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A familiar subject for this post. After my preview and instinctual thoughts on Pride 33, here is the finished article I have penned for the Total MMA newsletter. These thoughts are hopefully a tad more organised than the previous ones, and I have even made a pretty picture for this one! Anyway. * * *AsContinue reading “The Blurst of Times”

Usually (in other words, when Pride run shows in Japan), I like to watch the event live, and react accordingly. Opting to sleep instead of watch this Las Vegas live, I have opted to watch this show on a match by match basis – beginning with those near the end of the card. I.E. theContinue reading “Pride 33 Thoughts: Part One”

Match Six (watched second): Sergei ‘the Siberian Tiger’ Kharitonov (Russia) -vs- Mike ‘Hadn’t Earned a Nickname’ Russow (USA) Next up is a heavyweight who lost to an inspired Overeem during the 2006 open-weight Grand Prix. After a promising start in Pride, when he went the distance with Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and brutalised current double K-1Continue reading “Pride 33 Thoughts: Part Two”

I have had the strangest feeling since the calendar flipped over to the two-double oh-seven. Maybe it’s just me, but this year so far has felt slightly bereft of MMA action. Perhaps this is due to the anti-climax of the debut EliteXC show, or because UFC 67 was as good as we were expecting, andContinue reading “Pride 33 Preview”