The year 1998 was the 2nd year in the history of the Pride Fighting Championships, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Japan. 1998 had 3 events beginning with, Pride 2.

Debut Pride FC fighters

The following fighters fought their first Pride FC fight in 1998:

Events list

Pride 2

Pride 2^[1] was an event held on March 15, 1998, at The Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan.

Results

Main card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Mark Kerr	def.	Branko Cikatic	Disqualification	1	2:14	[a]
	Marco Ruas	def.	Gary Goodridge	Submission (heel hook)	1	9:09
	Tasis Petridis	def.	George Randolph	Decision	5	3:00	[b]
	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	[c]
	Akira Shoji	def.	Juan Mott	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	3:47
	Royler Gracie	def.	Naoki Sano	Submission (armbar)	1	33:14

Pride 3

Pride 3^[2] was an event held on June 24, 1998, at The Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Nobuhiko Takada	def.	Kyle Sturgeon	Submission (heel hook)	1	2:18
	Mark Kerr	def.	Pedro Otavio	Technical Submission (kimura)	1	2:13
	Gary Goodridge	def.	Amir Rahnavardi	KO (punches)	1	7:22
	Daiju Takase	def.	Emmanuel Yarborough	Submission (punches)	2	3:22
	Kazushi Sakuraba	def.	Carlos Newton	Submission (kneebar)	2	5:19
	Daijiro Matsui	vs.	Akira Shoji	Draw (time limit)	4	10:00

Pride 4

Pride 4^[3] was an event held on October 11, 1998, at The Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

Main card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
	Rickson Gracie	def.	Nobuhiko Takada	Submission (armbar)	1	9:30
	Mark Kerr	def.	Hugo Duarte	TKO (retirement)	3	2:32
	Alexander Otsuka	def.	Marco Ruas	TKO (corner stoppage)	2	10:00
	Satoshi Honma	def.	Naoki Sano	TKO (punches)	1	9:25
	Kazushi Sakuraba	vs.	Allan Goes	Draw (time limit)	3	10:00
	Daijiro Matsui	vs.	Sanae Kikuta	Draw (time limit)	3	10:00
	Akira Shoji	def.	Wallid Ismail	TKO (punches)	2	1:26
	Igor Vovchanchyn	def.	Gary Goodridge	TKO (punches)	1	5:58