1997 in Pride FC

The year 1997 is the 1st year in the history of the Pride Fighting Championships, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. 1997 had only 1 event, Pride 1.

1997 in Pride FC
Information
First dateOctober 11, 1997
Last dateOctober 11, 1997
Events
Total events1
Fights
Total fights7
Chronology
1997 in Pride FC 1998 in Pride

Debut Pride FC fighters

Given that this is Pride FC's debut year, all fighters are also participating in their debut Pride FC fight.

Events list

# Event Japanese name Date held Venue City Attendance
1 Pride 1 N/A October 11, 1997 Tokyo Dome Tokyo, Japan 47,000

Pride 1

Pride 1
Information
PromotionPride Fighting Championships
DateOctober 11, 1997
VenueTokyo Dome
CityTokyo, Japan
Attendance47,860
Event chronology
Pride 1 Pride 2

Pride 1[1] was an inaugural event held on October 11, 1997, at The Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan.

In addition to the MMA bouts, there was one kickboxing bout between K-1 Grand Prix Champion Branko Cikatić and Ralph White. The English language commentary for this event was provided by Stephen Quadros and Bas Rutten.

Results

Main card
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Rickson Gracie def. Nobuhiko Takada Submission (armbar) 1 4:47
Kimo Leopoldo vs. Dan Severn Draw (time expired) 1 30:00
Branko Cikatic vs. Ralph White No Contest 1 1:52 [lower-alpha 1]
Koji Kitao def. Nathan Jones Submission (keylock) 1 2:14
Renzo Gracie vs. Akira Shoji Draw (time expired) 3 10:00
Gary Goodridge def. Oleg Taktarov KO (punch) 1 4:57
Kazunari Murakami def. John Dixson Submission (armbar) 1 1:34
  1. Kickboxing bout. Cikatic kicked White while on the ground.
gollark: ++magic py```#timeout:0import asynciowhile True: await ctx.send("h") await asyncio.sleep(2.5)```
gollark: Oh. Hmm. It's duplicating here again.
gollark: I did that by accident once.
gollark: No, that would be boring.
gollark: I THINK this one is shared between <#756890439176683681> and <#764093395668041748>?

See also

References

  1. "Pride 1". Sherdog. Archived from the original on August 12, 2013.
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