Completed MMA Event
Pride 7
- Sunday 09.12.1999
- U.S. Broadcast: Pay Per View
- Promotion: Pride FC
- Ownership: Dream Stage Entertainment (DSE)
- Venue: Yokohama Arena
- Location: Yokohama, Japan
- Enclosure: Ring
- TV Announcers: Stephen Quadros, Bas Rutten
- Attendance: 10,031
- MMA Bouts: 6
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Fight Card
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Ends in a No Contest, Illegal Knee Strikes
4:36 Round 2 of 3, 14:36 Total6
Main Event
265
10 + 5 + 5 Three Rounds | Pro
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Disqualificaton, Matsui Kicked After Bell
10:00 Round 1 of 31
Main Card
265
10 + 5 + 5 Three Rounds | Pro
Referees
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Yuji Shimada
Vovchanchyn vs. Kerr I (6), Sakuraba vs. Macias (5)
Wiki
Pride 7 Wiki
After shining in their main and co-main event slots of Pride 6, Kazushi Sakuraba and Mark Kerr resumed headlining duties for Pride 7, which was held in September of 1999 at the Yokohama Arena. Once again proving his superiority over athletes of his time on the ground, Sakuraba submitted opponent Anthony Macias via Armbar in the second round. In the main event, American wrestler and Bas Rutten-trained prodigy Mark Kerr ran into the first roadblock of his career, as Ukrainian kickboxer Igor Vovchanchyn stopped him with knee strikes to the head while the fighters were on the ground in the second round. Unfortunately for Vovchanchyn, his knee strikes to the head of his grounded opponent were against the rules, and his win was overturned and isntead ruled a No Contest.
Pride 7 also featured the promotional debut of future champion Wanderlei Silva.
