Pride Fighting Championships

[K93200]

Pride FC is haveing an event on pay per view called the 16 man heavyweight tournament the first round is going to be shown on April 25th, anybody who likes mixed martial arts should check it out



PS Wanderlei rules!

[neryo_tkd]

Pride FC is haveing an event on pay per view called the 16 man heavyweight tournament the first round is going to be shown on April 25th, anybody who likes mixed martial arts should check it out



PS Wanderlei rules!


So, you are a Wanderlei fan??? OK

I also watch Pride fights and on our national TV there are fights to be seen every Saturday. What do you think about CRO COP? What about Minotauro?

[K93200]

I'm not sure who Minotauro is but Crocop is awesome i saw him last month at Bushido 2 and he is great, his control is awesome and he is the first fighter that i have seen from Croatia, I alos like Yushin Okami his boxing is cool

[neryo_tkd]

I'm not sure who Minotauro is but Crocop is awesome i saw him last month at Bushido 2 and he is great, his control is awesome and he is the first fighter that i have seen from Croatia, I alos like Yushin Okami his boxing is cool

Tell me you are joking! You don't know who Minotauro is? Crocop has so far lost only 1 fight and that was against Minotauro for the title. Maybe that rings a bell?!

[totality]

actually, it was for the "interim" title. fedor is the champion, and will continue to be the champion after this tournament.

and mino is, IMO, the second best HW in the world. crocop is great, but he's about on par with tank abbott when it goes to the ground.


p.s. wanderlei is not a HW, if that's what you were thinking.

[Don Davies]

Pride is in 2 weeks and there are still no matches announce. Naoya Ogawa and Silva are big money names but to MMA hardcore fans they mean nothing because we all know they will get killed. This year's tournament is looking like a real disappointment.

[totality]

randleman says he's fighting crocop, and coleman said he's fighting fedor first round. that's all i can remember as of now, i seem to recall mino having a "bye" this round, though...

[Trent Tiemeyer]

Fedor/Coleman could be good. I can see Cole pulling the upset.

[K93200]

I heard that at the elimination round there will be a new guy that the MMA invited his name is Sentoryu and he is a Sumo Wrestler

[totality]

ehh, mark is capable of it, but i can't see pride letting it happen. they will not let him play his lay and pray game in the GP, i don't think they can afford to have fedor out in the first round.

[Melanie]

Pride announces first 8 fighters for 16-man heavyweight Grand Prix
By Mike Sempervive & Keith Lipinski, Torch Team Contributors
Mar 23, 2004, 11:30 pm

Pride Fighting Championships has just issued a press release announcing eight of the sixteen participants for the 2004 heavyweight Grand Prix tournament. Last year, the company put on possibly the toughest -- and finest -- tournament in mixed martial arts history. An eight-man middleweight (205 pound) Grand Prix tournament was held and saw Wanderlei Silva defeat Quinton "Rampage" Jackson in the final. The semifinals and final of the show, which took place on November 9 at the Tokyo Dome, under the title "Final Elimination" was a massive financial and critical success, and from top-to-bottom was easily the best pay-per-view show of the year in either MMA, wrestling or boxing.

From Dream Stage Entertainment

March 24, 2004

LOS ANGELES, California - Eight participants are now official for the sixteen man heavyweight tournament --- TOTAL ELIMINATION 2004 --- which will take place on April 25th, 2004 from the Saitama Super Arena in Japan. The event is scheduled to debut on North American pay per view on same day delay.

Official Participants:

Fedor Emelianenko

Antonio Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira

Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic

"The Texas Crazy Horse" Heath Herring

"Ice Cold" Igor Vovchanchyn

Stefan "Blitz" Leko

Sylvester "The Predator" Terkay

Sentoryu

The remaining eight participants as well as the match-ups for the opening round will be announced at a press conference on March 31st. The schedule for the tournament will be as follows:

PRIDE FC 16-Man Heavyweight Tournament

TOTAL ELIMINATION 2004
April 25, 2004
Saitama Super Arena
(Opening Round)

CRITICAL COUNTDOWN 2004
June 20, 2004
Saitama Super Arena
(Second Round)

FINAL CONFLICT 2004
August 15, 2004
Saitama Super Arena
(Semi-Finals and Finals)

PRIDE FC: TOTAL ELIMINATION 2004 will premiere on North American pay per view through iNDEMAND, DIRECTV, DISH NETWORK, UrbanXtra, TVN1, Bell Express Vu, and Viewer's Choice Canada on Sunday, April 25th, 2004. The premiere time is 9:00pm EST, 6:00pm PST and the count down show is at 8:30pm EST, 5:30pm PST. For additional replay times, please contact your pay per view provider or pridefc.com.

Participants and fight card are subject to change.

For more information on PRIDE FC, visit pridefc.com!

[totality]

why thank you, melanie! :)

[neryo_tkd]

what do u think guys about Leko? Is he strong or skilled enought to fight the others by Pride rules? In K-1 he managed it several times to the finals but never won the title.

[totality]

i've never seen leko on the ground of course, but i don't thik he has much of a chance. everyone in this tourney is more experienced than him, and i imagine if a lot of fights end with decisions, it will be crocop, mino, fedor, and a japanese guy in the finals...because, well, it's pride.

[neryo_tkd]

i've never seen leko on the ground of course, but i don't thik he has much of a chance. everyone in this tourney is more experienced than him, and i imagine if a lot of fights end with decisions, it will be crocop, mino, fedor, and a japanese guy in the finals...because, well, it's pride.


When it comes to Leko, I agree, but he is ambitious so let's give the guy a chance. I'd love to see him fight CRO COP though. Now I'm being a bit nasty :D because once during an interview he was asked to state his opinion about CRO COP (since they come from the same country) and whether or not he would fight him. Leko said that he respected him a lot and that he would fight him any time. It's not that he could win CRO COP, no way, but still I'd like to see Leko's reaction and his moves.

BTW Who's training Leko now?

[K93200]

I really think that Heath Herring is going to do good to, and maybe Giant Silva will surprise everyone when he finally picks a fighting style.

[Guy Mendiola]

My fave fighters in Pride FC is Wanderlei Silva,Antonio Rodrigo "Minotauro" Noguiera,Guy Mezger,Renzo and Royce Gracie, Wanderlei Rules in stand-up.

[Kenpo Kicker]

Woa it's on my birthday, but I don't have pay per view :cry:

[K93200]

Woa it's on my birthday, but I don't have pay per view :cry:
No problem kenpo, on their website they have some good photos whenver a fight is done, I'll see if I can get you some in case you miss the fight ok?

[Kenpo Kicker]

nah that will spoil it :( . I just buy ufc and pride dvds.

[Grifter]

:cry: I wont be able to watch the finals. Sucks..guess Ill be buying the dvd with you KenpoKicker

[K93200]

that's cool so what do you guys like best about Pride?

[Trent Tiemeyer]

I like the knees and kicks to a downed opponent. Add elbows and it's perfect.

I also prefer ring to the cage.

[totality]

i love how their talent pool is much deeper than UFC's, but they still generally just feed mediocre fighters to crocop.

p.s. no one stands a chance against a fresh fedor in this tournament. unless minotauro doesn't try to sub him from the guard...

[K93200]

COOOOL But I just can't wait to see giant silva and henry miller, one guy is like 7 foot 6 inches and over 600 pounds, 2 big guys sumo and one that still doesn't know what style he wants to choose IT'S JUST SO COOOOOOOOOL