Pride Bushido 12

[Apotheosis]

Hey guys, if this has been posted then feel free to flame away :woo:

It is going to be shown for free on FSN on August 27, Sunday on 9pm.

Source (http://www.pridefc.com/pride2005/next_event.htm)

Fight Card

Welterweight Tournament Bouts:

* Dan Henderson vs. Kazuo Misaki
* Ryo Chonan vs. Paulo Filho
* Denis Kang vs. Amar Suloev
* Akihiro Gono vs. Gegard Mousasi


Additional Bouts:

* Luciano Azevedo vs. Hayato Sakurai
* Mitsuhiro Ishida vs. Cristiano Marcello
* Takanori Gomi vs. David Baron
* Ikuhisa Minowa vs. Eric "Butterbean" Esch
* Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Chris Brennan
* Jason Black vs. Shinya Aoki
* Hatsu Hioki vs. Jeff Curran
* Gilbert Melendez vs. Nobuhiro Obiya


Challenge Matches:

* Seichi Ikemoto vs. Daisuke Nakamura
* Hiroyuki Abe vs. Naoki Matsushita

[Sever]

Come on man, how many times do I have to ask you to cite a source if you're posting MMA news?! I wrote a sticky on the subject just the other day :bang:
Source (http://www.pridefc.com/pride2005/fightcard.htm)

Henderson by GnP TKO
Suloev by TKO or decision (this one's got fight of the night written all over it)
Filho by LnP decision. Chonan's a good grappler, but I don't think he'll be able to stop Filho smothering him for two rounds
Gouno by sub
Kawajiri by TKO or decision. Brennan's a great up and comer, but at this point, I think Kawajiri's too much for him
Melendez by TKO. I haven't seen much of either of these two (this will be both of their Pride debuts) but Melendez is bringing an unspoiled record against some pretty tough guys (as is Obiya) but Melendez's record's that bit more impressive and he took out Olaf, which is no mean feat as well as bringing a 10lb weight advantage. Could be a great match
Aoki by sub
Hioki by decision
Minowa by heel hook

[Apotheosis]

Do I need to post a source for the accouncement that it will be on FSN free?

Or was it simply the fight card? (it was secondary to the main topic, which was that it would be shown free).

[Sever]

The whole thing can be considered to be "News," right? Thus a source for the whole thing is preferred.
As I've said quite a few times now; over the internet, someone's word is worth diddly. If you post a source for something that can be questioned (as news is, opinions or matters of obvious record like who a fighter's beaten etc don't need to be sourced for obvious reasons), it adds credibility to whatever you post. It's just standard practise. On lots of forums, if you post something that can be considered "news" (as this is), and you do so without a source, you'll find your thread deleted or locked and a telling off from the mods or admins. Here, we're a bit friendlier, but I will ask again that you have a source to hand before clicking the "Post New Thread" button, OK?
Posting sources makes the internet a better place :)

[Sever]

So I'm watching this event right now and I have just one question: what the hell is Aoki wearing?! Yellow lycra leggins of DOOM! :eek:
The results of this event are:
Nakamura by Armbar
Naoki Matsushita vs Hiroyuki Abe: Draw (yes, really. I thought Matsushita won though. Think it was an exhibition match or something)
Hioki by decision
Aoki by triangle
Melendez by decision
Kawajiri by KO in about 30 seconds
Ishida by decision. Impressive GnP from Ishida. He escaped an armbar and continued to pound with that arm
Sakarai by doctor stoppage in the first after a big knee to the eye
Minowa by the worst armbar ever
Kang by modified RNC. Exciting fight
Filho by armbar - Filho normally bores the crap out of me but that was a really entertaining finish
Gono by armbar
Misaki beat Henderson by decision :eek: Hendo looked pretty bad in this fight, content to stand up with Misaki who was clearly the better striker this time around
Gomi by RNC. Gomi was just chasing Baron around the ring working him with big punches most of the fight while Baron covered, eventually getting dropped and choked. Gomi looked good on his comeback
Longest event EVER - I've been watching it for like four hours and I think I'm starting to understand Korean, but there are worse things in this life than too much MMA. I really enjoyed it too, I don't think there were any boring fights at all (though a couple were stupid). With this being on free TV in the US, the UFC better start getting some decent cards together