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hi everybody I'm Steven cuadros I am the
fight professor and these are the
official gloves of The Pride Fighting
Championships fighters from around the
world dream about wearing these as a
matter of fact it's considered a total
achievement when you have those gloves
on you know you made it to the top of
the martial arts world yeah and if you
survive that far you might become a
champion tonight we will see these
gloves go to work on the hands of
Antonio Rodrigo noera he is the pride
heavweight champion and standing across
the ring from him is a man by the name
of Fedor ailano and he can punch like a
mule he wants that title you know what
stepen sometimes in a title match like
this technique goes down the window they
throw it all out and start throwing
bombs this is something that I don't
think is going to happen tonight because
these guys are very skilled one thing
for sure Fedor wants the title one thing
also for sure that noera is going to do
everything in his power to keep that
title and speaking of titles we have two
of the hottest fighters on the circuit
yes you fans know what I'm talking about
Kevin the monster ramlan will face
Quinton Rampage Jackson hey the winner
and the winner gets the dubious honor of
facing the most feared man in the
business The Pride middleweight champion
vandelay Silva also on our card we have
the return of Carlos Newton facing the
very tough shoot box representative
Anderson Silva and the master himself
The Legend of the Five Fighting
Championships kazushi sakuraba is back
facing the very slick Elvis Nino shim so
that's our show boss let's go down to
the arena let's go uh you going to keep
the gloves of course I'm going to keep
the gloves they're molded to my hands
shall I tell you one little thing about
Fighters okay Stephen A Life Lesson for
you Fighters will never ever give up
their gloves okay we got the right hand
Mah is my friend and we got the liver
shot with the left Mah they're my best
friends I will
never okay I was I was just just keeping
them warm I was just keeping them
warm oero noera the twin brother of the
pride heavyweight champion is facing one
of the top Judo men in Japan and kazah
hero Nakamura this is going to be
classic jiujitsu against Judo that's one
thing we should know for sure I think so
that noera has better boxing skills he
he has to I mean the other guy is a judo
guy but we don't know anything about him
for the rest so God knows he's got good
heads too and noera had that big win
over guy mesgar in his last match so the
punches will be the difference in this
match got to go with noera on that
criteria but you never know with these
Judo
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guys
K kazuo Nakamura has chosen to wear the
traditional GH uniform of
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Judo and jerio acknowledging the
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crowd there is Yoshida the man who uh
got Don fry in that armar and he's
become a national hero here in Japan and
here we have the star
down look at the height differential
boss yep um there's 4 in 4 in difference
that's a lot just for the people at home
in Europe yeah 6'3 versus 510 uh
actually Nakamura outweighs poerio by 10
lb at 220
lb yeah but oh he's taking the g off
that was a surprise surprise yes he did
say it was going to be a surprise when
we asked him a few days ago was he going
to wear the ghee he said it's going to
be a surprise and here we are wow it's
actually Shing yeah interesting because
the ghe could have been used against him
by
noera and we're on
folks look at the legs of
Nakamura Nakamura is so relaxed and he
he's taking this um as almost like
entertainment because he was very calm
and and he's going for the body lock but
noera is keeping him at Bay uh Nakamura
is going to be susceptible to knees here
but he's waiting for the knee so he can
catch it Nakamura exactly in where he
wants to be he's got half a body lock uh
nogara with the left
underhook nice B down here now that's
some serous Judo without a
ghee
yeah Nakamura surprising us in that fact
that he just came right out and said I
might may be a rookie this being his
first mixed martial art fight but he
just did his thing right away look at
this yeah he looks very
relaxed sakuraba Style say he was joking
with us a
lot he's really got a great sense of
humor Nakamura does
W been practicing huh look at this
diving straight into the guard with a
straight
right what can NOA do
Triangle Well I think that uh Nakamura
is going to be well vers at defending
the triangle or the armar yes I think so
I mean world champion in Judo he knows
what's coming uhoh see right
out this guy is technical it's almost
like the guy fights like he's already
had 10 fights it's it's unbelievable
he's so relaxed so calm look at the way
he kicks he doesn't use any energy
everything is out of the hip it's
relaxed look at this the way he climbs
back he's very comfortable this is
nakamura's uh debut as we said in mixed
martial art oh look at this there he
goes for the tri going right in there
but he doesn't have the arm
in and he's he's trying to get that left
arm out so noera can't cram it up
against nice and he doesn't
this is shades of
oh this is shades of uh nera's younger
brother and how he goes for submission
after submission keeps the pressure on
nonstop but look at the
defense I know but if he keep going and
keep going then maybe he might fell into
the Trap fall
TR there we go again there is again but
he keeps bringing yeah he brings his
fist up tight yeah it's a it's a night
it's a good defense but it's a lot of
energy being
expended I want to see this one go back
to their feet and maybe he does too look
how relaxed he is huh yeah and um at 24
years old he's two years older than
noera noera going to have to get back up
and noera because he was very aggressive
in his last fight standing up uh I think
he's going to want to keep this one
standing but wow he he tried the first
time but he he couldn't stop the take
down
yeah but when he shut in for the take
down nogara managed to get an uppercut
in so maybe he can do it now also
because of course now he's get one two
there yeah noera being the southp that
would be the right jab and noera getting
distance there locking up Nakamura being
look at wow who nice followed up at the
right noera may be figuring out the
timing of Nakamura here Nakamura for
sure it's going to be green at strikes
for
sure yeah he needs to take down
uh blocks the shot there at the top team
they're they're all well well versed
they know how to strike I don't know
take down prevention everything but he
knows for sure noar knows better out the
strike than Nakamura as we can see
already right under KN yeah Nakamura Ste
right into to that knee and that was the
left
knee and um you can't do that too many
times look at the underhook and oh down
the guard we get to see Nakamura on the
bottom and he gives up half of the Guard
Nakamura locks up
noera and we have a little slow down
here noera stearing him away from the
ropes cuz he wants to see what he can do
probably going to try for ground and
pound here yeah I would cross face now
if I was n and pull yourself out of the
grip and then just start raining down
strikes solid strikes to the body to the
head and Nera with his legs trying to
slide his leg out so he can get the
mount but
Nakamura
do that's a very good thing just keep
handling
there that one not stop Nakamura but
will take its toll maybe later in the
fight Nakamura trying for the flip over
and gets it wow that was incredible
almost goes into a leg
lock you know he didn't get it at first
but he kept going and he finally just
pile drived it right over and almost got
the mount but then ngar went for a leg
lock we're seeing a real Clash of
different Styles here uh he drops right
in a right hand and almost gets the arm
caught yeah I thought it was going for
an
armor fied with h Grazy oh yeah yeah um
he's again defending it yeah because
he's got his uh his wrists almost pulled
out and he pops back in
should tried that triangle and then if
he defends like that switch his hips to
the right and go straight but then again
he's fighting a world champion
Judo I don't know if it's going to work
but it would be a nice
setup okay now nak with a really good
base getting locked
in and uh but Nakamura gets out very
nice sweat probably being a factor in
those legs sliding out from around the
shoulder of K
Nakamura now this could
be now he's got to watch
out look at this cuz now he has no arm
he's got to pull the Hat as hard as he
can lug the legs up I think he's almost
got him here but he needs to lock his
legs oh
nice Escape he's a great escape let's
slam him down now like Quinton
Jackson look at this look at his work
the guard work who he's all over the
place these Brazilian top team guys got
the most wicked guard
position we go again we passed
it pass it if he can lock is Right y
going to get it going to get it now oh
yes he's going to bring the arm
nakamura's left arm he's got to bring it
over to the other side yeah he's got to
bring it over to the other side
otherwise won't
work whoa he gets out what a bulldog
this guy Nakamura is to get out of that
over and over again but H Jerel is
squeaking ahead probably in the judge's
eyes because even though it has been
close uh it's noera initiating all the
attacks
yep Can't
Stop Moving from the guard throwing his
hips out even kicks look at this and
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again I know what you were going to say
boss yes I'm they going to do it it's
early in the evening we'll save that for
another glamorous moment yes another
stop don't move moment and they are
