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
Debut Pride FC fighters
The following fighters fought their first Pride FC fight in 2005:
Alexandru Lungu Aliev Makhmud Andrei Semenov Daisuke Sugie Daniel Acacio David Abbott Denis Kang Dong Sik Yoon Fabrício Werdum Ibragim Magomedov In Seok Kim Jean Silva
Joachim Hansen Josh Thomson Jutaro Nakao Ken Kaneko Luiz Azeredo Masanori Suda Michihiro Omigawa Milton Vieira Murad Chunkaiev Naoyuki Kotani Pawel Nastula
Pedro Rizzo Phil Baroni Roman Zentsov Ryuichi Murata Tatsuya Kawajiri Tomomi Iwama Tsuyoshi Kosaka Wagner da Conceicao Martins Yoshiro Maeda Yves Edwards Aaron Riley
Events list
#EventJapanese nameDate heldVenueCityAttendance56Pride FC - Shockwave 2005Otokomatsuri - Itadaki Saitama Super ArenaSaitama, Japan49,80155Pride 30 - Fully LoadedStarting Over Saitama Super ArenaSaitama, Japan rowspan="1 54Pride - Bushido 9The Tournament Ariake ColiseumTokyo, Japan10,77553Pride FC - Final Conflict 2005Ketsushosen Saitama Super ArenaSaitama, Japan rowspan="1 52Pride - Bushido 8 rowspan="1 Nagoya Rainbow HallNagoya, Japan rowspan="1 51Pride FC - Critical Countdown 20052nd Round Saitama Super ArenaSaitama, Japan rowspan="1 50Pride - Bushido 7 rowspan="1 Ariake ColiseumTokyo, Japan rowspan="1 49Pride FC - Total Elimination 2005Kaimakusen Osaka DomeOsaka, Japan45,42348Pride - Bushido 6 rowspan="1 Yokohama ArenaYokohama, Japan rowspan="1 47Pride 29 - Fists of FireSurvival Saitama Super ArenaSaitama, Japan22,047
Pride 29: Fists of Fire
Pride 29: Fists of Fire was an event held on February 20, 2005 at Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka, Japan.
Results Fight Card Weight Class Method Round Time NotesHeavyweight 120 kg Mirko Filipovicdef. Mark ColemanKO (punches)13:40Middleweight 93 kg Quinton Jacksondef. Murilo RuaDecision (split)320:00Middleweight 93 kg Antônio Rogério Nogueiradef. Alistair OvereemDecision (unanimous)320:00Welterweight 83 kg Kiyoshi Tamuradef. Aliev MakhmudTKO (retirement)17:09Heavyweight 120 kg Sergei Kharitonovdef. Mu Bae ChoiKO (punches)13:24Middleweight 93 kg Kazuhiro Nakamuradef. Stefan LekoTKO (punches)10:54Middleweight 93 kg Igor Vovchanchyndef. Kazuo TakahashiKO (punch)11:10Middleweight 93 kg Maurício Ruadef. Hiromitsu KaneharaTKO (stomp)11:40Heavyweight 120 kg Fabrício Werdumdef. Tom EriksonSubmission (RNC)15:11Middleweight 93 kg Mario Sperrydef. Hirotaka YokoiTKO (knees)19:08
Pride FC: Bushido 6
Pride FC: Bushido 6 was an event held on April 3, 2005 at Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka, Japan.
Results
Pride FC: Total Elimination 2005
Pride FC: Total Elimination 2005 was an event held on April 23, 2005 at Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka, Japan.
Results 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
Pride GP 2005 Middleweight Bracket
Pride FC: Bushido 7
Pride FC: Bushido 7 was an event held on May 22, 2005 at Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka, Japan.
Results
Pride FC: Critical Countdown 2005
Pride FC: Critical Countdown 2005 was an event held on June 26, 2005 at Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka, Japan.
Results
Pride GP 2005 Middleweight Bracket
Pride FC: Bushido 8
Pride FC: Bushido 8 was an event held on July 17, 2005 at Nagoya Rainbow Hall in Nagoya, Japan.
Results
Pride FC: Final Conflict 2005
Pride FC: Final Conflict 2005 was an event held on August 28, 2005 at Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka, Japan.
Results
Pride GP 2005 Middleweight Bracket
Pride FC: Bushido 9
Pride FC: Bushido 9 was an event held on September 25, 2005 at Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan.
Results
Welterweight Tournament Bracket
Lightweight Tournament Bracket
Pride 30: Fully Loaded
Pride 30: Fully Loaded was an event held on October 23, 2005 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
Results
Pride FC: Shockwave 2005
Pride FC: Shockwave 2005 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.
Results
Welterweight Tournament Bracket
Lightweight Tournament Bracket
See also Pride Fighting Championships List of Pride Fighting Championships champions List of Pride Fighting events
References