NYE Fight Cards *** SPOILER ***

Discussion in 'MMA' started by Goju, Dec 18, 2005.

  1. Goju

    Goju Yellow Belt

    The Pride "SHOCKWAVE" NYE Card (thus far)

    Hayato Sakurai vs Takanori Gomi

    Murilo Bustamante vs Dan Henderson

    Ricardo Arona vs Wanderlei Silva

    Mark Hunt vs Mirko Cro Cop

    Fedor Emelianenko vs. 'Zuluzinho'

    Makoto Takimoto vs Sanae Kikuta

    Yuki Kondo vs Kazuhiro Nakamura

    Hidehiko Yoshida vs. Naoya Ogawa

    Possible/Probable/Rumoured Fighters:

    Kazushi Sakuraba is fighting, but not against Tamura like many thought originally.

    Noguiera bro(s)

    Fabricio Werdum

    Aleksander Emelianenko

    Shogun Rua

    James Thompson


    The K1 NYE Card
    (thus far)

    Kid Yamamoto vs Genki Sudo

    Royce Gracie vs Yoshihiro Akiyama

    Not sure as I don't follow K1 mma, but I think all these are rumoured still
    Akebono vs Bobby Ologun
    Ernesto Hoost vs Semmy Schilt
    TBA vs. The Predator
    Bobb Sapp vs Musashi
    Peter Aerts vs TBA
    Jerome LeBanner vs TBA
    Choi Hong-Man vs TBA
    Hideo Tokoro vs TBA

    So, as you can see, lots of amazing fights to watch.

    Make your picks...
    who wins?
    which card is better?
     
  2. Goju

    Goju Yellow Belt

    I would say...

    Gomi by dec.
    Hendo by KO, round 2, or dec
    Wandy by KO round 1
    CroCop by dec. or some form of submission that will shock everyone :eek:
    Fedor by sub. or TKO round 1
    Takimoto by boring fight leading to decision (as always)
    Kondo vs Nakamura is a tough call
    Yoshida by dec.

    I say Royce and Sudo take home submission wins in the K1 NYE show.
     
  3. neryo_tkd

    neryo_tkd Valued Member

    fedor by TKO

    cro cop by decision

    i'm looking forward to seeing hoost, aerts and lebanner fight.
     
  4. Sever

    Sever Valued Member

    Gomi by TKO or decision in potentially the fight of the year
    Henderson by decision
    Silva by severe facial-stompage
    Cro cop by decision
    Fedor by whatever the hell he wants, possibly murder
    Kondo by TKO
    Yoshida by gi-choke
    The only confirmed K-1 fight I'm interested in so far is Sudo vs Yamamoto in which I'm picking Sudo by armbar
    I'm really looking forwards to the Pride event :D
     
  5. neryo_tkd

    neryo_tkd Valued Member

    i haven't followed hunt much recently. do you guys think that he has got a chance?
     
  6. Sever

    Sever Valued Member

    I'd never count Hunt out in a fight like this - he's got a seemingly indestructible chin, crisp standup with lots of power and it's 90% certain that it's going to stay on the feet with this being a rematch from K-1 a few years ago, and Hunt also seems to do very well in matches where he's not expected to win. When he doesn't have anything to lose, he seems to pull it out. However, he hasn't fought since his controversial decision win against Wanderlei Silva last NYE, and Crocop's been active all year, fighting the best. Training and competing are very different things and there's always a bit of doubt doing the rounds that Hunt doesn't always train quite as hard as he should. I'm not counting Hunt out and won't be shocked if he wins, but don't bet the house on it either
     
  7. Meyhem

    Meyhem New Member

    sweet, im defintly booking this 1
     
  8. Nightstrike

    Nightstrike MMA Nerd

    I'm pretty confident Cro cop will defeat hunt with a submission
     
  9. Yukimushu

    Yukimushu MMA addict

    I'm really looking forward to both the Hayato Sakurai vs Takanori Gomi and Cro Cop vs Hunt fights :D
     
  10. gutsglorydesire

    gutsglorydesire New Member

    How i hope that Cro Cop Vs Hunt stays standing . That would be a war but Cro Cop is just too smart to do that i feel.

