Pride FC Appreciation

[cloudkicker]

Its funny how outside of rampage, anderson silva and maybe dan henderson every single fighter associated with this org that made the jump suddenly became larry holmes.That doesnt happen naturally

though they claimed they did, they really never drug tested over there in japan. and MMA, especially in Pride was fukkin brutal, some were honestly just past their prime, ala Fedor for example

 

[STAN JONES]

Wandy was that nikka

When he destroyed Sakuraba

When he destroyed Rampage

 

[TheGreatShowtime]

never had access to this in its golden years missed out on some classics but the way hardcores talk about it is a bit nauseating.Wasnt a fan of some of the ring apparel on fighters or how the camera was way too close to the action


Its funny how outside of rampage, anderson silva and maybe dan henderson every single fighter associated with this org that made the jump suddenly became larry holmes.That doesnt happen naturally

You forgot Shogun.

 

[STAN JONES]

The gawd Fedor

His boxing skill + his submissions + his ability to recover quicker then wolverine =

 

[dj vtg]

fixed fights
wanderlei silva never got tested and rarely weighed in while his opponents did.

i dont why nobody ever mentions this about wandy its well documented.

i dont count most of his greatest wins

 

[Roid Jones]

Aww man Pride got me into MMA, I never knew wtf it was but I watched it like 'what is this barbarisim '

 

[Red Ant]

I miss Pride.

 

[Roman Brady]

You forgot Shogun.

I didnt forget its just other than beating machida he aint really done diddly squat but reside on the IR being 1-1 with forrest and that coleman fight just

 

[Majestyx]

man, pride was my shyt. wandy was like a midget sagat...

@ randlemans fakkit as hair.

i rememebr when colemen got his face destroyed by fedor, and his daughters was all crying and shyt in the ring.

 

[Jutt]

The gawd Fedor

His boxing skill + his submissions + his ability to recover quicker then wolverine =

Why Fedor Emelianenko always be the best mma fighter in history? - YouTube

Like i said earlier in the thread...that first round in his fight with CroCop was just brutal. Idk how Fedor ate those head kicks and stayed standing. Both them nikkas was landing bombs that round...then Cro got gassed, but that opening round was

 

[jackswstd]

I know some fights were fixed but does anyone which ones were alleged to have been fixed?

 

[Swaggatron]

Pride will never be surpassed

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[STAN JONES]

Fedor vs. Cro Cop

 

[PTBG]

I know some fights were fixed but does anyone which ones were alleged to have been fixed?

the Takada vs. Coleman is the most obvious fixed fight. Practically all of Takada "wins" were fixed.

Also, there are other fights I suspected that were worked. Even though it wasn't a work, Rampage said that he was told to lose by submission if I remember correctly to Sakuraba, and he said no, but he still lost by submission Gary Goodridge said that 90% of the early PRIDE fights were fixed. I always suspected the Randleman vs. Sakuraba fight was a work too. UFC had some fixed fights too during the early UFC's as well

 

[KevCo]

loved that shyt, Royce vs Saku is prob my second fav fight ever, too bad some of the matches were worked...glad they included pride mode in the newest UFC.