The year 2002 was the 6th year in the history of the Pride Fighting Championships, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. 2002 had 10 events beginning with, Pride FC: The Best, Vol. 1.
Pride 22: Beasts from the East 2[7] was an event held on September 29, 2002 at the Nagoya Rainbow Hall in Nagoya, Japan. It featured the Pride debut of former UFC Heavyweight Champion Kevin Randleman
^"Pride FC - The Best, Vol. 1". Sherdog. from the original on November 8, 2013.
^"Pride 19 - Bad Blood". Sherdog. from the original on September 7, 2013.
^"Pride 20 - Armed and Ready". Sherdog. from the original on October 17, 2013.
^"Pride 21 - Demolition". Sherdog. from the original on September 9, 2013.
^"Pride FC - The Best, Vol. 2". Sherdog. from the original on November 9, 2013.
^"Pride FC - Shockwave". Sherdog. from the original on May 1, 2013.
^"Pride 22 - Beasts from the East 2". Sherdog. from the original on October 17, 2013.
^"Pride FC - The Best, Vol. 3". Sherdog. from the original on November 9, 2013.
^"Pride 23 - Championship Chaos 2". Sherdog. from the original on November 9, 2013.
^"Pride 24 - Cold Fury 3". Sherdog. from the original on November 9, 2013.
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The year 2002 was the 6th year in the history of the Pride Fighting Championships a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan 2002 had 10 events beginning with Pride FC The Best Vol 1 2002 in Pride FCInformationFirst dateFebruary 22 2002Last dateDecember 23 2002EventsTotal events10FightsTotal fights80Title fights2Chronology2001 in Pride 2002 in Pride FC 2003 in Pride Contents 1 Title fights 2 Debut Pride FC fighters 3 Events list 4 Pride FC The Best Vol 1 4 1 Results 5 Pride 19 Bad Blood 5 1 Results 6 Pride 20 Armed and Ready 6 1 Results 7 Pride 21 Demolition 7 1 Results 8 Pride FC The Best Vol 2 8 1 Results 9 Pride FC Shockwave 9 1 Results 10 Pride 22 Beasts from the East 2 10 1 Results 11 Pride FC The Best Vol 3 11 1 Results 12 Pride 23 Championship Chaos 2 12 1 Results 13 Pride 24 Cold Fury 3 13 1 Results 14 See also 15 ReferencesTitle fights editTitle fights in 2002 Weight class Method Round Time Event Notes Middleweight Wanderlei Silva c def Kiyoshi Tamura KO Punch 2 2 28 Pride 19 Bad Blood a Middleweight Wanderlei Silva c def Hiromitsu Kanehara TKO Corner Stoppage 1 3 40 Pride 23 Championship Chaos 2 b For the Pride Fighting Championship World Middleweight Championship For the Pride Fighting Championship World Middleweight Championship Debut Pride FC fighters editThe following fighters fought their first Pride FC fight in 2002 Achmed Labasanov Aji Susilo Akira Nitagai Alistair Overeem Anderson Silva Andrei Kopylov Antonio Rogerio Nogueira Bazigit Atajev Bob Sapp Daisuke Nakamura Daniel Gracie Demetrius Gioulacos Eiji Mitsuoka Fatih Kocamis Fedor Emelianenko Gilles Arsene Han Ten Yun Hidehiko Yoshida Hidehisa Matsuda Hiromitsu Kanehara Hirotaka Yokoi Jerrel Venetiaan Joe Son John Alessio Jong Wang Kim Jukei Nakajima Kazuki Okubo Ken Orihashi Kenichi Yamamoto Kestutis Smirnovas Kevin Randleman Kiyoshi Tamura Kyosuke Sasaki Lloyd Van Dams Paulo Filho Ron Waterman Rory Singer Scott Bills Shinichiro Takamura Sokun Koh Steve White Takahiro Oba Takashi Sugiura Tatsuya Iwasaki Tim Catalfo Togo Togo Tomohiko Hashimoto Xue Do Won Yoshinori Kawakami Yoshinori Sasaki Yuji Hisamatsu Yuki Sasaki Yukiya Naito Yuriy Kochkine Yushin Okami Yusuke Imamura Yutaro MiyamotoEvents list editMain article List of Pride FC events Event Japanese name Date held Venue City Attendance 30 Pride 24 Cold Fury 3 December 