1999 in Pride FC#Pride 3

{{short description|Pride FC MMA events in 1999}}

{{Year in UFC

|name = 1999 in Pride FC

|image =

|image_size = 176px

|first_date = April 29, 1999

|last_date = November 21, 1999

|total_events = 4

|numbered_events =

|total_fights = 28

|title_fights =

|preceded_by = 1998 in Pride

|followed_by = 2000 in Pride

}}

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.

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Debut Pride FC fighters

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

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Events list

{{Main|List of Pride FC events}}

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!Event

!Japanese name

!Date held

!Venue

!City

!Attendance

style="text-align:center" |8

|Pride 8

| rowspan="1 {{n/a}}

| {{dts|1999|11|21}}

|Ariake Coliseum

|Tokyo, Japan

| rowspan="1 {{n/a}}

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|Pride 7

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| {{dts|1999|09|12}}

|Yokohama Arena

|Yokohama, Japan

|10,031

style="text-align:center" |6

|Pride 6

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| {{dts|1999|07|04}}

|Yokohama Arena

|Yokohama, Japan

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style="text-align:center" |5

|Pride 5

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| {{dts|1999|04|29}}

|Nagoya Rainbow Hall

|Nagoya, Japan

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Pride 5

{{Infobox MMA event

| name = Pride 5

| image =

| promotion = Pride Fighting Championships

| date = April 29, 1999

| venue = Nippon Gaishi Hall

| city = Nagoya

| attendance =

| buyrate =

| previousevent = Pride 4

| followingevent = Pride 6

}}

Pride 5{{Cite web|title=Pride 5 |publisher=Sherdog |url=http://www.sherdog.com/events/Pride-FC-Pride-5-50 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514063852/http://www.sherdog.com/events/Pride-FC-Pride-5-50 |archivedate=May 14, 2013 |url-status=live }} was an event held on April 29, 1999, at The Nagoya Rainbow Hall in Nagoya, Japan.

=Results=

{{MMAevent}}

{{MMAevent card|Main card}}

{{MMAevent bout

|

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Nobuhiko Takada

| def.

|{{flagicon|USA}} Mark Coleman

| Submission (heel hook)

| 2

| 1:44

| Acknowledged by Coleman to have been a worked fight.{{cite web|url=http://www.fightday.com/mma/2010/02/mark-coleman-bottom-line-i-can-still-fight/|title=Mark Coleman: Bottom Line, I Can Still Fight|publisher=Fightday.com|date=2010-02-01|access-date=2013-08-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121201131015/http://www.fightday.com/mma/2010/02/mark-coleman-bottom-line-i-can-still-fight/|archive-date=2012-12-01|url-status=dead}}}}

{{MMAevent bout

|

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Kazushi Sakuraba

| def.

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Vitor Belfort

| Decision (unanimous)

| 2

| 10:00

}}

{{MMAevent bout

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|{{flagicon|USA}} Enson Inoue

| def.

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Soichi Nishida

| Submission (rear-naked choke)

| 1

| 0:24

}}

{{MMAevent bout

|

|{{flagicon|UKR}} Igor Vovchanchyn

| def.

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Akira Shoji

| Decision (unanimous)

| 2

| 10:00

}}

{{MMAevent bout

|

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Francisco Bueno

| def.

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Satoshi Honma

| TKO (punches)

| 1

| 4:59

}}

{{MMAevent bout

|

|{{flagicon|USA}} Egan Inoue

| def.

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Minoru Toyonaga

| TKO (punches)

| 1

| 5:53

}}

{{MMAevent end|notes=yes}}

Pride 6

{{Infobox MMA event

| name = Pride 6

| image =

| promotion = Pride Fighting Championships

| date = July 4, 1999

| venue = Yokohama Arena

| city = Yokohama

| attendance =

| buyrate =

| previousevent = Pride 5

| followingevent = Pride 7

}}

Pride 6{{Cite web|title=Pride 6 |publisher=Sherdog |url=http://www.sherdog.com/events/Pride-FC-Pride-6-51 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514044541/http://www.sherdog.com/events/Pride-FC-Pride-6-51 |archivedate=May 14, 2013 |url-status=live }} was an event held on July 4, 1999, at The Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan.

=Results=

{{MMAevent}}

{{MMAevent card|Main card}}

{{MMAevent bout

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|{{flagicon|USA}} Mark Kerr

| def.

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Nobuhiko Takada

| Submission (kimura)

| 1

| 3:04

}}

{{MMAevent bout

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|{{flagicon|JPN}} Kazushi Sakuraba

| def.

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Ebenezer Fontes Braga

| Submission (armbar)

| 1

| 9:23

}}

{{MMAevent bout

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|{{flagicon|JPN}} Naoya Ogawa

| def.

|{{flagicon|TRI}} Gary Goodridge

| Submission (keylock)

| 2

| 0:36

}}

{{MMAevent bout

|

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Akira Shoji

| def.

|{{flagicon|USA}} Guy Mezger

| Decision (split)

| 3

| 5:00

}}

{{MMAevent bout

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|{{flagicon|JPN}} Hiroki Kurosawa

| def.

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Nobuaki Kakuda

| Decision

| 5

| 3:00

| Kyokushin Karate bout.}}

{{MMAevent bout

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|{{flagicon|UKR}} Igor Vovchanchyn

| def.