restarting the fighters in the center in
the same position as they always do when
they're close to the ropes like they
were for the protection and safety of
the
combats fists little
ones it would really be interesting if
we had our sometime broadcast partner
Matt Hume here uh at ringside look at
his arm coming oo who who who who was a
resident judge at The Pride Fighting
Championships to find out how exactly he
would be scoring this match yes because
this is a difficult one to score not in
my book in your book because we give TOA
since he's attacking all the time but
look at
this nonstop he doesn't stop no he's
always going for a submission I mean you
could probably count 10 seconds and you
go for another the submission but
Nakamura is starting to land punches
with semi frequency
a lot of people thought that noera would
be able to get right through Nakamura
quickly but it that hasn't been the case
so
far oh nice kicking there nakamura's
tough he's very tough very relaxed it's
like like you said he's been in the ring
for 10 times at
least you see he's getting tired that
might be a factor because you better
believe that noera is in good shape
yeah it may be a factor because in the
Pride Fighting Championships the first
round is the endurance round of 10
minutes all fights are scheduled for
three rounds 1 10minute and two 5minute
rounds and we're out of the first round
and it was noera at the end shutting
down the Tak down of kazuhiro
Nakamura and a real technical battle in
a grappling sense boss yes it is it is
it's uh too bad for noar that L take
that was perfect when he because game
side round but then again Nakamura knew
that it was the end of the round so
maybe he just gave it up and said you
know what I'm not going to waste any
energy Nakamura looks very calm here and
here we have that look at this look at
that whoa that was a beautiful yeah look
at his hat is
Raising close to the mat
ooh that would have been a lot of points
this would have been a point match but
the uh the way the judges scored the
Pride Fighting champ ship fights and
here we are a little ground P action in
om Plata attempt by noera the way the
fights are scored here is not
necessarily on a point system but the
fight is scored as an entirety meaning
that if it appears that a man did well
in the first and second rounds but then
tired out and didn't give much in the
third
round it would be in the realm of
possibilities that the judge would give
the man who took the third round
only the fight yes because the
they want to see the person who tries to
finish the fight that is the criteria as
opposed to trying to get just get points
because they really want to see a
knockout or a submission or a referee
stoppage Y and the man who tries to
terminate his opponent one way or
another is the man that they will give
the nod to and in the final analysis
that's what's going on but both guys are
are trying to do their thing I haven't
seen uh Nakamura attempt any kind of
submission he's he's landed a few
punches but nothing really that
damaging uh noera has done a really good
job of figuring out the style of the
Japanese fighter and dealing with him at
his in his own way being the guard
position yeah I think that he really SC
tried to take defend to taked down right
now he's going for strikes I think
that's what his Corner told him now yeah
he probably just said they probably just
said go out kickbox this guy pretend
he's guy mesgar and do what you did and
just Blitz him
but this guy's good at locking
up nice kick yeah that's the way to go
that's
right you get him thinking about the
kicks then the punches will
come yeah he should throw right hook
left upper because
Nakamura if he gets attack he brings his
head down I think that noar should throw
knees also when Nakamura comes in like
that and aim them for his chin
Nakamura waiting to duck under the
punches and he's got a lock up noera
missing with his
left yeah but he is striking he's
attacking he's moving forward Y and
there it is the Sall and noera getting
in
position look at this I've never seen
this beautiful wow beautiful move there
reversal by Nakamura but now he's back
in the guard but noara got the guard so
quickly he was inside mount but bam he
got the guard right away but he was in
such a good position that Amura just
turned it around as if it was nothing I
got to see this B on video because that
was a good move it was very smooth by
both
guys Nero should just stand up as fast
as again B up
do you think that Nakamura is going to
try and throw a bomb out of the you know
like unexpected right here because he
hasn't really thrown a punch standing up
yet I don't know I think no got the
reach has the reach um's he's standing
on a good
distance you can really see
Nakamura um is not that well schooled in
strikes and the left knee from noera
that came in quite
good yeah but look at that that was good
how he def defended the SC by pulling
back into the guard but now we get to
see him work and see if noera can get
busy with ground and pound from the top
position
Nakamura uh because his his legs and
arms are shorter than noera is it going
to be harder for him to get a submission
from the bottom
um I don't know I it's going to be very
diff no are the longer so normally it
would be easier to get an AR somebody
like that but noera being noera I don't
think that's going to
happen still Nakamura told us that he
was going to win with a straight onb
yeah well he's eating some punches here
oh good Left Hand by noera Nakamura
doesn't quite know about the final
points of head movement on the bottom
uh and we're going to have a restart uh
center of the ring on the ground again
noera really getting busy doing damage
there with the
punches he's crawling to the center that
is not a very fit I think I think
Nakamura may be on the verge of losing
here yes I think so too I think so
because
he he's going to try to turn in though
yeah Nakamura has got this he's going to
try to escape here oh oh look at this
here we go if he wins by choke it will
be kind of a going down of the garet
towards the Judo Community I mean uh
yosa
is oh he's that looks good to me so far
oh he's got it got
it waa what a nice move by noera he gu
him with the
arm beautiful beautiful ARB and that
that's very difficult to make because
just gave it you know he made it so
tight it was beautiful yeah he really
got close he got his knees together it
was great technique he let it go it was
3 minutes and 30 seconds into the second
round jerio minaro noira gets the win
via
Tapout and that was a really really
interesting grappling match it was a
perfect match and like you said before
it was all no Gab we Nakamura didn't do
any submission attempt he tried to take
him down but noera was the one who was
attacking and attacking non stop so he
deserved the win the win well I will
tell you boss uh now look at the way he
sets it up first he's got his back is he
going to go for the choke no but he
picks the arm right there and he gets it
locked tight look the way he twists his
his left leg he's spinning this
nakamura's head back bang
beautiful what a technique
Here We Go Again Nakamura thinks it's
choke here doesn't he look at look at
the way he's defending maybe those shots
you took a few shots to the Head too
makes you
slower watch
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this
beautiful yeah that was excellent now
nogara is in that really tough division
that 205 lb
Division and in that division we've got
a couple hot hot great Fighters fighting
later tonight Quinton Jackson and Kevin
randman and but noera is going to factor
in later down the line he's he's this is
only his seventh
fight only his seventh fight and this
guy was a tough guy on the ground listen
it was his first fight he will be back
for sure because he was so relaxed if
he's going to do some boxing training
and um talking about nakam
yeah he's going to be uh he's going to
be back in five no worries but minaro
nogira for
sure he's going to be in the
middleweight uh tournament and that
tournament's going to be
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unbelievable are you still the Brazilian
killer I'm I'm still six And1 against
Brazilians I'm not I'm you know I got
split that's fine you know I'm I'm I'm a
better Fighter for it uh I'll take that
loss any day of the week because it's
made me a better fighter it's made me
appreciate where I'm at now and it's uh
made me enjoy my training a lot more so
you know I'm thanking Anderson Silva
right now so anyway back to my question
um are you still the Brazilian
killer actually I got dubbed a new
nickname uh CU after every every night
of training you know we trade early hard
and I'd come in and plop down on the
couch and uh stick my hand in my pounds
like so and use the remote and so I got
dubbed the uh the fighting Al
Bundy you know Alex Steven very well oh
yes I do he came to me one time to train
for like a month and what I know now is
that he called my student Amir anavar to
come over to Utah because his training
partner got injured now armir called me
last week and he said boss Alex is in a
phenomenal shape he can go 20 minutes
full power so I really think that Alex
today is going to prove something Alex
came into the Pride Fighting
Championships with two big wins one over
Alan go and one over valed ishma then he
stumbled lately but we think he's going
to need to get back on the horse shi's a
tough guy to do that with we expect a
great match I put Shi away and I think
that just uh that that lines me up for
another fight I think you know whoever
they put in front of me I'd like to I'd
still like to go after uh some of the
some of the shoe boox guys I want to go
after ninja I want to go after anybody