23 2002 Marine Messe Fukuoka Fukuoka Japan 29 Pride 23 Championship Chaos 2 November 24 2002 Tokyo Dome Tokyo Japan 52 228 28 Pride FC The Best Vol 3 October 20 2002 Differ Ariake Arena Tokyo Japan 27 Pride 22 Beasts from the East 2 September 29 2002 Nagoya Rainbow Hall Nagoya Japan 26 Pride FC Shockwave Dynamite August 28 2002 Tokyo National Stadium Tokyo Japan 91 107 25 Pride FC The Best Vol 2 July 20 2002 Differ Ariake Arena Tokyo Japan 24 Pride 21 Demolition June 23 2002 Saitama Super Arena Saitama Japan 23 Pride 20 Armed and Ready April 28 2002 Yokohama Arena Yokohama Japan 18 926 22 Pride 19 Bad Blood February 24 2002 Saitama Super Arena Saitama Japan 21 Pride FC The Best Vol 1 February 22 2002 Korakuen Hall Tokyo Japan Pride FC The Best Vol 1 editPride The Best Vol 1InformationPromotionPride Fighting ChampionshipsDateFebruary 22 2002VenueKorakuen HallCityTokyoEvent chronologyPride 18 Pride The Best Vol 1 Pride 19 Pride FC The Best Vol 1 1 was an event held on February 22 2002 at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo Japan Results edit Main Card Weight class Method Round Time Notes Yusuke Imamura def Joe Son TKO Elbow Injury 1 0 33 Sokun Koh def Amir Rahnavardi KO Punch 2 1 19 Takayuki Okada def Soichi Nishida TKO Punches 1 2 00 Daiju Takase def Johil de Oliveira Decision Unanimous 3 5 00 Jong Wang Kim def Yoshinori Sasaki Submission Guillotine Choke 1 0 25 Eiji Mitsuoka def Anthony Macias Decision Unanimous 3 5 00Pride 19 Bad Blood editPride 19InformationPromotionPride Fighting ChampionshipsDateFebruary 24 2002VenueSaitama Super ArenaCitySaitamaEvent chronologyPride The Best Vol 1 Pride 19 Pride 20 Pride 19 Bad Blood 2 was an event held on February 24 2002 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama Japan Results edit Main Card Weight class Method Round Time Notes Middleweight Wanderlei Silva c def Kiyoshi Tamura KO Punch 2 2 28 a Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira def Enson Inoue Technical Submission Triangle Choke 1 6 17 Don Frye def Ken Shamrock Decision Split 3 5 00 Heath Herring def Igor Vovchanchyn Decision Unanimous 3 5 00 Carlos Newton def Jose Landi Submission Armbar 1 7 16 Rodrigo Gracie def Daijiro Matsui Submission Guillotine Choke 3 0 28 Alex Stiebling def Wallid Ismail Decision Unanimous 3 5 00 Tom Erikson def Tim Catalfo Submission Rear Naked Choke 1 2 35 For The Pride Fighting Championship World Middleweight Championship Pride 20 Armed and Ready editPride 20InformationPromotionPride Fighting ChampionshipsDateApril 28 2002VenueYokohama ArenaCityYokohamaAttendance18 926Event chronologyPride 19 Pride 20 Pride 21 Pride 20 Armed and Ready 3 was an event held on April 28 2002 at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama Japan Results edit Main Card Weight class Method Round Time Notes Wanderlei Silva vs Mirko Cro Cop Draw 5 3 00 Sanae Kikuta def Alexander Otsuka Decision Unanimous 3 5 00 Murilo Rua def Mario Sperry Decision Unanimous 3 5 00 Ricardo Arona def Dan Henderson Decision Split 3 5 00 Antonio Rogerio Nogueira def Yusuke Imamura Technical Submission Guillotine Choke 1 0 35 Quinton Jackson def Masaaki Satake TKO Slam 1 7 07 Bob Sapp def Yoshihisa Yamamoto TKO Punches 1 2 44Pride 21 Demolition editPride 21InformationPromotionPride Fighting ChampionshipsDateJune 23 2002VenueSaitama Super ArenaCitySaitamaEvent chronologyPride 20 Pride 21 Pride The Best Vol 2 Pride 21 Demolition 4 was an event held on June 23 2002 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama Japan This event featured the PRIDE debut of MMA all time greats