1999 in Pride FC

Pride FC MMA events in 1999

1999 in Pride FC

Information
First date| April 29, 1999
Last date| November 21, 1999
Events
Total events| 4
Fights
Total fights| 28
Chronology
| 1998 in Pride | 1999 in Pride FC  | 2000 in Pride

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The year 1999 was the 3rd year in the history of the Pride Fighting Championships, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. 1999 had 4 events beginning with, Pride 5.

## Debut Pride FC fighters

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The following fighters fought their first Pride FC fight in 1999:

* Anthony Macias
* Bob Schrijber
* Carl Ognibene
* Carlos Barreto
* Ebenezer Fontes Braga
* Egan Inoue
* Enson Inoue
* Fabiano Iha

* Francisco Bueno
* Frank Trigg
* Guy Mezger
* Hiroki Kurosawa
* Larry Parker
* Mark Coleman
* Maurice Smith
* Minoru Toyonaga

* Naoya Ogawa
* Nobuaki Kakuda
* Ricardo Morais
* Soichi Nishida
* Tom Erikson
* Tully Kulihaapai
* Vitor Belfort
* Wanderlei Silva

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## Events list

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Main article: List of Pride FC events

#  | Event  | Japanese name  | Date held  | Venue  | City  | Attendance

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8  | Pride 8 | —  | November 21, 1999 | Ariake Coliseum | Tokyo, Japan | —
7  | Pride 7 | —  | September 12, 1999 | Yokohama Arena | Yokohama, Japan | 10,031
6  | Pride 6 | —  | July 4, 1999 | Yokohama Arena | Yokohama, Japan | —
5  | Pride 5 | —  | April 29, 1999 | Nagoya Rainbow Hall | Nagoya, Japan | —

## Pride 5

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Pride 5

Promotion| Pride Fighting Championships
Date| April 29, 1999
Venue| Nippon Gaishi Hall
City| Nagoya
Event chronology
| Pride 4 | Pride 5  | Pride 6

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Pride 5[1] was an event held on April 29, 1999, at The Nagoya Rainbow Hall in Nagoya, Japan.

### Results

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Main card

Weight class  |  |  |  | Method  | Round  | Time  | Notes
|  Nobuhiko Takada | def.  |  Mark Coleman | Submission (heel hook)  | 2  | 1:44  | [a]
|  Kazushi Sakuraba | def.  |  Vitor Belfort | Decision (unanimous)  | 2  | 10:00  |
|  Enson Inoue | def.  |  Soichi Nishida  | Submission (rear-naked choke)  | 1  | 0:24  |
|  Igor Vovchanchyn | def.  |  Akira Shoji | Decision (unanimous)  | 2  | 10:00  |
|  Francisco Bueno  | def.  |  Satoshi Honma | TKO (punches)  | 1  | 4:59  |
|  Egan Inoue | def.  |  Minoru Toyonaga  | TKO (punches)  | 1  | 5:53  |

1. ^ Acknowledged by Coleman to have been a worked fight.[2]

## Pride 6

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Pride 6

Promotion| Pride Fighting Championships
Date| July 4, 1999
Venue| Yokohama Arena
City| Yokohama
Event chronology
| Pride 5 | Pride 6  | Pride 7

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Pride 6[3] was an event held on July 4, 1999, at The Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan.

### Results

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Main card

Weight class  |  |  |  | Method  | Round  | Time  | Notes
|  Mark Kerr | def.  |  Nobuhiko Takada | Submission (kimura)  | 1  | 3:04  |
|  Kazushi Sakuraba | def.  |  Ebenezer Fontes Braga | Submission (armbar)  | 1  | 9:23  |
|  Naoya Ogawa | def.  |  Gary Goodridge | Submission (keylock)  | 2  | 0:36  |
|  Akira Shoji | def.  |  Guy Mezger | Decision (split)  | 3  | 5:00  |
|  Hiroki Kurosawa  | def.  |  Nobuaki Kakuda | Decision  | 5  | 3:00  | [a]
|  Igor Vovchanchyn | def.  |  Carlos Barreto | Decision (split)  | 3  | 5:00  |
|  Carlos Newton | def.  |  Daijiro Matsui | Decision (unanimous)  | 3  | 5:00  |
|  Carl Malenko | def.  |  Egan Inoue | Decision (unanimous)  | 3  | 5:00  |

1. ^ Kyokushin Karate bout.