that they'll put in front of me and I
think that I if I put him down uh I
think I deserve another shot okay and um
what do you think is the most annoying
thing that an official can say to you
during a fight Alec give up Alec give up
Alec give up Alec give up I I really
hate when the doctors say uh you're done
that's that's probably more annoying
than
anything the really the most annoying
thing is looking up on a 40 foot screen
and seeing a gaping hole in your eye
that's that's annoying that's
annoying okay Alex welcome back bro all
right bro Alex
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stev okay when we talk about the word
energy in the Pride Fighting
Championships this man epitomizes it yes
we always say this is the Energizer
Bunny just small eager Chon although his
body fat has been
reduced a lot lately so he looks very
sharp yeah Akira Shi that man there made
the trip up to Seattle
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Washington to get the expert training of
one person by the name of Matt Hume the
man from AMC pancre AMC kickboxing the
wizard trainer The Wizard World Champion
akir Shoji has such high respect for
Matt Hume he said that he's improved
every aspect of his game under Mr Hume
oh yes uh Matt is a phenomenal trainer
phenomenal fighter he's he's the whole
package he's a jury but we won't see him
as a jury right now we will see him
or rap will see him in the corner and
there he is there he is right behind Shi
um air Shi has never and I mean never
shied away from a tough fight and his
fight was semi schil which was straight
out of the Discovery Channel sem show
being 7 feet tall and aara shoi coming
in a 5' 7 was a crazy match to watch
he's been in the ring with just about
everybody Dan Henderson Jeremy Horn
Paulo filio Mark Coleman eigor V chansen
and he's got that big win over valid
ishma a couple years ago and both these
guys coming off losses both these guys
need this fight both guys in Top Shape
Akira shoi going back to his
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Corner Alex steing doing a little
ceremonial praying there
from Indianapolis Indiana Alex
steveland he wants to go
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I don't know if I have ever seen Shi in
this kind of
shape um only last time but he improved
dramatically uh conditioning wise shape
wise so this is going to be very
interesting match um Alex trained very
hard up in Utah which is like 6,000 ft
above sea level so maybe that's going to
play a fact are we going to see right
now in about 3
seconds going to out you got wildness
from
steing against pure energy from
Shi will technique factor in let's
see yep here we go I think stev's going
to want to kickbox here I think so
too steing with a good inside left
roundhouse kick
he moves he looks good Akira too they're
just
waiting they're feeling each other out
the distance o steing is wound up as
tight as a drum here uppercut to the
body body blow here at Yokohama Arena
and that was a body Blow by Alex
steeling right low kick left low kick
inside I mean very good again this is
the best I've seen Steven so far yes
he's very Cal very makes a nice jab
there don't get overconfident with Akira
though because he might go for a taked
down he's playing a very smart game
right now Alex nice look at the fake
with the right shoulder than the left
kick boss you got to love that
perfect steing always comes in with a
with a little bit of a hair do to be
talked about and today has a little blue
on the top and blonde on the sides
and there's the body L that inside sweep
that everybody was talking about and uh
everybody on paper seems to have a a
cure for that but when it's you're under
the gun it was hard to block and Shi got
the Tak down on top in the guard of Alex
steing now let's see what can happen
here on the ground for Alex to submit a
gear SOI since he's got short arms short
legs it's going to be very difficult if
he wants to do it he's got to do it fast
uh so's got the perfect body type for
being a Grappler submission fighter so
he should try to escape the guard yeah
Alex Alex steveling came into the Pride
Fighting Championships and beat two
highly uh regarded Brazilian fighters in
Val ishma and Alan go and he gave
himself the uh controversial nickname
the Brazilian killer in his last match
here in The Pride Fighting Championships
he lost to a Brazilian in Anderson Silva
and he said that uh he kind of dropped
the Brazilian killer nickname even
though he's still six and one against
Brazilians but he said it was ended up
being more of a distraction but he
doesn't take it back
no why should he you know it uh he
started it so if you pull it back looks
a little bit huh weak yeah but speaking
of Anderson Silva the man who conquered
him the last time he was here in Pride
with a TKO actually uh from a high kick
he would like a Revenge match with Silva
yeah because yeah like you said it was a
TKO it was a cut uh he he just the fight
was just on the ground he was in uh on
the top uh in half guard I guess but um
and then the referee stopped the fight
so yeah obviously he says okay let me
try that one more
time okay now shi's game plan here boss
what would it be he escaped the hu guard
and go to here side Mar and now go for
submission here that's exactly what he
should do
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uh you mean like a key line yeah but at
least try or go and start raining knees
to the body and then set up a submission
Simon is pretty much best position to be
in I think you know there's one thing
about this match even though it's slowed
down as far as movement it's still very
exciting it is because you know any
second something can
happen this I have a very nice way to
turn a on his back
and that would
be you mean uh pull over grab over with
the right hand to the lat and then just
buck over yeah the left uhoh not a good
position for steing now you can bre it
out that's it and yeah you can flip him
over just do a backward
roll yeah but if You Buck and play by
push your hips up make sure that your
feet are connected to your butt because
then you can bu higher that's a very
important thing there and um people
forget that well
said yes uh Alex should wrap his right
arm around so's left arm and then put
his left elbow on so's hip and that
throw
over nice nice work here very nice work
from the bottom Alex faking like he was
going to escape then gets the guard uh
knees together Shi with a couple shots
Shi trying to half cartwheel over the
top Alex to twist him to the left right
now to the right I mean right away bang
he should
explode WRA the arm his right arm around
so's left arm and explode to the
right because he's got his leg
caught both these gentlemen are coming
off losses and Shi lost in his last
appearance in Pride and uh that was by
armbar from a really tough guy from
Brazilian top top team named Paulo filio
uh I think it's really going to make him
Focus his ground game that loss yeah but
fio did something phenomenal he used the
ropes uh it was something I never saw
before so uh I don't normally he has
never been submitted before it was just
because he was against the ropes and he
couldn't pull him out himself out
anymore look at this okay north south
now we know that knees are the thing for
Shi to do he's got to throw the knees
actually he trying and there it
is uh steing has got to look at steing
working to get guard again
unbelievable very nice very nice work by
the man on the bottom from Indianapolis
Alex steeling got a new nickname yes
they don't call him the fighting Brett
pit anymore no that was the nickname he
got here in Japan but they now call him
the fighting El Bundy and uh I I believe
he explained that earlier in the
broadcast yes he did for the people who
didn't see that who just went to the
restroom um he always when he sits down
and watch TV he puts his hand actually
hands both hands in his
pants it's a very comfortable position
actually I never tried
it no
comment now uh
Shi seems to have gotten quite a bit
conservative uh in this match right now
is is he waiting too long yes I think so
I think the should restart it not now
because now he's working but um when
nothing happens restart fight Alex
should just wrap the arms
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around minutes
left okay uh we got three minutes left
in the round and it's it's been a a real
slowdown here uh aside from Shi getting
into a perilous north south position and
and Landing one knee and then Alex all
of a sudden getting back into guard they
hasn't been a great deal happening as
far as uh the fight being close to being
finished no I think the referee Sho to
restart this on their
feet that's what the people want to see
because nothing
happens but I think on on the feet it's
going to favor steing yes I think so
too oh
no steing is is a self-admitted jokester
and he said that he doesn't really think
that people should following his
footsteps I kicked it ahead because he's
sort of a crazy guy in and out of the
ring unpredictable but a great interview
really speaks his mind yeah it's uh
what's on his L he will he will tell you
and he doesn't care if the camera is
there or not or who's
listening okay now this is interesting
right here y but is what can Shi do to
end the fight from this position nothing
he's got to pull his legs off like he
just did and go to his side Mar still
he's got to watch out
now Alex shot buck up and then free up
his right
hand okay now Shi uh doing a little bit
of punishment there with the right hand
but he couldn't get the uh position
and the distance to make those punches
hurt yeah steveling kneeing as his
corner is
saying from the
side yeah you got the pl up and move and
move and exp it's going to go straight
