2004 in Pride FC

The year 2004 was the 8th year in the history of the Pride Fighting Championships, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. 2004 had 10 events beginning with, Pride 27 - Inferno.

2004 in Pride FC
Information
First date	February 1, 2004
Last date	December 31, 2004
Events
Total events	10
Fights
Total fights	91
Title fights	2
Chronology
2003 in Pride 2004 in Pride FC 2005 in Pride

Title fights

Title fights in 2004
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Event	Notes
Middleweight	Wanderlei Silva (c)	def.	Quinton Jackson	KO (Knees)	2	3:26	Pride 28 - High Octane	[a]
Heavyweight	Fedor Emelianenko (c)	def.	Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira (ic)	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00	Pride - Shockwave 2004	[b]

1. For the Interim Pride Middleweight Championship.
2. For the Pride Fighting Championship World Heavyweight Championship.

Debut Pride FC fighters

The following fighters fought their first Pride FC fight in 2004:

Akihiro Gono Amar Suloev Bertrand Amoussou Brady Fink Charles Bennett Cory Peterson Crosley Gracie Dean Lister Egidijus Valavicius Fabio Mello Gan McGee Henry Miller Hiroyuki Abe Jadyson Costa James Thompson

Jens Pulver Jin O Kim Jorge Patino Josh Barnett Katsuhisa Fujii Kazuo Misaki Kazuo Takahashi Luiz Firmino Makoto Takimoto Mal Foki Marcus Aurelio Mark Hunt Masakazu Imanari Matt Foki

Mu Bae Choi Rulon Gardner Ryo Chonan Ryuki Ueyama Ryuta Sakurai Sean Sherk Sergey Ignatov Soa Palelei Stefan Leko Takanori Gomi Yasuaki Miyazono Yasuhito Namekawa Yoji Anjo Yukio Kawabe

Events list

Main article: List of Pride FC events

#	Event	Japanese name	Date held	Venue	City	Attendance
46	Pride - Shockwave 2004	Otoko Matsuri - Sadame	December 31, 2004	Saitama Super Arena	Saitama, Japan	48,398
45	Pride 28 - High Octane	—	October 31, 2004	Saitama Super Arena	Saitama, Japan	24,028
44	Pride - Bushido 5	—	October 14, 2004	Osaka Castle Hall	Osaka, Japan	—
43	Pride FC - Final Conflict 2004	Final Round	August 15, 2004	Saitama Super Arena	Saitama, Japan	47,629
42	Pride - Bushido 4	—	July 19, 2004	Nagoya Rainbow Hall	Nagoya, Japan	—
41	Pride FC - Critical Countdown 2004	2nd Round	June 20, 2004	Saitama Super Arena	Saitama, Japan	43,711
40	Pride - Bushido 3	—	May 23, 2004	Yokohama Arena	Yokohama, Japan	—
39	Pride FC - Total Elimination 2004	1st Round	April 25, 2004	Saitama Super Arena	Saitama, Japan	42,110
38	Pride - Bushido 2	—	February 15, 2004	Yokohama Arena	Yokohama, Japan	—
37	Pride 27 - Inferno	Triumphal Return	February 1, 2004	Osaka-jo Hall	Osaka, Japan	13,366

Pride 27: Inferno

Pride 27
Promotion	Pride Fighting Championships
Date	February 1, 2004
Venue	Osaka Castle Hall
City	Osaka
Attendance	13,366
Event chronology
Pride: Shockwave 2003 Pride 27 Pride: Bushido 2

Pride 27: Inferno^[1] was an event held on February 1, 2004 at Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Mirko Cro Cop	def.	Ron Waterman	TKO (Soccer Kicks)	1	4:37
	Heath Herring	def.	Gan McGee	Decision (Split)	3	5:00
	Yoshihisa Yamamoto	def.	Mark Kerr	TKO (Punches)	1	0:40
	Kazuhiro Nakamura	def.	Alberto Rodriguez	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Murilo Rua	def.	Alexander Otsuka	Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke)	1	1:25
	Sergei Kharitonov	def.	Cory Peterson	Submission (Armbar)	1	1:23
	Igor Vovchanchyn	def.	Dan Bobish	TKO (Punches)	2	1:45

Pride FC: Bushido 2

Pride: Bushido 2
Promotion	Pride Fighting Championships
Date	February 15, 2004
Venue	Yokohama Arena
City	Yokohama
Event chronology
Pride 27 Pride: Bushido 2 Pride: Total Elimination 2004

