PRIDE

PRIDE Shockwave 2003

Completed Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan 10 bouts

Key takeaways

  • Rogerio Nogueira beat Kazushi Sakuraba by unanimous decision in the main event.
  • Kiyoshi Tamura beat Rony Sefo by submission in the co-main event.
  • Eight of the ten results came early: four knockouts and three submissions.
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Main card

KS

Kazushi Sakuraba vs Rogerio Nogueira

Unanimous decision R3 5:00
RN ✓
RS

Rony Sefo vs Kiyoshi Tamura

Submission R1 2:20
KT ✓
YK ✓

Yuki Kondo vs Mario Sperry

Knockout R1 3:27
MS
DG ✓

Daniel Gracie vs Wataru Sakata

Submission R1 7:12
WS
DF

Don Frye vs Gary Goodridge

Knockout R1 0:39
GG ✓
Royce Gracie

Royce Gracie vs Hidehiko Yoshida

Other R2 10:00
HY
MR ✓

Murilo Rua vs Akira Shoji

Knockout R1 2:24
AS
HS ✓

Hayato Sakurai vs Daiju Takase

Unanimous decision R3 5:00
DT
HH ✓

Heath Herring vs Paulo Cesar Silva

Submission R3 0:35
PS
IM

Ikuhisa Minowa vs Quinton Jackson

Knockout R2 1:05
QJ ✓
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Results

Main and co-main events

Rogerio Nogueira beat Kazushi Sakuraba by unanimous decision after three rounds in the main event of PRIDE Shockwave 2003 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama. In the co-main event, Kiyoshi Tamura beat Rony Sefo by submission at 2:20 of round one.

How the card was decided

Across the nine bouts that produced a result, four ended by knockout, three by submission and two on the judges' scorecards — seven stoppages in nine fights. Every decision was unanimous: not one result divided the judges.

Finishes and fight times

The quickest finish belonged to Gary Goodridge, who stopped Don Frye after 39 seconds, and five of the seven finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Heath Herring's submission of Paulo Cesar Silva, 10 minutes and 35 seconds in. End to end, the nine fights filled one hour and 3 minutes of cage time.

Countries, weight classes and broadcast

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