List of PRIDE champions
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Below is a list of PRIDE Fighting Championships' champions and title defenses.
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[edit] World Heavyweight championship
| Name: | Date: | Location: | Successful Defenses: |
|---|---|---|---|
 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira(def. Heath Herring) |
November 3, 2001 (PRIDE 17) | Tokyo, Japan |
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 Fedor Emelianenko |
March 16, 2003 (PRIDE 25) | Yokohama, Japan |
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[edit] World Middleweight championship
- below 93 kg (204.6 lb)
| Name: | Date: | Location: | Successful Defenses: |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wanderlei Silva (def. Kazushi Sakuraba) |
November 3, 2001 (PRIDE 17) | Tokyo, Japan |
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 Dan Henderson |
February 24, 2007 (PRIDE 33) | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | |
| The PRIDE Middleweight Title was unified with the UFC Light Heavyweight Title on September 8, 2007 when Quinton Jackson defeated Dan Henderson at UFC 75 in London.[1] | |||
[edit] World Welterweight championship
- below 83 kg (183 lb)
| Name: | Date: | Location: | Successful Defenses: |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Henderson (def. Murilo Bustamante) |
December 31, 2005 (PRIDE Shockwave 2005) | Saitama, Japan | |
| The PRIDE Welterweight Title was unified with the UFC Middleweight Title on March 1, 2008 when Anderson Silva defeated Dan Henderson at UFC 82. | |||
[edit] World Lightweight championship
- below 73 kg (161 lb)
| Name: | Date: | Location: | Successful Defenses: |
|---|---|---|---|
 Takanori Gomi(def. Hayato Sakurai) |
December 31, 2005 (PRIDE Shockwave 2005) | Saitama, Japan |
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[edit] Tournaments
| Year/Weight Division | Champion |
|---|---|
| 2000 Open-weight | Mark Coleman |
| 2003 Middleweight | Wanderlei Silva |
| 2004 Heavyweight | Fedor Emelianenko |
| 2005 Middleweight | Mauricio "Shogun" Rua |
| 2005 Welterweight | Dan Henderson |
| 2005 Lightweight | Takanori Gomi |
| 2006 Open-weight |  Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipović |
| 2006 Welterweight | Kazuo Misaki |
