The year 2005 was the 9th year in the history of the Pride Fighting Championships, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. 2005 had 10 events beginning with, Pride 29 - Fists of Fire.
The following fighters fought their first Pride FC fight in 2005:
See main article: List of Pride FC events.
| Event | Japanese name | Date held | Venue | City | Attendance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56 | Pride FC - Shockwave 2005 | Otokomatsuri - Itadaki | Saitama Super Arena | Saitama, Japan | 49,801 | ||
| 55 | Pride 30 - Fully Loaded | Starting Over | Saitama Super Arena | Saitama, Japan | rowspan="1 | ||
| 54 | Pride - Bushido 9 | The Tournament | Ariake Coliseum | Tokyo, Japan | 10,775 | ||
| 53 | Pride FC - Final Conflict 2005 | Ketsushosen | Saitama Super Arena | Saitama, Japan | rowspan="1 | ||
| 52 | Pride - Bushido 8 | Nagoya Rainbow Hall | Nagoya, Japan | rowspan="1 | |||
| 51 | Pride FC - Critical Countdown 2005 | 2nd Round | Saitama Super Arena | Saitama, Japan | rowspan="1 | ||
| 50 | Pride - Bushido 7 | Ariake Coliseum | Tokyo, Japan | rowspan="1 | |||
| 49 | Pride FC - Total Elimination 2005 | Kaimakusen | Osaka Dome | Osaka, Japan | 45,423 | ||
| 48 | Pride - Bushido 6 | Yokohama Arena | Yokohama, Japan | rowspan="1 | |||
| 47 | Pride 29 - Fists of Fire | Survival | Saitama Super Arena | Saitama, Japan | 22,047 |
| Pride 29 | |
| Promotion: | Pride Fighting Championships |
| Date: | February 20, 2005 |
| Venue: | Saitama Super Arena |
| City: | Saitama |
| Attendance: | 22,047 |
| Previousevent: | Pride: Shockwave 2004 |
| Followingevent: | Pride: Bushido 6 |
Pride 29: Fists of Fire[1] was an event held on February 20, 2005 at Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka, Japan.
| Fight Card | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight Class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | ||||
| Heavyweight 120 kg | Mirko Filipovic | def. |  Mark Coleman | KO (punches) | 1 | 3:40 | ||
| Middleweight 93 kg | Quinton Jackson | def. |  Murilo Rua | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 20:00 | ||
| Middleweight 93 kg | Antônio Rogério Nogueira | def. | Alistair Overeem | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 20:00 | ||
| Welterweight 83 kg |  Kiyoshi Tamura | def. |  Aliev Makhmud | TKO (retirement) | 1 | 7:09 | ||
| Heavyweight 120 kg |  Sergei Kharitonov | def. |  Mu Bae Choi | KO (punches) | 1 | 3:24 | ||
| Middleweight 93 kg | Kazuhiro Nakamura | def. | Stefan Leko | TKO (punches) | 1 | 0:54 | ||
| Middleweight 93 kg |  Igor Vovchanchyn | def. | Kazuo Takahashi | KO (punch) | 1 | 1:10 | ||
| Middleweight 93 kg | Maurício Rua | def. | Hiromitsu Kanehara | TKO (stomp) | 1 | 1:40 | ||
| Heavyweight 120 kg | Fabrício Werdum | def. | Tom Erikson | Submission (RNC) | 1 | 5:11 | ||
| Middleweight 93 kg | Mario Sperry | def. | Hirotaka Yokoi | TKO (knees) | 1 | 9:08 | ||
| Pride: Bushido 6 | |
| Promotion: | Pride Fighting Championships |
| Date: | April 3, 2005 |
| Venue: | Yokohama Arena |
| City: | Yokohama |
| Previousevent: | Pride 29 |
| Followingevent: | Pride: Total Elimination 2005 |
Pride FC: Bushido 6[2] was an event held on April 3, 2005 at Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka, Japan.
| Pride: Total Elimination 2005 | |
| Promotion: | Pride Fighting Championships |
| Date: | April 23, 2005 |
| Venue: | Osaka Dome |
| City: | Osaka |
| Attendance: | 45,423 |
| Previousevent: | Pride: Bushido 6 |
| Followingevent: | Pride: Bushido 7 |
Pride FC: Total Elimination 2005[3] was an event held on April 23, 2005 at Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka, Japan.
