Pride Fighting Championships
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PRIDE Fighting Championships was a Japanese mixed martial arts promotion company. Its inaugural event was held at the Tokyo Dome on October 11, 1997. Pride held more than sixty mixed martial arts even
A Pride Fighting Championships fighter introduction in 2005
Fedor Emelianenko vs Mark Coleman at Pride 32 in 2006. It was Pride's first international event, taking place in Las Vegas, United States.
Rizin Fighting Federation
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Rizin Fighting Federation is a Japanese mixed martial arts organization created in 2015 by the former Pride Fighting Championships and Dream Stage Entertainment president Nobuyuki Sakakibara.
Pride Fighting Championships
…However, this promotion would close in 2012 after the bankruptcy of FEG. 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. Pride has its roots on Japanese Professional wrestling (Puroresu…
Former Rizin two-division champion Kyoji Horiguchi
Mikuru Asakura in one of RIZIN's elaborate entrances