1999 in Pride FC

The year 1999 was the 3rd year in the history of the Pride Fighting Championships, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. 1999 had 4 events beginning with, Pride 5.

1999 in Pride FC
Information
First date	April 29, 1999
Last date	November 21, 1999
Events
Total events	4
Fights
Total fights	28
Chronology
1998 in Pride 1999 in Pride FC 2000 in Pride

Debut Pride FC fighters

The following fighters fought their first Pride FC fight in 1999:

Anthony Macias Bob Schrijber Carl Ognibene Carlos Barreto Ebenezer Fontes Braga Egan Inoue Enson Inoue Fabiano Iha

Francisco Bueno Frank Trigg Guy Mezger Hiroki Kurosawa Larry Parker Mark Coleman Maurice Smith Minoru Toyonaga

Naoya Ogawa Nobuaki Kakuda Ricardo Morais Soichi Nishida Tom Erikson Tully Kulihaapai Vitor Belfort Wanderlei Silva

Events list

Main article: List of Pride FC events

#	Event	Japanese name	Date held	Venue	City	Attendance
8	Pride 8	—	November 21, 1999	Ariake Coliseum	Tokyo, Japan	—
7	Pride 7	—	September 12, 1999	Yokohama Arena	Yokohama, Japan	10,031
6	Pride 6	—	July 4, 1999	Yokohama Arena	Yokohama, Japan	—
5	Pride 5	—	April 29, 1999	Nagoya Rainbow Hall	Nagoya, Japan	—

Pride 5

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

Pride 5^[1] was an event held on April 29, 1999, at The Nagoya Rainbow Hall in Nagoya, Japan.

Results

Main card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Nobuhiko Takada	def.	Mark Coleman	Submission (heel hook)	2	1:44	[a]
	Kazushi Sakuraba	def.	Vitor Belfort	Decision (unanimous)	2	10:00
	Enson Inoue	def.	Soichi Nishida	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	0:24
	Igor Vovchanchyn	def.	Akira Shoji	Decision (unanimous)	2	10:00
	Francisco Bueno	def.	Satoshi Honma	TKO (punches)	1	4:59
	Egan Inoue	def.	Minoru Toyonaga	TKO (punches)	1	5:53

1. Acknowledged by Coleman to have been a worked fight.^[2]

Pride 6

Pride 6
Promotion	Pride Fighting Championships
Date	July 4, 1999
Venue	Yokohama Arena
City	Yokohama
Event chronology
Pride 5 Pride 6 Pride 7

Pride 6^[3] was an event held on July 4, 1999, at The Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan.

Results

Main card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Mark Kerr	def.	Nobuhiko Takada	Submission (kimura)	1	3:04
	Kazushi Sakuraba	def.	Ebenezer Fontes Braga	Submission (armbar)	1	9:23
	Naoya Ogawa	def.	Gary Goodridge	Submission (keylock)	2	0:36
	Akira Shoji	def.	Guy Mezger	Decision (split)	3	5:00
	Hiroki Kurosawa	def.	Nobuaki Kakuda	Decision	5	3:00	[a]
	Igor Vovchanchyn	def.	Carlos Barreto	Decision (split)	3	5:00
	Carlos Newton	def.	Daijiro Matsui	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
	Carl Malenko	def.	Egan Inoue	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00

1. Kyokushin Karate bout.

Pride 7

Pride 7
Promotion	Pride Fighting Championships
Date	September 12, 1999
Venue	Yokohama Arena
City	Yokohama
Attendance	10,031
Event chronology
Pride 6 Pride 7 Pride 8

Pride 7^[4] was an event held on September 12, 1999, at The Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Daijiro Matsui	def.	Bob Schrijber	DQ (illegal kick)	1	10:00	[a]
	Wanderlei Silva	def.	Carl Malenko	Decision (unanimous)	2	10:00
	Maurice Smith	def.	Branko Cikatic	Submission (forearm choke)	1	7:33
	Akira Shoji	def.	Larry Parker	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00
	Kazushi Sakuraba	def.	Anthony Macias	Submission (armbar)	2	2:30
	Igor Vovchanchyn	vs.	Mark Kerr	No Contest	2	4:36	[b]
Grappling match
	Enson Inoue	def.	Tully Kulihaapai	Submission (armbar)	1	1:15
Pro wrestling match
	Nobuhiko Takada	def.	Alexander Otsuka	TKO	2	1:32

1. Matsui defeated Schrijber via DQ (illegal kick) at 10:00 of round 1. Schrijber delivered an axe kick to the back of Matsui's head after the bell.
2. Initially ruled a win for Vovchanchyn, the result was changed to a "no contest" due to illegal knee strikes by Vovchanchyn.

Pride 8

Pride 8
Promotion	Pride Fighting Championships
Date	November 21, 1999
Venue	Ariake Coliseum
City	Tokyo
Event chronology
Pride 7 Pride 8 Pride: Grand Prix 2000 - Opening Round

Pride 8^[5] was an event held on November 21, 1999, at The Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Wanderlei Silva	def.	Daijiro Matsui	Unanimous Decision	2	10:00
	Frank Trigg	def.	Fabiano Iha	TKO (Punches)	1	5:00
	Allan Goes	def.	Carl Malenko	Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke)	1	9:16
	Mark Coleman	def.	Ricardo Morais	Unanimous Decision	2	10:00
	Tom Erikson	def.	Gary Goodridge	Unanimous Decision	2	10:00
	Igor Vovchanchyn	def.	Francisco Bueno	KO (Punch)	1	1:23
	Renzo Gracie	def.	Alexander Otsuka	Unanimous Decision	2	10:00
	Kazushi Sakuraba	def.	Royler Gracie	Technical Submission (Kimura)	2	13:16	[a]

1. This marked the first time a member of the Gracie Family had been defeated in a mixed martial arts bout.

See also

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