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bit old reference lol, but i loved pride. too bad it folded, with yakuza corruption or whatever it was. crocop was my favorite. "left leg hospital, right leg cemetery". but this fight was the craziest:


I think that fight was more scripted than anything but Japanese pro wrestling mixed with early MMA created a very unique circus. Igor, Mirko, Hunt, Fedor, Rampage, Sakuraba etc. so many entertaining fighters but a prime Shogun was terrifying!! The Smashing Machine should've never been turned into a movie but it was The Rock's pet project for a "serious" role, there'd be 10 other Pride fighters that'd make a better movie as well as UFC too!
 

I think that fight was more scripted than anything but Japanese pro wrestling mixed with early MMA created a very unique circus. Igor, Mirko, Hunt, Fedor, Rampage, Sakuraba etc. so many entertaining fighters but a prime Shogun was terrifying!! The Smashing Machine should've never been turned into a movie but it was The Rock's pet project for a "serious" role, there'd be 10 other Pride fighters that'd make a better movie as well as UFC too!

both frye and takayama got brain injuries iirc. the japanese liked to put big mf's in the ring against proper fighters. bob sapp was another one, he was even bigger than takayama and they put him against nogueira. i don't follow MMA anymore but the early days were very entertaining
 
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