Rating: Summary: Great mix of both short and lengthy combats Review: Love UFC and other MMA competitions. This is a great DVD for those people who do not want to buy each and every UFC out there. It covers the best fights between UFC 17 up to UFC Japan. The first 8 fights are cut and edited, so don't expect a lot of action (average showtime for each fight: 2 minutes). They go by pretty quickly. However, they are taken from some of the best fights ever, and reveal just how diverse a fighter needs to be in order to win UFC (unlike the first UFCs, where it would be kickboxer vs. grappler- now it is strictly MMA vs. MMA). The last 5 fights are unedited (nice length), and fantastic! Tito Ortiz vs. Frank Shamrock is one of, if not, the best. Eugene Jackson shows some great patience against a newcomer in UFC Japan, and in the very last fight, Rizzo vs. TK, both fighters try to prove once again why he is one of the best fighters of all time. Much more defense in this video than a lot of the earlier UFCs. This video does not have the violence and gore held in the previous videos. It is more likely to please those audience memebers who are intensely interested in MMA (like myself). However, the average guy on a few beers will most likely drool over this DVD as well. The interview with Bas Rutton is really cool, though the two "special" fights (where you can switch camera angles) are pretty lame. They come from the earliest of UFCs, and are over pretty quickly (although they are pretty intense, even for being strictly "one-discipline" fights). Overall, a great buy. The 13 (plus 2) fights are great, especially the last 5 unedited fights. Great selection of fighters, from the names (Tank, Tito, Rizzo) to the unknowns. Buy this DVD if you are a fan of MMA and UFC.
Rating: Summary: MINCEMEAT FOR FACES!!!! Review: The first UFC Hits tape was the first MMA tape I ever watched.. seeing Taylor Tuli get his head kicked clean off it's shoulders and into row 9 (ok maybe I'm blowing the story up a little) freaked me out so much I had to pause the tape and ask myself if this was the sort of [stuff] I wanted to watch........14 NHB tapes and GRACIE sweatshirt later I suppose that YES it's the sort of thing I like to watch. This DVD is a little more technical than UFC Hits 1... but that actually makes it a better show to watch ...except for the Tank and Vitor parts. The feature match between Frank Shamrock and a young Ortiz is one of the best matches you'll ever see.....I'd like to see a rematch in UFC soon.
Rating: Summary: Good NHB Learn how to do it at USBJJ.COM Review: The UFCs started the grappling trend in the U.S. If you want to learn how the professionals do their techniques go to USBJJ.COM and for $7.99 you can get the US Military Brazilian Jujitsu Manual and 49 short videos.
Rating: Summary: Good NHB Learn how to do it at USBJJ.COM Review: The UFCs started the grappling trend in the U.S. If you want to learn how the professionals do their techniques go to USBJJ.COM and for $7.99 you can get the US Military Brazilian Jujitsu Manual and 49 short videos.
Rating: Summary: This video sucks compared to volume 1! Review: There are far fewer matches than volume one, and some fights seemed to be thrown in as an afterthought. My opinion is that this was rushed to production. Hands down I would recommend volume 1 over volume 2.Special features on the DVD are minimal, but do include an interview with Bas Rutten.
Rating: Summary: Pales in comparison to volume 1 Review: There are far fewer matches than volume one, and some fights seemed to be thrown in as an afterthought. My opinion is that this was rushed to production. Hands down I would recommend volume 1 over volume 2. Special features on the DVD are minimal, but do include an interview with Bas Rutten.
Rating: Summary: A Great Buy. Well Worth The Money. Shamrock is God Review: This dvd holds some great fights. None as great as the Frank Shamrock VS Tito Ortiz though... I watched this just to see the championship bout between these two great fighters. Why is this fight so great? Almost the entire fight Frank is on his back getting bombed by Tito Ortiz's punches and various attacks. Why does Frank Shamrock come out the winner of the fight? Because he is in better contition then Tito, and he knows it. Tito wants to be on the top, "dominating the entire fight" which is what Frank wants. He wants Tito to wear himself out so he can deliver a spectacular move at the end, which you will see when you buy this dvd. YOU WILL BE STUNED.
Rating: Summary: A Great Buy. Well Worth The Money. Shamrock is God Review: This dvd holds some great fights. None as great as the Frank Shamrock VS Tito Ortiz though... I watched this just to see the championship bout between these two great fighters. Why is this fight so great? Almost the entire fight Frank is on his back getting bombed by Tito Ortiz's punches and various attacks. Why does Frank Shamrock come out the winner of the fight? Because he is in better contition then Tito, and he knows it. Tito wants to be on the top, "dominating the entire fight" which is what Frank wants. He wants Tito to wear himself out so he can deliver a spectacular move at the end, which you will see when you buy this dvd. YOU WILL BE STUNED.
Rating: Summary: Great follow-up to UFC Hits 1! Review: This is a good follow-up collection to UFC Hits 1, but as probably expected the first video contained the better fights. Still UFC Hits 2 managed to collect a number of classic bouts of fighters such as Tank Abbot, Pedro Rizzo, Tito Ortiz, Jerry Bohlander, Hugo Duarte, and Mark Coleman. Also features an interview with Bas Rutten. Given the large storage capacity of the DVD format, I hope that they eventually come out with perhaps a cheap, boxed set of the series. Watching a collection of "highlight" fights is okay, but for real UFC fans and martial arts afficionados like myself watchingthe entire/unedited fights at times is more thrilling. Not to mention educational. Also, many of the fights in the earlier UFCs, featuring stand-up fighters vs. grapplers, which have high "eye-opening" value for martial art practitioners, were notably absent in both videos. Again, this is a great disc especially for those who already purchased the first.
Rating: Summary: Highlights Review: This tape does a good job of editing out some of the "slower" sections of the bouts...we have all seen extended periods of "ground and pound". I don't mind the absence of Pride's bizarre music and fireworks, and the narration is educated. Ranks in the top quarter of MMA choices.
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