Pride 5

Pride 5
Information
Promotion	Pride Fighting Championships
Date	April 29, 1999
Venue	Nagoya Rainbow Hall
City	Nagoya
Event chronology
Pride 4 Pride 5 Pride 6

Pride 5 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Pride Fighting Championships. This was the first Pride event to be promoted by Dream Stage Entertainment, which took over for Kakutougi Revolution Spirits. The event took place at the Nagoya Rainbow Hall in Nagoya, Japan, on April 29, 1999. This event marked the Pride debuts of Mark Coleman and Vitor Belfort. It also featured a Gracie Jiu-Jitsu demonstration by Rickson Gracie and Royler Gracie. The English language commentary for this event was provided by Stephen Quadros and Bas Rutten.

Results

• Egan Inoue vs Minoru Toyonaga

Inoue defeated Toyonaga via TKO (punches) at 5:53 of round 1.

• Francisco Bueno vs Satoshi Honma

Bueno defeated Honma via TKO (punches) at 4:59 of round 1.

• Akira Shoji vs Igor Vovchanchyn

Vovchanchyn defeated Shoji via unanimous decision.

• Enson Inoue vs Soichi Nishida

Inoue defeated Nishida via submission (rear-naked choke) at 0:24 of round 1.

• Vitor Belfort vs Kazushi Sakuraba

Sakuraba defeated Belfort via unanimous decision.

• Mark Coleman vs Nobuhiko Takada

Takada defeated Coleman via submission (heel hook) at 1:44 of round 2.

See also

• List of Pride events

External links

• Official Pride Website
• Sherdog.com