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[[Image:Ustdvinsk.jpg|thumb|400px|The Swedish army bombarding the fortress of Dünamünde.]]

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'''Daugavgriva''' ([[German language|German]]: ''Dünamünde'', [[Polish language|Polish]]: ''Dynemunt'', [[Russian language|Russian]]: ''Ust-Dvinsk'') was a strong [[fortress]] commanding the [[River delta|mouth]] of the [[Daugava]], hence its name. Since [[1959]], Daugavgriva has been a district of [[Riga]] in [[Latvia]].

| name = PRIDE 2

| image = PRIDE FC II.jpg

| promotion = [[PRIDE Fighting Championships]]

| date = [[March 15]], [[1998]]

| venue = [[Yokohama Arena]]

| city = [[Yokohama]]

| attendance =

| buyrate =

| previousevent = [[PRIDE 1]]

| followingevent = [[PRIDE 3]]

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'''PRIDE 2''' was a [[mixed martial arts]] event held by [[PRIDE|KRS-PRIDE]] (later renamed PRIDE Fighting Championships). It took place at [[Yokohama Arena]] in [[Yokohama]], [[Japan]] on March 15, 1998. Kazushi Sakuraba, Mark Kerr, Vernon White, and Marco Ruas all made their PRIDE debuts at this event.

The settlement was established 13 miles from Bishop [[Albert of Buxhoeveden]]'s residence in Riga by [[Cistercian]] monks of [[Pforta]] in [[1205]]. Albert's brother Dietrich was an early head of the [[monastery]], while during the [[1210s]] Count [[Bernhard II]] of [[Lippe]] was its [[abbot]]. During a rebellion of tribal [[Lithuanians]] in [[1228]]{{fact}}, the monastery and its tombs were destroyed, although the monks rebuilt the abbey after fighting died down. They also had to endure abuse by the undisciplined [[Northern Crusades|crusaders]] of the [[Livonia]]n [[Livonian Brothers of the Sword|Order]]. Those knights were defeated at the [[Battle of the Sun]], however, and their remnants were incorporated into the [[Teutonic Knights]] in [[1237]]. Until [[1452]] the territory of [[Siggelkow]] in [[Mecklenburg]] was owned by the monastery. In [[1305]], the local abbot sold the monastery to the Livonian Branch of the Teutonic Knights, who began construction of the fortress of '''Dünamünde'''.

== Results ==

In [[1329]], the knights' [[castle]] was taken by the [[burgher]]s of Riga, who were forced to return it to the knights in [[1435]]. In [[1481]], the knights closed the [[Daugava]] to navigation by stretching an iron chain from Dünamünde to the opposite riverbank, thus hoping to ruin Riga's trade. In retaliation the citizens of Riga captured Dünamünde and destroyed it. The knights returned to rebuild the stronghold eight years later. Because Riga itself was controlled by the [[Archbishop of Riga|Archbishops]], the local administrative seat (''[[Komturei]]'') of the [[Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights|Monastic State]] of the [[Teutonic Order]] was located in Dünamünde.

==={{flagicon| BRA}} [[Royler Gracie]] vs. {{flagicon| JPN}} [[Naoki Sano|Yuhi Sano]]===

Gracie defeated Sano by armbar at 33:14 of round 1.

==={{flagicon| BRA}} [[Juan Mott]] vs. {{flagicon| JPN}} [[Akira Shoji]]===

In [[1561]] during the [[Livonian War]], Dünamünde became part of [[History of Poland (1385–1569)|Poland]]. In [[1582]] the fortress was fortified by King [[Stephen Bathory, King of Poland|Stephen Bathory]], who referred to it as '''Dynemunt'''. On [[August 1]], [[1608]] the fortress was taken by the [[Rise of Sweden as a Great Power|Swedes]] under Count [[Frederick Joachim Mansfeld]], who moved it closer to a new river-bed and renamed it '''Neumünde''' ("new mouth"). As soon as Mansfeld left the [[Gulf of Riga]] for [[Sweden]], the Neumünde contingent of 250 soldiers was routed by [[Jan Karol Chodkiewicz]] of the [[Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth]]. The fighting continued in [[1617]], but the result was roughly the same. In [[1621]] King [[Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden]] inspected Dynemunt after capturing it and ordered the fort to be completely rebuilt. The new Swedish fortress of Dünamünde, designed in a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] style by General Rothenburg in [[1641]], replaced Neumünde by [[1680]].

