Pride 21

Pride 21
Promotion	Pride Fighting Championships
Date	June 23, 2002
City	Saitama
Venue	Saitama Super Arena
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Pride 21: Demolition was a mixed martial arts event held by the Pride Fighting Championships. It took place at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan on June 23, 2002. This event featured the Pride debut of both Anderson Silva and Fedor Emelianenko.

Results

• Bob Sapp vs. Kiyoshi Tamura

Sapp defeated Tamura by TKO (Punches) (0:11 First Round)

• Gary Goodridge vs. Achmed Labasanov

Goodridge defeated Labasanov by Split Decision (5:00 Third Round)

• Anderson Silva vs. Alex Stiebling

Silva defeated Stiebling by TKO (Cut) (1:23 First Round)

• Jeremy Horn vs. Gilbert Yvel

Horn defeated Yvel by Unanimous Decision (5:00 Third Round)

• Renzo Gracie vs. Shungo Oyama

Oyama defeated Gracie by Unanimous Decision (5:00 Third Round)

• Daniel Gracie vs. Takashi Sugiura

Gracie defeated Sugiura by Split Decision (5:00 Third Round)

• Fedor Emelianenko vs. Semmy Schilt

Emelianenko defeated Schilt by Unanimous Decision (5:00 Third Round)

• Don Frye vs. Yoshihiro Takayama

Frye defeated Takayama by TKO (Punches) (6:10 First Round)

This fight received the 2002 Shoot Match of the Year Award from the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

See also

• List of Pride events

External links

• Official Pride Website
• Sherdog.com