PRIDE 1

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

PRIDE 1
Details
Promotion	PRIDE Fighting Championships
Date	October 11, 1997
Venue	Tokyo Dome
City	Tokyo
Event chronology
	PRIDE 1	PRIDE 2

PRIDE 1 was the first mixed martial arts event held by KRS-PRIDE (later renamed PRIDE Fighting Championships). It took place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on October 11, 1997. In addition to the MMA bouts, there was one kickboxing bout between K-1 Grand Prix Champion Branko Cikatic and Ralph White.

Contents 1 Results 1.1 Kazunari Murakami vs John Dixon 1.2 Gary Goodridge vs Oleg Taktarov 1.3 Akira Shoji vs Renzo Gracie 1.4 Koji Kitao vs Nathan Jones 1.5 Ralph White vs Branko Cikatic 1.6 Kimo Leopoldo vs Dan Severn 1.7 Rickson Gracie vs Nobuhiko Takada 2 See also 3 References

[edit] Results

[edit] Kazunari Murakami vs John Dixon

Muarakami defeated Dixon via submission (armbar} at 1:31 of round 1

[edit] Gary Goodridge vs Oleg Taktarov

Goddridge defeated Taktarov via KO at 4:57 of round 1

[edit] Akira Shoji vs Renzo Gracie

Time expired, ruled a Draw.

[edit] Koji Kitao vs Nathan Jones

Kitao defeated Jones via submission (armlock) at 2:14 of round 2

[edit] Ralph White vs Branko Cikatic

The fight was declared as a no-contest after Ralph suffered a major blow on his forehead (a lump that was increased in size via Cikatic's kick when White was outside the ring.

[edit] Kimo Leopoldo vs Dan Severn

Time expired, ruled a Draw.

[edit] Rickson Gracie vs Nobuhiko Takada

Gracie defeated Takada via submission (armbar) at 4:47 of round 1

[edit] See also

• List of PRIDE events

[edit] References

• Sherdog.com