Man i miss PRIDE

scurlaruntings · Nov 8, 2007

Koa said:

For me, the ambiance, and rules of pride were extremely entertaining. Fighters were there both to win, and entertain.. Refs were there to try to make sure this happened. It didn't always work out that way, but when you had a prime Wanderlei Silva being yellow carded for lack of action.. Well, you get the point.. There was huge emphasis on the combat aspects of fighting.

Announcers, the banshee lady was electrifying, the atmosphere was somethng totally unique and appart from the old WWF/WWE/WCW ambiance and crowd the UFC attracts. Yeah, it was a Japanese crowd, but the cage thing..

And, the cage thing again.. Way suited for wrestlers.. Have guys like Rogan saying that if a fighter takes an opponent to the ground, the fight should stay there.. Yeah, fight realism, but fight realism also means that if you don't submit a guy or pound his head in quickly, you will get yoru balls twisted, bitten and might be Mike W'd in a Steven Seagal like move..

Well, yeah. Basically I enjoy comat.. I love watching a good technical ground fight, but I don't want to watch a guy basically catch his breath while controlling a fighter on the ground. If there is action going on, reversals, gnp, sub attempts I'm more than entertained. If there is no action because the guy with superior positioning is baiting his opponent into making a ******ed mistake, and his opponent is obviously onto it (like Randy having Silvia's back for 3/4's of a round just waiting) then the fight should be automatically taken to the feet..

Just seems lame.. Borefest like Koschek vs Sanchez.. Koschek should have been yellow carded like 30 times and kicked out of the ring for that ****.
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EXACTLY:good The UFC events are regular like clock work now and i fear ironically this may be harming them.There is no anticipation for the next one as there so regular.The cards are becoming more and more pedestrian. The events themselves were never comparable to PRIDE but catered more to a younger blood thirsty demographic.Oh well..

scurlaruntings · Nov 8, 2007

What you`ve written is a load of hogwash and piffle.If i was you id hit that bottle again.

younghypnotiq · Nov 8, 2007

ufoalf said:

Look at Liddell, from what I've heard his gut 6-pack is a sure sign of steroids. Scurla, is there truth behind that(since ure roid expert here)?
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yah its true. its ebcause the roids enlarge his organs making him look like he has a gut sixpack. he tries to say its a beer belly tho lol

Ubersteve · Nov 10, 2007

Everyone in PRIDE probably was on something but **** it, it's still fair if everyone is doing it.

EL BULLY · Nov 10, 2007

Too many fights go the distance now as well. UFC fighters are not as gung-ho as they were, which was what was so fun.

Also it is very, VERY repetitive. Just count how many times on a countdown to UFC show Rogan says 'This fight is interesting for a whole bunch of different reasons' he says it about every fight. And whatever happens in the fight, even if the favourite wins he just shouts 'unbelievable'! UFC's star is definatley waining.

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