Pride FC: Bushido 2^[2] was an event held on February 15, 2004 at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Wanderlei Silva	def.	Ikuhisa Minowa	KO (Punches)	1	1:09
	Maurício Rua	def.	Akihiro Gono	TKO (Soccer Kicks)	1	9:04
	Takanori Gomi	def.	Jadyson Costa	TKO (Punches)	1	4:55
	Mirko Cro Cop	def.	Yoshihisa Yamamoto	TKO (Punches)	1	2:12
	Rodrigo Gracie	def.	Hayato Sakurai	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Daiju Takase	def.	Chris Brennan	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Mario Sperry	def.	Mike Bencic	KO (Punch)	1	0:11
	Sean Sherk	def.	Ryuki Ueyama	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Yasuhito Namekawa	def.	Egidijus Valavicius	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	1	1:05
	Yushin Okami	def.	Ryuta Sakurai	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Mu Bae Choi	def.	Yusuke Imamura	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	1	4:08

Pride FC: Total Elimination 2004

Pride: Total Elimination 2004
Promotion	Pride Fighting Championships
Date	April 25, 2004
Venue	Saitama Super Arena
City	Saitama
Attendance	42,110
Event chronology
Pride: Bushido 2 Pride: Total Elimination 2004 Pride: Bushido 3

Pride FC: Total Elimination 2004^[3] was an event held on April 25, 2004 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. This event consisted of the first round of the 2004 Heavyweight Grand Prix. It took place on April 25, 2004, at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. The Grand Prix tournament continued with Pride: Critical Countdown 2004 and concluded with Pride: Final Conflict 2004.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Fedor Emelianenko	def.	Mark Coleman	Submission (Armbar)	1	2:11
	Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira	def.	Hirotaka Yokoi	Submission (Anaconda Choke)	2	1:25
	Kevin Randleman	def.	Mirko Cro Cop	KO (Punches)	1	1:57
	Naoya Ogawa	def.	Stefan Leko	Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke)	1	1:34
	Semmy Schilt	def.	Gan McGee	Submission (Armbar)	1	5:02
	Paulo Cesar Silva	def.	Henry Miller	Submission (Kimura)	1	4:04
	Sergei Kharitonov	def.	Murilo Rua	KO (Punches)	1	4:14
	Heath Herring	def.	Kazuo Takahashi	TKO (Punches)	1	4:53

Pride 2004 Heavyweight Grand Prix bracket

Total Elimination

Critical Countdown

Final Conflict

Final Conflict

Sergei Kharitonov

KO

Murilo Rua

4:14

Sergei Kharitonov

Semmy Schilt

Semmy Schilt

SUB

Gan McGee

5:02

Naoya Ogawa

SUB

Stefan Leko

1:34

Naoya Ogawa

Paulo Cesar Silva

Paulo Cesar Silva

SUB

Henry Miller

4:04

Heath Herring

TKO

Kazuo Takahashi

4:53

Heath Herring

Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira

Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira

SUB

Hirotaka Yokoi

11:25

Fedor Emelianenko

SUB

Mark Coleman

2:11

Fedor Emelianenko

Kevin Randleman

Kevin Randleman

KO

Mirko Cro Cop

1:57

Pride FC: Bushido 3

Pride: Bushido 3
Promotion	Pride Fighting Championships
Date	May 23, 2004
Venue	Yokohama Arena
City	Yokohama
Event chronology
Pride: Total Elimination 2004 Pride: Bushido 3 Pride: Critical Countdown 2004

Pride FC: Bushido 3^[4] was an event held on May 23, 2004 at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Ryan Gracie	def.	Ikuhisa Minowa	Decision (Split)	2	5:00
	Takanori Gomi	def.	Ralph Gracie	TKO (Knees)	1	0:06
	Ricardo Almeida	def.	Ryo Chonan	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Mirko Cro Cop	def.	Hiromitsu Kanehara	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Kazuhiro Nakamura	def.	Chalid Arrab	Submission (Armbar)	1	4:45
	Akira Shoji	def.	Yukio Kawabe	TKO (Punches)	1	0:18
	Daiju Takase	def.	Carlos Newton	Decision (Split)	2	5:00
	Kazuo Misaki	def.	Jorge Patino	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Mu Bae Choi	def.	Yoshihisa Yamamoto	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Alexander Emelianenko	def.	Matt Foki	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	3:16
	Katsuhisa Fujii	def.	Jin O Kim	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	2:58
	Bertrand Amoussou	def.	Yasuaki Miyazono	KO (Punch)	2	0:29

Pride FC: Critical Countdown 2004

Pride: Critical Countdown 2004
Promotion	Pride Fighting Championships
Date	June 20, 2004
Venue	Saitama Super Arena
City	Saitama
Attendance	43,711
Event chronology
Pride: Bushido 3 Pride: Critical Countdown 2004 Pride: Bushido 4