| Fight Card | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight Class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | ||||
| Middleweight 93 kg | Wanderlei Silva | def. | Hidehiko Yoshida | Decision (Split) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Middleweight 93 kg | Maurício Rua | def. | Quinton Jackson | TKO (Soccer Kicks) | 1 | 4:47 | ||
| Middleweight 93 kg | Kazushi Sakuraba | def. | Dong Sik Yoon | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 0:38 | ||
| Middleweight 93 kg | Antônio Rogério Nogueira | def. | Dan Henderson | Submission (Armbar) | 1 | 8:05 | ||
| Middleweight 93 kg | Alistair Overeem | def. | Vitor Belfort | Submission (Guillotine Choke) | 1 | 9:36 | ||
| Middleweight 93 kg | Igor Vovchanchyn | def. | Yuki Kondo | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Middleweight 93 kg | Ricardo Arona | def. | Dean Lister | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Middleweight 93 kg | Kazuhiro Nakamura | def. | Kevin Randleman | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | ||
| Pride: Bushido 7 | |
| Promotion: | Pride Fighting Championships |
| Date: | May 22, 2005 |
| Venue: | Differ Ariake |
| City: | Tokyo |
| Previousevent: | Pride: Total Elimination 2005 |
| Followingevent: | Pride: Critical Countdown 2005 |
Pride FC: Bushido 7[4] was an event held on May 22, 2005 at Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka, Japan.
| Pride: Critical Countdown 2005 | |
| Promotion: | Pride Fighting Championships |
| Date: | June 26, 2005 |
| Venue: | Saitama Super Arena |
| City: | Saitama |
| Previousevent: | Pride: Bushido 7 |
| Followingevent: | Pride: Bushido 8 |
Pride FC: Critical Countdown 2005[5] was an event held on June 26, 2005 at Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka, Japan.
| Pride: Bushido 8 | |
| Promotion: | Pride Fighting Championships |
| Date: | July 17, 2005 |
| Venue: | Nagoya Rainbow Hall |
| City: | Nagoya |
| Previousevent: | Pride: Critical Countdown 2005 |
| Followingevent: | Pride: Final Conflict 2005 |
Pride FC: Bushido 8[6] was an event held on July 17, 2005 at Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka, Japan.
| Pride: Final Conflict 2005 | |
| Promotion: | Pride Fighting Championships |
| Date: | August 28, 2005 |
| Venue: | Saitama Super Arena |
| City: | Saitama |
| Attendance: | 47,629[7] |
| Previousevent: | Pride: Bushido 8 |
| Followingevent: | Pride: Bushido 9 |
Pride FC: Final Conflict 2005[8] was an event held on August 28, 2005 at Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka, Japan.
| Pride: Bushido 9 | |
| Promotion: | Pride Fighting Championships |
| Date: | September 25, 2005 |
| Venue: | Ariake Coliseum |
| City: | Tokyo |
| Attendance: | 10,775 |
| Previousevent: | Pride: Final Conflict 2005 |
| Followingevent: | Pride 30 |
Pride FC: Bushido 9[9] was an event held on September 25, 2005 at Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan.
| Pride 30 | |
| Promotion: | Pride Fighting Championships |
| Date: | October 23, 2005 |
| Venue: | Saitama Super Arena |
| City: | Saitama |
| Previousevent: | Pride: Bushido 9 |
| Followingevent: | Pride: Shockwave 2005 |
Pride 30: Fully Loaded[10] was an event held on October 23, 2005 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
| Pride: Shockwave 2005 | |
| Promotion: | Pride Fighting Championships |
| Date: | December 31, 2005 |
| Venue: | Saitama Super Arena |
| City: | Saitama |
| Attendance: | 49,801 |
| Previousevent: | Pride 30 |
| Followingevent: | Pride 31 |
Pride FC: Shockwave 2005[11] was an event held on December 31, 2005 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. The event included the finals of the Pride Welterweight and Lightwent tournaments that began at Pride: Bushido 9, a rematch between Wanderlei Silva and Ricardo Arona for the Pride Middleweight Championship, and a main event between Olympic judokas Naoya Ogawa and Hidehiko Yoshida.