PRIDE

PRIDE 3

Completed Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan 6 bouts

Key takeaways

  • Nobuhiko Takada beat Kyle Sturgeon by submission in the main event.
  • Mark Kerr beat Pedro Otavio by submission in the co-main event.
  • Six of the six results came early: two knockouts and three submissions.

Main card

KS

Kyle Sturgeon vs Nobuhiko Takada

Submission R1 2:18
NT ✓
MK ✓

Mark Kerr vs Pedro Otavio

Submission R1 2:13
PO
GG ✓

Gary Goodridge vs Amir Rahnavardi

Knockout R1 7:22
AR
KS ✓

Kazushi Sakuraba vs Carlos Newton

Submission R2 5:19
CN
EY

Emmanuel Yarborough vs Daiju Takase

Knockout R2 3:22
DT ✓
DM

Daijiro Matsui vs Akira Shoji

Other R4 10:00
AS
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Results

Main and co-main events

Nobuhiko Takada beat Kyle Sturgeon by submission at 2:18 of round one in the main event of PRIDE 3 at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. In the co-main event, Mark Kerr beat Pedro Otavio by submission at 2:13 of round one.

How the card was decided

Across the five bouts that produced a result, two ended by knockout and three by submission — five stoppages in five fights.

Finishes and fight times

The quickest finish belonged to Mark Kerr, who stopped Pedro Otavio at 2:13 of round one, and three of the five finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Kazushi Sakuraba's submission of Carlos Newton, 10 minutes and 19 seconds in. End to end, the five fights filled 31 minutes of cage time.