Key takeaways
Tokimitsu Ishizawa beat Ryan Gracie by knockout at 4:51 of round one in the main event of PRIDE 15 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama. In the co-main event, Kazushi Sakuraba beat Quinton Jackson by submission at 5:41 of round one.
Across the eight bouts that produced a result, two ended by knockout, four by submission and two on the judges' scorecards — six stoppages in eight fights. Every decision was unanimous: not one result divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, who stopped Gary Goodridge at 2:37 of round one, and four of the six finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Heath Herring's knockout of Mark Kerr, 9 minutes and 56 seconds in. End to end, the eight fights filled one hour and 3 minutes of cage time.
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