NEVER DIE: THE RISE AND FALL OF PRIDE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIPS

[KurtDangle]

[KurtDangle]

00:00 Intro - Fear is the Mindkiller
05:10 Prologue
09:33 Part 1 - The Roots of Pride
17:08 The Japan v Brazil Martial arts beef
19:20 Rickson vs Takada at Pride 1
23:01 Interlude - Like a Dragon
25:38 The Rise of The Gracie Hunter
29:16 The insanity of the 2000 Grand Prix
37:01 Gracie vs Sakuraba - the biggest fight of all time
42:11 The GP Finals
44:39 Coming up next and credits

[EVILYOSHIDA]

thanks for this.

Was this made by the UFC?

how are they using the theme music

[EVILYOSHIDA]

this guy does an amazing job of clowning UFC

UFC = greasy spoon diner

[KurtDangle]

the video and content is great.

the narration voice is sleepy

[Redneck]

Pride was a brilliant show, far better than the UFC will ever be.

Even though it was controlled by the Yakuza, most of the big fights were legit, and the entertainment level was off the charts.

Something happened which caused Pride to run low in dollars, and that's when ZUFFA swooped in and took it over.

I wrote an article for the Fightsport News Blog, about how ZUFFA sent a mob guy to Japan to take control of Pride with the view to holding more shows in Japan. They set him up in an office in Tokyo and he was going to secure the Japanese MMA market for ZUFFA. He was quickly run out of town by the Yakuza and this was the nail in the coffin for Pride.

ZUFFA then decided to shut down the brand and never promote it again.

[KurtDangle]

part 2

[Redneck]

Both of these videos are great, Kurt Dangel I gave you some much needed reputation points for posting this.

[The Diet Butcher]

Just watched part 1. LOL at the digs at Brendan Schaub!

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[KurtDangle]

(01-22-2022 11:05 PM)Redneck Wrote:  Both of these videos are great, Kurt Dangel I gave you some much needed reputation points for posting this.

i didnt even know there were reputation points, until your post. i guess like youtube likes or dislike

i know im the odd man out on this site, but the thing we have in common is mma

[CTsar]

(12-09-2021 08:31 PM)Redneck Wrote:  Pride was a brilliant show, far better than the UFC will ever be.

Even though it was controlled by the Yakuza, most of the big fights were legit, and the entertainment level was off the charts.

Something happened which caused Pride to run low in dollars, and that's when ZUFFA swooped in and took it over.

I wrote an article for the Fightsport News Blog, about how ZUFFA sent a mob guy to Japan to take control of Pride with the view to holding more shows in Japan. They set him up in an office in Tokyo and he was going to secure the Japanese MMA market for ZUFFA. He was quickly run out of town by the Yakuza and this was the nail in the coffin for Pride.

ZUFFA then decided to shut down the brand and never promote it again.

Blaf - "They will kill me if I ever go to Japan".

[EVILYOSHIDA]

i watched the last UFC in its entirety

the new fighters have zero character

they are almost like machines

[Redneck]

(01-23-2022 04:33 AM)KurtDangle Wrote:  

(01-22-2022 11:05 PM)Redneck Wrote:  Both of these videos are great, Kurt Dangel I gave you some much needed reputation points for posting this.

i didnt even know there were reputation points, until your post. i guess like youtube likes or dislike

i know im the odd man out on this site, but the thing we have in common is mma

I have to admit, receiving a rep thing doesn't mean anything to me either, but I do like to give them out when I think of it, to people that made posts that I appreciate or enjoy. I don't do it often, so if someone has received a rep vote from me, it is actually meant as a compliment for something that I think deserves to be acknowledged.

And, this thread of yours, fits into that category.

[Redneck]

(01-23-2022 05:52 AM)CTsar Wrote:  Blaf - "They will kill me if I ever go to Japan".

And yet SEG managed to pull of a UFC show there in 1997, and again in 2000, without anyone being killed.

It would be another 12 years before ZUFFA would hold an event there, after buying Pride and doing who knows what closed door deals in order to have protection.

Even now, the last time they dared to go to Japan, was 2017, and there has only been 5 UFCs in Japan since ZUFFA acquired the UFC in 2001.

Seems strange when you consider that the Japanese are probably the most knowlegable group of MMA fans in the world, with a much deeper understanding of the sport than the average western UFC fan.

[EVILYOSHIDA]

MMA has been seriously degraded in Japan.

it's not like how it used to be.