on Bari no now Shi getting busy there
and steving getting back to his feet
steing coming after shi shi ducking
under steing overhook looking up against
the ropes we're almost out of time in
this first
round I would have to say stepen just go
for a knee right here right knee yes
right it's the end of the minute don't
throw it side just throw it straight up
under the armpit he's got to
move dig it in dig both arms in get the
under hooks let's go they're going to
ride the round out
yeah okay if there be such a thing in
the pride F championships this could
have been the F out round the round
where they wanted to see what each other
had got to think that the next round
they're they're going to be a lot more
aggressive I think so too I think now St
knows what he has to do as SOI knows
what he has to do but uh the longer the
might the match goes on the more
difficult it's going to be to take
somebody down so um it might be very
interesting rout number
two yeah uh now the two fighters
Shi pictured right there do you think
he's happy with the work that he did in
that round I don't really I don't know
he seemed a little stale to me yes he he
he actually he threw some good bombs uh
some good punches but he didn't really
go for submissions he went for tank down
and and uh look at that trip there yep
that's the thing that everybody says
they they got figured out but when it
come push comes to shove he gets you
down and here we go north south and here
the show you going to land a knee but
Alex ready to defend and as soon as he
threw the knee right there Alex is going
to make his move actually it looked like
Shi was going to go to to uh side mount
and Alex capitalized by getting the
guard um steveling on the
bottom pretty much
uh doing mainly just hanging on yes but
he knew it was the end of the round we
let's see what happens now on round
number two uh SOI seemed to look
stronger at the end but then again Sten
got out of the situation he started
punching and then soou kept holding on
till the end of the round so maybe he
did that he knew it was only one minute
left let's rest and relax take that
extra minute so I can come out thr BMS
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round number two
steeling versus show
G
bad okay
now Alex has really got to do damage
standing here damage he needs needs to
he needs he needs these two next next
two rounds need to be for him his jab
has gotten so much better oh yes he's
been training last week of last 10 days
with uh M rovar he's my student we sent
him over to Salt Lake City O look at
that right hand by steveling over the
top that was a good shot Shi knows he
can't take too many more of
those go get him whoa he looks a little
glazy yeah that right hand that right
hand stunned him yeah he's got the very
natural punching power Alex B that's it
he should continue out left right upper
gut or left uppercut I would do in this
position this is straight out of the
boss mixed martial art workout box there
you go it really is and he does that
every day I imagine these numbers flying
through my head right straight left hook
right straight left hook what is he
listening to me now what is going on
here liver shot boss very nice and now
we can do the same thing with left to
the head instead of the never shot this
is textbook this is textbook standup
here he he he's going to have the fight
if he takes his time and make no
mistakes Shi is should be in the back is
shi's outgun standing up with him out
gun he should start throwing though Alex
you don't want to let him recover look
at his kicks yeah he's still
dizzy that jab has been the instrument
that has set the whole thing up look at
his reflex beautiful nice nice very nice
pull it up right straight to the Hat
that's what trained
on nice I think that shi should get him
on the mat quickly he can't trade with
him he's going to get knocked out like
this look at that oh W am I wrong in
that one who it was completely wrong air
Shi has knocked down Alex steveling Shi
was the one
that puning Exchange Shi
knocking in big trouble here Shi trying
to what a huge change of events here wow
steing really got hurt by that P oh that
was a hard
KN he weathered the St but can he keep
weathering it now because this they
should should stand back and make let
him stand up so should stand back up
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wow you see that's what I said he keeps
sharp playing his game but get over
confidence this is dangerous he got a bu
go this the steving is in a world of
trouble
here steeling seemed to have things in
control and now Shi in complete
domination but steeling somehow getting
half
guard steing may this I think this a
tactical error sh should have stood back
up and tried to drop a bomb on him I
think so too because to go back down
here he's going to let Ste clear here it
I mean oh look at this up top look at
this payback time folks oh my goding
going to go steing in the Mount High
Mount tooy turning will Sten go for the
choke box I don't think so I think he
should go for
PES going for the
choke hitting him well this match got
real crazy real fast folks right hooks
to the Buddy from the bag that is the
liver is located SOI is tired from the
onslaught so that could be there it is
there it
is it looks to be over really under but
show going to get out boss I don't know
doesn't look like it's under he's ready
to tap he's ready to tap I don't know if
it's under
Alex spot back Alex steeling is spot
back from The Brak of disaster he's
waving to the camera no not just yet
steving does not have it he doesn't have
it he's got to climb on his back a
little bit more he's got to punch
steving got to conserve his energy
that's what he's going to do cannot hit
behind the head there left hooks he
should throw left hooks
now Shi regrouping
now but this is what he should
do guess is what he should do keep
punching rope is in the way what a turn
my God this was unbelievable this was
crazy as I said after the first round I
thought the first round was a f out
round I was right on that one but I was
wrong and saying the steing was was
going to do damage standing up Oh's go
he's out he's out is he out what's going
on he went Lim there for a second that's
not
good I don't understand what he's trying
to do here shi's got to he's got to do
something he's got to Turtle up boss
yeah that's it
oh sh get like L end of the round
end of the
round I thought so up I thought SOI was
just yeah g up he said I want out of
this I didn't know he just didn't want
to tap I I don't know boss that round
was one of the most dramatic rounds I
have ever seen in recent memory in The
Pride Fighting
Championships wow steveling came out was
doing really well but all of a sudden
look at that right hook by Shi
unbelievable unbelievable what
keep going keeps going and then we got
to be look at him here and then he
turned the tables he turned the tables
on Shi Shi was saying no I am not going
to tap and steing has to be thinking wow
please
do W what a turn first steing then SOI
then steing again this is what the
people want to see Steven I I actually
thought this would be a good match but
that second round was great uh
freaky SOI is out look at him out he's
bad trouble cuz steveling should just
kickbox here go for it again don't don't
worry that's all he's got that's all
he's got left pleasee
okay Shi looks like he's clearing his
head a little bit yep he's SW up whoa
what a
around yeah he's been in uh in very
tough situations so has with Coleman
chenin I
mean Matt y his
Corner what is he telling him well
probably what he's telling him is that
you know you had him hurt and you can
hurt him again but steveling looks the
fresher well cosmetically he does look
so good but in his eyes he looks the
fresher um I would say steving do the
exact same thing in this round coming
up wow the third and final round steving
should just do the same thing he did
before the more this goes the more SOI
will clear his head and it was that
right hand bomb from Shi that hurt Alex
nice he's looking but so you don't count
him out no no way right when we were
counting him out in that second round he
came back and proved us wrong and just
blasted steveling to the
map both men have huge respect now they
did before the match too but now I think
it's doubled
he keeps looking when he punches he's
doing a very good job if he keeps it up
that is going to be okay but it's the
same thing that we said in round number
two I think Alex should think about a
right high kick here yes or or think
about a three shot you know a left right
straight and a left to to the
Head Right high kick look at this thr
right high kick right
here Shi is is doing nothing but moving
around he's not trying to
counter uh Shi
oh my God is definitely the weaker
fighter that jab the first one
hurt
wow nice he should did that with the
right uppercut the left H left H right
uppercut steveling pacing himself and
that's a good thing because with a guy
like Shi you can never count the guy out
you can't be overconfident because come
out of nowhere and blast you with mat
again with one single
punch both men need this
fight yeah if it goes this way it's
going to be steling because he's doing
all the attacking right now in number
three and he finished thr nice roundout
number one uh
two yeah it doesn't seem that steveling
wants to get into another shootout here
with with Shi yeah
can you blame him no I
can't you kick left kick to the body and
a right
straight look at
that steving is such a good student we
were talking about that combination just
a minute ago actually couple days ago oh
I that so you came back with the left
right
yeah steveling cannot get careless here
nope
he's got to keep going now boom yeah he