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Carlos Barreto

| Decision (split)

| 3

| 5:00

}}

{{MMAevent bout

|

|{{flagicon|CAN}} Carlos Newton

| def.

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Daijiro Matsui

| Decision (unanimous)

| 3

| 5:00

}}

{{MMAevent bout

|

|{{flagicon|USA}} Carl Malenko

| def.

|{{flagicon|USA}} Egan Inoue

| Decision (unanimous)

| 3

| 5:00

}}

{{MMAevent end|notes=yes}}

Pride 7

{{Infobox MMA event

| name = Pride 7

| image =

| promotion = Pride Fighting Championships

| date = September 12, 1999

| venue = Yokohama Arena

| city = Yokohama

| attendance = 10,031

| buyrate =

| previousevent = Pride 6

| followingevent = Pride 8

}}

Pride 7{{Cite web|title=Pride 7 |publisher=Sherdog |url=http://www.sherdog.com/events/Pride-FC-Pride-7-52 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501063630/http://www.sherdog.com/events/Pride-FC-Pride-7-52 |archivedate=May 1, 2013 |url-status=live }} was an event held on September 12, 1999, at The Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan.

=Results=

{{MMAevent}}

{{MMAevent card|Main Card}}

{{MMAevent bout

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|{{flagicon|JPN}} Daijiro Matsui

| def.

|{{flagicon|NED}} Bob Schrijber

| DQ (illegal kick)

| 1

| 10:00

| 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.

}}

{{MMAevent bout

|

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Wanderlei Silva

| def.

|{{flagicon|USA}} Carl Malenko

| Decision (unanimous)

| 2

| 10:00

|

}}

{{MMAevent bout

|

|{{flagicon|USA}} Maurice Smith

| def.

|{{flagicon|CRO}} Branko Cikatic

| Submission (forearm choke)

| 1

| 7:33

|

}}

{{MMAevent bout

|

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Akira Shoji

| def.

|{{flagicon|USA}} Larry Parker

| Decision (unanimous)

| 3

| 5:00

|

}}

{{MMAevent bout

|

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Kazushi Sakuraba

| def.

|{{flagicon|USA}} Anthony Macias

| Submission (armbar)

| 2

| 2:30

|

}}

{{MMAevent bout

|

|{{flagicon|UKR}} Igor Vovchanchyn

| vs.

|{{flagicon|USA}} Mark Kerr

| No Contest

| 2

| 4:36

| Initially ruled a win for Vovchanchyn, the result was changed to a "no contest" due to illegal knee strikes by Vovchanchyn.

}}

{{MMAevent card|Grappling match|header=no}}

{{MMAevent bout

|

|{{flagicon|USA}} Enson Inoue

| def.

|{{flagicon|Tonga}} Tully Kulihaapai

| Submission (armbar)

| 1

| 1:15

|

}}

{{MMAevent card|Pro wrestling match|header=no}}

{{MMAevent bout

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|{{flagicon|JPN}} Nobuhiko Takada

| def.

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Alexander Otsuka

| TKO

| 2

| 1:32

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}}

{{MMAevent end|notes = yes}}

Pride 8

{{Infobox MMA event

| name = Pride 8

| image =

| promotion = Pride Fighting Championships

| date = November 21, 1999

| venue = Ariake Coliseum

| city = Tokyo

| attendance =

| buyrate =

| previousevent = Pride 7

| followingevent = Pride: Grand Prix 2000 - Opening Round

}}

Pride 8{{Cite web|title=Pride 8 |publisher=Sherdog |url=http://www.sherdog.com/events/Pride-FC-Pride-8-53 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501071252/http://www.sherdog.com/events/Pride-FC-Pride-8-53 |archivedate=May 1, 2013 |url-status=live }} was an event held on November 21, 1999, at The Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan.

=Results=

{{MMAevent}}

{{MMAevent card|Main Card}}

{{MMAevent bout

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|{{flagicon|BRA}} Wanderlei Silva

| def.

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Daijiro Matsui

| Unanimous Decision

| 2

| 10:00

|

}}

{{MMAevent bout

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|{{flagicon|USA}} Frank Trigg

| def.

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Fabiano Iha

| TKO (Punches)

| 1

| 5:00

|

}}

{{MMAevent bout

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|{{flagicon|BRA}} Allan Goes

| def.

|{{flagicon|USA}} Carl Malenko

| Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke)

| 1

| 9:16

|

}}

{{MMAevent bout

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|{{flagicon|USA}} Mark Coleman

| def.

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Ricardo Morais

| Unanimous Decision

| 2

| 10:00

|

}}

{{MMAevent bout

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|{{flagicon|USA}} Tom Erikson

| def.

|{{flagicon|TRI}} Gary Goodridge

| Unanimous Decision

| 2

| 10:00

|

}}

{{MMAevent bout

|

|{{flagicon|UKR}} Igor Vovchanchyn

| def.

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Francisco Bueno

| KO (Punch)

| 1

| 1:23

|

}}

{{MMAevent bout

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|{{flagicon|BRA}} Renzo Gracie

| def.

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Alexander Otsuka

| Unanimous Decision

| 2

| 10:00

|

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{{MMAevent bout

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|{{flagicon|JPN}} Kazushi Sakuraba

| def.

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Royler Gracie

| Technical Submission (Kimura)

| 2

| 13:16

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

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