Content deleted Content added
No edit summary Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit |
GreenC bot (talk | contribs) Reformat 1 archive link. Wayback Medic 2.5 per WP:USURPURL and JUDI batch #20 |
||
| (32 intermediate revisions by 19 users not shown) | |||
Line 8:
| genre =
| fate = Acquired and deactivated by [[Zuffa]]
| predecessor = [[Kingdom Professional Wrestling|Kingdom]]
| successor =
| foundation = 1997
| founder = [[Nobuyuki Sakakibara]]<br>Hiromichi Momose<br>Naoto Morishita
Line 29:
| parent = {{plainlist|
*Kakutougi Revolutionary Spirits<br/>(1997–1999)
*[[Dream Stage Entertainment]] <br> (
*[[Zuffa]] <br> (2007)}}
| divisions =
Line 42:
With its origins in Japanese [[professional wrestling]], PRIDE was known for its focus on spectacle and entertainment. Events were proceeded with opening ceremonies and fighters had elaborate entrances. There was no formal weight classes—except for championship belt bouts and the ''Grand Prix'' tournaments—and fighters would often matched with opponents from wildly different weights.<ref name=":1" /> Including the frequent promotion of "technique vs size" [[Freak show fight|freakshow fights]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Snowden|first=Jonathan|title=Top 10 Freakshow Fights in MMA and UFC History|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1423294-top-10-freakshow-fights-in-mma-and-ufc-history|access-date=2022-02-21|website=Bleacher Report|language=en}}</ref> Pride also had the ''Grand Prix'', one-night [[single-elimination tournament]]s with multiple fighters.<ref name=":1" /> The PRIDE ruleset was also more permissive then the [[Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts]], permitting [[soccer kick]]s, stomps and knees to downed opponents, [[body slam]]s directly in the head ("spiking"), and allowed more fighting outfits, including [[wrestling shoe]]s and ''[[keikogi]]s''. Matches were done in a [[Boxing ring|boxing-style roped ring]] and went for an opening ten minute round followed by two rounds of five minutes.<ref>{{Cite web|last=mrcanning|date=2020-01-12|title=Pride FC Rules vs UFC Rules What Are The Brutal Differences|url=https://fightnomads.com/pride-rules-vs-ufc-rules|access-date=2022-02-20|website=fightnomads.com|language=en-us}}</ref>
In 2006, DSE started to have financial issues, as a scandal revealing ties between the company and ''[[yakuza]]'' resulted in the end of multiple lucrative contracts with Japanese broadcasters.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-29 |title=What Happened To Pride FC (MMA)? - TEFMMA |url=https://tefmma.com/what-happened-to-pride-mma/ |access-date=2022-12-29 |language=en-US}}</ref> In March 2007, DSE sold Pride to [[Lorenzo Fertitta]] and [[Frank Fertitta III]], co-owners of [[Zuffa]], which, at the time, owned the [[Ultimate Fighting Championship]] (UFC).<ref>Nagatsuka, Kaz, "[http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sp20120228a1.html UFC hopes to shake up Japan fight scene]", ''[[Japan Times]]'', 28 February 2012, p. 15.</ref> While remaining as legally separate entities with separate managements, the two promotions were set to cooperate in a manner akin to the [[AFL-NFL merger]]. However, such an arrangement did not materialize, and in October 2007, Pride Worldwide's Japanese staff was laid off, marking the end of the organization as an active fight promoter
In 2015, Pride's co-founder and former president Nobuyuki Sakakibara established [[Rizin Fighting Federation]] in Japan with the same philosophy and ambition as for the defunct Pride organization.<ref>{{cite web|title = 'New PRIDE' to be called Rizin Fighting Federation - Mixed Martial Arts News|url = http://www.mixedmartialarts.com/news/454573/New-PRIDE-to-be-called-Rizin-Fighting-Federation/|website = www.mixedmartialarts.com|access-date = 2015-11-25}}</ref>
==History==
===Early years (1997–1999)===
