Rating: 
Summary: THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH
Review: Pride is "THE" best MMA event in the world. Great fighters from seasoned pros like Royce Gracie and Ken Shamrock to some new talent from the orient like Sakuraba and Fujita. The Pride strongest selling point is the variety of the fights Kickboxers,Pro-wrestlers and of course Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. The DVD is superbly packaged and produced with commentary from UFC and Pancrase veteran "Bas Rutten" and UFC's Maurice Smith. The bouts are breathtaking Sakuraba vs Gracie "90 mins unedited" , Mark Coleman back to his best and Mark Kerr all feature on this disc. If you like UFC,KOTC and the like you will love this, BUY IT NOW!!! Pride has indeed set the new standard for MMA events UFC & Co take note this is the future . Hopefully Pride can persuade Rickson Gracie to return to avenge the Gracie name and maybe Frank Shamrock and Tito Ortiz will come and test themselves against the best..
Rating:
Summary: THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH
Review: Pride is "THE" best MMA event in the world. Great fighters from seasoned pros like Royce Gracie and Ken Shamrock to some new talent from the orient like Sakuraba and Fujita. The Pride strongest selling point is the variety of the fights Kickboxers,Pro-wrestlers and of course Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. The DVD is superbly packaged and produced with commentary from UFC and Pancrase veteran "Bas Rutten" and UFC's Maurice Smith. The bouts are breathtaking Sakuraba vs Gracie "90 mins unedited" , Mark Coleman back to his best and Mark Kerr all feature on this disc. If you like UFC,KOTC and the like you will love this, BUY IT NOW!!! Pride has indeed set the new standard for MMA events UFC & Co take note this is the future . Hopefully Pride can persuade Rickson Gracie to return to avenge the Gracie name and maybe Frank Shamrock and Tito Ortiz will come and test themselves against the best..
Rating:
Summary: One of the best tournaments ever!
Review: Pride is the best Mixed Martial Arts promotion in the world. This DVD shows one of their most famous shows. In the Grand Prix Tournament Finals are UFC 1,2, & 4 Tournament winner Royce Gracie, UFC Japan Tournament winner and Pride veteran Kazushi Sakuraba, UFC 8 finalist and IVC 1 Tournament winner "Big Daddy" Gary Goodridge, IFC Kiev Tournament winner and WVC 5 Tournament winner "The Lethal Weapon of the North" Igor Vovchanchyn, WVC 3 Tournament winner, UFC 14 & 15 Heavyweight tournament winner Mark Kerr, Lumax Cup veteran and Pride veteran Akira Shoji, Pride veteran Kazuyuki Fujita and UFC 10 & 11 tournament winner & former UFC Heavyweight champion Mark "The Hammer" Coleman. In the first match of the Quarter Finals is between Royce Gracie and Kazushi Sakuraba. Gracie has beaten Dan Severn, Ken Shamrock and Pat Smith. Sakuraba has beaten Vernon "Tiger" White, Carlos Newton, Vitor Belfort, Ebenezer Fontes Braga, and Royce's brother Royler Gracie. This is under Royce's special rules with endless rounds. This is a great fight and deserves it's legendary status. In the second match of the quarter finals is between Gary Goodridge and Igor Vovchanchyn. This a rematch from Pride 4 which Vovchanchyn won. Vovchanchyn has beaten Nick Nutter, Paul Varelans, Akira Shoji, Carlos Barreto and Alexander Otsuka. Goodridge has beaten Oleg Taktarov and Amir. Another good fight better than their first fight. In the third match of the quarter finals is between Mark Coleman and Akira Shoji. Coleman has beaten Don Frye, Dan Severn and Ricardo Morisa. Shoji has beaten Guy Megzer and Ebenezer Fontes Braga. Another good fight. In the last match of the quarter finals is between Mark Kerr and Kazuyuki Fujita. Kerr has beaten Paul Varelans, Fabio Gurgel, Daniel Bobish, Hugo Duarte, Perdo Otavio and Enson Inoue. Fujita has beaten Hans Nyman. This has one of the biggest upset of all time. There are two special matches on the show. The first one is between Guy Megzer and Masaki Satake. Which is a boring match. The second is between Ken Shamrock and Alexander Otsuka which was good. The semi finals and finals are good with the a exception of one match. I highly recommand this.
Rating:
Summary: One of the best tournaments ever!