## Pride 7

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Pride 7

Promotion| Pride Fighting Championships
Date| September 12, 1999
Venue| Yokohama Arena
City| Yokohama
Attendance| 10,031
Event chronology
| Pride 6 | Pride 7  | Pride 8

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Pride 7[4] was an event held on September 12, 1999, at The Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan.

### Results

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Main Card

Weight class  |  |  |  | Method  | Round  | Time  | Notes
|  Daijiro Matsui | def.  |  Bob Schrijber | DQ (illegal kick)  | 1  | 10:00  | [a]
|  Wanderlei Silva | def.  |  Carl Malenko | Decision (unanimous)  | 2  | 10:00  |
|  Maurice Smith | def.  |  Branko Cikatic | Submission (forearm choke)  | 1  | 7:33  |
|  Akira Shoji | def.  |  Larry Parker  | Decision (unanimous)  | 3  | 5:00  |
|  Kazushi Sakuraba | def.  |  Anthony Macias | Submission (armbar)  | 2  | 2:30  |
|  Igor Vovchanchyn | vs.  |  Mark Kerr | No Contest  | 2  | 4:36  | [b]
Grappling match
|  Enson Inoue | def.  |  Tully Kulihaapai  | Submission (armbar)  | 1  | 1:15  |
Pro wrestling match
|  Nobuhiko Takada | def.  |  Alexander Otsuka | TKO  | 2  | 1:32  |

1. ^ Matsui defeated Schrijber via DQ (illegal kick) at 10:00 of round 1. Schrijber delivered an axe kick to the back of Matsui's head after the bell.
2. ^ Initially ruled a win for Vovchanchyn, the result was changed to a "no contest" due to illegal knee strikes by Vovchanchyn.

## Pride 8

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Pride 8

Promotion| Pride Fighting Championships
Date| November 21, 1999
Venue| Ariake Coliseum
City| Tokyo
Event chronology
| Pride 7 | Pride 8  | Pride: Grand Prix 2000 - Opening Round

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Pride 8[5] was an event held on November 21, 1999, at The Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan.

### Results

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Main Card

Weight class  |  |  |  | Method  | Round  | Time  | Notes
|  Wanderlei Silva | def.  |  Daijiro Matsui | Unanimous Decision  | 2  | 10:00  |
|  Frank Trigg | def.  |  Fabiano Iha | TKO (Punches)  | 1  | 5:00  |
|  Allan Goes | def.  |  Carl Malenko | Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke)  | 1  | 9:16  |
|  Mark Coleman | def.  |  Ricardo Morais | Unanimous Decision  | 2  | 10:00  |
|  Tom Erikson | def.  |  Gary Goodridge | Unanimous Decision  | 2  | 10:00  |
|  Igor Vovchanchyn | def.  |  Francisco Bueno  | KO (Punch)  | 1  | 1:23  |
|  Renzo Gracie | def.  |  Alexander Otsuka | Unanimous Decision  | 2  | 10:00  |
|  Kazushi Sakuraba | def.  |  Royler Gracie | Technical Submission (Kimura)  | 2  | 13:16  | [a]

1. ^ This marked the first time a member of the Gracie Family had been defeated in a mixed martial arts bout.

## See also

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* Pride Fighting Championships
* List of Pride Fighting Championships champions
* List of Pride Fighting events

## References

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1. ^ "Pride 5". Sherdog. Archived from the original on May 14, 2013.
2. ^ "Mark Coleman: Bottom Line, I Can Still Fight". Fightday.com. 2010-02-01. Archived from the original on 2012-12-01. Retrieved 2013-08-27.
3. ^ "Pride 6". Sherdog. Archived from the original on May 14, 2013.
4. ^ "Pride 7". Sherdog. Archived from the original on May 1, 2013.
5. ^ "Pride 8". Sherdog. Archived from the original on May 1, 2013.