Pride FC Fighting Championships - The Return of the Warriors

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Summary: IT HAS IT ALL! INCREDIBLE KO'S AND GREAT SUBMISSIONS!
Review: At the end of this PRIDE the commentators wonder how they should rate this event. The were of the opinion that so far this was the best pride event ever. I understand very well why they come to this conclusion. I myself have seen many MMA events but i never before have seen so many great fights in just one single event/tournament. Exciting fights do not necessarly need two superb fighters. I have seen a lot of thrilling fights with fighters who later, as the competition in MMA evolves, are facing other warriors and then it appears that these fighters aren't that great as i expected. However, at this moment participating in PRIDE are the best fighters in the world. Whithout a doubt. So on this DVD you shall see very exciting fights and these fighters are really the elite of martial artists in the world. What makes this DVD so good is the diversity of the fights in this PRIDE. You will see devastating KO's as well as very thechnical groundwork. The best is saved for last.It is the fight between RENZO GRACIE and 'the graciehunter' SAKURABA. Expect the unexpected. Don't blink, especially not when watching the fight between Gilbert 'Hurricane' Yvel and Gary Goodridge. If you're a fan of MMA, believe me, you should buy this DVD. This is the Mekka of Mix Martial Arts.

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Summary: Unreal
Review: By far the best mixed martial arts fighting event ever. Get this DVD now!

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Summary: Best MMA DVD I've ever seen
Review: Every fight on this card is a must see. Interesting Ken Shamrock match against a tough opponent. Surprises in almost every fight. Please, if there is a better DVD out there, let me know.

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Summary: THE BEST Ultimate Mixed Martial Arts competition
Review: For those of you who've never heard of Pride Fighting Championship, it's basically the Superbowl of MMA (mixed martial arts). All the best fighters in the world go over there to fight because 1) the competition is the best in the world, 2) they treat and pay a lot more than any other events like UFC. They fight in a ring instead of a cage and the fans in Japan are really knowledgable about the techniques and skills of all the fighters. For you UFC fans who wonder where all of the fighters like Gary Goodridge, Mark Coleman, Mark Kerr, Ken Shamrock, Vitor Belfort, etc. all went... Well, they left to sign to fight at Pride cause it's just better. See for yourselves! This Pride 9 was awesome. Can't wait till Pride FC Grand Prix 2000 comes out on video. Get off the weak UFC and start watching Pride. It's like College Basketball vs. NBA. The caliber of competition and talent just doesn't compare.

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Summary: 55,000 SCREAMING JAPANESE CAN'T BE WRONG!!!
Review: I am a long time UFC fan and had heard about PRIDE for a while...this is the first pride tournament that I'd seen and I'm pleased to say that I loved it. The venue and production are huge...and the fighters are all top shelf....VITOR BELFORT, GUY MEZGER, VANDERLEI SILVA, MARK KERR, RICO RODRIGUEZ, SAKURABA, RYAN & RENZO GRACIE and IGOR VOVCHANCHIN show their wares in this tourny. Heaps of variety in the style and results of the fights too. The commentary is really informative...and quite funny too. They get into an argument about whether Igor V can be arm barred or not....I'm pretty sure the two guys had a punch up afterward. I haven't seen fights this good since a night out on the town in Hastings New Zealand. If you like MMA because of submission hold etc this is for you.......

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Summary: Unreal
Review: I was a hardcore UFC fan, but if you have a respect for the ground game in a NHB competition, then you absolutly have to check out PRIDE. The competitors in the competition just seem to know more about their dicipline than in the UFC. For instance, you will have a so-called "submission specialist" in the UFC but you only see them do one move on every one, that gets old. Enter Ricco Rodriguez. This guy flows from submission to submission seemlessly and seems to invent some in the process. You have to go back when you watch this just to see what happened in his fight. As for Sakuraba? That guy can only be described in one word, AMAZING. When you watch this guy fight, there is no denying that MMA is an art form. Yes, as in any tournament, there are slow spots in the DVD, but there are fights in here that more than make up for it (i.e. Vonchanchin and the Gary Goodridge fight) and there are plenty of knockouts as well as submissions. When I watch PRIDE, it seems to me that they take the best of the UFC, make them 10 times quicker, teach them 10 new submissions, and make them 10 times stronger. It's no wonder that PRIDE is 10 times better than UFC.

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Summary: Better than UFC
Review: I was a hardcore UFC fan, but if you have a respect for the ground game in a NHB competition, then you absolutly have to check out PRIDE. The competitors in the competition just seem to know more about their dicipline than in the UFC. For instance, you will have a so-called "submission specialist" in the UFC but you only see them do one move on every one, that gets old. Enter Ricco Rodriguez. This guy flows from submission to submission seemlessly and seems to invent some in the process. You have to go back when you watch this just to see what happened in his fight. As for Sakuraba? That guy can only be described in one word, AMAZING. When you watch this guy fight, there is no denying that MMA is an art form. Yes, as in any tournament, there are slow spots in the DVD, but there are fights in here that more than make up for it (i.e. Vonchanchin and the Gary Goodridge fight) and there are plenty of knockouts as well as submissions. When I watch PRIDE, it seems to me that they take the best of the UFC, make them 10 times quicker, teach them 10 new submissions, and make them 10 times stronger. It's no wonder that PRIDE is 10 times better than UFC.

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Summary: Best MMA dvd to date.
Review: If you are browsing around wondering which pride dvd to purchase, then this is it! I have all of the Pride dvd's but this is by far the best! Pride offers the best in MMA action, these guys are the real deal, and the events and productions blow away anything else (UFC, KOC etc.). Of course if you love this dvd, then you will want all of the releases currently available from Pride. Lets just hope they continue to produce these excellent dvd's, as there are many more editions out there that I am hoping will soon be released. (Also hoping that the K1 championships will be available in the future.)

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Summary: A must-have for MMA enthusiasts
Review: If you haven't bought a Pride FC DVD yet, Than this is the one to start with. virtually all the big names are on it and the Sakuraba Vs Renzo fight alone is worth the cost of the DVD. Compared to UA, KOTC,UFC and others, Pride FC rules restrict the use of certain techniques so the fights aren't "Anything Goes" style, but instead promote active competition and balances striking and grappling techniques. The result is a much more interesting fight rather than the boring one guy on top penning the bottom man down by holding the chainlink fence type that were common in UFC fights.

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Summary: The one to buy
Review: If you haven't bought a Pride FC DVD yet, Than this is the one to start with. virtually all the big names are on it and the Sakuraba Vs Renzo fight alone is worth the cost of the DVD. Compared to UA, KOTC,UFC and others, Pride FC rules restrict the use of certain techniques so the fights aren't "Anything Goes" style, but instead promote active competition and balances striking and grappling techniques. The result is a much more interesting fight rather than the boring one guy on top penning the bottom man down by holding the chainlink fence type that were common in UFC fights.