Fedor Emelianenko and Anderson Silva Results edit Main Card Weight class Method Round Time Notes Don Frye def Yoshihiro Takayama TKO Punches 1 6 10 Fedor Emelianenko def Semmy Schilt Decision Unanimous 3 5 00 Daniel Gracie def Takashi Sugiura Decision Split 3 5 00 Shungo Oyama def Renzo Gracie Decision Unanimous 3 5 00 Jeremy Horn def Gilbert Yvel Decision Unanimous 3 5 00 Anderson Silva def Alex Stiebling TKO Doctor Stoppage 1 1 23 Gary Goodridge def Achmed Labasanov Decision Split 3 5 00 Bob Sapp def Kiyoshi Tamura TKO Punches 1 0 11Pride FC The Best Vol 2 editPride The Best Vol 2InformationPromotionPride Fighting ChampionshipsDateJuly 20 2002VenueDiffer Ariake ArenaCityTokyoEvent chronologyPride 21 Pride The Best Vol 2 Pride Shockwave Pride FC The Best Vol 2 5 was an event held on July 20 2002 at the Differ Ariake Arena in Tokyo Japan Results edit Main Card Weight class Method Round Time Notes Sokun Koh def Bob Schrijber Decision Split 2 5 00 Antonio Schembri def Daiju Takase Decision Split 2 5 00 Alistair Overeem def Yusuke Imamura TKO Knee and Punches 1 0 44 Takayuki Okada def Tomohiko Hashimoto KO Punch 1 2 10 John Alessio def Eiji Mitsuoka TKO Cut 2 3 13 Fatih Kocamis def Takahiro Oba Decision Unanimous 2 5 00 Daisuke Nakamura def Shannon Ritch Submission Armbar 1 4 28 Jukei Nakajima def Joe Son TKO Shoulder Injury 1 0 54 Yushin Okami def Hidehisa Matsuda KO Punches 1 3 52 Yukiya Naito def Ken Orihashi Decision Split 1 5 00Pride FC Shockwave editPride ShockwaveInformationPromotionPride Fighting Championships K 1DateAugust 28 2002VenueTokyo National StadiumCityTokyoAttendance91 107Event chronologyPride The Best Vol 2 Pride Shockwave Pride 22 Pride FC Shockwave 6 was an event held on August 28 2002 at the Tokyo National Stadium in Tokyo Japan The event was co promoted by the PRIDE Fighting Championships and K 1 Results edit Main Card Weight class Method Round Time Notes Mirko Cro Cop def Kazushi Sakuraba TKO Eye Injury 2 5 00 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira def Bob Sapp Submission Armbar 2 4 03 Gary Goodridge def Lloyd Van Dams TKO Punches 1 3 39 Jerrel Venetiaan def Daijiro Matsui Decision Split 3 5 00 Wanderlei Silva def Tatsuya Iwasaki TKO Head Kick and Punches 1 1 16Pride 22 Beasts from the East 2 editPride 22InformationPromotionPride Fighting ChampionshipsDateSeptember 29 2002VenueNagoya Rainbow HallCityNagoyaEvent chronologyPride Shockwave Pride 22 Pride The Best Vol 3 Pride 22 Beasts from the East 2 7 was an event held on September 29 2002 at the Nagoya Rainbow Hall in Nagoya Japan It featured the Pride debut of former UFC Heavyweight Champion Kevin Randleman Results edit Main Card Weight class Method Round Time Notes Ryan Gracie def Shungo Oyama Technical Submission Armbar 1 1 37 Quinton Jackson def Igor Vovchanchyn TKO Injury 1 7 17 Mario Sperry def Andrei Kopylov TKO Cut 1 6 02 Heath Herring def Yuriy Kochkine TKO Knees 1 7 31 Paulo Filho def Akira Shoji Submission Armbar 1 2 48 Anderson Silva def Alexander Otsuka Decision Unanimous 3 5 00 Guy Mezger def Yoshihisa Yamamoto Decision Unanimous 3 5 00 Kevin Randleman def Michiyoshi Ohara Decision Unanimous 3 5 00Pride FC The Best Vol 3 editPride The Best Vol 3InformationPromotionPride Fighting ChampionshipsDateOctober 20 2002VenueDiffer Ariake ArenaCityTokyoEvent chronologyPride 22 Pride The Best Vol 3 Pride 23 Pride FC The Best Vol 3 8 was an event held on October 20 2002 at the Differ Ariake Arena in Tokyo Japan Results edit Main Card Weight class Method Round Time Notes Daijiro Matsui def Rory Singer Decision Unanimous 2 5 