2003 in Pride FC#Pride FC: Shockwave 2003

| def.

| Decision (Unanimous)

| 3

| 5:00

| Pride 25: Body Blow

| For the Pride Fighting Championship World Heavyweight Championship.

}}

{{MMAtitle bout

| Heavyweight

| def.

|Pride FC - Shockwave 2003

| Submission (Armbar)

| 2

| 1:45

| Pride Final Conflict 2003

| For the Interim Pride Heavyweight Championship.

}}

Debut Pride FC fighters

The following fighters fought their first Pride FC fight in 2003:

Events list

class="sortable wikitable succession-box" style="font-size:90%;"
# !Event !Japanese name !Date held !Venue !City !Attendance
style="text-align:center" \|36 \|Pride FC - Shockwave 2003 \|Otoko Matsuri \| {{dts\|2003\|12\|31}} \|Saitama Super Arena \|Saitama, Japan \|39,716
style="text-align:center" \|35 \|Pride FC - Final Conflict 2003 \|Ketsushosen \| {{dts\|2003\|11\|09}} \|Tokyo Dome \|Tokyo, Japan \|67,451
style="text-align:center" \|34 \|Pride FC - Bushido 1 \| rowspan="1 {{n/a}} \| {{dts\|2003\|10\|05}} \|Saitama Super Arena \|Saitama, Japan \| rowspan="1 {{n/a}}
style="text-align:center" \|33 \|Pride FC - Total Elimination 2003 \|Kaimakusen \| {{dts\|2003\|08\|10}} \|Saitama Super Arena \|Saitama, Japan \|40,316
style="text-align:center" \|32 \|Pride 26 - Bad to the Bone \|Reborn \| {{dts\|2003\|06\|08}} \|Yokohama Arena \|Yokohama, Japan \| rowspan="1 {{n/a}}
style="text-align:center" \|31 \|Pride 25 - Body Blow \| rowspan="1 {{n/a}} \| {{dts\|2003\|03\|16}} \|Yokohama Arena \|Yokohama, Japan \| rowspan="1 {{n/a}}

class="sortable wikitable succession-box" style="font-size:90%;"

!Event

!Japanese name

!Date held

!Venue

!City

!Attendance

style="text-align:center" |36

|Otoko Matsuri

| {{dts|2003|12|31}}

|Saitama Super Arena

|Saitama, Japan

|39,716

style="text-align:center" |35

|Pride FC - Final Conflict 2003

|Ketsushosen

| {{dts|2003|11|09}}

|Tokyo Dome

|Tokyo, Japan

|67,451

style="text-align:center" |34

|Pride FC - Bushido 1

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

| {{dts|2003|10|05}}

|Saitama Super Arena

|Saitama, Japan

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

style="text-align:center" |33

|Pride FC - Total Elimination 2003

|Kaimakusen

| {{dts|2003|08|10}}

|Saitama Super Arena

|Saitama, Japan

|40,316

style="text-align:center" |32

|Pride 26 - Bad to the Bone

|Reborn

| {{dts|2003|06|08}}

|Yokohama Arena

|Yokohama, Japan

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

style="text-align:center" |31

|Pride 25 - Body Blow

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

| {{dts|2003|03|16}}

|Yokohama Arena

|Yokohama, Japan

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

Pride 25: Body Blow

{{Infobox MMA event

| name = Pride 25

| image =

| promotion = Pride Fighting Championships

| date = March 16, 2003

| venue = Yokohama Arena

| city = Yokohama, Japan

| attendance = 19,247

| buyrate =

| previousevent = Pride 24

| followingevent = Pride 26

}}

Pride 25: Body Blow{{Cite web|title=Pride 25: Body Blow |publisher=Sherdog |url=http://www.sherdog.com/events/Pride-25-Body-Blow-1425 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715202059/http://www.sherdog.com/events/Pride-25-Body-Blow-1425 |archivedate=July 15, 2014 |url-status=live }} was an event held on March 16, 2003, at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan.

=Results=

{{MMAevent bout

| Heavyweight

| def.

| Decision (Unanimous)

| 3

| 5:00

| For the Pride Fighting Championship World Heavyweight Championship.

