PRIDE

PRIDE 23: Championship Chaos 2

Completed Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan 9 bouts

Key takeaways

  • Kazushi Sakuraba beat Gilles Arsene by submission in the main event.
  • Kiyoshi Tamura beat Nobuhiko Takada by knockout in the co-main event.
  • Eight of the nine results came early: four knockouts and four submissions.
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Main card

KS ✓

Kazushi Sakuraba vs Gilles Arsene

Submission R3 2:08
GA
NT

Nobuhiko Takada vs Kiyoshi Tamura

Knockout R2 1:00
KT ✓
DF

Don Frye vs Hidehiko Yoshida

Submission R1 5:32
HY ✓
WS ✓

Wanderlei Silva vs Hiromitsu Kanehara

Knockout R1 3:40
HK
SS

Semmy Schilt vs Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira

Submission R1 6:36
AN ✓
HH

Heath Herring vs Fedor Emelianenko

Knockout R1 10:00
FE ✓
RA ✓

Ricardo Arona vs Murilo Rua

Unanimous decision R3 5:00
MR
KR ✓

Kevin Randleman vs Kenichi Yamamoto

Knockout R3 1:16
KY
JV

Jerrel Venetiaan vs Hirotaka Yokoi

Submission R2 3:29
HY ✓
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Results

Main and co-main events

Kazushi Sakuraba beat Gilles Arsene by submission at 2:08 of round three in the main event of PRIDE 23 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo. In the co-main event, Kiyoshi Tamura beat Nobuhiko Takada by knockout at 1:00 of round two.

How the card was decided

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

Finishes and fight times

The quickest finish belonged to Wanderlei Silva, who stopped Hiromitsu Kanehara at 3:40 of round one, and four of the eight finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Kazushi Sakuraba's submission of Gilles Arsene, 12 minutes and 8 seconds in. End to end, the nine fights filled one hour and 19 minutes of cage time.

Countries, weight classes and broadcast

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