The year 1997 was the 1st year in the history of the Pride Fighting Championships, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. 1997 had only 1 event, Pride 1.

Given that this is Pride FC's debut year, all fighters are also participating in their debut Pride FC fight.

Pride 1^[1] was an inaugural event held on October 11, 1997, at The Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan.

In addition to the MMA bouts, there was one kickboxing bout between K-1 Grand Prix Champion Branko Cikatić and Ralph White. The English language commentary for this event was provided by Stephen Quadros and Bas Rutten. ^[2]

Results

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Main card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Rickson Gracie	def.	Nobuhiko Takada	Submission (armbar)	1	4:47
	Kimo Leopoldo	vs.	Dan Severn	Draw (time expired)	1	30:00
	Igor Meindert	vs.	Hiroki Kurosawa	TKO (Referee stoppage)	3	1:16	[lower-alpha 1]
	Branko Cikatic	vs.	Ralph White	No Contest	1	1:52	[lower-alpha 2]
	Koji Kitao	def.	Nathan Jones	Submission (keylock)	1	2:14
	Renzo Gracie	vs.	Akira Shoji	Draw (time expired)	3	10:00
	Gary Goodridge	def.	Oleg Taktarov	KO (punch)	1	4:57
	Kazunari Murakami	def.	John Dixson	Submission (armbar)	1	1:34

Close

1. Special Rules fight, Kurosawa sustained knee damage, rupturing his cruciate ligaments.
2. Kickboxing bout. Cikatic kicked White while on the ground.

• Pride Fighting Championships
• List of Pride Fighting Championships champions
• List of Pride Fighting events