PRIDE

PRIDE 12: Cold Fury

Completed Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan 9 bouts

Key takeaways

  • Kazushi Sakuraba beat Ryan Gracie by unanimous decision in the main event.
  • Igor Vovchanchyn beat Mark Kerr by unanimous decision in the co-main event.
  • Two of the nine results came early: two knockouts.
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Main card

KS ✓

Kazushi Sakuraba vs Ryan Gracie

Unanimous decision R1 10:00
RG
MK

Mark Kerr vs Igor Vovchanchyn

Unanimous decision R2 10:00
IV ✓
KF ✓

Kazuyuki Fujita vs Gilbert Yvel

Unanimous decision R2 10:00
GY
DH

Dan Henderson vs Wanderlei Silva

Unanimous decision R2 10:00
WS ✓
EI

Enson Inoue vs Heath Herring

Knockout R1 4:52
HH ✓
RA ✓

Ricardo Almeida vs Akira Shoji

Unanimous decision R2 10:00
AS
JM

John Marsh vs Ricco Rodriguez

Unanimous decision R2 10:00
RR ✓
CN ✓

Carlos Newton vs Johil de Oliveira

Unanimous decision R2 10:00
JO
GM ✓

Guy Mezger vs Alexander Otsuka

Knockout R1 1:52
AO
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Results

Main and co-main events

Kazushi Sakuraba beat Ryan Gracie by unanimous decision after one rounds in the main event of PRIDE 12 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama. The co-main event also went to the scorecards: Igor Vovchanchyn beat Mark Kerr after two rounds.

How the card was decided

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

Finishes and fight times

The quickest finish belonged to Guy Mezger, who stopped Alexander Otsuka at 1:52 of round one, and two of the two finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Heath Herring's knockout of Enson Inoue, 4 minutes and 52 seconds in. End to end, the nine fights filled one hour and 47 minutes of cage time.

Countries, weight classes and broadcast

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