Review: Pride is the best Mixed Martial Arts promotion in the world. This DVD shows one of their most famous shows. In the Grand Prix Tournament Finals are UFC 1,2, & 4 Tournament winner Royce Gracie, UFC Japan Tournament winner and Pride veteran Kazushi Sakuraba, UFC 8 finalist and IVC 1 Tournament winner "Big Daddy" Gary Goodridge, IFC Kiev Tournament winner and WVC 5 Tournament winner "The Lethal Weapon of the North" Igor Vovchanchyn, WVC 3 Tournament winner, UFC 14 & 15 Heavyweight tournament winner Mark Kerr, Lumax Cup veteran and Pride veteran Akira Shoji, Pride veteran Kazuyuki Fujita and UFC 10 & 11 tournament winner & former UFC Heavyweight champion Mark "The Hammer" Coleman. In the first match of the Quarter Finals is between Royce Gracie and Kazushi Sakuraba. Gracie has beaten Dan Severn, Ken Shamrock and Pat Smith. Sakuraba has beaten Vernon "Tiger" White, Carlos Newton, Vitor Belfort, Ebenezer Fontes Braga, and Royce's brother Royler Gracie. This is under Royce's special rules with endless rounds. This is a great fight and deserves it's legendary status. In the second match of the quarter finals is between Gary Goodridge and Igor Vovchanchyn. This a rematch from Pride 4 which Vovchanchyn won. Vovchanchyn has beaten Nick Nutter, Paul Varelans, Akira Shoji, Carlos Barreto and Alexander Otsuka. Goodridge has beaten Oleg Taktarov and Amir. Another good fight better than their first fight. In the third match of the quarter finals is between Mark Coleman and Akira Shoji. Coleman has beaten Don Frye, Dan Severn and Ricardo Morisa. Shoji has beaten Guy Megzer and Ebenezer Fontes Braga. Another good fight. In the last match of the quarter finals is between Mark Kerr and Kazuyuki Fujita. Kerr has beaten Paul Varelans, Fabio Gurgel, Daniel Bobish, Hugo Duarte, Perdo Otavio and Enson Inoue. Fujita has beaten Hans Nyman. This has one of the biggest upset of all time. There are two special matches on the show. The first one is between Guy Megzer and Masaki Satake. Which is a boring match. The second is between Ken Shamrock and Alexander Otsuka which was good. The semi finals and finals are good with the a exception of one match. I highly recommand this.
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Summary: MMA's most impressive tournament ever!
Review: The beginning of the new millenium saw the rise and take over of Pride(DSE) as the premiere Mixed Martial Arts organization. Because of the popularity of the sport and no interference from politicians, Pride brought in only top-billed fighters from all around the world. With the millenium, Pride kicked things off with a 16-man tournament that would take place over 2 different shows. The first round would take in a January show (GP-Opening Round), while the remainder of the tourney would take place in one night. One night to decide the Grand Prix Champion! The Grand Prix finals had many intriguing what ifs and strange wrinkles. Who would win the possible match up between Mark Coleman and Mark Kerr, who are both excellent wrestlers and good friends. How would Ken Shamrock fair in his fight against Alexander Otsuka? Shamrock did the WWF thing, and was back to prove to many and himself he still had the goods to excel in MMA. But the most intriguing story of the night was the Royce Gracie/Kazushi Sakuraba fight. Gracie and Pride agreed that all his fights that evening were to be with unlimited rounds and can only be stopped by the fighter or his corner. Really it was a throwback to Gracie's UFC days, where there were almost no rules involved. How long would Gracie and Sakuraba fight? Will Royce ever tap or give up? These were burning questions that were answered. Other than the tournamnet, two exhibition fights took place. Guy Metzger would fight Masaaski Satake and Ken Shamrock would battle Alexander Otsuka. The Satake/Metzger fight would be dull, but the Shamrock/Otsuka fight would result in a KO. As far as the main card, Gary Goodridge and Igor Vovchanchyn kicked things off in a rock em' sock em' all out slugfest. The pace of the fight would only result in a KO. The winner of this fight would face the winner of the Gracie/Sakuraba fight. That eventual winner would have to wait almost 3 hours for their next fight. Fight #2 was the long awaited Sakuraba-Gracie Fight. Sakuraba had established himself as a hero in the eyes of his fans in Japan and all over the world. His exciting fighting style coupled with his victory over Royler Gracie had earned him the nickname "Gracie Hunter". Royce Gracie was back in the ring after a 5- year layoff. When he left the MMA scene, he was arguably the best fighter in the world. At 178 pounds he was neither the strongest or most intimidating fighter. At his heyday he used 100% jiu-jitsu to dispose of good, but not great fighters. So the stage was set for the new generation: Sakuraba versus the old-school legend: Gracie. With the special rules, the