PRIDE Fighting Championships Est. 1997

PRIDE Final Conflict 2004 August 22nd 2004 £7
This year's heavyweight grand prix ended as unpredictably as it began: the final was ruled a no-contest as a result of headbutting - which also resulted in Emelianenko Fedor flying home to Russia to have his head sewn back together. A wild night of PRIDE. Kazuhiro Nakamura vs Murillo Bustamante… Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs Sergei Kharitonov… Emelianenko Fedor vs Naoya Ogawa (PRIDE Heavyweight Grand Prix Semi-finals)… Ron Waterman vs Kevin Randleman (PRIDE Heavyweight Grand Prix Reserve Fight)… Mirko Cro Cop vs Emelianenko Aleksander… Vanderlei Silva vs Yuki Kondo… Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs Emelianenko Fedor (PRIDE Heavyweight Grand Prix Final)

PRIDE Critical Countdown 2004 June 20th 2004 £7
This is the US PPV, featuring all of the second round fights from this year's PRIDE Heavyweight GP. The best description is a big thumbs up. Kazushi Sakuraba vs Nino Schembri… Quinton Jackson vs Ricardo Arona… Sergei Kharitonov vs Semmy Schiltt… Naoya Ogawa vs Giant Silva (both PRIDE Heavyweight Grand Prix Round Two Matches)… Hidehiko Yoshida vs Mark Hunt… Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs Heath Herring… Emelianenko Fedor vs Kevin Randleman (both PRIDE Heavyweight Grand Prix Round Two Matches)

PRIDE Bushido III May 23rd 2004 £7
It's the best of Brazil vs the best of Japan on Bushido III, as Team Gracie takes on the Nippon Army in the top three matches. Bertrand Amoussou vs Raou… Katsuhisa Fujii vs Kim Jin Oh… Alexander Emelianenko vs Matt Foki… Choi Mu Bae vs Yoshihisa Yamamoto… Kazuo Misaki vs Jorge Patino Macaco… Daiju Takase vs Carlos Newton… Akira Shoji vs Tamakariki… Kazuhiro Nakamura vs Chalid Arrab… Mirko Cro Cop vs Hiromitsu Kanehara… Ricardo Almeida vs Ryo Chonan… Takanori Gomi vs Ralph Gracie… Ryan Gracie vs Ikuhisa Minowa

PRIDE Total Elimination 2004 April 25th 2004 £7
The first round of this year's Heavyweight Grand Prix, taped at a sold-out Saitama Super Arena. This is the full US PPV version, hosted by Bas Rutten. Heath Herring vs Yoshiki Takahashi… Sergei Kharitonov vs Murillo Ninja… Giant Silva vs Sentoryu… Semmy Schiltt vs Gan McGee… Naoya Ogawa vs Stefan Leko… Mirko Cro Cop vs Kevin Randleman… Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs Hiro Yokoi… Emelianenko Fedor vs Mark Coleman

PRIDE Bushido II February 15th 2004 £7
The first noteworthy PRIDE event of 2004. Choi Mae Base vs Yusuke Imamura… Yushin Okami vs Ryuta Sakurai… Yasuhito Namekawa vs Egidijus Valavicius… Sean Sherk vs Ryuuki Ueyama… Mario Sperry vs Mike Bencic… Daiju Takase vs Chris Brennan… Rodrigo Gracie vs Hayato Sakurai… Mirko Cro Cop vs Yoshihisa Yamamoto… Takanori Gomi vs Jadson Costa… Mauricio Shogun vs Akihiro Gono… Vanderlei Silva vs Ikuhisa Minowa

PRIDE Man Festival 2003 (Volume 1) December 31st 2003 £7
Nobuhiko Takada promoted PRIDE's contribution to New Year's Eve as the 'pure fighting' option. Featuring some of the best talent on the market and only one oddity (Giant Silva), this was a critical success - the best of three excellent MMA supercards. Ikuhisa Minowa vs Quinton Jackson… Giant Silva vs Heath Herring… Hayato 'Mach' Sakurai vs Daiju Takase… Akira Shoji vs Murilo Ninja Rua… Hidehiko Yoshida vs Royce Gracie

PRIDE Man Festival 2003 (Volume 1) December 31st 2003 £7
The great opener here served as Gary Goodridge's retirement match. Additionally, Zero One's Shinya Hashimoto and Naoya Ogawa appeared to hype up the following week's HUSTLE-1 PPV. Don Frye vs Gary Goodridge… Wataru Sakata vs Daniel Gracie… Yuki Kondo vs Mario Sperry… Kiyoshi Tamura vs Rony Sefo… Kazushi Sakuraba vs Antonio Rogerio Nogueira

PRIDE Final Conflict 2003 November 9th 2003 £7
The Tokyo Dome climax of the middleweight tournament, complimented by a brutal decider for the PRIDE Interim Heavyweight Title - a fight which received many pundits' votes for MMA Match of the Year. Gary Goodridge vs Dan Bobish… Quinton Jackson vs Chuck Lidell… Vanderlei Silva vs Hidehiko Yoshida (both PRIDE Middleweight Tournament Semi-finals)… Dan Henderson vs Murilo Bustamante… Heath Herring vs Norihisa Yamamoto… Kazushi Sakuraba vs Kevin Randleman… Mirko Cro Cop vs Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (PRIDE Interim Heavyweight Title Match)… Vanderlei Silva vs Quinton Jackson (PRIDE Middleweight Tournament Final)

PRIDE Bushido I October 5th 2003 £7
These new Bushido ('fighting spirit') events ostensibly fill the gaps between PRIDE's enormo-shows - but the mix of old, new, borrowed and blue talent has thus far made Bushido interesting viewing in its own right. Chris Brennan vs Eiji Matsuoka… Chalid Arrab vs Rodney Faverus… Sergei Kharitonov vs Jason Nobunaga… Carlos Newton vs Renzo Gracie… Ralph Gracie vs Dokonjonsuke Mishima… Kazuhiro Nakamura vs Daniel Gracie Mishima… Rodrigo Gracie vs Daijyu Takase Mishima… Ryan Gracie vs Kazuhiro Hamanaka Mishima… Mauricio Shogun vs Akira Shoji… Alexander Emelianenko vs Ausserio Silva… Mirko Cro Cop vs Dos Caras Jr.

PRIDE Total Elimination 2003 August 10th 2003 £7
The MMA hype machine hailed this card the 'greatest PRIDE event of all time'. The hype machine isn't always on the money, but it wasn't far wrong this time: Total Elimination includes the opening round of an outstanding eight-man middleweight tournament. Emelianenko Fedor vs Gary Goodridge… Chuck Liddell vs Alistair Overeem… Quinton Jackson vs Murilo Bustamante (both PRIDE Middleweight Tournament Quarter-finals)… Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs Ricco Rodriguez… Mirko Cro Cop vs Igor Vovchanchin… Hidehiko Yoshida vs Kiyoshi Tamura… (both PRIDE Middleweight Tournament Quarter-finals)… Vanderlei Silva vs Kazushi Sakuraba