2005 in Pride FC

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.

Debut Pride FC fighters
The following fighters fought their first Pride FC fight in 2005:


 * Alexandru Lungu
 * Aliev Makhmud
 * Andrei Semenov
 * Daisuke Sugie
 * Daniel Acacio
 * David Abbott
 * Denis Kang
 * Dong Sik Yoon
 * Fabrício Werdum
 * Ibragim Magomedov
 * In Seok Kim
 * Jean Silva


 * Joachim Hansen
 * Josh Thomson
 * Jutaro Nakao
 * Ken Kaneko
 * Luiz Azeredo
 * Masanori Suda
 * Michihiro Omigawa
 * Milton Vieira
 * Murad Chunkaiev
 * Naoyuki Kotani
 * Pawel Nastula


 * Pedro Rizzo
 * Phil Baroni
 * Roman Zentsov
 * Ryuichi Murata
 * Tatsuya Kawajiri
 * Tomomi Iwama
 * Tsuyoshi Kosaka
 * Wagner da Conceicao Martins
 * Yoshiro Maeda
 * Yves Edwards
 * Aaron Riley

Pride 29: Fists of Fire
Pride 29: Fists of Fire was an event held on February 20, 2005 at Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka, Japan.

Pride FC: Bushido 6
Pride FC: Bushido 6 was an event held on April 3, 2005 at Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka, Japan.

Pride FC: Total Elimination 2005
Pride FC: Total Elimination 2005 was an event held on April 23, 2005 at Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka, Japan.

Pride FC: Bushido 7
Pride FC: Bushido 7 was an event held on May 22, 2005 at Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka, Japan.

Pride FC: Critical Countdown 2005
Pride FC: Critical Countdown 2005 was an event held on June 26, 2005 at Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka, Japan.

Pride FC: Bushido 8
Pride FC: Bushido 8 was an event held on July 17, 2005 at Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka, Japan.

Pride FC: Final Conflict 2005
Pride FC: Final Conflict 2005 was an event held on August 28, 2005 at Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka, Japan.

Pride FC: Bushido 9
Pride FC: Bushido 9 was an event held on September 25, 2005 at Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan.

Pride 30: Fully Loaded
Pride 30: Fully Loaded was an event held on October 23, 2005 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

Pride FC: Shockwave 2005
Pride FC: Shockwave 2005 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.