fight itself was a classic war. A war that lasted 6 complete rounds which equaled to an astounding 1 hour and 30 minutes! While slow at times, the fight I believe became the most important fight in MMA history. They will continue to talk about this one forever! After the long wait, Mark Coleman was anxious to fight the sturdy Akira Shoji. While there was a clear winner, the loser of the fight showed a lot of heart. Fight # 4 was between Mark Kerr and Kazuyuki Fujita. Kerr along with Vovchanchyn were considered by many experts as the favorites to win the tournament. The fight was lopsided and left many gamblers angry. The event was incredible, the eventual winner of the tournament was exhausted and well deserving. On a side note, the commentators were not bad at all. I think we (MMA fans) are use to certain UFC announcers. While not being "professional", Stephen Quadros along with Maurice Smith and Bas Rutten certainly did a good job. I especially enjoyed their commentary in the Gracie/Sakuraba fight, staying clear of annoying and predictable cliches. This is the center piece of my MMA collection.
Rating: 
Summary: excellent fighting; commentary could have been better
Review: the gracie-sakuraba match started off unremarkably and progressively upped the wow factor--one of my favorite battles ever. although some of the other matches were more explosive, they were a bit lop-sided with respect to combatants' skill and/or size; then again, that's part of the package in MMA competition. enough has been said below about the fights, so i'll go on to discuss some of the other aspects of this collection of fights. the camera did a pretty competent job of capturing the action, but there were a few times when whoever was selecting camera views chose to focus on extraneous things (such as zooming in on audience members) when they should have kept their eye on the action. overall, though, the camera-work was a slight notch better than the UFC's--the UFC allowed the ref to block camera views enough times to be noticed (and views didn't change quickly enough in these situations), and zooming in through the octagon's chain-linked fence made the picture slightly less clean. the commentary was for the most part focused on the matches, but again, the few lapses are noticeable. there was some, how should i put it, adoelscent banter during the gracie-sakuraba match, and commentators shouldn't allow their attention to wane that way; they were also confused about some of the rules, and such a lack of preparation is unprofessional. also, it seemed some of the commentators were a bit distant from their microphones on a number of occasions, and it was difficult to hear some of their more valid discussions. prior to the fights, a compact presentation of background information (other than what's in the package insert) on the fighters would have been helpful. while not asking that the pride fc imitate the UFC, i would like to see something like UFC's tale of the tape, which i find helpful (though not always accurate). i like that the japanese audience was much less boorish than their american counterparts. they got audibly excited when battles became heated, but they never seemed to degenerate into rudeness. i don't miss the UFC's audience's frequent descents into unthinking chants of "USA, USA, USA," especially because they often mistook minority americans as foreigners (then again, the UFC intentionally played up nationality factors, even though most of the participants were residents or citizens of the united states). MMA is an international thing, and the audiences that remember that make the viewing more tolerable.
Rating:
Summary: What a tournament
Review: This has to be one of the difinative tournaments the fights are great and action packed.But be warned if you're a Royce Gracie fan then this may shock especially the famous Sakuraba TAP
Rating:
Summary: Great DVD, great fights.
Review: This is an awesome DVD. The Mezger(UFC 13 Tournament champion)/Satake fight would have been better if Satake would have mounted an offense. Anyways, there are some good shots and kicks to the face in that fight. The DVD rocks. Great KOs and exciting fights.
Rating:
Summary: Great DVD, great fights.
Review: This is an awesome DVD. The Mezger(UFC 13 Tournament champion)/Satake fight would have been better if Satake would have mounted an offense. Anyways, there are some good shots and kicks to the face in that fight. The DVD rocks. Great KOs and exciting fights.
Rating:
Summary: Very Good MMA DVD
Review: This is one of the best MMA DVD's out. Not, because of the extra features but, because the fights are great. The only dissappointing fight was the Fujita/Coleman fight. Royce and Sak fought for an hour and a half. Igor/Big Daddy and Kerr/Fijta were good matches. Ken Shamrock is on this disc too along with Mezger, and Shoji.
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