Pride FC: Critical Countdown 2004^[5] was an event held on June 20, 2004 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Fedor Emelianenko	def.	Kevin Randleman	Submission (Kimura)	1	1:33
	Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira	def.	Heath Herring	Submission (Anaconda Choke)	2	0:30
	Hidehiko Yoshida	def.	Mark Hunt	Submission (Armbar)	1	5:25
	Naoya Ogawa	def.	Paulo Cesar Silva	TKO (Punches)	1	3:29
	Sergei Kharitonov	def.	Semmy Schilt	TKO (Punches)	1	9:19
	Quinton Jackson	def.	Ricardo Arona	KO (Slam)	1	7:32
	Kazushi Sakuraba	def.	Antônio Schembri	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00

Pride 2004 Heavyweight Grand Prix bracket

Total Elimination

Critical Countdown

Final Conflict

Final Conflict

Sergei Kharitonov

KO

Murilo Rua

4:14

Sergei Kharitonov

TKO

Semmy Schilt

9:19

Semmy Schilt

SUB

Gan McGee

5:02

Fedor Emelianenko

Naoya Ogawa

Naoya Ogawa

SUB

Stefan Leko

1:34

Naoya Ogawa

TKO

Paulo Cesar Silva

3:29

Paulo Cesar Silva

SUB

Henry Miller

4:04

Heath Herring

TKO

Kazuo Takahashi

4:53

Heath Herring

10:30

Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira

SUB

Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira

SUB

Hirotaka Yokoi

11:25

Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira

Sergei Kharitonov

Fedor Emelianenko

SUB

Mark Coleman

2:11

Fedor Emelianenko

SUB

Kevin Randleman

1:33

Kevin Randleman

KO

Mirko Cro Cop

1:57

Pride FC: Bushido 4

Pride: Bushido 4
Promotion	Pride Fighting Championships
Date	July 19, 2004
Venue	Nagoya Rainbow Hall
City	Nagoya
Event chronology
Pride: Critical Countdown 2004 Pride: Bushido 4 Pride: Final Conflict 2004

Pride FC: Bushido 4^[6] was an event held on July 19, 2004 at the Nagoya Rainbow Hall in Nagoya, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Antônio Rogério Nogueira	def.	Kazuhiro Nakamura	Decision (Split)	2	5:00
	Takanori Gomi	def.	Fabio Mello	TKO (Punches)	1	8:07
	Paulo Filho	def.	Akira Shoji	Decision (Split)	2	5:00
	Mirko Cro Cop	def.	Shungo Oyama	TKO (Punches)	1	1:00
	Takashi Sugiura	def.	Paulo Cesar Silva	TKO (Punches)	1	2:35
	Ikuhisa Minowa	def.	Kenichi Yamamoto	TKO (Punches)	1	3:23
	Hayato Sakurai	def.	Brady Fink	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	1	4:08
	Amar Suloev	def.	Dean Lister	Decision (Split)	2	5:00
	Dokonjonosuke Mishima	def.	Marcus Aurelio	Decision (Split)	2	5:00
	Luiz Firmino	def.	Hiroyuki Abe	Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke)	1	2:52
	Kyosuke Sasaki	vs.	Eiji Mitsuoka	Draw	2	5:00

Pride FC: Final Conflict 2004

Pride: Final Conflict 2004
Promotion	Pride Fighting Championships
Date	August 15, 2004
Venue	Saitama Super Arena
City	Saitama
Attendance	47,629
Event chronology
Pride: Bushido 4 Pride: Final Conflict 2004 Pride: Bushido 5

Pride FC: Final Conflict 2004^[7] was an event held on August 15, 2004 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Fedor Emelianenko	vs.	Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira	No Contest - Accidental Cut	1	3:52
	Wanderlei Silva	def.	Yuki Kondo	KO (Stomps)	1	2:46
	Mirko Cro Cop	def.	Alexander Emelianenko	KO (Head Kick and Punches)	1	2:09
	Ron Waterman	def.	Kevin Randleman	Submission (Keylock)	1	7:44
	Fedor Emelianenko	def.	Naoya Ogawa	Submission (Armbar)	1	0:54
	Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira	def.	Sergei Kharitonov	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Kazuhiro Nakamura	def.	Murilo Bustamante	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00

