The year 2001 was the 5th year in the history of the Pride Fighting Championships, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. 2001 had 6 events beginning with, Pride 13 - Collision Course.
Title fights
Debut Pride FC fighters
The following fighters fought their first Pride FC fight in 2001:
Alex Stiebling Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira Antonio Schembri Assuério Silva Bobby Southworth Chuck Liddell Denis Sobolev Don Frye
Jan Nortje Jeremy Horn Jose Landi Mario Sperry Matt Skelton Michiyoshi Ohara Mirko Cro Cop Murilo Rua Quinton Jackson
Ricardo Arona Semmy Schilt Shungo Oyama Tadao Yasuda Valentijn Overeem Yoshihiro Takayama Yoshihisa Yamamoto Yuki Ishikawa
Events list
#EventJapanese nameDate heldVenueCityAttendance20Pride 18 - Cold Fury 2 rowspan="1 Marine Messe FukuokaFukuoka, Japan rowspan="1 19Pride 17 - Championship Chaos rowspan="1 Tokyo DomeTokyo, Japan53,20018Pride 16 - Beasts from the East rowspan="1 Osaka-jo HallOsaka, Japan rowspan="1 17Pride 15 - Raging Rumble rowspan="1 Saitama Super ArenaSaitama, Japan rowspan="1 16Pride 14 - Clash of the Titans rowspan="1 Yokohama ArenaYokohama, Japan rowspan="1 15Pride 13 - Collision Course rowspan="1 Saitama Super ArenaSaitama, Japan rowspan="1
Pride 13: Collision Course
Pride 13: Collision Course was an event held on March 25, 2001 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
Results
Pride 14: Clash of the Titans
Pride 14: Clash of the Titans was an event held on May 27, 2001 at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan.
Results
Pride 15: Raging Rumble
Pride 15: Raging Rumble was an event held on July 29, 2001 at the Saitama Super Arena Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. Future Pride and UFC legends Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira and Quinton Jackson made their Pride debuts at this event.
Results
Pride 16: Beasts from the East
Pride 16: Beasts from the East was an event held on September 24, 2001 at Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka, Japan.
Results
Pride 17: Championship Chaos
Pride 17: Championship Chaos was an event held on November 3, 2001 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. This event saw the crowning of the first Pride FC Heavyweight and Middleweight champions. It also marked the debut of future Pride champion Mirko Cro Cop.
Results
Pride 18: Cold Fury 2
Pride 18: Cold Fury 2 was an event held on December 23, 2001 at the Marine Messe Fukuoka in Fukuoka, Japan.
Results
See also Pride Fighting Championships List of Pride Fighting Championships champions List of Pride Fighting events
References