List of Pride champions

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Below is a list of Pride Fighting Championships' champions and title defenses:

[edit] Pride Champions

above 93 kg (205 lbs)

No:	Name:	Date:	Location:	Successful Defenses:
1	Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (def. Heath Herring)	November 3, 2001 (Pride 17)	Tokyo, Japan
2	Fedor Emelianenko	March 16, 2003 (Pride 25)	Yokohama, Japan
-	Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (def. Mirko Filipović for interim title)	November 9, 2003 (Pride Final Conflict 2003)	Tokyo, Japan
2	Fedor Emelianenko (def. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira for undisputed title)	December 31, 2004 (Pride Shockwave 2004)	Saitama, Japan	def. Mirko Filipović on August 28, 2005 in Saitama, Japan (Pride Final Conflict 2005) def. Mark Hunt on December 31, 2006 in Saitama, Japan (Pride Shockwave 2006)

93 kg (205 lbs) and below

No:	Name:	Date:	Location:	Successful Defenses:
1	Wanderlei Silva (def. Kazushi Sakuraba)	November 3, 2001 (Pride 17)	Tokyo, Japan	def. Kiyoshi Tamura on February 24, 2002 in Saitama, Japan (Pride 19) def. Hiromitsu Kanehara on November 24, 2002 in Tokyo, Japan (Pride 23) def. Quinton Jackson on October 31, 2004 in Saitama, Japan (Pride 28) def. Ricardo Arona on December 31, 2005 in Saitama, Japan (Pride Shockwave 2005)
2	Dan Henderson (def. Wanderlei Silva)	February 24, 2007 (Pride 33)	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
The 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.^[1]

83 kg (183 lbs) and below

No:	Name:	Date:	Location:	Successful Defenses:
1	Dan Henderson (def. Murilo Bustamante)	December 31, 2005 (Pride Shockwave 2005)	Saitama, Japan
The Pride World Welterweight Title was unified with the UFC Middleweight Championship on March 1, 2008 when Anderson Silva defeated Dan Henderson at UFC 82.

73 kg (161 lbs) and below

No:	Name:	Date:	Location:	Successful Defenses:
1	Takanori Gomi (def. Hayato Sakurai)	December 31, 2005 (Pride Shockwave 2005)	Saitama, Japan	def. Marcus Aurelio on November 5, 2006 in Yokohama, Japan (Pride Bushido 13)

An asterisk (*) indicates that the tournament was also a title fight.

Year/Weight Division	Champion	Event
2000 Open-weight	Mark Coleman	Pride Grand Prix 2000 Finals
2003 Middleweight	Wanderlei Silva	Pride Final Conflict 2003
2004 Heavyweight	Fedor Emelianenko	Pride Shockwave 2004*
2005 Middleweight	Mauricio "Shogun" Rua	Pride Final Conflict 2005
2005 Welterweight	Dan Henderson	Pride Shockwave 2005*
2005 Lightweight	Takanori Gomi	Pride Shockwave 2005*
2006 Open-weight	Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipović	Pride Final Conflict Absolute
2006 Welterweight	Kazuo Misaki	Pride Bushido 13

^ UFC (September 11, 2007). ""UFC 75" on Spike TV is the most watched UFC event in history". http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=news.detail&gid=7748. Retrieved 2008-02-05. "Dana White: "Not only did UFC 75 showcase the bout that unified the 205 lb Pride and UFC titles...""