Pride 2004 Heavyweight Grand Prix bracket

Total Elimination

Critical Countdown

Final Conflict

Final Conflict

Sergei Kharitonov

KO

Murilo Rua

4:14

Sergei Kharitonov

TKO

Semmy Schilt

9:19

Semmy Schilt

SUB

Gan McGee

5:02

Fedor Emelianenko 1

SUB

Naoya Ogawa

0:54

Naoya Ogawa

SUB

Stefan Leko

1:34

Naoya Ogawa

TKO

Paulo Cesar Silva

3:29

Paulo Cesar Silva

SUB

Henry Miller

4:04

Fedor Emelianenko 1

NC

Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira

3:52

Heath Herring

TKO

Kazuo Takahashi

4:53

Heath Herring

10:30

Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira

SUB

Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira

SUB

Hirotaka Yokoi

11:25

Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira

UD

Sergei Kharitonov

15:00

Fedor Emelianenko

SUB

Mark Coleman

2:11

Fedor Emelianenko

SUB

Kevin Randleman

1:33

Kevin Randleman

KO

Mirko Cro Cop

1:57

¹ The tournament finals initially occurred at Final Conflict, but ended in a no-contest doctor's stoppage and were rescheduled for Pride: Shockwave 2004.

Pride FC: Bushido 5

Pride: Bushido 5
Promotion	Pride Fighting Championships
Date	October 14, 2004
Venue	Osaka Castle Hall
City	Osaka
Event chronology
Pride: Final Conflict 2004 Pride: Bushido 5 Pride 28

Pride FC: Bushido 5^[8] was an event held on October 14, 2004 at the Osaka Castle Hall in Osaka, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Takanori Gomi	def.	Charles Bennett	Technical Submission (Kimura)	1	5:52
	Crosley Gracie	def.	Hayato Sakurai	Submission (Armbar)	2	1:02
	Ryo Chonan	def.	Carlos Newton	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Igor Vovchanchyn	def.	Katsuhisa Fujii	KO (Punches)	1	4:02
	Ikuhisa Minowa	def.	Ryuki Ueyama	Decision (Split)	2	5:00
	Luiz Firmino	def.	Masakazu Imanari	Decision (Unanimous)	2	5:00
	Henry Miller	def.	Mal Foki	KO (Punches)	1	0:21
	Maurício Rua	def.	Yasuhito Namekawa	TKO (Punches)	1	6:02

Pride 28: High Octane

Pride 28
Promotion	Pride Fighting Championships
Date	October 31, 2004
Venue	Saitama Super Arena
City	Saitama
Attendance	24,028
Event chronology
Pride: Bushido 5 Pride 28 Pride: Shockwave 2004

Pride 28: High Octane^[9] was an event held on October 31, 2004 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Middleweight	Wanderlei Silva (c)	def.	Quinton Jackson	KO (Knees)	2	3:26	[a]
	Mirko Cro Cop	def.	Josh Barnett	TKO (Shoulder Injury)	1	0:46
	Dan Henderson	def.	Kazuhiro Nakamura	TKO (Shoulder Injury)	1	1:15
	Mark Hunt	def.	Dan Bobish	TKO (Kick to the Body)	1	6:23
	Alistair Overeem	def.	Hiromitsu Kanehara	TKO (Doctor Stoppage)	2	3:52
	Aleksander Emelianenko	def.	James Thompson	KO (Punch)	1	0:11
	Ricardo Arona	def.	Sergey Ignatov	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	9:05
	Mu Bae Choi	def.	Soa Palelei	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	2	4:55
	Heath Herring	def.	Hirotaka Yokoi	KO (Knees)	1	1:55

1. For the Pride Middleweight Championship.

Pride FC: Shockwave 2004

Pride: Shockwave 2004
Promotion	Pride Fighting Championships
Date	December 31, 2004
Venue	Saitama Super Arena
City	Saitama
Attendance	48,398
Event chronology
Pride 28 Pride: Shockwave 2004 Pride 29

Pride FC: Shockwave 2004^[10] was an event held on December 31, 2004 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Heavyweight	Fedor Emelianenko (c)	def.	Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira (ic)	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00	[a]
	Mark Hunt	def.	Wanderlei Silva	Decision (Split)	3	5:00
	Takanori Gomi	def.	Jens Pulver	KO (Punch)	1	6:21
	Dan Henderson	def.	Yuki Kondo	Decision (Split)	3	5:00
	Mirko Cro Cop	def.	Kevin Randleman	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	1	0:41
	Rulon Gardner	def.	Hidehiko Yoshida	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Makoto Takimoto	def.	Henry Miller	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
	Ryo Chonan	def.	Anderson Silva	Submission (Flying Scissor Heel Hook)	3	3:08
	Ryan Gracie	def.	Yoji Anjo	Submission (Armbar)	1	8:33
	Mu Bae Choi	def.	Paulo Cesar Silva	Submission (Arm Triangle Choke)	1	5:47
	Ikuhisa Minowa	def.	Stefan Leko	Submission (Heel Hook)	1	0:27

1. For the Pride Fighting Championship World Heavyweight Championship.

See also

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