Favorite Pride Shockwave Fight?

[rawknob]

WTF
Half the people had Busta winning over Decision Dan.

pride had weird rules and judging criteria. they would judge more on the fight as a whole and damage done played a big part.

 

[rawknob]

Satoshi Hibota vs Stan Smith, it was a brutal beating

 

[HI SCOTT NEWMAN]

Fedor-Nog 3, easy. I watch that fight all the time. That’s my favorite Fedor performance, he was just on another level. One that no heavyweight has achieved yet.

Totally agree. Fedor was so complete, his ground and pound was the best and I just never ever thought for a second that Nog was gonna tap him. Fedor always is in control.

 

[faustian]

Satoshi Hibota vs Stan Smith, it was a brutal beating

Oh man that was an amazing fight! Hibota and Smith are two of the most underrated and forgotten fighters ever

 

[mmacanada]

Wanderlei Silva vs yuki kondo

 

[DIRTYCOP]

What was also so great about the fights in Japan was how quiet the audience was.

 

[kingofthecans]

What was also so great about the fights in Japan was how quiet the audience was.

Always loved how they reacted too. Was a show all on it's own.

 

[TimeisNOW]

With it being New Years it got me thinking of the great Shockwave cards Pride used to put on during NYE. (With the exception of the first Shockwave in 02 which was during August and was promoted with K1)

Stacked cards! Great scaps!

What is your favorite fight of the bunch?

Happy New Years guys! I hope 2022 is better than the past couple of years! Cheers.

I was reminicsing as well, 15 years since a NYE's pride event.

 

[Royce's Gi]

Dan Henderson beating the shite out of Murilo Bustamante was a good fight

This

 

[Royce's Gi]

"Nakagawa-Fujiyaki was a bullsh-t fight and was clealy a fix"

Always loved how they reacted too. Was a show all on it's own.

 

[chwmupnsptmout]

Big Nog vs. Sapp

 

[mmacanada]

Don Frye vs takayama

 

[Pakman]

Dan Henderson beating the shite out of Murilo Bustamante was a good fight

you mean a fight in which Murilo schooled Dan for like 95% of the fight minus one burst from Dan?

this is one of the fights that helped cement the legend of “Decision Dan”

 

[Pakman]

Wanderlei vs Hunt
Gomi vs Jens
Fedor vs Big Nog
Kawajiri vs Melendez (maybe the best fight on any shockwave event)

 

[AmericanMMA]

Saku-Minowa. HM to Fedor-Nog 3.

both of these came to mind when I started the thread

 

[315MMAFighter]

you mean a fight in which Murilo schooled Dan for like 95% of the fight minus one burst from Dan?

this is one of the fights that helped cement the legend of “Decision Dan”

 

[315MMAFighter]

you mean a fight in which Murilo schooled Dan for like 95% of the fight minus one burst from Dan?

this is one of the fights that helped cement the legend of “Decision Dan”

What you talking bout Willis? Dan annihilated him. Where do you get Murilo schooling Hendo in a 53 second fight?

 

[Xuh]

Dan Henderson beating the shite out of Murilo Bustamante was a good fight

if by 'beating the shite out of' you mean 'getting another unjust decision in his favour' (showing again why his nick at the time was 'Decision Dan'....) yes that was a good fight.


edit: lol I didn't even read the other guy bringing up the whole Decision Dan thing before I typed this out.

 

[mmacanada]

Clay guide vs Diego sanchez

 

[Pakman]

What you talking bout Willis? Dan annihilated him. Where do you get Murilo schooling Hendo in a 53 second fight?

This fight wasn't at Shockwave dimwit.

lol, learn to fuckin read before posting