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1998 in Pride FC

The year 1998 was the 2nd year in the history of the Pride Fighting Championships, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. 1998 had 3 events beginning with, Pride 2.

Debut Pride FC fighters[edit]

The following fighters fought their first Pride FC fight in 1998:

Events list[edit]

Pride 2[edit]

Pride 2^[1] was an event held on March 15, 1998, at The Yokohama ArenainYokohama, Japan.

Results[edit]

Main card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Mark Kerr	def.	Branko Cikatic	Disqualification	1	2:14	[a]
	Marco Ruas	def.	Gary Goodridge	Submission (heel hook)	1	9:09
	Tasis Petridis	def.	George Randolph	Decision	5	3:00	[b]
	Renzo Gracie	def.	Sanae Kikuta	Submission (guillotine choke)	6	0:43
	Kazushi Sakuraba	def.	Vernon White	Submission (armbar)	3	6:53
	William van Roosmalen	def.	Ralph White	KO	4	0:38	[c]
	Akira Shoji	def.	Juan Mott	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	3:47
	Royler Gracie	def.	Naoki Sano	Submission (armbar)	1	33:14

Pride 3[edit]

Pride 3^[2] was an event held on June 24, 1998, at The Nippon BudokaninTokyo, Japan.

Results[edit]

Main card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Nobuhiko Takada	def.	Kyle Sturgeon	Submission (heel hook)	1	2:18
	Mark Kerr	def.	Pedro Otavio	Technical Submission (kimura)	1	2:13
	Gary Goodridge	def.	Amir Rahnavardi	KO (punches)	1	7:22
	Daiju Takase	def.	Emmanuel Yarborough	Submission (punches)	2	3:22
	Kazushi Sakuraba	def.	Carlos Newton	Submission (kneebar)	2	5:19
	Daijiro Matsui	vs.	Akira Shoji	Draw (time limit)	4	10:00

Pride 4[edit]

Pride 4^[3] was an event held on October 11, 1998, at The Tokyo DomeinTokyo, Japan.

Results[edit]

Main card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Rickson Gracie	def.	Nobuhiko Takada	Submission (armbar)	1	9:30
	Mark Kerr	def.	Hugo Duarte	TKO (retirement)	3	2:32
	Alexander Otsuka	def.	Marco Ruas	TKO (corner stoppage)	2	10:00
	Satoshi Honma	def.	Naoki Sano	TKO (punches)	1	9:25
	Kazushi Sakuraba	vs.	Allan Goes	Draw (time limit)	3	10:00
	Daijiro Matsui	vs.	Sanae Kikuta	Draw (time limit)	3	10:00
	Akira Shoji	def.	Wallid Ismail	TKO (punches)	2	1:26
	Igor Vovchanchyn	def.	Gary Goodridge	TKO (punches)	1	5:58

See also[edit]

• Pride Fighting Championships
• List of Pride Fighting Championships champions
• List of Pride Fighting events

References[edit]