The year 2000 was the 4th year in the history of the Pride Fighting Championships, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. 2000 had 6 events beginning with, Pride FC - Grand Prix 2000: Opening Round.

Debut Pride FC fighters

The following fighters fought their first Pride FC fight in 2000:

Dan Henderson Gilbert Yvel Hans Nijman Heath Herring Herman Renting Igor Borisov Johil de Oliveira John Marsh

John Renken Kazuyuki Fujita Ken Shamrock Masaaki Satake Mike Bourke Osamu Kawahara Ricardo Almeida Ricco Rodriguez

Royce Gracie Ryan Gracie Shannon Ritch Takayuki Okada Tokimitsu Ishizawa Tra Telligman Willie Peeters Yoshiaki Yatsu

Events list

#EventJapanese nameDate heldVenueCityAttendance14Pride 12 - Cold Fury rowspan="1 Saitama Super ArenaSaitama, Japan26,88213Pride 11 - Battle of the Rising Sun rowspan="1 Osaka-jo HallOsaka, Japan13,50012Pride 10 - Return of the Warriors rowspan="1 Seibu DomeSaitama, Japan35,00011Pride 9 - New Blood rowspan="1 Nagoya Rainbow HallNagoya, Japan rowspan="1 10Pride FC - Pride Grand Prix 2000: Finals rowspan="1 Tokyo DomeTokyo, Japan38,4299Pride FC - Pride Grand Prix 2000: Opening Round rowspan="1 Tokyo DomeTokyo, Japan48,316

Pride FC: Grand Prix 2000 - Opening Round

Pride FC - Grand Prix 2000: Opening Round was an event held on January 30, 2000 at The Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Pride 2000 Grand Prix Bracket

Pride FC: Grand Prix 2000 - Finals

Pride FC - Pride Grand Prix 2000: Finals was an event held on May 1, 2000 at The Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Pride 2000 Grand Prix Bracket

Pride 9: New Blood

Pride 9 - New Blood was an event held on June 4, 2000 at The Nagoya Rainbow Hall in Nagoya, Japan.

Results

Pride 10: Return of the Warriors

Pride 10 - Return of the Warriors was an event held on August 27, 2000 at The Seibu Dome in Saitama, Japan.

Results

Pride 11: Battle of the Rising Sun

Pride 11 - Battle of the Rising Sun was an event held on October 31, 2000 at Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka, Japan.

Results

Pride 12: Cold Fury

Pride 12 - Cold Fury was an event held on December 23, 2000 at The Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. This event featured the debut of future PRIDE Champion, Dan Henderson.

Results

See also Pride Fighting Championships List of Pride Fighting Championships champions List of Pride Fighting events

References