should get busy
now three
minutes two minutes left two minutes
left and steing appears to have gotten
back in control after that Topsy turby
second
round nice jab it's getting to the point
where Shi is going to have to drop
steling again to get back in this fight
because steeling has pushed his way back
into the leadership position look at
that that right uppercut is
great but he should throw out for
left steing starting to Telegraph a
little bit with his
knee there's that right hand there's
another right hand by steeling maybe
three times will be the charm
there ste's got to be careful yes he's
in control but he he's not loading up
which is a good thing because that's
when he can get
caught one minute left into the
fight minut the final
round wow left there by Shi who left the
back Shi swinging wild steveling
pressing the
action and should throw left to right
uppercut
oh that was a good
hit and look at The Return by
Shi but it's not enough to do any damage
this is going to be a hard one to score
possibly except for steeling steeling is
he's moving forward he's doing all the
action he's going to win this fight for
sure if he's not going to get Glock now
yeah and that's also the thing with
steing it's the last minute but still
he's going to come out fire Tak all the
risk Shi needs a knockout here he needs
a
knockout oh big left took by
Shi yes it's his win for sure wow you
know they they they kind of spent
themselves in that second round but they
brought it up in the breath of hearts
and souls into the third round it was
perfect it was uh after after the last
the last minute the last minute from
round number two it was all Alex um I
think considering the the rules that you
set Alex going to win this fight yeah
now here here Shi coming rumbling but
Alex blocks virtually every one of those
shots the first left hook got in a
little bit but um there's that uh
combination Again by shoi all of which
uh were basically defended by steling
yep and
um it was closer than it could have been
because after some of the things that
happened in that second round it looked
like Shi was pretty much there for the
taking but he endured and and made it
through the whole fight y uh my opinion
is that this was Alex th's fight totally
um yeah he's going to take the victory
especially because the pride counts
who's the strongest fighter at the end
of the fight and under that criteria
steveling was the
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manex J
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sh my Lord unbelievable
AI to the winner has been awarded Japan
a split
decision and there were more than a few
surprised people here on ringside yeah I
think SOI scer is very surprised as so
you himself is very
surprised and relieved uh it really
seemed that Alex steving won that fight
so did one thing in run number two and
uh that was it I I it's surprise
surprise all over again but you know the
judges do their job and you know it's
it's final akir
Shi has got the
Victory and the crowd support over
Alex steeling
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[Applause]
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now listen you picked quite an opponent
we got Anderson Silva what is your
opinion of Anderson Silva H the guy's uh
you know he's one of the best fighters
in the world in our division so it's
only appropriate you know I step up the
bat uh I've been looking forward to
fighting him for a long time and uh you
know the shoe box team is you know
they're all dangerous guys and it's a
real honor to compete against one of
them especially Anderson you know he's
he offers uh unique challenges you know
what do you think of Carlos
Newton the sport of mixed martial arts
has truly Advanced technically since its
spawning in 1993 and now we almost have
a throwback to the beginning where we
have the grappler in Carlos Newton
versus the striker in Anderson Silva
you're absolutely right but this Striker
Anderson Silva also knows a lot of
things on the ground and vice versa
Carlos improved dramatically in his
stand up game anyway I think key to
Victory here for Carlos would be take
the fight to the ground and the other
way around and I also think one of the
keys to Victory is for both men they
cannot wait for the other man to dictate
the pace of the fight Carlos has to take
it down as boss said but Anderson can't
wait he's got to do his damage and do it
quickly you told me once that you
considered yourself to be the Roy Jones
of valy tudo do you still think you
are foreign
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now this fight has some
meaning Anderson Silva from from qu T
Brazil is reputed to be the best
technician standing and on the ground
from the shoot box
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gym and we know what Newton is good at
oh yes submissions on the
ground this is going to be very
competitive we never saw a boring fight
with Carlos Newton in it and pretty much
the same with Anderson Silva
uh well it's going to be great Carlos
Newton fought um another shoot box team
member in Jose P land and that was last
year p is not with shoe box anymore by
the way but uh and it was one of the
greatest fights that we' seen and Newton
stayed on the outside and kind of traded
a little bit with P in that fight I
think that would be a mistake if he
fought that way with Anderson Silva yeah
because he's he's his pinpoint accuracy
and he's got long arms his reach is
phenomenal and he's he uses it perfectly
too Anderson Silva can switch from
Southpaw to Orthodox he's got a he's got
a oh there's a left hook there by Carlos
testing the uh defense standing of
Anderson Silva but Anderson he wants to
throw that right hand and there's this
there's a STW back there he got it wow
it's like a little cat he climbs under
it then he's got him down unreal that
was really quick and now we're going to
see uh how Anderson Silva can hang with
Carlos Newton on the
ground because I don't think that Carlos
is going to let him get the full guard I
think he's going to keep that foot right
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there and he's going to pass it on this
side
here I wonder if Anderson expected to go
to the ground this
quickly he's passing the foot now there
we go
see yep and he passed it oh now he's got
side mount Y and this is Caro's game oh
yeah this is where the aror is going to
come boss he did the same move against
P um
Anderson I think Anderson's got to get
back to his feet I I know he's good on
the ground comparatively but Carlos is
more than just good yeah plus he's got
long arms long arms very acceptable for
arm bars the same with the legs for lag
locks really got to get out of
here look like a cat like the balance of
caros it's unreal now he's get the full
Mount it's a high mount he's got one of
uh Anderson's arms trapped and there
goes the right hand coming down going to
go for watch this yes he is uh Anderson
can't post the arms up like
that he's going to set it up with
punches and then out of the blue bang
now there
goes there he goes he's going to
probably get the left arm and's left
arm oh good right hand by Carlos and
Carlos Newton making a move here but
Anderson is going for thear look at this
yeah he's going for yeah he's going for
the hammer lock there for a second
Anderson got the guard
woo it is so scary my heart is beating
here I mean because we know it's just a
matter of seconds before if Carlos wraps
you up right you going a
tap look at um Anderson's legs he's got
it hooked behind his knee his legs are
so long his guard is behind his knee
foot behind the knee which is a very
close guard that's i' say but also very
easy to break with a neck crank because
the longer he's going to hold it the
more is going to hurt on his neck
right there's vanderly Silva The Pride
middleweight champion giving
instructions to his teammate
Silva actually they're not Brothers
folks I think the name Silva is a lot
like the name Jones in the United States
yeah
Smith but that's in Holland Smith
everybody's name Smith there's a lot of
sebastians in Holland too right right
yeah yeah
yeah they
are then they call him boss until you
move to the United
States and then everything got a match
now my name is suddenly
Sebastian Carlos Newton uh and I discuss
the fact that if Pride did have a third
weight division at 185 lbs this would be
about as good a title fight as you could
have yeah those two are uh in their
weight class the best yeah they really
are Prett much I mean if then Anderson
goes down and weits he's he's L up there
too of course yeah because I think
Anderson could make 170 also if there
were like a fourth division but uh right
now this would be a non-title fight
because there is no 185 pound division
currently in The Pride Fighting
Championships but
um this would almost be a throwback type
of match because you have a purebred
striker in uh Silva Anderson Silva even
though he is really good on the ground
against a purebred submission guy in
Carlos Newton even though he did land a
left hook standing
yeah he did good he sets everything
perfectly up and then he makes Anderson
Silva want to come to him he wants to
pay it back the punch and that's where
the take down
comes well right now Anderson has
momentarily warded off the submissions
from Carlos
Newton yeah I just wanted to say that
Carlos should stretch his right leg like
Anderson now tries to pull his left
footage and put it under um the thigh
yeah out of the thigh but I I think
that's a bad move that would be a bad he
trap himself yeah he trap himself plus
and he can get submitted actually what
he look I think like to right he would s
submit himself almost yeah because I I
thought that would be a good thing for