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Antônio Rogério Nogueira

| def.

| Kevin Randleman

| KO (knee and punches)

| 1

| 6:58

| No. 1 Contender bout

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Antônio Schembri

| def.

| Kazushi Sakuraba

| TKO (Knees and soccer kicks)

| 1

| 6:15

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Dan Henderson

| def.

| Shungo Oyama

| TKO (Punches)

| 1

| 3:28

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Anderson Silva

| def.

| Carlos Newton

| KO (Flying Knee and Punches)

| 1

| 6:27

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Alexander Otsuka

| def.

| Kenichi Yamamoto

| Decision (Unanimous)

| 3

| 5:00

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Akira Shoji

| def.

| Alex Stiebling

| Decision (Split)

| 3

| 5:00

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| def.

| Kazuhiro Nakamura

| Submission (Armbar)

| 2

| 3:49

}}

Pride 26: Bad to the Bone

{{Infobox MMA event

| name = Pride 26

| image =

| promotion = Pride Fighting Championships

| date = June 8, 2003

| venue = Yokohama Arena

| city = Yokohama, Japan

| attendance =

| buyrate =

| previousevent = Pride 25

| followingevent = Pride: Total Elimination 2003

}}

Pride 26: Bad to the Bone{{Cite web|title=Pride 26: Bad to the Bone |publisher=Sherdog |url=http://www.sherdog.com/events/Pride-26-Bad-to-the-Bone-1617 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140720112639/http://www.sherdog.com/events/Pride-26-Bad-to-the-Bone-1617 |archivedate=July 20, 2014 |url-status=live }} was an event held on June 8, 2003, at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan.

=Results=

{{MMAevent bout

| def.

| Kazuyuki Fujita

| Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)

| 1

| 4:17

| Non-Title bout

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| def.

| Heath Herring

| TKO (Kick to the Body and Punches)

| 1

| 3:17

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Mark Coleman

| def.

| Don Frye

| Decision (Unanimous)

| 3

| 5:00

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| def.

| Mikhail Ilyukhin

| Submission (Knee to the Body)

| 1

| 6:26

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Alistair Overeem

| def.

| Mike Bencic

| TKO (Submission to Knee to the Body and Punches)

| 1

| 3:44

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Daiju Takase

| def.

| Anderson Silva

| Submission (Triangle Choke)

| 1

| 8:33

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Kazuhiro Hamanaka

| def.

| Antônio Schembri

| Decision (Unanimous)

| 3

| 5:00

}}

Pride FC: Total Elimination 2003

{{Infobox MMA event

| name = Pride: Total Elimination 2003

| promotion = Pride Fighting Championships

| date = August 10, 2003

| venue = Saitama Super Arena

| city = Saitama, Japan

| attendance = 40,316

| buyrate =

| previousevent = Pride 26

| followingevent = Pride: Bushido 1

}}

Pride FC: Total Elimination 2003{{Cite web|title=Pride Total Elimination 2003 |publisher=Sherdog |url=http://www.sherdog.com/events/Pride-FC-Total-Elimination-2003-1693 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715203405/http://www.sherdog.com/events/Pride-FC-Total-Elimination-2003-1693 |archivedate=July 15, 2014 |url-status=live }} was an event held on August 10, 2003, at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

=Results=

{{MMAevent bout

| Wanderlei Silva

| def.

| Kazushi Sakuraba

| KO (Punch)

| 1

| 5:01

| Quarterfinal bout

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Hidehiko Yoshida

| def.

| Kiyoshi Tamura

| Submission (Ezekiel Choke)

| 1

| 5:06

| Quarterfinal bout

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| def.

| Igor Vovchanchyn

| KO (Head Kick)

| 1

| 1:29

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| def.

| Ricco Rodriguez

| Decision (Unanimous)

| 3

| 5:00

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| def.

| Murilo Bustamante

| Decision (Split)

| 3

| 5:00

| Quarterfinal bout

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Chuck Liddell

| def.

| Alistair Overeem

| KO (Punches)

| 1

| 3:09

| Quarterfinal bout

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| def.

| Gary Goodridge

| TKO (soccer kicks/punches)