Shoji defeated Mott by submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 3:47 of round 1.

==={{flagicon| JPN}} [[William Roosmalen]] vs. {{flagicon| USA}} [[Ralph White]]===

The [[Russian history, 1682-1796|Russians]], however, under [[Peter I of Russia|Peter I]], took the fortress in the [[Great Northern War]] and reconstructed it thoroughly. A local [[Lutheran]] church was rebuilt into the [[Russian Orthodox Church|Orthodox]] Church of the Saviour's Transfiguration in [[1775]]. Regent [[Anna Leopoldovna]] of Russia, her husband [[Anthony Ulrich II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg|Anthony Ulrich]], and her son [[Ivan VI]] were incarcerated in Dünamünde in [[1742]]. [[Image:Daunamunde.jpg|thumb|[[Wilhelm II]] inspecting the fortress in [[1917]].]]

William Roosmalen defeated Ralph White by KO (knee to the body).

==={{flagicon| JPN}} [[Kazushi Sakuraba]] vs. {{flagicon| USA}} [[Vernon White]]===

The [[Imperial Russia|Russian government]] renamed the fortress, where only [[Russians|Russian]] soldiers were living, to '''Ust-Dvinsk''' in [[1893]]. They had its fortifications completely reconstructed prior to [[World War I]]. During the war Ust-Dvinsk was bombarded by the [[Schütte-Lanz]] [[Airship]] SL 7 of the [[German Army]]. After the fortress was taken by [[Imperial Germany]], it was inspected by Emperor [[Wilhelm II]] in [[1917]]. The [[History of Latvia#Independence|Latvian government]], however, demolished much of the fortifications several years later. During the [[Cold War]] Ust-Dvinsk was a base for [[Red Army|Soviet troops]]. The site is now known in [[Latvian language|Latvian]] as '''Daugavgriva'''.

Sakuraba defeated White by submission (armbar) at 6:53 of round 3.

==={{flagicon| BRA}} [[Renzo Gracie]] vs. {{flagicon| JPN}} [[Sanae Kikuta]]===

There is a functional [[lighthouse]] at Daugavgriva which was originally built in [[1818]]. It was rebuilt in [[1863]], [[1920]], and after [[World War II]].

Gracie defeated Kikuta by submission (guillotine choke) at :43 round 6.

==={{flagicon| TRI}} [[Gary Goodridge]] vs. {{flagicon| BRA}} [[Marco Ruas]]===

Ruas defeated Goodridge by submission (Heel Hook) at 9:09 of round 1.

==={{flagicon| CRO}} [[Branko Cikatic]] vs. {{flagicon| USA}} [[Mark Kerr]]===

Cikatic was disqualified for grabbing the ropes at 2:14 of the first round.

==See also==

* [[RigaList of PRIDE Castleevents]]

== External links==

* [http://www.1201pridefc.lv/places/left/dunamundecom/ TheOfficial fortressPRIDE of DaugavgrivaWebsite] (in Russian)

* [http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?search=yes&eventid=47 Sherdog.com]

*[http://fortress.vif2.ru/list/dunamunde/index.htm Historic plans of Dünamünde] (in Russian with German maps)

*[http://www.fortification.ru/forum/index.php?action=vthread&forum=1&topic=423&page=0 Discussion and pictures at www.fortification.ru] (in Russian with pictures and German maps)

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