FIGHT CARD

Pride FC - Pride 1

Pride Fighting Championships

Oct 11, 1997

Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan, Japan

Rickson Gracie

11-0-0 (Win-Loss-Draw) win

MAIN EVENT

Nobuhiko Takada

2-6-2 (Win-Loss-Draw) loss

Match
6

Method
Submission (Armbar)

Referee
Yuji Shimada

Round
1

Time
4:47

Match		Fighters		Method/Referee	R	Time
5	Kimo Leopoldo draw		Dan Severn draw	Draw (Time Limit) Ryogaku Wada	1	30:00
4	Koji Kitao win		Nathan Jones loss	Submission (Keylock) Ryogaku Wada	1	2:14
3	Renzo Gracie draw		Akira Shoji draw	Draw (Time Limit) Yuji Shimada	3	10:00
2	Gary Goodridge win		Oleg Taktarov loss	KO (Punch) Ryogaku Wada	1	4:57
1	Kazunari Murakami win		John Dixson loss	Submission (Armbar) Takumi Adachi	1	1:34

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