| 1

| 1:09

| Non-Title Bout

}}

=Pride 2003 Middleweight Grand Prix bracket=

{{Round8

||{{flagicon|USA}} Chuck Liddell |KO|{{flagicon|NED}} Alistair Overeem |3:09

||{{flagicon|USA}} Quinton Jackson |SD|{{flagicon|BRA}} Murilo Bustamante |20:00

||{{flagicon|JPN}} Hidehiko Yoshida |SUB|{{flagicon|JPN}} Kiyoshi Tamura |5:06

||{{flagicon|BRA}} Wanderlei Silva|KO|{{flagicon|JPN}} Kazushi Sakuraba |5:01

||{{flagicon|USA}} Chuck Liddell||{{flagicon|USA}} Quinton Jackson|

||{{flagicon|JPN}} Hidehiko Yoshida ||{{flagicon|BRA}} Wanderlei Silva |

||{{flagicon|USA}} Quinton Jackson ||{{flagicon|BRA}} Wanderlei Silva |

|||||

}}

Pride FC: Bushido 1

{{Infobox MMA event

| name = Pride: Bushido 1

| image =

| promotion = Pride Fighting Championships

| date = October 5, 2003

| venue = Saitama Super Arena

| city = Saitama

| attendance =

| buyrate =

| previousevent = Pride: Total Elimination 2003

| followingevent = Pride: Final Conflict 2003

}}

Pride FC: Bushido 1{{Cite web|title=Pride Bushido 1 |publisher=Sherdog |url=http://www.sherdog.com/events/Pride-Bushido-1-1829 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715202022/http://www.sherdog.com/events/Pride-Bushido-1-1829 |archivedate=July 15, 2014 |url-status=live }} Is an event held by the Pride Fighting Championships at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan on October 5, 2003. The card was billed as Team Japan Vs. Team Gracie, with five bouts featuring a Japanese fighter represented by Hidehiko Yoshida and a member of the Gracie family represented by Royce Gracie. In the main event, Dos Caras, Jr. became the first Hispanic fighter to compete in Pride and the first to wear a lucha libre mask during a bout. He is now better known as WWE pro wrestler Alberto Del Rio.

=Results=

{{MMAevent bout

| def.

| Alberto Rodriguez

| KO (Head Kick)

| 1

| 0:46

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Alexander Emelianenko

| def.

| Assuério Silva

| Decision (Split)

| 2

| 5:00

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Maurício Rua

| def.

| Akira Shoji

| KO (Punches)

| 1

| 3:47

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Ryan Gracie

| def.

| Kazuhiro Hamanaka

| TKO (Soccer Kicks)

| 1

| 7:37

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Rodrigo Gracie

| def.

| Daiju Takase

| Decision (Unanimous)

| 2

| 5:00

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Kazuhiro Nakamura

| def.

| Daniel Gracie

| Decision (Unanimous)

| 2

| 5:00

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Ralph Gracie

| def.

| Dokonjonosuke Mishima

| Decision (Unanimous)

| 2

| 5:00

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Carlos Newton

| def.

| Renzo Gracie

| Decision (Split)

| 2

| 5:00

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Sergei Kharitonov

| def.

| Jason Suttie

| Submission (Armbar)

| 1

| 2:25

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Chalid Arrab

| def.

| Rodney Glunder

| Decision (Unanimous)

| 2

| 5:00

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Chris Brennan

| def.

| Eiji Mitsuoka

| Submission (Kimura)

| 1

| 4:31

| There was a lengthy pause a couple of minutes into the fight when Brennan released an armbar, believing that Mitsuoka had tapped out. Confusion ensued amongst both camps and the officials, and with replays inconclusive, the fight was eventually restarted.

}}

Pride FC: Final Conflict 2003

{{Infobox MMA event

| name = Pride: Final Conflict 2003

| promotion = Pride

| date = November 9, 2003

| venue = Tokyo Dome

| city = Tokyo, Japan

| attendance = 67,450

| buyrate =

| previousevent = Pride: Bushido 1

| followingevent = Pride: Shockwave 2003

}}

Pride FC: Final Conflict 2003{{Cite web|title=Pride Final Conflict 2003 |publisher=Sherdog |url=http://www.sherdog.com/events/Pride-FC-Final-Conflict-2003-1844 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715202016/http://www.sherdog.com/events/Pride-FC-Final-Conflict-2003-1844 |archivedate=July 15, 2014 |url-status=live }} was an event held on November 9, 2003, at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. This event was host to the semi-finals and finals of the 2003 Pride Middleweight Grand Prix tournament. The first round of the tournament was contested at the Pride: Total Elimination 2003 event the previous August.

=Results=

{{MMAevent bout

| Wanderlei Silva

| def.

| TKO (Knees)

| 1

| 6:28

| Finals bout

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Heavyweight

| def.

| Submission (Armbar)

| 2

| 1:45

| For the Interim Pride Heavyweight Championship.

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Kazushi Sakuraba

| def.

| Kevin Randleman

| Submission (Armbar)

| 3

| 2:36

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Heath Herring

| def.

| Yoshihisa Yamamoto

| Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)

| 3

| 2:29

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Dan Henderson

| def.

| Murilo Bustamante

| TKO (Punches)

| 1

| 0:53

| Reserve bout

}}

{{MMAevent bout

| Wanderlei Silva

| def.

| Hidehiko Yoshida

| Decision (Unanimous)

| 2

| 5:00

| Semifinal bout

}}

{{MMAevent bout