    And if Wandy comes without his aggression we are getting a new champ
     
  11. Sever

    Sever Valued Member

    Why wouldn't Cro Cop stand with Hunt? He did it before in K-1 and got the best of it (I think he became the only guy to score a knockdown against him in K-1). Hunt's submission defence is really underrated: Yoshida had a hard time catching him in his MMA debut, Silva couldn't do it (Hunt slipped out of a few attempts very nicely), I don't see Cro Cop managing to tap him
     
  12. gutsglorydesire

    gutsglorydesire New Member

    Cro Cop stood with Hunt in K-1 because there was no other option :p Yes he kicked him good but did you notice how Hunt got up?I dont exactly remember but someonesaid that Hunt got up smiling at Mirko :eek: Silva and Yoshida had a hard time submitting him primarily because of the size difference.
    Why do you think anyone would want to stand up against Hunt. If a Cro Cop kick cant knock him out i dont think anything else can. And the cop knows it firsthand.

    Still i hope it stays standing . WAAAAAR Mirko
     
  13. neryo_tkd

    neryo_tkd Valued Member

    i also hope to see a mainly stand up fight between mirko and hunt. but somehow, maybe it's just my imagination, but i don't see the passion in mirko anymore, that something he used to have. i would watch his fights and i'd get goose bumps all over, but now...
     
  14. gutsglorydesire

    gutsglorydesire New Member

    :cry: Nope i dont think its just your imagination. I just cant help feeling that Fedor destroyed him in more ways than one. At the end of that fight he was just too broken . And then he should have come all guns firing at Josh. He seems different to me too. Which by the way is something Wandy should take care of too. As much as i like Hunt i hope he does not knock out Mirko cos that really would be disastrous .


    Edit: Seems like Nog Vs Werdum is on the cards. Pride is really going all out on NYE :woo:
     
    Last edited: Dec 19, 2005
  15. neryo_tkd

    neryo_tkd Valued Member


    woow i'm cheering for nog.
     
  16. Sever

    Sever Valued Member

    Crocop's kick may not have knocked him out, but under MMA rules that knockdown would've most likely led to a TKO finish. I still see Mirko standing up with him, his ground game's still largely untested and in their K-1 bout he came off better in every round, not just one lucky kick.
    I don't know about Fedor breaking Mirko's spirit - granted, he really beat him, but Mirko fought a smart fight against Barnett - going "all guns blazing" would've led to the bigger fighter in Barnett probably taking him down and wrecking him from the top. I don't think losing to Fedor will be much of a bump in the road of Crocop's career
    I'm picking Kharitonov for the upset this time - I love watching that boy fight :)
     
  17. Goju

    Goju Yellow Belt

    Ok, here is the confirmed card so far, I dont think they'll add anymore fights, but who knows....


    Confirmed Fights:

    Hidehiko Yoshida vs. Naoya Ogawa
    Takanori Gomi vs. Mach Sakurai (LW title)
    Henderson vs. Bustamente (WW title)
    Yuki Kondo vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura
    Sanae Kikuta vs. Makoto Takimoto
    Wanderlei Silva vs. Ricardo Arona (MW title)
    Emelianenko Fedor vs. Zuluzhino (non title)
    Mirko Crocop vs. Mark Hunt
    Ken Kaneko vs. Charles 'Krazy Horse' Bennett
    James Thompson vs. Giant Silva
    Pawel Nastula vs. Alexander Emelianenko
    Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Ikuhisa Minowa

    They threw a few more good ones in there, including a freakshow, Giant Silva. I think Thompson will beat Silva easily, Saku will probably win, but who knows how, with his new skills and all. I see Alex ending his fight pretty quick, Nastula is a really amazing judo guy, but I see him either trying to strike and getting KO'ed or taking it down and getting GnP'ed.
     
  18. UGFighter

    UGFighter Valued Member

    There are some tough fights there to pick.. it's a bloody awesome card!

    Yoshido over Ogawa
    Fedor over Zuluzhino (177kgs, woaah!).
    Alexander Emelianenko over Pawel Nastula
    Bennet over Kaneko (Hell, an actor's debut fight?)

    Arona over Silva
    Crocop over Hunt
    Sakuraba over Minowa

    Busta over Hendo?
    Sakurai over Gomi? (too big & strong)
    Giant Silva over James Thompson?
    Kondo over Nak?
    Kikuta over Takimoto ?
     
  19. UGFighter

    UGFighter Valued Member

    Genki Sudo over Kid Yamamoto?
    Royce Gracie over Yoshihiro Akiyama? Royce will have to win this from his back via sub or a sweep after he gets taken down.
    Ernesto Hoost over Semmy Schilt.
     
  20. gutsglorydesire

    gutsglorydesire New Member

    Seems Akiyama hurt himself. Its Tokoro now
     

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