PRIDE 23

Infobox MMA event
name = PRIDE 23: Championship Chaos 2


promotion = PRIDE
date = November 24, 2002
venue = Tokyo Dome
city = Tokyo, Japan
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PRIDE 23: Championship Chaos 2 was a mixed martial arts event held by PRIDE Fighting Championships. It took place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on November 24, 2002.

Results

flagicon| NED Jerrel Venetiaan vs. flagicon| JPN Hirotaka Yokoi

Hirotaka Yokoi won by submission over Jerrel Venetiaan at 3:29 in the second round. Yokoi achieved a full mount position on Venetiaan and eventually locked in an armbar.

flagicon| USA Kevin Randleman vs. flagicon| JPN Kenichi Yamamoto

Kevin Randleman defeated Kenichi Yamamoto by TKO 1:16 into the third round. The referee stopped the fight as Yamamoto could not defend against Randleman landing repeated knee strikes from a north-south position.

=flagicon| BRA Ricardo Arona vs. flagicon| BRA Murilo "Ninja" Rua=

In a war between rival academies Brazilian Top Team and Chute Boxe, Ricardo Arona won a three-round unanimous decision over Murilo "Ninja" Rua.

flagicon| RUS Fedor Emelianenko vs. flagicon| USA Heath Herring

Fedor Emelianenko established himself as the #1 contender to the PRIDE Heavyweight Championship by defeating Heath Herring via TKO. After the end of Round 1, the doctors stopped the fight due to excessive damage to Herring's face.

flagicon| BRA Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. flagicon| NED Semmy Schilt

PRIDE Heavyweight Champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira was victorious in a non-title match, forcing Semmy Schilt to submit via triangle choke 6:36 into the first round.

flagicon| USA Don Frye vs. flagicon| JPN Hidehiko Yoshida

1992 Olympic Judo gold medalist Hidehiko Yoshida made his mixed martial arts debut, defeating MMA veteran Don Frye. At 5:32 in the first round, Yoshida was declared the winner by technical submission, due to Frye being helplessly caught in an armbar.

flagicon| JPN Nobuhiko Takada vs. flagicon| JPN Kiyoshi Tamura

In a battle between Japanese professional wrestlers and former competitors in the UWFi pro-wrestling organization , Kiyoshi Tamura knocked out Nobuhiko Takada (having his retirement fight) one minute into the second round.

flagicon| FRA Gilles Arsene vs. flagicon| JPN Kazushi Sakuraba

In only his second mixed martial arts match, Gilles Arsene was matched up with the legendary Kazushi Sakuraba. Sakuraba toyed with him, eventually dispatching him with an armbar submission 2:08 into the third round.

PRIDE FC Middleweight Championship

flagicon| JPN Hiromitsu Kanehara vs. flagicon| BRA Wanderlei Silva

Wanderlei Silva successfully defended the PRIDE Middleweight Championship, defeating Hiromitsu Kanehara by TKO after 3:40 of action. Kanehara's corner threw in the towel as he was being punished on the ground with kicks and stomps.

ee also

* List of PRIDE events

External links

* [http://www.pridefc.com/ Official PRIDE Website]