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May 4th, 2017, 1:11 PM
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The Official PRIDE FC Appreciation Thread
I can't believe we don't have a Pride thread, or maybe we did years ago and when they went under the mods deleted it.
Let's talk about our favorite fights, events, moments, etc.
I'll start it off. Let's talk about one of the best Pride cards, Pride 25 Body Blow.
This card had one of the first Pride fights I ever saw on Fox Sports when they would do that 1 hour highlight show with Jay Glazier and Frank Trigg/Bas Rutten. Rampage v. The Monster. And the post-fight with Wandy and Rampage. Plus this card has Fedor challenging Big Nog for the HW championship, Anderson Silva v. Carlos Newton, a shocking ending to Schembri v. Sakuraba. Plus it features Pride vets like Dan Henderson, Lil' Nog, Otsuka, and the legend that is Akira Shoji. I watched the card over the last 2 nights, still holds up in 2017 like it did years ago.
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May 4th, 2017, 2:19 PM
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Yeah, I love the PRIDE events. Still hold up. Watched the Diaz/Gomi fight yesterday, hell of a scrap, both men hurt then the gogoplata finish. That card was superb with the Shogun KO of Reem, Sokoudjo looking like a killer and Hendo/Wanderlei 2.
I think what benefits its replay value over pre-merger UFC is that it feels massive. The big screaming lady introducing all the stars, the big entrances, the music, confetti and absurd cheques for the winners. Bas and Mauro/Quadros having a bit of back and forth without the generic answers from the fighters. It's completely different. If you watch, say, UFC 52, it feels dated because it is nearly identical presentation from the modern UFC just terribly produced. PRIDE still feels modern.
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May 4th, 2017, 2:29 PM
#3
100% AGREE.
I remember the first Pride ppv I ever ordered, I think it was like the only one I was ever able to order and that was the Fedor-Coleman 2 card in Vegas. Starts off with a 20 second KO from Robbie Lawler and ends with a battered Mark Coleman trying to get his 2 little daughters to say hi to Fedor while they're crying over their old ass dad being beat to death for 2-3 rounds.
But yeah man, Pride just always felt like a spectacle. UFC's presentation is very basic, very boxing-like. I actually liked UFC back in the early Zuffa days with the WWE style entrances that Bellator and Strikeforce adopted with the pyro, video screen, etc. Part of me really wants the screaming lady to introduce Bellator fighters especially the one coming up with Fedor. She was amazing.
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May 5th, 2017, 3:35 AM
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