Below is a list of Pride Fighting Championships champions and title defenses:
World champions Heavyweight Championship Weight limit: Over No.NameEventDateReignDefenses1 Pride 17 Nov 3, 2001 days2 Fedor Emelianenko Pride 25 Mar 16, 2003 days- Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira Nov 9, 2003 -
Middleweight Championship Weight limit: to No.NameEventDateReignDefenses1 Wanderlei Silva Pride 17 Nov 3, 2001 days2 Pride 33 Feb 24, 2007 daysThe Pride World Middleweight Title was unified with the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship on September 8, 2007 when Quinton Jackson defeated Dan Henderson at UFC 75.
Welterweight Championship Weight limit: to No.NameEventDateReignDefenses1 Dan Henderson Dec 31, 2005 daysThe Pride World Welterweight Title was unified with the UFC Middleweight Championship on March 1, 2008 when Anderson Silva defeated Dan Henderson at UFC 82.
Lightweight Championship Weight limit: Below No.NameEventDateReignDefenses1 Dec 31, 2005 days
Grand Prix Winners An asterisk (*) indicates that the tournament was also a title fight.
EventDivisionWinnerRunner-upFinalPride Grand Prix 2000 Opening Round Pride Grand Prix 2000 FinalsOpenweight Mark Coleman Igor VovchanchynMay 1, 2000Pride Total Elimination 2003 Pride Final Conflict 2003Middleweight Wanderlei Silva Quinton JacksonNovember 9, 2003 Pride Total Elimination 2004 Pride Critical Countdown 2004 Pride Final Conflict 2004 Pride Shockwave 2004Heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko * Antônio Rodrigo NogueiraDecember 31, 2004Pride Total Elimination 2005 Pride Critical Countdown 2005 Pride Final Conflict 2005Middleweight Mauricio Rua Ricardo AronaAugust 28, 2005Pride Bushido 9 Pride Shockwave 2005Welterweight Dan Henderson * Murilo Bustamante December 31, 2005Lightweight Takanori Gomi * Hayato SakuraiPride Total Elimination Absolute Pride Critical Countdown Absolute Pride Final Conflict AbsoluteOpenweight Mirko Filipović Josh Barnett September 10, 2006Pride Bushido 11 Pride Bushido 12 Pride Bushido 13Welterweight Kazuo Misaki Denis Kang November 5, 2006
Records Most wins in title bouts Victories Champion Division V D NC L 5 Wanderlei Silva Middleweight 5 0 0 1 4 Fedor Emelianenko Heavyweight 4 0 0 0 2 Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira Heavyweight 2 0 0 2 Takanori Gomi Lightweight 2 0 0 0 Dan Henderson Middleweight Welterweight 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Most consecutive title defenses Defenses Champion Division Period 4 Wanderlei Silva Middleweight November 3, 2001 – February 24, 2007 3 Fedor Emelianenko Heavyweight March 16, 2003 – October 4, 2007 1 Takanori Gomi Lightweight December 31, 2005 – October 4, 2007
Multi-division champions Interim title
No. Champion Division Won Lost Defenses Reign Total reign 1 Dan Henderson Middleweight February 24, 2007 (Pride 33) September 8, 2007 (UFC 75) 0 days 987 days Welterweight December 31, 2005 (Pride Shockwave 2005) March 1, 2008 (UFC 82) 0 days
Simultaneous two division champions
No. Champion Division Span Defenses Simultaneous Reign 1 Dan Henderson Middleweight February 24, 2007 – September 8, 2007 0 days Welterweight 0
Champions by nationality The division champions include only linear and true champions. Interim champions who have never become linear champions will be listed as interim champions. Fighters with multiple title reigns in a specific division will also be counted once. Runners-up are not included in tournaments champions.
Country Divisionchampions Interimchampions Tournamentschampions Total 2 1 2 4 2 - 2 4 1 - 2 3 1 - 1 2 - - 1 1
See also List of Pride events List of Pride FC fighters List of current mixed martial arts champions List of Bellator MMA champions List of EliteXC champions List of Invicta FC champions List of ONE Championship champions List of PFL champions List of Strikeforce champions List of UFC champions List of WEC champions Mixed martial arts weight classes
References
External links PRIDE Title Histories