| 2004 in Pride FC | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| First date | February 1, 2004 | |||
| Last date | December 31, 2004 | |||
| Events | ||||
| Total events | 10 | |||
| Fights | ||||
| Total fights | 91 | |||
| Title fights | 2 | |||
| Chronology | ||||
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The year2004 was the 8th year in the history of thePride Fighting Championships, amixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. 2004 had 10 events beginning with,Pride 27 - Inferno.
| Title fights in 2004 | ||||||||
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| 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] |
The following fighters fought their first Pride FC fight in 2004:
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| # | 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 | ||||
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| Promotion | Pride Fighting Championships | |||
| Date | February 1, 2004 | |||
| Venue | Osaka Castle Hall | |||
| City | Osaka | |||
| Attendance | 13,366 | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Pride 27: Inferno[1] was an event held on February 1, 2004 atOsaka-jo Hall inOsaka,Japan.
| Main Card | |||||||
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| 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: Bushido 2 | ||||
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| Promotion | Pride Fighting Championships | |||
| Date | February 15, 2004 | |||
| Venue | Yokohama Arena | |||
| City | Yokohama | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Pride FC: Bushido 2[2] was an event held on February 15, 2004 at theYokohama Arena inYokohama,Japan.
| Main Card | |||||||
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| 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: Total Elimination 2004 | ||||
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| Promotion | Pride Fighting Championships | |||
| Date | April 25, 2004 | |||
| Venue | Saitama Super Arena | |||
| City | Saitama | |||
| Attendance | 42,110 | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Pride FC: Total Elimination 2004[3] was an event held on April 25, 2004 at theSaitama Super Arena inSaitama,Japan. This event consisted of the first round of the 2004 Heavyweight Grand Prix. It took place on April 25, 2004, at theSaitama Super Arena inSaitama,Japan. The Grand Prix tournament continued withPride: Critical Countdown 2004 and concluded withPride: Final Conflict 2004.
| Main Card | |||||||
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| 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 | ||
| 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: Bushido 3 | ||||
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| Promotion | Pride Fighting Championships | |||
| Date | May 23, 2004 | |||
| Venue | Yokohama Arena | |||
| City | Yokohama | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Pride FC: Bushido 3[4] was an event held on May 23, 2004 at theYokohama Arena inYokohama,Japan.
| Main Card | |||||||
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| 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: Critical Countdown 2004 | ||||
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| Promotion | Pride Fighting Championships | |||
| Date | June 20, 2004 | |||
| Venue | Saitama Super Arena | |||
| City | Saitama | |||
| Attendance | 43,711 | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Pride FC: Critical Countdown 2004[5] was an event held on June 20, 2004 at theSaitama Super Arena inSaitama,Japan.
| Main Card | |||||||
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| 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 | ||
| 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: Bushido 4 | ||||
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| Promotion | Pride Fighting Championships | |||
| Date | July 19, 2004 | |||
| Venue | Nagoya Rainbow Hall | |||
| City | Nagoya | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Pride FC: Bushido 4[6] was an event held on July 19, 2004 at theNagoya Rainbow Hall inNagoya,Japan.
| Main Card | |||||||
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| 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: Final Conflict 2004 | ||||
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| Promotion | Pride Fighting Championships | |||
| Date | August 15, 2004 | |||
| Venue | Saitama Super Arena | |||
| City | Saitama | |||
| Attendance | 47,629 | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Pride FC: Final Conflict 2004[7] was an event held on August 15, 2004 at theSaitama Super Arena inSaitama,Japan.
| Main Card | |||||||
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| 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 | ||
| 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 Emelianenko1 | 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 Emelianenko1 | 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 forPride: Shockwave 2004.
| Pride: Bushido 5 | ||||
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| Promotion | Pride Fighting Championships | |||
| Date | October 14, 2004 | |||
| Venue | Osaka Castle Hall | |||
| City | Osaka | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Pride FC: Bushido 5[8] was an event held on October 14, 2004 at theOsaka Castle Hall inOsaka,Japan.
| Main Card | |||||||
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| 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 | ||||
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| Promotion | Pride Fighting Championships | |||
| Date | October 31, 2004 | |||
| Venue | Saitama Super Arena | |||
| City | Saitama | |||
| Attendance | 24,028 | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Pride 28: High Octane[9] was an event held on October 31, 2004 at theSaitama Super Arena inSaitama,Japan.
| Main Card | |||||||
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| 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 | ||
| Pride: Shockwave 2004 | ||||
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| Promotion | Pride Fighting Championships | |||
| Date | December 31, 2004 | |||
| Venue | Saitama Super Arena | |||
| City | Saitama | |||
| Attendance | 48,398 | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Pride FC: Shockwave 2004[10] was an event held on December 31, 2004 at theSaitama Super Arena inSaitama,Japan.
| Main Card | |||||||
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| 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 | ||