Pride has its roots on Japanese [[Professional wrestling]] (''[[Puroresu]]''). In the 1970s, [[Antonio Inoki]] rose to pronominance in Japan by founding [[New Japan Pro-Wrestling]] (NJPW) and introducing his own style of wrestling he dubbed "Strong-style", derived from training in [[Karate]] and [[Catch-As-Catch-Can Wrestling|Catch-As-Catch-Can]], an earlier style of legit [[Professional wrestling]] and [[submission grappling]], taught by [[Karl Gotch]]. This style was more realistic, using [[Full contact fighting|full contact]] strikes and a lot of kicks, as well as realistic grappling moves from his Catch Wrestling training. Inoki promoted professional wrestling as a legit and real combat sport and the "strongest" fighting style, and to prove it he fought [[Work (professional wrestling)|worked]] (i.e. predetermined) matches against fighters from other martial arts and combat sports, such as [[judo]], [[kickboxing]], [[sumo]] and [[karate]], known as "heterogeneous combat sports bouts" (''Ishu Kakutōgi Sen''; 異種格闘技戦). In 1976 Inoki fought a [[Muhammad Ali vs. Antonio Inoki|match against boxing world-champion Muhammad Ali]], since neither fighter could agree on who would be the loser, the match evolved into a [[Shoot (professional wrestling)|
The match against Muhammad Ali, as well the other heterogeneous style bouts inspired a lot of Inoki's students. They left NJPW and founded a new company named [[Universal Wrestling Federation (Japan)|Universal Wrestling Federation]] (UWF), which promoted a realistic style of pro-wrestling that eschewed the most theatrical elements of wrestling and resembled closer to an actual fight, but it was still predetermined. This style would become known as "[[Shoot Wrestling]]". The UWF closed in 1990 and was succeeded in 1991 by the [[UWFi]], which became one of the top professional wrestling promotions in Japan, as their brand of shoot wrestling proved to be exceedingly popular with the Japanese public. The main attraction and most popular star of the [[UWFi]] was [[Nobuhiko Takada]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nobuhiko Takada: MMA's Most Important Bad Fighter|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/evdn8w/nobuhiko-takada-mmas-most-important-bad-fighter|access-date=2022-02-22|website=www.vice.com|date=3 July 2017 |language=en}}</ref> The other precursors of Pride were the Japanese mixed martial arts competitions and [[Shoot wrestling|shoot style pro wrestling]] promotions [[Shooto]], a self-styled [[Hybrid martial arts|hybrid martial art]] organization founded in 1985 by former shoot wrestler [[Satoru Sayama|"Tiger Mask" Satoru Sayama]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sherdog.com|title=A Blood Called Shooto - Home Called Shooto|url=https://www.sherdog.com/news/articles/1/A-Blood-Called-Shooto-17377|access-date=2022-02-20|website=Sherdog|language=en}}</ref> [[Pancrase]] founded in 1993 by wrestlers [[Masakatsu Funaki]] and [[Minoru Suzuki]] attempting to create a non-scripted shoot wrestling promotion,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-07-22|title=パンクラス：PANCRASE Official Site {{!}} 株式会社ワールドパンクラスクリエイト|url=http://www.pancrase.co.jp/info/office.html|access-date=2022-02-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722094327/http://www.pancrase.co.jp/info/office.html|archive-date=2011-07-22}}</ref> [[Vale Tudo Japan]], a [[Vale Tudo]] tournament organized in 1994 by Satoru Sayama based on the [[Ultimate Fighting Championship]] and Brazilian [[Vale Tudo]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sherdog.com|title=The Resurrection of Vale Tudo Japan|url=https://www.sherdog.com/news/articles/The-Resurrection-of-Vale-Tudo-Japan-20600|access-date=2022-02-20|website=Sherdog|language=en}}</ref> and [[Kingdom
===The Rise===▼
