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On this day: Sakuraba submitted Newton with a kneebar at PRIDE 3 in 1998

June 24, 2026
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Twenty-eight years ago at PRIDE 3, Kazushi Sakuraba and Carlos Newton contested a technically celebrated MMA bout widely credited with broadening the sport's appeal. Sakuraba dominated the ground exchanges and ultimately secured the victory via kneebar submission.

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