PRIDE

PRIDE Grand Prix 2000 Opening Round

Completed Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan 9 bouts

Key takeaways

  • Royce Gracie beat Nobuhiko Takada by unanimous decision in the main event.
  • Mark Kerr beat Enson Inoue by unanimous decision in the co-main event.
  • Five of the nine results came early: four submissions.

Main card

Royce Gracie ✓

Royce Gracie vs Nobuhiko Takada

Unanimous decision R1 15:00
NT
EI

Enson Inoue vs Mark Kerr

Unanimous decision R1 15:00
MK ✓
AO

Alexander Otsuka vs Igor Vovchanchyn

Unanimous decision R1 15:00
IV ✓
MC ✓

Mark Coleman vs Masaaki Satake

Submission R1 1:14
MS
GM

Guy Mezger vs Kazushi Sakuraba

Other R1 15:00
KS ✓
KF ✓

Kazuyuki Fujita vs Hans Nijman

Submission R1 2:48
HN
EB

Ebenezer Fontes Braga vs Akira Shoji

Unanimous decision R1 15:00
AS ✓
GG ✓

Gary Goodridge vs Osamu Tachihikari

Submission R1 0:51
OT
WS ✓

Wanderlei Silva vs Bob Schrijber

Submission R1 2:42
BS
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Results

Main and co-main events

Royce Gracie beat Nobuhiko Takada by unanimous decision after one rounds in the main event of PRIDE Grand Prix 2000 Opening Round at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo. The co-main event also went to the scorecards: Mark Kerr beat Enson Inoue after one rounds.

How the card was decided

Across the nine bouts that produced a result, four by submission and four on the judges' scorecards — five 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 Osamu Tachihikari after 51 seconds, and five of the five finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Kazushi Sakuraba's other of Guy Mezger, 15 minutes and 0 seconds in. End to end, the nine fights filled one hour and 23 minutes of cage time.