▲Pride has its roots on Japanese [[Professional wrestling]] (''[[Puroresu]]''). In the 1970s, [[Antonio Inoki]] rose to pronominance in Japan by founding [[New Japan Pro-Wrestling]] (NJPW) and introducing his own style of wrestling he dubbed "Strong-style", derived from training in [[Karate]] and [[Catch-As-Catch-Can Wrestling|Catch-As-Catch-Can]], an earlier style of legit [[Professional wrestling]] and [[submission grappling]], taught by [[Karl Gotch]]. This style was more realistic, using [[Full contact fighting|full contact]] strikes and a lot of kicks, as well as realistic grappling moves from his Catch Wrestling training. Inoki promoted professional wrestling as a legit and real combat sport and the "strongest" fighting style, and to prove it he fought [[Work (professional wrestling)|worked]] (i.e predetermined) matches against fighters from other martial arts and combat sports, such as [[judo]], [[kickboxing]], [[sumo]] and [[karate]], known as "heterogeneous combat sports bouts" (''Ishu Kakutōgi Sen''; 異種格闘技戦). In 1976 Inoki fought a [[Muhammad Ali vs. Antonio Inoki|match against boxing world-champion Muhammad Ali]], since neither fighter could agree on who would be the loser, the match evolved into a [[Shoot (professional wrestling)|Shoot]] (i.e real) fight between the two contestants, eventually resulting in a draw.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Gross|first=Josh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GPCGDAAAQBAJ|title=Ali vs. Inoki: The Forgotten Fight That Inspired Mixed Martial Arts and Launched Sports Entertainment|date=2016-06-21|publisher=BenBella Books, Inc.|isbn=978-1-942952-19-0|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" />
▲The match against Muhammad Ali, as well the other heterogeneous style bouts inspired a lot of Inoki's students. They left NJPW and founded a new company named [[Universal Wrestling Federation (Japan)|Universal Wrestling Federation]] (UWF), which promoted a realistic style of pro-wrestling that eschewed the most theatrical elements of wrestling and resembled closer to an actual fight, but it was still predetermined. This style would become known as "[[Shoot Wrestling]]". The UWF closed in 1990 and was succeeded in 1991 by the [[UWFi]], which became one of the top professional wrestling promotions in Japan, as their brand of shoot wrestling proved to be exceedingly popular with the Japanese public. The main attraction and most popular star of the [[UWFi]] was [[Nobuhiko Takada]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nobuhiko Takada: MMA's Most Important Bad Fighter|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/evdn8w/nobuhiko-takada-mmas-most-important-bad-fighter|access-date=2022-02-22|website=www.vice.com|date=3 July 2017 |language=en}}</ref> The other precursors of Pride were the Japanese mixed martial arts competitions and [[Shoot wrestling|shoot style pro wrestling]] promotions [[Shooto]], a self-styled [[Hybrid martial arts|hybrid martial art]] organization founded in 1985 by former shoot wrestler [[Satoru Sayama|"Tiger Mask" Satoru Sayama]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sherdog.com|title=A Blood Called Shooto - Home Called Shooto|url=https://www.sherdog.com/news/articles/1/A-Blood-Called-Shooto-17377|access-date=2022-02-20|website=Sherdog|language=en}}</ref> [[Pancrase]] founded in 1993 by wrestlers [[Masakatsu Funaki]] and [[Minoru Suzuki]] attempting to create a non-scripted shoot wrestling promotion,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-07-22|title=パンクラス：PANCRASE Official Site {{!}} 株式会社ワールドパンクラスクリエイト|url=http://www.pancrase.co.jp/info/office.html|access-date=2022-02-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722094327/http://www.pancrase.co.jp/info/office.html|archive-date=2011-07-22}}</ref> [[Vale Tudo Japan]], a [[Vale Tudo]] tournament organized in 1994 by Satoru Sayama based on the [[Ultimate Fighting Championship]] and Brazilian [[Vale Tudo]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sherdog.com|title=The Resurrection of Vale Tudo Japan|url=https://www.sherdog.com/news/articles/The-Resurrection-of-Vale-Tudo-Japan-20600|access-date=2022-02-20|website=Sherdog|language=en}}</ref> and [[Kingdom (professional wrestling)|Kingdom]], founded in 1997 as a successor to the UWFi.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2013/5/2/4220042/ufc-mma-history-origins-pride-fc-rickson-gracie-Nobuhiko-Takada|title=MMA Origins: Fighting For Pride|website=BloodyElbow|last=Grant|first=T. P.