Pride 2

Pride 2
Information
Promotion	Pride Fighting Championships
Date	March 15, 1998
Venue	Yokohama Arena
City	Yokohama, Japan
Event chronology
Pride 1 Pride 2 Pride 3

Pride 2 was a mixed martial arts event held by KRS-Pride (later renamed Pride Fighting Championships). It took place at Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan on March 15, 1998. Kazushi Sakuraba, Mark Kerr, Vernon White, and Marco Ruas all made their Pride debuts at this event. In addition to the MMA events, there were also two kickboxing events. The English language commentary for this event was provided by Stephen Quadros and Bas Rutten.

Results

• Royler Gracie vs. Naoki Sano

Gracie defeated Sano via submission (armbar) at 33:14 of round 1.

• Juan Mott vs. Akira Shoji

Shoji defeated Mott via submission (rear-naked choke) at 3:47 of round 1.

• Kickboxing bout: William van Roosmalen vs. Ralph White

van Roosmalen defeated White via KO at 0:38 of round 4.

• Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Vernon White

Sakuraba defeated White via submission (armbar) at 6:53 of round 3.

• Renzo Gracie vs. Sanae Kikuta

Gracie defeated Kikuta via submission (guillotine choke) at 0:43 of round 6.

• Kickboxing bout: Tasis Petridis vs. George Randolph

Petridis defeated George Randolph via decision.

• Gary Goodridge vs. Marco Ruas

Ruas defeated Goodridge via submission (heel hook) at 9:09 of round 1.

• Branko Cikatić vs. Mark Kerr

Kerr defeated Cikatić via DQ (rope grabbing) at 2:14 of round 1.

See also

• List of Pride events

External links

• Official Pride Website
• Sherdog.com