.	Paulo Cesar Silva	TKO (Punches)	1	1:28
	Kazuhiro Nakamura	def.	Yuki Kondo	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Charles Bennett	def.	Ken Kaneko	Submission (Armbar)	1	4:14

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Akihiro Gono

UD

Daniel Acacio

20:00

Akihiro Gono

7:58

Dan Henderson

KO

Dan Henderson

KO

Ryo Chonan

0:22

Dan Henderson

DD

Murilo Bustamante

15:00

Ikuhisa Minowa

UD

Phil Baroni

20:00

Ikuhisa Minowa

9:51

Murilo Bustamante

TKO

Murilo Bustamante

SUB

Masanori Suda

3:20

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Hayato Sakurai

TKO

Jens Pulver

8:56

Hayato Sakurai

UD

Joachim Hansen

20:00

Joachim Hansen

DD

Yves Edwards

20:00

Hayato Sakurai

3:56

Takanori Gomi

KO

Takanori Gomi

SUB

Tatsuya Kawajiri

7:42

Takanori Gomi

UD

Luiz Azeredo

20:00

Luiz Azeredo

KO

Naoyuki Kotani

0:11

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