|date=May 2, 2013|access-date=September 4, 2016}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://mmajunkie.com/2016/06/what-role-did-boxer-muhammad-ali-play-in-early-mma-let-ali-vs-inoki-author-josh-gross-explain|title=What role did boxer Muhammad Ali play in early MMA? Let 'Ali vs. Inoki' author Josh Gross explain|work=[[MMAjunkie]]|date=June 13, 2016|access-date=September 4, 2016}}</ref> Pride was also influenced by the wild rise of [[K-1]], a [[kickboxing]] promotion founded in 1993 which became very popular in Japan for its huge and action-packed tournaments.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sherdog.com|title=Kakutogi Context: Notes on the Waning Japanese Fight Scene|url=https://www.sherdog.com/news/articles/Kakutogi-Context-Notes-on-the-Waning-Japanese-Fight-Scene-36807|access-date=2022-02-20|website=Sherdog|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2005-11-10|title=– JAPAN TODAY BREAKS DOWN K-1 VS PRIDE {{!}} MMAWeekly.com|newspaper=Mmaweekly.com | Ufc and Mma News, Results, Rumors, and Videos |url=https://www.mmaweekly.com/japan-today-breaks-down-k-1-vs-pride|access-date=2022-02-20|language=en-US}}</ref>
Pride Fighting Championships was initially conceived of in 1997, to match popular [[Japanese people|Japanese]] pro-wrestler [[Nobuhiko Takada]] with [[Rickson Gracie]], the purported champion of the [[Gracie family]] of [[Brazilian jiu-jitsu]] practitioners, who gained popularity in Japan after winning the 1994 and 1995 [[Vale Tudo Japan]] tournaments and brutally defeating [[UWFi]] pro wrestler [[Yoji Anjo]] in a [[Dojoyaburi|dojo storm]] at Rickson's gym in [[Los Angeles]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Snowden|first=Jonathan|title=Sex, Drugs, Gangsters and MMA: Remembering Pride, UFC's Wild Predecessor|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2718986-sex-drugs-gangsters-and-mma-remembering-pride-ufcs-wild-predecessor|access-date=2021-12-14|website=Bleacher Report|language=en}}</ref> The event, held at the Tokyo Dome on October 11, 1997, and organised by Hiromichi Momose, Naoto Morishita and [[Nobuyuki Sakakibara]] from KRS (Kakutougi Revolutionary Spirits) promotion, attracted 47,000 fans, as well as Japanese mass media attention. The success of the first event enabled its promoters to hold a regular series of mixed martial arts events, and a year later in 1998, to promote a rematch between Takada and Gracie.<ref name="japansfightclubs">[http://www.japaninc.com/article.php?articleID=1026 Japan's Fight Clubs], JapanInc.com. Last retrieved December 5, 2006</ref> With [[K-1]] enjoying popularity in Japan, Pride began to compete with monthly showings on [[Fuji Television]], as well as pay per view on the newly formed satellite television channel [[SKY PerfecTV]]. Following the fourth event, the series was taken over by the [[Dream Stage Entertainment]], formed by the members of the dissolved KRS, and it was accordingly renamed as the Pride Fighting Championships, with Morishita as its first chairman.
===Pride Grand Prix, Bushido and further rise (2000–2006)===
In 2000, Pride hosted the first ''Pride Grand Prix'', a two-part [[openweight]] tournament held to find the "world's best fighter". The tournament was held over the course of two events, with sixteen fighters competing in an [[Pride Grand Prix 2000 Opening Round|opening round]] and the eight winners returning three months later for the [[Pride Grand Prix 2000 Finals|final round]]. The second round of the tournament marked the first time Pride was broadcast in the United States and featured American fighter [[Mark Coleman]] winning the tournament by defeating [[Igor Vovchanchyn]] in the final round. Pride would gain a fervent fanbase in the US, boosted by a highlights deal with [[Fox Sports Networks]] and regular DVD releases of Pride shows including older cards that were not initially screened outside of Japan. English-language commentary for Pride was provided by [[Stephen Quadros]] or [[Mauro Ranallo]], with [[Bas Rutten]] or [[Frank Trigg]] providing analysis.