caros to do catch that foot and bring It
Forward you know it's like an a scissor
effect uh on the leg
of Anderson yeah they got to restart is
what referee is this okay this is a
different
referee there is with the black
man got to restart good good good good
good good good good very nice this is
what we want to see yeah oh we got a
yellow card happening Anderson Silva
gets a yellow card uh apparently for
stalling
um Silva was surprised and I think and
that was just plus position like you
said I think there's going to be a knee
coming and Silva going to get back in he
wants to do some damage now you can see
it in his eyes see in his body
language there's that uh straight left
hand out of the uh right foot
position and Carlos very relaxed
standing up he said he was going to bang
with the guy if he wanted to I don't
think that would be a good idea though
oh no way he's out he's out he's out
he's
out it
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was it was not a good idea indeed just
second before this I wanted to
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say down and and Anderson threw a flying
knee and actually it looked like he
might have caught him with a shin but oh
my God that
was wow that was a knockout folks that
was
minutes 26
seconds into round one Carlos made the
crucial mistake of going to the standup
well one too many times with Mr Anderson
Silva the self-reported Roy Jones of mix
martial arts oh yes you can say that
again accuracy that's what we were
talking about before the match accuracy
and mistakes I think car made a mistake
here du into it it was it it was like a
knee but it actually caught him with the
the upper part of the shin and wow go
again oh my God yes the upper part of
the shin which is the hottest part of
your shin and I'll tell you what
Anderson it was the Jo under the air was
going to be a flying KNE but who cut him
with the shin Anderson knew exactly what
to do and how to finish I mean when
these shoot box guys smell blood wow
they're on you they're on you it was the
the kneecap when we I show it in this
replay behind his ear let me see if you
got to see it again okay here we got the
Michael Jackson thing happening and uh
Carlos congratulating Anderson and
there's the good sportsmanship between
the
teams Anderson
Silva
wow very impressive like I said it's not
a good idea to stand up with a guy like
this at 185 I I wouldn't advise it I
don't think there's a fighter at 185 who
want to stand up with him not not at
long range like that wow that that
flying knee was so
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fast
yep and moments before he made two
punches and he B caros bent his head all
the way down and I just wanted to say
that's not a good thing to do B all the
way four over and then he did it again
bang There was the knee behind his air
from what I've seen through the last
replay exactly with the KNE capap okay
it was a referee stoppage TKO round one
6 minutes 26 seconds and Carlos is
perfectly okay the doctors check him out
and they check him out very carefully
here in your last performance even in
losing to nogara you gained a lot of
fans
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uh what do you think it it uh said to
the people about your heart in that
fight uh with
noo I don't know I'm always here to do
my best and always try to win doesn't
matter who the opponent is and sometimes
the better the opponent the the better
that I perform a lot of times so I like
to test myself that way and just never
giving up and
always trying to
win dangerous
Dan Henderson what can you say about him
boss his name his big right hand and
he's an unbelievable wrestler that's
what I can say about him and also he's
facing a former Judo guy in shungo oyama
but it seems that shungo is a long shot
at beating Dan Henderson yeah I think so
too I hope for shungo that he didn't
only walk the catw I hope that he
trained and trained hard on the back I
to tell you the truth don't see any
scenario here that shungo can win
because Dan you know he's a great
Striker and he's a wrestler shungo only
weapon is the ground can he take the
fight to the ground I don't think
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so okay there he is The Man with the
Iron Jaw and the iron right
hand
Dangerous Dan
Anderson
s and she go
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oyama
Dan once again Dan Henderson coming into
Pride after a remarkable fight in
December against the pride heavyweight
champion Antonio noera Henderson did
lose the fight but gave a superum effort
and probably gained more fans in losing
than he could probably in in winning any
other fight yeah it was like a what was
it 35 40 lb weight difference and he he
did unbelievable a lot of people think
that shunga oyama is in over his head in
this match but will Dan take him lightly
we shall see for round number
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one I don't think so I think Dan is
always there to
perform um he's get the better hands sh
kenel take him down there's that right
hand again there it is it doesn't look
good here this does not look good for
oama this could be a quick one folks
oyama's in a shootout for the wrong guy
who oh
man Henderson dropped bombs there
Henderson can't get too crazy
here I I could have swore that oama was
on the verge of being knocked out there
yep he took those shots Anderson took a
shot too if you look at his nose he got
one right in front of the nose it looks
red but oama took all the shots
especially in the beginning but then
thir one in the exchange a lot of
punches were missed by both of them yeah
I think heners has got to settle down
here pick his
shots well he almost picked a shot
there different kind of shot ooh I like
that left kick of his that's the third
time he's landed it yep and just set up
for his
right keeps his head a little low could
be dangerous against the South B with a
left high
kick if oyama had a left kick oh what's
oyama back in the mix getting busy
Henderson getting him locked up and this
is where Henderson is so good in that
upper
clinch there going to be oh but look who
took who down unbelievable need to yeah
sha oyama surprising Everyone by taking
it right to
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Henderson
wow Henderson gets the Tak
down it was such a hard take down that
the screen here on money doors were
shivering yeah um so far this match has
surprised everyone here at Yokohama
Arena shunga oyama took what looked like
to be a knockout came back took Dan
Henderson down landed a knee and now
Henderson has fored a Tak down of his
own Henderson is probably thinking the
same thing noera was thinking when he
fought Henderson in the last fight what
is this guy doing I thought thought I
was supposed to blow this guy
away
wow who would have thought
H it is a surprise to me so far oh
yes Dan has been in some Wars so um and
this is what he wants to the Hat now
it's exactly his game there's the first
one and the second one not that
hard better load up on
those come on get
busyy be busy here come on yeah Dan's
got to move here he's got to yeah
because they're going to have to restart
otherwise but shungo was the one that
moved and Dan dropped the bomb Dan
jumping right on
him but Sho really getting out of the
way really getting oh right hand and
down the fight is it's almost over boss
it's almost over there it
is
who great mess that was it was short but
it was was sweet and Henderson was met
forced by force for a minute and by
shungo oyama and it was 3 minutes 27
seconds by KO yeah I think because he's
still laying on the ground it was that
white hook who let it in bang take down
and so punches and and of the fight yeah
and it was a good call by the referee it
was a referee St
at uh 3 minutes 27 seconds as I said
before 3 minutes and 27 seconds into
first
round the
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winner now Henderson had said that uh he
wanted to finish wanted to finish with a
knockout if he could but I think oh
there we go he's going to do a hip slam
on the ring girl I don't think she wants
the last time that she's here anyway
yeah exactly uh I I got to give a little
bit of props to shunga oyama for coming
out and bang a little bit I give him a l
of props he came out and he was
firing wow good
fight that was yes I want to see the
replay come on I'll tell you now let me
tell you this boss Dan Henderson always
helps us around right around 190 lb 192
I'd like to see Dan Henderson drop down
to 18 85 now here it is watch this right
hand boom right on the chin he was
basically out right there he was out
before the taked down he covered up a
little bit but he was
done uh here it is again watch him duck
down low this that's like Rocky Martian
all the way duck down low and overhand
he was out yeah he was in the in the air
out you saw his face yeah exactly Mr
Quito well what I was going to say boss
is I'd like to see Henderson drop down
to
185 and I'd like to see him fight
Anderson Silva and boy it'd be great if
they made that into 185lb title fight
that would be so awesome Anderson Silva
versus Dan Henderson at 185 would be one
for the ages oh
yes 185 F weight class we need it okay
yeah because you know Henderson he's
been around the sport uh he was UFC
champion he's been in Pride he's been
fighting guys that outweigh him you know
pretty much everybody he's fought
outweighs him uh lately
uh shoyama probably close to the same
weight but I'd like to like I said I'd
like to see him drop down to 185 he
could fight Carlos Newton in a rematch
you can fight Anderson Silva there's a
lot of great matches right at that
weight yeah we sakuraba sakuraba oh hey
let's not forget him we got
matui we we got everybody it's that's um