00 Yuji Hisamatsu def Demetrius Gioulacos Decision Unanimous 2 5 00 Eiji Mitsuoka def Scott Bills Decision Unanimous 2 5 00 Yushin Okami def Steve White TKO Submission to Punches 2 3 25 Kestutis Smirnovas def Takahiro Oba Submission Armbar 1 0 55 Yusuke Imamura def Han Ten Yun Submission Guillotine Choke 1 2 15 Aji Susilo def Xue Do Won Submission Rear Naked Choke 2 0 42 Takayuki Okada def Jong Wang Kim TKO Broken Hand 1 0 24 Kyosuke Sasaki def Akira Nitagai Submission Armbar 1 4 35 Yutaro Miyamoto def Yoshinori Kawakami Decision Unanimous 1 5 00 Shinichiro Takamura def Togo Togo KO Punches 1 4 59Pride 23 Championship Chaos 2 editPride 23InformationPromotionPride Fighting ChampionshipsDateNovember 24 2002VenueTokyo DomeCityTokyo JapanAttendance52 228Event chronologyPride The Best Vol 3 Pride 23 Pride 24 Pride 23 Championship Chaos 2 9 was an event held on November 24 2002 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo Japan Results edit Main Card Weight class Method Round Time Notes Kazushi Sakuraba def Gilles Arsene Submission Armbar 3 2 08 Kiyoshi Tamura def Nobuhiko Takada KO Punch 2 1 00 Hidehiko Yoshida def Don Frye Technical Submission Armbar 1 5 32 Middleweight Wanderlei Silva c def Hiromitsu Kanehara TKO Corner Stoppage 1 3 40 a Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira def Semmy Schilt Submission Triangle Choke 1 6 36 Fedor Emelianenko def Heath Herring TKO Doctor Stoppage 1 10 00 Ricardo Arona def Murilo Rua Decision Unanimous 3 5 00 Kevin Randleman def Kenichi Yamamoto TKO Knees 3 1 16 Hirotaka Yokoi def Jerrel Venetiaan Submission Armbar 2 3 29 For The Pride Fighting Championship World Middleweight Championship Pride 24 Cold Fury 3 editPride 24InformationPromotionPride Fighting ChampionshipsDateDecember 23 2002VenueMarine Messe FukuokaCityFukuokaEvent chronologyPride 23 Pride 24 Pride 25 Pride 24 Cold Fury 3 10 was an event held on December 23 2002 at the Marine Messe Fukuoka in Fukuoka Japan Results edit Main Card Weight class Method Round Time Notes Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira def Dan Henderson Submission Armbar 3 1 49 Kevin Randleman def Murilo Rua TKO Cut 3 0 20 Alistair Overeem def Bazigit Atajev TKO Knee to the Body 2 4 59 Yoshihisa Yamamoto def Alexander Otsuka TKO Leg Injury 2 5 00 Rodrigo Gracie def Yuki Sasaki Decision Unanimous 3 5 00 Ron Waterman def Valentijn Overeem Submission Keylock 1 2 18 Antonio Rogerio Nogueira def Guy Mezger Decision Split 3 5 00 Daijiro Matsui def Kazuki Okubo Decision Unanimous 3 5 00See also editPride Fighting Championships List of Pride Fighting Championships champions List of Pride Fighting eventsReferences edit Pride FC The Best Vol 1 Sherdog Archived from the original on November 8 2013 Pride 19 Bad Blood Sherdog Archived from the original on September 7 2013 Pride 20 Armed and Ready Sherdog Archived from the original on October 17 2013 Pride 21 Demolition Sherdog Archived from the original on September 9 2013 Pride FC The Best Vol 2 Sherdog Archived from the original on November 9 2013 Pride FC Shockwave Sherdog Archived from the original on May 1 2013 Pride 22 Beasts from the East 2 Sherdog Archived from the original on October 17 2013 Pride FC The Best Vol 3 Sherdog Archived from the original on November 9 2013 Pride 23 Championship Chaos 2 Sherdog Archived from the original on November 9 2013 Pride 24 Cold Fury 3 Sherdog Archived from the original on November 9 2013 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2002 in Pride FC amp oldid 1183703141, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
