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2003 in Pride FC

2003 in Pride FC
Information
First date March 16, 2003
Last date December 31, 2003
Events
Total events 6
Fights
Total fights 51
Title fights 2
Chronology
2002 in Pride 2003 in Pride FC 2004 in Pride
Pride 25
Information
Promotion Pride Fighting Championships
Date March 16, 2003
Venue Yokohama Arena
City Yokohama, Japan
Attendance 19,247
Event chronology
Pride 24 Pride 25 Pride 26
Pride 26
Information
Promotion Pride Fighting Championships
Date June 8, 2003
Venue Yokohama Arena
City Yokohama, Japan
Event chronology
Pride 25 Pride 26 Pride: Total Elimination 2003
Pride: Total Elimination 2003
Information
Promotion Pride Fighting Championships
Date August 10, 2003
Venue Saitama Super Arena
City Saitama, Japan
Attendance 40,316
Event chronology
Pride 26 Pride: Total Elimination 2003 Pride: Bushido 1
Pride: Bushido 1
Information
Promotion Pride Fighting Championships
Date October 5, 2003
Venue Saitama Super Arena
City Saitama
Event chronology
Pride: Total Elimination 2003 Pride: Bushido 1 Pride: Final Conflict 2003
Pride: Final Conflict 2003
Information
Promotion Pride
Date November 9, 2003
Venue Tokyo Dome
City Tokyo, Japan
Attendance 67,450
Event chronology
Pride: Bushido 1 Pride: Final Conflict 2003 Pride: Shockwave 2003
Pride: Shockwave 2003
Information
Promotion Pride Fighting Championships
Date December 31, 2003
Venue Saitama Super Arena
City Saitama
Attendance 39,716
Event chronology
Pride: Final Conflict 2003 Pride: Shockwave 2003 Pride 27

The year 2003 is the 7th year in the history of the Pride Fighting Championships, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. 2003 had 6 events beginning with, Pride 25 - Body Blow.

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

Pride 25: Body Blow was an event held on March 16, 2003 at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan.


Pride 26: Bad to the Bone was an event held on June 8, 2003 at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan.


Pride FC: Total Elimination 2003 was an event held on August 10, 2003 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.


Pride FC: Bushido 1 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.


Pride FC: Final Conflict 2003 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.


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