you know out of the top of his head my
head nothing pops up right now but I
mean we got a hold division just those
four guys Anderson Silva Dan Henderson
you can even bring P back that would be
a sweet fight against Dan Henderson oh
oh
Don
matui wow a great division 185
[Applause]
in this dressing room Fighters are
preparing themselves for the fight we
will also see the cornermen and their
trainers and they will go mentally and
physically at it it's going to be very
rare this is a very rare occasion
because nobody can enter the dressing
room two hours before the fight let's go
inside and have a
look man watch D how about that hzo PL
single leg take down henzo huh
flyee over here oh no no Okay jump knee
hzo watch it Daddy your daddy we have
here hzo
crazy video game Jesus Christ Sten what
you playing here okay no no b no go
watch his hzoo hzo what's going on get
out of here but start you're helping
your friend I'm going to knock you out
here watch no you're mine you m watch
this man no no liver punch who's your
daddy who's your
daddy man what are you doing oh
man come on come on come on let me there
let me try let me try hold this hold
this okay okay let's go let's go okay
hzo you want to play games say hello to
my little friend stop praying stop
praying come on okay this is me this is
the guy coming at you punch punch relax
no no no no no you'll find the best
looking guy on this business no no know
[Music]
[Applause]
I'm and here he comes it he is the hero
here in Japan he is the legend of the
Pride Fighting
Championships the one the
only Kushi SU
wow man he has something to
prove he is something to prove to the
people out here he wants to set the
record straight although he won his last
fight it wasn't very definely but he was
injured now we told us that all the ises
are
gone and man I promise you he he doesn't
want to let this fight Go the
Distance I am sure that my friend Dave
Meltzer will give me a complete
discourse on what this mask means
because I have no idea me neither it's
like a little
devil and we don't even know okay it is
sakaba by the way he walked he's got n
chuck oh my
god
wow y showman a sportsman and a showman
there has never been a man with a sense
of historyonics yet in the sport of
mixed martial arts like fushi
sakuraba he always invents a new way to
get into the audience's mind and the
audience's
hearts a master of ground technique he
has had problems in the past with
Strikers and Men bigger than himself
like merco crocop and vanderly
Silva uh one thing that the audiences in
the United States won't be able to see
is that we saw here in y Arena a film
clip of sakuraba training and then him
screaming in pain after he were swept by
by Matsui and it looked like a
horrendous injury and then after about
30 seconds on the mat he got up and
looked at the camera and said got you it
was like a it was joking we were we were
freaking out there oh my God he's
injured listen to the audience the
people at home have to understand you
cannot believe how loud it goes
no star bigger in Nick martial arts than
kazushi
sakuraba Nino Elvis shambry
[Music]
[Applause]
Kazi kazushi
sakuraba hailing out of takat Dojo Dio
Matsui and norisa Yamamoto in his Corner
Yuji shimada will referee the match
looks like he's got some virtual reality
strapped to his uh ears there boss yes
is that like some Matrix deal it's a
camera so that people can see what he
sees that's going to be interesting I
like when you just says clean fight
clean fight
fight did you wash your hands okay Dutch
Touch
shambry is not the most astute standup
fighter so he's going to want to put
this on the mat but kazak uh
sakuraba um is impossibly hard to take
down and I think I think he's going to
kickbox I really think sakuraba is going
to kickbox in this fight yeah yeah I I I
really think that he should do that it
would be yeah not stupid if he would go
to the ground I think if it goes to the
ground he will be on top we pretty much
never saw sakuraba on his
back sometimes it happens but he's out
in a
Flinch you don't know what's going to
come a back fist or a back
kick shambry just put it lightly came up
short with that high kick uh sheny has
predicted that he will submit sakuraba
not only with an arm bar but a left arm
bar whoa those were some working punches
but you got to get past the punches and
sakurama did actually put uh Vander
Silva down the first time they fought
with a punch and he gave VOR bord a bit
of a standup fighting lesson when they
fought yeah especially with that back
kick to the body he dropped him with it
yeah and there's the infamous uh stomp
kick which came up short
wa y it should to be stand up game Mr
fight Professor you're absolutely right
yeah shim is getting schooled here
uh sakuraba I I don't picture a scenario
where shambry could exert a take down
oh even he tried to Flying guard uh and
it didn't quite work in
um sakaba really wants to prove
something to the last fight like I said
he's on yeah because his last fight
against Jill arene listen to this it
shades of uh lini stadium in Thailand
where every kick the crowd is like a
gunshot look at the inside lag the left
leg of shamur you already see a r Mark
there this is starting to resemble
Sakura's mismatch with hoer Gracie yep I
just wanted to say the same thing
Mr we're on
yes sakuraba I haven't seen him more
focused in quite some time been banged
up with a shoulder injury Elvis landed a
shot there Elvis pulls
guard and he just keeps standing this is
a lot like a koala bear situation yeah
how you like that one Mr ELO you're the
best ooh somebody's bleeding there's
blood I think it's Elvis yeah it's Elvis
Elvis's nose probably
um now who's wasting the energy here
boss I don't know um I think Alvis is
doing it
yeah yep and now left side
oh or right side I mean socer Raba never
ceases to amaze
[Applause]
me Elvis who got flexibility that I have
never seen before he can put both of his
legs behind his head
effortlessly they're going to have a
break yeah because the the doctor is
going to stop uh it's going to look at
his nose because look at this yeah I
don't think they should stop it on a
broken nose no but um I mean it doesn't
look good but I he's fine yeah there's
nothing going on yeah do you think
they're going to start into koala
position again
or stop don't MO is that a new a new
patented phrase I mean first I said what
prey back when fujj laid on gilber Ral
way back now the qual bear position you
you already and the the what was it the
the F buts good butt in the face
position you had a lot of that was in
Holland though so that doesn't count
yeah you got to ask P because that was
koala position is a very good name okay
I guess they're going to go back to the
U standing [ __ ] position yeah um
sakuraba coming and Blasting with that
overhand left
expect the
highing what a shot yeah those have the
kicks sakuraa has no fear of being taken
down here none no fear of anything here
no but he is such a good wrestler yes he
is his balance is phenomenal so um yeah
I wouldn't be afraid if I was him
either oh look at this I like how he
switched his stance on that boss
beautiful and his punches did people
might think oh they don't look like real
good but they're sharp punches they're
better I think I think this is the guy
to practice stand up on because this guy
this guy poses no threat
standing yeah he should move he should
do something the only thing he does
right now is holding his hands up and
look how tense he is yeah check up
should kick to the body with a left bang
shamb is going to get tired holding his
hands like that
sakuraba faked his shot and then blasted
a punch to the
[Applause]
body oh look at that kick it came from
the front leg and still had a lot of
power in
it he should go one time to the body
right straight to the body left H to the
head or the other
way look at trying to pull the hand down
oh he's the master of Mind Games if he
could speak English he was way up there
with us with the jokes I think no I
think he would be even I mean you and I
are completely psychotic when it comes
to humor o look at
this Elvis really doesn't have a clue
what to do with sakur Roba at the
[Applause]
moment oh good Left Hand by sakuraba
Elvis trying
though sakuraba him s swinging for The
Knockout there and he's going to right
up a perfect he's oh look at
this he is
on yes he
is but Elvis oh look at that double
Sho oh
sakur s on the ground s Rob us out oh my
God oh my
God
unbelievable oh I cannot believe it
unbelievable that is the
upset of the century of the century I
wanted to say don't say tonight because
this is the upset of the century this is
the biggest upset I have ever
seen in my mix martial arts career it
was 6 minutes 7 seconds in round
one a match totally dominated by kazushi
sakuraba sakuraba fell pray to a a
knee oh my God he he lost he moved um he
hit he missed he fell on his knee on his
knees he got a knee in his head and that
was the Finish oh this is bad bad bad
for Sara this is difficult one to
overcome even though he was winning the
whole fight I mean come on one little
mistake it's like we saw with um Alex
steeling he was dominating and a
suddenly got one points you know only
this one finished it and with Alex that
was not the case I'll tell you shm
didn't F I mean he was
losing okay now here it is he tried he
tried to get too crazy and came in now
shy was hurt here and sakur Rob right
there right there that was the knee I
didn't see that one now had to do
another knee and another knee it was
three
[Applause]
knees it's like you know what he took
this guy way too lightly and he and he
figured this guy had nothing and this
guy just threw a
knee and oh good that the referee
stepped in
there yep that's what happens uh you