Line 67 ⟶ 66:
[[File:Pride Fighting intro.jpg|thumb|350px|A Pride Fighting Championships fighter introduction in 2005]]
===Decline (2006–2007)===
In 2006 DSE announced it would showcase Pride alongside the Ultimate Fighting Championship, North America's largest MMA event, and would be integrating their fighters, including [[Wanderlei Silva]] and [[Kazuyuki Fujita]], at a UFC MMA show in November.<ref name="silvafujitaufc">[http://www.pridefc.com/pride2005/index.php?mainpage=news&news_id=767 WANDERLEI SILVA & CHUCK LIDDELL SET TO WAR IN THE OCTAGON] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090710041513/http://www.pridefc.com/pride2005/index.php?mainpage=news&news_id=767 |date=2009-07-10 }}, Official PRIDE site. Last retrieved December 5, 2006</ref> However, [[Dana White]], speaking on behalf of Zuffa then commented that the announced bout between [[Chuck Liddell]] and Wanderlei Silva was unlikely to happen because "the Japanese are very hard to do business with".<ref name="danawhite">[http://www.cbc.ca/cp/sports/060811/s081144.html Liddell Silva fight could be off, according to UFC president], CBC.ca. Last retrieved December 5, 2006</ref> This statement was likely due to the failure of previous attempts between Zuffa and DSE to organize a fighter exchange agreement. Specifically after entering Liddell in Pride's 2003 middleweight tournament, which was also with the intention of Liddell eventually fighting Silva, which fell through when Liddell lost in the semi-finals to [[Quinton Jackson]] (Jackson subsequently lost to Silva by [[technical knockout]] in the finals.)
Line 78:
[[File:Fedor vs Coleman.JPG|thumb|265x265px|[[Fedor Emelianenko]] vs [[Mark Coleman]] at ''[[Pride 32]]'' in 2006. It was Pride's first international event, taking place in [[Las Vegas]], [[United States]].]]
===
On Tuesday, March 27, 2007, Pride executives Nobuyuki Sakakibara and [[Nobuhiko Takada]] announced that [[Station Casinos]] Inc. magnate Lorenzo Fertitta, co-owner of Zuffa and its subsidiary MMA production Ultimate Fighting Championship, had made a deal to acquire all assets of Pride Fighting Championships from Dream Stage Entertainment after [[Pride 34|Pride 34: Kamikaze]] in a deal reportedly worth [[US Dollar|USD$]]65 million,<ref name="JRE">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GofZQEWc6as#t=7304 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150224114803/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GofZQEWc6as&gl=US&hl=en| archive-date=2015-02-24 | url-status=dead|title=Joe Rogan Experience #616 - John Wayne Parr |publisher=YouTube |date=2015-02-22 |access-date=2015-11-25}}</ref><ref name="AP">''[[Associated Press]]'', [
Subsequent remarks by Zuffa spokesperson Dana White however cast doubt as to what the new owners would actually do with Pride. After the sale officially closed on May 25, 2007, White remarked that he planned on bringing Pride's biggest names into UFC competition instead of keeping them in Pride and that they were still deciding on what to do with Pride itself.<ref>{{cite news
Line 112:
}}</ref>
The final Pride events have been released on DVD under the Pride Worldwide label.
Past fights from Pride are shown on ''Best of Pride Fighting Championships''. The program premiered January 15, 2010, on [[Spike TV]]. The program's host is [[Kenda Perez]].
Pride Fighting Championships released two licensed video games during its time in business, as well as being featured in an [[Ultimate Fighting Championship]] game in 2012.
* The first game, ''[[Pride Fighting Championships (video game)|Pride FC: Fighting Championships]]'' was developed by Anchor Inc. and released by [[THQ]] for the [[PlayStation 2]] in February 2003 in Japan and North America and April 2003 in Europe.<ref>[http://www.mobygames.com/game/ps2/pride-fc-fighting-championships PRIDE FC: Fighting Championships on MobyGames] Retrieved 2012-01-30.</ref> The game received an aggregate score of 73/100 on [[Metacritic]], based on 19 critic reviews.<ref>{{cite web|url=
* The second game, ''[[PrideGP Grand Prix 2003]]'' was developed and released by [[Capcom]] also for the PlayStation 2 in November 2003, but was only released in Japan.
