PRIDE Fighting Championships

By mythbuster Mixed martial arts to me is a fight that takes place in a cage," Rebney said. "It's very simple. It's very rudimentary. That's where it belongs. And while I have great respect for the fighters that came out of PRIDE Fighting Championships, and that come out of Japan, when I think of mixed martial...

You know that everyone at BE carries around Dana White voodoo dolls, worship at the altar of PRIDE, and that Luke Thomas masquerades as Matt Brown as an inside agent. by Tonley on Nov 20, 2008 6:46 PM EST to parent up reply reply 0 recs ...

The old shitty UFC game or the epic PRIDE FC game? EA will make a better game than shitty THQ. And I’m willing to bet Fitch will be on it if he doesn’t end up resigning. by skwirrl on Nov 20, 2008 5:56 PM EST to parent up reply ...

By Kid Nate What’s fascinating about this news item is the fact that Elite XC reportedly used personal service contracts with fighters. If you recall, PRIDE used the same type of agreements with its fighters. When DSE sold the PRIDE assets to UFC, I was screaming at the top of my lungs that fighters woul...

By Cannon Jacques The UFC has steadily grown in the last few years by living off money generated by television and live events and using that cash to acquire competitors such as PRIDE and World Extreme Cagefighting. PRIDE was shuttered and absorbed into the UFC; WEC features lighter-weight fighters.

By JUSTINCREDABEL PRIDE FC: SHOCKWAVE 2005 PRIDE FC: SHOCKWAVE 2004 PRIDE FC: BODY BLOW PRIDE FC: FULLY LOADED PRIDE FC: ARMED AND READY "WANDERLEI SILVA VS CRO COP FRIST FIGHT BETWEEN THE 2" PRIDE FC: BUSHIDO 3 "NO COVER" PRIDE FC: BUSHIDO 4 PRIDE FC: BUSHIDO 6 : FEDOR REMATCH WITH TK

By dropkick101 Jorge Santiago is a fighter that doesn't get a ton of press but has slowly crept his way into the top 10 rankings. This guy has not only won 8 fights in a row but he's finished all of them - all against top level competition. His opponents in that span haven't been "elite" level fighters but they ha...

By Luke Thomas “Pride was a titan with the UFC, two titans going at it, each of us thinking that we did shows with different flavors, different ways to present the fights, different philosophies and styles. That one hurt...I’m not saying this one, ...

By Kid Nate Rankings were compiled from the following sites:  WAMMA, Fighters.com, MMA Ratings, Fight Magazine, Total-MMA, Houston Chronicle Brawl Sports, MMA/VT, HDNet/Inside MMA, MMA Playground, FightMatrix, Sherdog, MMA Weekly, TAGG Radio, MMA-ELO, FCFighter, and MMA Fighting.

By JUSTINCREDABEL He is a professional fighter, and needs to do the job. Period. He is paid to fight the person put in front of him. This is not any different from you or me. Can you imagine what would happen if you showed up at work today and decided to not do your job? You might not like the work that you have to do that da...

By Kid Nate Almost two years after they bought out PRIDE, the UFC is finally beginning to put together a top-notch HW division. The upcoming four man mini-tournament of  #2 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, # 11 Frank Mir, #7 Randy Couture and #16 Brock Lesnar should culminate in a clear-cut champ.

By Kid Nate The now 24-year-old Sokoudjou has redeemed himself a little bit with a first round win against fellow judoka Kazuhiro Nakamura at UFC 84 in Las Vegas, his first in the UFC. In that fight Sokoudjou appeared very focused and—maybe more telling of an evolved psychological approach—far loos...

By Kid Nate Shaw said he has urged MMA fighters in the past to maximize the action, to avoid an abundance of yawn-inspiring wrestling. And the whole scandal is an indication that the Shaws have brought sleaze and corruption from the boxing world into MMA.

By Nick Thomas Inside MMA #237 from Tokyo featuring an interview with Lenne Hardt (known to many as the big voice behind PRIDE fighter entrances) at the 40 min mark.

By ChrisNelson While the fighting world looks ahead to Oscar De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions teaming with Affliction in 2009, boxing's most infamous promoter will quietly make his first foray into MMA tonight with Vengeance FC's debut show in Concord, NC. The card, organized by Don King Productions...

By Luke Thomas The truth is DREAM (and Sengoku) is something of a sideshow for hardcore MMA fans. It's a bonus set of high level fights in a world only privvy to the dedicated fan. Moreover, there is something of an ignorant assumption floating among fans that MMA in Japan can never really suffer in the long r...

By Kid Nate But his biggest fight was this past New Year’s Eve, when he apparently knocked off the most hated fighter in Japan, Yoshihiro Akiyama of South Korea. Mitsuhiro Ishida - The Endless Fighter (By Genghis Con) Mitsuhiro Ishida vs Takanori Gomi

By Kid Nate I’m telling you, some of the fighters that we have in the M-1 Challenge, I think they can jump right into any major promotion. We’ve got a guy from Holland by the name of Bogdan Christea and another guy from Team Holland, Jason Jones, who is a very tough fighter. There’s Jessie Gibson, a heavywe...

By Kid Nate During the Japanese MMA boom period a few years ago, it was the TV network executives and chief producers (think: Kunio Kiyohara of Fuji TV) who controlled a lot of the shots for PRIDE & K-1’s matchmaking. How would the landscape look with an American TV executive calling the shots in te...

By Kid Nate Kimo and Severn would go on to fight possibly the dullest match in MMA history at PRIDE 1 and Severn lost his Superfight crown to Coleman at UFC XII and left the Octagon behind (don't mention his loss to Rizzo at UFC 27). ...

By Kid Nate UFC's acquisition of PRIDE was supposed to fix all that. But PRIDE imports Cro Cop, Big Nog, Werdum and Heath Herring have all been pretty much duds so far. And of course they tried and failed to sign Fedor, lost Randy and refuse to ...

By Kid Nate Pride and K-1 split, and Inoki went his own way. The three shows drew 25000 to 35000 fans each. It turned out to be the most important night in Japanese MMA history, and not because Sapp and Akebono, for the three minutes of their fight ...

By Luke Thomas I have not yet been able to confirm this, but according to a MySpace bulletin from Bob Gracie, PRIDE fighter and spirited competitor Ryan Gracie has passed away. To wit:. Ryan Gracie dies - Fighter was in jail in Sao Paulo ...

By Mike David Depending on who you talk to, the 12/31 show is either a farewell to PRIDE's loyal fanbase in Japan or possibly the start of something bigger. Many of the employees who were laid off by Zuffa when the PRIDE office in Japan was closed ...

By Kid Nate Igor is an overlooked fighter but was one of the most dominant forces of two early eras of fighting: the 1995-1997 NHB era and the 1998-2001 early PRIDE era and remained a respectable journeyman in PRIDE into 2005. ...

Rich Franklin to Retire?  - Nogueira had the benefit of leaving PRIDE for the UFC once Fedor bested him three times, but I think something similar can happen for Franklin should he ...