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”
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Pride 33 Thoughts: Part Two
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”
Pride 33 Preview
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”
Hyper-caffeinated Pride Open-weight GP Finals Play by Play Right, so I might not have mentioned this on the blog before, but I’m very into my MMA (mixed martial Arts or ‘fighting’, for the lay people out there). And Pride FC (Fighting Championship, as opposed to Football Club) has just, like literally this morning, had aContinue reading
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