* Pride Fighting Championships was also featured in the video game ''[[UFC Undisputed 3]]''. Featuring main Pride event rules and 33 Pride fighters (not counting the Pride alumni on the UFC roster to date), the mode also has commentary provided by [[Bas Rutten]] and [[Stephen Quadros]], with [[Lenne Hardt]] as the English Ring Announcer and Kei Grant as the Japanese Ring Announcer.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ufcundisputed.com/go/article/view/gameplay_news/251673/welcome_to_ufc_undisputed_3:_pride_mode! |title=Whoops! Browser Settings Incompatible |publisher=Ufcundisputed.com |access-date=2012-01-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111110062030/http://www.ufcundisputed.com/go/article/view/gameplay_news/251673/welcome_to_ufc_undisputed_3:_pride_mode! |archive-date=2011-11-10 |url-status=
==Rules==
Line 131 ⟶ 129:
===Match length===
Pride matches originally consisted of three rounds; the first lasted ten minutes and the second and third each lasted five minutes. Intermissions between each round were two minutes long. In Pride events held in the [[United States]], the [[Nevada State Athletic Commission|NSAC]]
When two rounds of a Grand Prix took place on the same night,
===Weight classes===
Line 201 ⟶ 199:
: [[fish-hooking|Fish hooking]]
: [[groin attack|Any attacks to the groin]]
: Purposely striking the back of the head (if a punch was thrown and the fighter turned away letting it land on the back of his head it was okay), which included the occipital region and the spine. The sides of the head and the area around the ears were not considered to be the back of the head
: [[Small joint manipulation]] (control of four or more fingers or toes was necessary).
: [[elbow (strike)|Elbow strikes]] to the head and face.
: Intentionally throwing the opponent out of the ring.
: Running out of the ring.
: Purposely holding the ropes. Fighters were not permitted to purposely hang an arm or leg on the ropes and it would result in an immediate warning.
: Stomps to a grounded fighter along with kicks and knees to the head of a grounded fighter, only in events in the US.
In the event that a fighter was injured by illegal actions, then at the discretion of the referee and ring doctor, the round would attempt to be resumed after enough time had been given to the fighter to recover. Once the fight started again the fighters would be placed in the exact position when the referee called the time out. If the match could not be continued due to the severity of the injury then the fighter who perpetrated the action was disqualified.
Line 222 ⟶ 220:
===Pride Bushido===
PRIDE BUSHIDO were a series of PRIDE events with a special
*Bouts on Pride Bushido events consisted of two rounds; the first lasting ten minutes and the second lasting five. Intermissions between each round were two minutes in length.
*Bushido "Challenge Matches" consisted of two rounds lasting five minutes each. Intermissions between each round were two minutes in length.
Line 324 ⟶ 320:
===Weight divisions===
{| class="wikitable"
! Division
! Weight limit
Line 347 ⟶ 342:
===Tournaments===
''An asterisk (*) indicates that the tournament was also a title fight.''
{| class="wikitable"
▲! '''Year/weight division''' || '''Champion''' || ''' Runner up''' || '''Event'''
|-
| 2000 Openweight || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mark Coleman]] || {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Igor Vovchanchyn]] || [[Pride Grand Prix 2000 Finals]]
Line 430 ⟶ 424:
==See also==
*[[List of Pride events]]
*[[List of Pride champions]]
Line 448 ⟶ 441:
*[http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/kick-back/story-e6frg8h6-1226530633867 Article in "The Australian" newspaper on Pride Yakuza background]
{{TKO Group Holdings}}
{{Pride FC Championships}}
{{MMA organizations}}
Line 453 ⟶ 447:
[[Category:Pride Fighting Championships| ]]
[[Category:
[[Category:Mixed martial arts in Japan]]
[[Category:Sports organizations of Japan]]
Line 461 ⟶ 455:
[[Category:2007 disestablishments in Japan]]
[[Category:Defunct brands]]
[[Category:Defunct
[[Category:Yakuza]]
| |||