CroCop v. Silva
Barnett v. Nogueira

September 10

Anybody else anxiously awaiting this?
Who's going to win?

I think CroCop vs. Nogueira in the final with Nogueira winning.

8/2/2006 10:06:48 PM

do they have a place that has free shows? i have ZERO access to pride aside from FSN which is pretty unreliable

I want Silva to win and get out of this scott-free, i give my nod to Nog as well

[Edited on August 2, 2006 at 10:09 PM. Reason : u]

8/2/2006 10:08:20 PM

I don't know any places that will be playing it for sure but I imagine a few sports bar around Raleigh will show it.

I think the CroCop/Silva fight is a toss-up, doesn't really matter who wins it b/c it's sure to be an entertaining fight. I also think that Silva vs. Nogueira would be a really interesting fight since Nog is one of the few guys who could submit Silva.

Silva winning would be cool also b/c it would probably make a fight b/w he and Fedor that much more likely and Fedor vs. Silva would be a fight on Ali-Frazier proportions as far as MMA goes.

8/2/2006 10:35:25 PM

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"Fedor vs. Silva would be a fight on Ali-Frazier proportions as far as MMA goes."

i think the fedor vs cro cop is about as big as it gets, i dont think silva has a chance against fedor,
i think he'd get embarrassed

8/2/2006 11:17:39 PM

This just in: CroCop pulls out of the finals over money issues.

http://www.sherdog.com/news/news.asp?n_id=5219

8/6/2006 1:06:06 AM

wow perhaps more importantly the WFA could net him too


that organization is taking big steps, at the rate the WFA is going by the time Pride makes its US debut, The Real Deal, most of their top fighters could actually be in the WFA

will make things real interesting, dicey between organizations but better for the sport


(Marc Coleman might also be leaving for the WFA)

[Edited on August 6, 2006 at 1:31 AM. Reason : g]

8/6/2006 1:25:58 AM

I think I remember reading somewhere that CroCop had said that if he didn't win the Pride GP then he would retire. So who knows what he's gonna do after he's done with his vacation.

All I know is that I hope if Pride loses its top fighters that they don't all run to UFC. I don't like the rules in UFC and the fenced octagon is for pussies. I'd rather see everybody go to K-1, or maybe WFA. And I'm sure Dana White and fans of UFC wouldn't be too happy to see all the top UFC guys get knocked the fuck out by the top Pride fighters, and Dana knows that the quality in the UFC is garbage compared to Pride so I don't know if he would even want to bring in a bunch of the Pride fighters. Especially since Dana seems content with just running new reality shows to find new blood instead of actually trying to find good fighters.

But the future of WFA should be interesting and I wish them all the best, and I've always been a fan of Rampage.

[Edited on August 6, 2006 at 2:32 PM. Reason : .]

8/6/2006 2:30:48 PM

Good news...CroCop and the Pride promoters have agreed to terms, so CroCop will fight in the tournament again.

http://www.sherdog.com/news/news.asp?n_id=5254

8/7/2006 7:42:45 PM

hey read this yall!

Quote :

"Pride DSE president Sakakibara is gunning for the UFC in a big way according to Tokyo Sports newspaper in Japan. Sakakibara’s goal is to bring his show and fighters to America and takeover the UFC. This takeover plan involves his aim to take all the UFC belts and a supershow or an MMA superbowl of sorts. The first part of this takeover plan that was disclosed to Tokyo Sports is to happen in November at UFC 65 when Wanderlei Silva fights the UFC’s Chuck Liddell. And as Pres. Sakakibara puts it his fighters will “devour” all the UFC athletes. On July 8th Sakakibara and Wanderlei Silva attended UFC 61 and the Pride president was impressed with the MMA fervor. But, he said that he wasn’t going to stand idly by as the sport grows in America. He is going to put on a MMA superbowl next summer with plans to hold it in a football stadium. He said that whichever stadium they use it will have a capacity of over 60,000, and if they seat fans on the field it will be over 100,000. Sakakibara is confident with the MMA zeal in America that the stadium will be packed to capacity and that it will even surpass the attendance of the 2002 Dynamite show that was jointly promoted by Pride and K-1. Not only does Sakakibara plan on using a stadium to host his supershow but he mentioned the possibility of using a ring and a cage in the same event. Using the ring for round one, the cage for round two, and the ring for round three. Or vice versa. That way the Pride or UFC fighters can’t have an excuse about what they fought in. But Sakakibara realizes that “ it will be a fierce battle between the promoters.” And, he even expects that the UFC may storm the Pride show in Las Vegas on October 21st. But, his plan is to take all of the UFC belts, as Sakakibara said,” not just Silva alone, but Fedor, Yoshida, Fujita, and Gomi. I’m going to send these guys into the octagon to devour them first.” Starting this Fall, Sakakibara said Pride will start sending fighters to take the UFC titles, and then deliver the finishing blow at the MMA superbowl. Sakakibara stated, “If we take the titles, the UFC will have nowhere to run"

This will be AWESOME, but i dont think itll go as easily as he plans

8/9/2006 8:37:25 PM

I think it would go as easily as he plans.


I think Pride is head and shoulders above UFC in every single weight class, and I think the top 3 guys in each weightclass in Pride could beat the UFC belt holder in the same weightclass.

But it most certainly would be awesome as hell, and the biggest thing in MMA history. Not to mention it would probably save the life of Pride and at the same time introduce Pride in a huge way to the States.

[Edited on August 9, 2006 at 9:35 PM. Reason : yep]

8/9/2006 9:33:40 PM