Pride 2
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| Pride 2 | ||||
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| Promotion | Pride Fighting Championships | |||
| Date | March 15, 1998 | |||
| Venue | Yokohama Arena | |||
| City |  Yokohama, Japan |
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Pride 2 was a mixed martial arts event held by KRS-Pride (later renamed Pride Fighting Championships). It took place at Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan on March 15, 1998. Kazushi Sakuraba, Mark Kerr, Vernon White, and Marco Ruas all made their Pride debuts at this event. In addition to the MMA bouts, there were also two kickboxing bouts. The English language commentary for this event was provided by Stephen Quadros and Bas Rutten.
Results
| Main card | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Mark Kerr | def. | Branko Cikatic | Disqualification | 1 | 2:14 | [lower-alpha 1] | |
| Marco Ruas | def. | Gary Goodridge | Submission (heel hook) | 1 | 9:09 | ||
| Tasis Petridis | def. | George Randolph | Decision | 5 | 3:00 | [lower-alpha 2] | |
| Renzo Gracie | def. | Sanae Kikuta | Submission (guillotine choke) | 6 | 0:43 | ||
| Kazushi Sakuraba | def. | Vernon White | Submission (armbar) | 3 | 6:53 | ||
| William van Roosmalen | def. | Ralph White | KO | 4 | 0:38 | [lower-alpha 3] | |
| Akira Shoji | def. | Juan Mott | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 3:47 | ||
| Royler Gracie | def. | Naoki Sano | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 33:14 | ||
