The year 2002 was the 6th year in the history of the Pride Fighting Championships, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. 2002 had 10 events beginning with, Pride FC: The Best, Vol. 1.
Title fights
Debut Pride FC fighters
The following fighters fought their first Pride FC fight in 2002:
Achmed Labasanov Aji Susilo Akira Nitagai Alistair Overeem Anderson Silva Andrei Kopylov Antônio Rogério Nogueira Bazigit Atajev Bob Sapp Daisuke Nakamura Daniel Gracie Demetrius Gioulacos Eiji Mitsuoka Fatih Kocamis Fedor Emelianenko Gilles Arsene Han Ten Yun Hidehiko Yoshida Hidehisa Matsuda
Hiromitsu Kanehara Hirotaka Yokoi Jerrel Venetiaan Joe Son John Alessio Jong Wang Kim Jukei Nakajima Kazuki Okubo Ken Orihashi Kenichi Yamamoto Kestutis Smirnovas Kevin Randleman Kiyoshi Tamura Kyosuke Sasaki Lloyd Van Dams Paulo Filho Ron Waterman Rory Singer Scott Bills
Shinichiro Takamura Sokun Koh Steve White Takahiro Oba Takashi Sugiura Tatsuya Iwasaki Tim Catalfo Togo Togo Tomohiko Hashimoto Xue Do Won Yoshinori Kawakami Yoshinori Sasaki Yuji Hisamatsu Yuki Sasaki Yukiya Naito Yuriy Kochkine Yushin Okami Yusuke Imamura Yutaro Miyamoto
Events list
#EventJapanese nameDate heldVenueCityAttendance30Pride 24 - Cold Fury 3 rowspan="1 Marine Messe FukuokaFukuoka, Japan rowspan="1 29Pride 23 - Championship Chaos 2 rowspan="1 Tokyo DomeTokyo, Japan52,22828Pride FC - The Best, Vol. 3 rowspan="1 Differ Ariake ArenaTokyo, Japan rowspan="1 27Pride 22 - Beasts from the East 2 rowspan="1 Nagoya Rainbow HallNagoya, Japan rowspan="1 26Pride FC - ShockwaveDynamite! Tokyo National StadiumTokyo, Japan91,10725Pride FC - The Best, Vol. 2 rowspan="1 Differ Ariake ArenaTokyo, Japan rowspan="1 24Pride 21 - Demolition rowspan="1 Saitama Super ArenaSaitama, Japan rowspan="1 23Pride 20 - Armed and Ready rowspan="1 Yokohama ArenaYokohama, Japan18,92622Pride 19 - Bad Blood rowspan="1 Saitama Super ArenaSaitama, Japan rowspan="1 21Pride FC - The Best, Vol. 1 rowspan="1 Korakuen HallTokyo, Japan rowspan="1
Pride FC: The Best, Vol. 1
Pride FC: The Best, Vol. 1 was an event held on February 22, 2002 at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.
Results
Pride 19: Bad Blood
Pride 19: Bad Blood was an event held on February 24, 2002 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
Results
Pride 20: Armed and Ready
Pride 20: Armed and Ready was an event held on April 28, 2002 at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan.
Results
Pride 21: Demolition
Pride 21: Demolition was an event held on June 23, 2002 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. This event featured the PRIDE debut of MMA all-time greats Fedor Emelianenko and Anderson Silva.
Results
Pride FC: The Best, Vol. 2
Pride FC: The Best, Vol. 2 was an event held on July 20, 2002 at the Differ Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan.
Results
Pride FC: Shockwave
Pride FC: Shockwave was an event held on August 28, 2002 at the Tokyo National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan. The event was co-promoted by the PRIDE Fighting Championships and K-1
Results
Pride 22: Beasts from the East 2
Pride 22: Beasts from the East 2 was an event held on September 29, 2002 at the Nagoya Rainbow Hall in Nagoya, Japan. It featured the Pride debut of former UFC Heavyweight Champion Kevin Randleman
Results
Pride FC: The Best, Vol. 3
Pride FC: The Best, Vol. 3 was an event held on October 20, 2002 at the Differ Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan.
Results
Pride 23: Championship Chaos 2
Pride 23: Championship Chaos 2 was an event held on November 24, 2002 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan.
Results
Pride 24: Cold Fury 3
Pride 24: Cold Fury 3 was an event held on December 23, 2002 at the Marine Messe Fukuoka in Fukuoka, Japan.
Results
See also Pride Fighting Championships List of Pride Fighting Championships champions List of Pride Fighting events
References