List of Pride Fighting Championships champions

Below is a list of Pride Fighting Championships champions and title defenses:

Pride champions

Weight limit: Over 93 kg (205 lb)

Over 90 kg (198.4 lb) until 2004

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
1	Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira def. Heath Herring	Pride 17 Tokyo, Japan	November 3, 2001
2	Fedor Emelianenko	Pride 25 Yokohama, Japan	March 16, 2003	NC against interim champion Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira at Pride Final Conflict 2004 on Aug 15, 2004 in Saitama, Japan 1. def. interim champion Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira at Pride Shockwave 2004 on Dec 31, 2004 in Saitama, Japan 2. def. Mirko Cro Cop at Pride Final Conflict 2005 on Aug 28, 2005 in Saitama, Japan 3. def. Mark Hunt at Pride Shockwave 2006 on Dec 31, 2006 in Saitama, Japan
-	Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira def. Mirko Cro Cop for interim title	Pride Final Conflict 2003 Tokyo, Japan	November 9, 2003

Weight limit: 83 kg (183 lb) to 93 kg (205 lb)

Below 90 kg (198.4 lb) until 2004

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
1	Wanderlei Silva def. Kazushi Sakuraba	Pride 17 Tokyo, Japan	November 3, 2001	1. def. Kiyoshi Tamura at Pride 19 on Feb 24, 2002 in Saitama, Japan 2. def. Hiromitsu Kanehara at Pride 23 on Nov 24, 2002 in Tokyo, Japan 3. def. Quinton Jackson at Pride 28 on Oct 31, 2004 in Saitama, Japan 4. def. Ricardo Arona at Pride Shockwave 2005 on Dec 31, 2005 in Saitama, Japan
2	Dan Henderson	Pride 33 Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	February 24, 2007
The Pride World Middleweight Title was unified with the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship on September 8, 2007 when Quinton Jackson defeated Dan Henderson at UFC 75.^[1]

Weight limit: 73 kg (160.9 lb) to 83 kg (183 lb)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
1	Dan Henderson def. Murilo Bustamante	Pride Shockwave 2005 Saitama, Japan	December 31, 2005
The Pride World Welterweight Title was unified with the UFC Middleweight Championship on March 1, 2008 when Anderson Silva defeated Dan Henderson at UFC 82.

Weight limit: Below 73 kg (160.9 lb)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Defenses
1	Takanori Gomi def. Hayato Sakurai	Pride Shockwave 2005 Saitama, Japan	December 31, 2005	1. def. Marcus Aurelio at Pride Bushido 13 on Nov 5, 2006 in Yokohama, Japan

An asterisk (*) indicates that the tournament was also a title fight.

Event	Date	Division	Winner	Runner-up
Pride Grand Prix 2000 Finals	May 1, 2000	Open-Weight	Mark Coleman	Igor Vovchanchyn
Pride Final Conflict 2003	Nov 9, 2003	Middleweight	Wanderlei Silva	Quinton Jackson
Pride Final Conflict 2004 / Pride Shockwave 2004	Dec 31, 2004	Heavyweight	Fedor Emelianenko*	Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira
Pride Final Conflict 2005	Aug 28, 2005	Middleweight	Mauricio Rua	Ricardo Arona
Pride Shockwave 2005	Dec 31, 2005	Welterweight	Dan Henderson*	Murilo Bustamante
Pride Shockwave 2005	Dec 31, 2005	Lightweight	Takanori Gomi*	Hayato Sakurai
Pride Final Conflict Absolute	Sep 10, 2006	Open-Weight	Mirko Filipović	Josh Barnett
Pride Bushido 13	Nov 5, 2006	Welterweight	Kazuo Misaki	Denis Kang

^ UFC (September 11, 2007). ""UFC 75" on Spike TV is the most watched UFC event in history". Archived from the original on February 9, 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-05. Dana White: "Not only did UFC 75 showcase the bout that unified the 205 lb Pride and UFC titles..."