# List of Pride Fighting Championships champions

Below is a list of Pride Fighting Championships champions and title defenses:

## World champions
### Heavyweight Championship

    Weight limit: Over 93 kg (205 lb)
| No. | Name | Event | Date | Reign | Defenses |
| 1 | Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira def. Heath Herring | Pride 17 Tokyo, Japan | Nov 3, 2001 | 498 days | |
| 2 | Fedor Emelianenko | Pride 25 Yokohama, Japan | Mar 16, 2003 | 1,663 days | NC vs. interim champion Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira at Pride Final Conflict 2004 on Aug 15, 2004 1. def. interim champion Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira at Pride Shockwave 2004 on Dec 31, 2004 2. def. Mirko Cro Cop at Pride Final Conflict 2005 on Aug 28, 2005 3. def. Mark Hunt at Pride Shockwave 2006 on Dec 31, 2006 |
| - | Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira def. Mirko Cro Cop for interim title | Pride Final Conflict 2003 Tokyo, Japan | Nov 9, 2003 | - | |

### Middleweight Championship

    Weight limit: 83 kg (183 lb) to 93 kg (205 lb)
| No. | Name | Event | Date | Reign | Defenses |
| 1 | Wanderlei Silva def. Kazushi Sakuraba | Pride 17 Tokyo, Japan | Nov 3, 2001 | 1,939 days | 1. def. Kiyoshi Tamura at Pride 19 on Feb 24, 2002l 2. def. Hiromitsu Kanehara at Pride 23 on Nov 24, 2002 3. def. Quinton Jackson at Pride 28 on Oct 31, 2004 4. def. Ricardo Arona at Pride Shockwave 2005 on Dec 31, 2005 |
| 2 | Dan Henderson | Pride 33 Las Vegas, NV, U.S. | Feb 24, 2007 | 196 days | |
| The Pride World Middleweight Title was unified with the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship on September 8, 2007 when Quinton Jackson defeated Dan Henderson at UFC 75. ||||||

### Welterweight Championship

    Weight limit: 73 kg (160.9 lb) to 83 kg (183 lb)
| No. | Name | Event | Date | Reign | Defenses |
| 1 | Dan Henderson def. Murilo Bustamante | Pride Shockwave 2005 Saitama, Japan | Dec 31, 2005 | 791 days | |
| The Pride World Welterweight Title was unified with the UFC Middleweight Championship on March 1, 2008 when Anderson Silva defeated Dan Henderson at UFC 82. ||||||

### Lightweight Championship

    Weight limit: Below 73 kg (160.9 lb)
| No. | Name | Event | Date | Reign | Defenses |
| 1 | Takanori Gomi def. Hayato Sakurai | Pride Shockwave 2005 Saitama, Japan | Dec 31, 2005 | 642 days | 1. def. Marcus Aurelio at Pride Bushido 13 on Nov 5, 2006 |

## Grand Prix Winners

An asterisk (*) indicates that the tournament was also a title fight.
| Event | Division | Winner | Runner-up | Final |
| Pride Grand Prix 2000 Opening Round Pride Grand Prix 2000 Finals | Openweight | Mark Coleman | Igor Vovchanchyn | May 1, 2000 |
| Pride Total Elimination 2003 Pride Final Conflict 2003 | Middleweight | Wanderlei Silva | Quinton Jackson | November 9, 2003 |
| Pride Total Elimination 2004 Pride Critical Countdown 2004 Pride Final Conflict 2004 Pride Shockwave 2004 | Heavyweight | Fedor Emelianenko * | Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira | December 31, 2004 |
| Pride Total Elimination 2005 Pride Critical Countdown 2005 Pride Final Conflict 2005 | Middleweight | Mauricio Rua | Ricardo Arona | August 28, 2005 |
| Pride Bushido 9 Pride Shockwave 2005 | Welterweight | Dan Henderson * | Murilo Bustamante | December 31, 2005 |
| Pride Bushido 9 Pride Shockwave 2005 | Lightweight | Takanori Gomi * | Hayato Sakurai | December 31, 2005 |
| Pride Total Elimination Absolute Pride Critical Countdown Absolute Pride Final Conflict Absolute | Openweight | Mirko Filipović | Josh Barnett | September 10, 2006 |
| Pride Bushido 11 Pride Bushido 12 Pride Bushido 13 | Welterweight | Kazuo Misaki | Denis Kang | November 5, 2006 |

## Records
### Most wins in title bouts

| Victories | Champion | Division | V | D | NC | L |
| 5 | Wanderlei Silva | Middleweight | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Fedor Emelianenko | Heavyweight | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira | Heavyweight | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Takanori Gomi | Lightweight | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Dan Henderson | Middleweight Welterweight | 1 1 | 0 0 | 0 0 | 0 0 |

### Most consecutive title defenses

| Defenses | Champion | Division | Period |
| 4 | Wanderlei Silva | Middleweight | November 3, 2001 – February 24, 2007 |
| 3 | Fedor Emelianenko | Heavyweight | March 16, 2003 – October 4, 2007 |
| 1 | Takanori Gomi | Lightweight | December 31, 2005 – October 4, 2007 |

### Multi-division champions

* Interim title
| No. | Champion | Division | Won | Lost | Defenses | Reign | Total reign |
| 1 | Dan Henderson | Middleweight | February 24, 2007 (Pride 33) | September 8, 2007 (UFC 75) | 0 | 196 days | 987 days |
| 1 | Dan Henderson | Welterweight | December 31, 2005 (Pride Shockwave 2005) | March 1, 2008 (UFC 82) | 0 | 791 days | 987 days |

### Simultaneous two division champions

This table, different from the previous one, only counts the periods in which the fighter loaded the titles simultaneously and the defenses in that period of time.
| No. | Champion | Division | Span | Defenses | Simultaneous Reign |
| 1 | Dan Henderson | Middleweight | February 24, 2007 – September 8, 2007 | 0 | 196 days |
| 1 | Dan Henderson | Welterweight | February 24, 2007 – September 8, 2007 | 0 | 196 days |

## Champions by nationality

The division champions include only linear and true champions. Interim champions who have never become linear champions will be listed as interim champions. Fighters with multiple title reigns in a specific division will also be counted once. Runners-up are not included in tournaments champions.
| Country | Division champions | Interim champions | Tournaments champions | Total |
| Brazil | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| United States | 2 | - | 2 | 4 |
| Japan | 1 | - | 2 | 3 |
| Russia | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
| Croatia | - | - | 1 | 1 |