want to be Focus 100% if you think a
little bit light here that's the example
what's going to happen watch this GS oh
my God thank God for referees yeah Yuji
shamana definitely did the right thing
sakuraba was I mean to say he was in
control is the biggest understatement in
the world and he made one mistake we saw
we saw another mistake tonight you know
Carlos Newton standing up with Anderson
Silva and ducking down this was he made
one mistake in nexted martial arts you
got to be on your toes 100% the sport
has accelerated at a light lighter speed
to the point where now you cannot screw
up in there no and we've seen tonight
that knees are very
effective wow who could have thought
this huh Here We Go Again watch this
right knee coming up one two three all
they had to do all they had to do is
body lock another knee yeah but I think
the first knee dropped him oh and that
sucker kick to the
Head yeah I I think that this basically
derails Sakura's quest to have a third
fight with vand at least momentarily I
mean a rematch with this guy wouldn't be
out of the question yeah because you
know there's no such thing as luck in
the ring but it's true sakar Robin made
a mistake he made a mistake and the guy
capitalized Elvis was aiming for his
head he hit his head boom was open up
out and he took advantage of the fact
that suckera was down two more knees to
the head sucker kick totally over him it
was perfect good
job nice work Elvis great work Enzo yeah
this was wow surprise surprise ladies
and gentlemen okay but um at 185 lbs yep
there we have another one do we want to
put him in with Anderson Silva I don't
know if they want to trade knes you know
what I mean
y okay we've got a sold out house here
at the pride by Champion body blows at
Yokohama Arena
19,2 147 people are here
tonight all right I'm here interviewing
the famous Steven quos he's a famous
movie star and he's a good talker man
this guy can talk you know what I'm
saying so what we going to talk about
today we're going to talk about the
Quinton system today now Quinton what is
the Quinton system the Quinton system is
kick ass you know what I'm saying train
hard and kick that ass spank them like
they baby you know what I'm saying cuz I
got to do it man I got to whoop some ass
that's what I get paid for to whoop some
ass you going to do some thumping in the
ring yeah I'm pretty sure that there's
going to be a lot of thumping going on
and I can guarantee everybody that it
will not last 20 minutes either
quinton's going to knock me out or I'm
going knock him out I can guarantee it
won't go the
distance he cool with me you know what
I'm saying he a brother I'm a brother
you know what I'm saying kind of don't
like him being here cuz I thought I was
a token black guy you know what I'm
saying I wanted to be the only black
American in Pride you know but then I'm
kind of jealous they bring Kevin random
in here you know it's really I got
nothing against Kevin random it's just
he's in my way I want I want vanay I
want the belt I think it's my time you
know I've been quiet for too long you
know I'm saying just doing a little
fighting gig you know doing this here
then know I experienced some ass kicking
in K1 and [ __ ] I kind of like it I kind
of like kicking ass you know what I'm
saying so I want to kick Van's ass I
want to wear the belt you know I think I
should be the the first black pride
Champion you know what I'm saying bring
it to the brother and take it back to
Memphis Tennessee baby you know what I'm
saying and show everybody my big ass
Pride belt you know what I'm saying be
proud of you know what I'm saying be the
man cuz team oyama we here team oyama we
got something for your mama we you know
what I'm saying this you know this the
new new era you know the young guys
taking over this next fight has fans
buzzing around the world Kevin the
monster Randleman is going to be taking
on Quinton the Rampage Jackson in a
title elimination fight boss you know
what Stephen if it was for me please
please those two guys don't let them
fight they're both my friends but if you
think about it for the fans and the rest
of the people all around the world this
match is it's going to be a phenomenal
matchup we got the best fighters top 10
Fighters finding it out and they're
going to fight it out for the title
because the winner is going to face
Vander Silva in the next title match and
both these guys are coming off the
biggest wins of their career Jackson
beat eager V chanson and randlin beat
Ninja so now they get to go head-to-head
two wrestlers they can punch a little
bit box yeah and you know what they
always ask me predictions and they asked
me in many interviews before this fight
predictions I'd say no predictions for
me here what do you think oh so I got to
be the bad guy here you got be I'm not
going to make a prediction either simply
because I don't know who's going to win
but this is going to be a great
one I'm going fight my fight I don't
care what what vanderlay does or Quinton
does or ninja does or feder off um Kevin
rman fights for Kevin ramman and Hammer
house and that's it I don't care what he
I get hyped you know me I get hyped more
and more every like every second I mean
I'm sitting in my bed and I'm calling
Mark just cussing him out just to cuss
him out what doing get down here what's
up nothing I just wanted to talk it's
like you're crazy but this is this is
kind of what you have to have this is
what you this is what we are this is
It's not like playing football and it's
not like playing baseball every day that
we train it's it's it's hard is that a
new chain damn man no man I just glossed
it up man what you talking about I keep
my baby shining you know I'm saying this
good know big fight something so I shine
my baby up and yeah
[Music]
it's boss
this show so far has exceeded the
expectations but now I cannot picture
how this fight could be any less than
totally spectacular coming in Quinton
Rampage
Jackson Kevin randman the monster is
already in the ring waiting pacing like
a wild animal Jackson is coming in now
uh there's a little bit of a contrast
between these two guys in that randan
has has been nothing but complete Maniac
energy and Jackson has been ice cold
almost like B Chon or something so
cool this is going to be a really really
like a hydrogen bomb going off in the
ring oh the people at home didn't see
the entrance of Kevin he is what you
said he is and like now we see him in
the ring here people at home don't see
it but he is pacing he is a wolverine
mixture between pit Bo I don't know all
the wild animals there on the planet I
tell you what Quint Jackson right there
coming in with his camouflage jeans it
better have warmed up because I think
randman is going to go right at him
Quinton uh would like to thank a couple
people who have always stood by him DJJ
tapes.com
sherdog.com one of my dear friends and
Box's dear friends and unbreakable mouth
pieces have always been there for Mr
Jackson
Rampage man I tell you what this match
fans around the world have been waiting
for this match to happen when it was
announced everyone thought it's such a
logical match but no one really thought
about
thech Americans against the Brazilians
Americans against the Japanese the Dutch
whatever but these two guys going head
to-head it's one of the best matches in
the business for sure and this is a
title elimination fight folks the winner
of this match gets the uh indubitable
distinction of facing the cyc himself
vandling Sila yeah the ex
murderer and then what a prize I mean
you win and you can't fight vanderlay
well thank you because vanderlay I don't
know whether he was joking or not he was
probably serious as a heart attack said
a couple days ago he said either one of
these guys will be an easy
knockout both these guys said no we'll
not give out and everybody's talking
it's it's just this this division May
eclipse the heavyweight division because
you've got these two guys coming in the
ring right now who can promote each
other or promote themselves so well look
oh juming over the top he's not going to
be outdone by Kevin not with a ring
entrance man wow this
match is beyond
Stellar Kate Grant in the center of the
Ring
us
Kevin
R wow Kevin randman has a very diverse
uh Corner in Mark Coleman and Enzo
Gracie yes I was looking twice too
Quinton
Rampage Jackson and Quinton Rampage
Jackson is trained by Colin he also has
Dave Roberts in his corner and Alex Lee
this is going to be a doozy folks whoa
look at this I want to see this St are
they going to stand up and bang are they
going to the ground are they going to go
crazy trying to slam each other both men
take out artists take down artists I
mean don't blink folks expect
action you guys don't see
look's ready [ __ ] R he's ready ready
ready wa but he doesn't want to walk
right into the guns of Quinton look at
this the energy is so thick here at
Yokohama oh look at this who got the Tak
down oh who back
up we're getting editorial from ringside
but we'll do the commentating and
[Applause]
uh knee to the body okay now they're
locked up
folks they're both phenomenal strong uh
I really don't know who's going to get
the taked down especially with a double
oh it's not a double under need to the
Hat here by quinon Jackson
right and Kevin trying to do a Quinton
Jackson taked
down well it's so tense you can feel it
here yeah I wouldn't be surprised if
they restarted him standing with a
break but Kevin's got to watch that uh
right knee yep to the body to the Head
also but to the body also if if it Tak
you on long moment you know if you
breathe in and you receive a knee that
could
hurt maybe not now because it's early
into the fight but a little bit
later could be
[Music]
dangerous yeah I think the referee is
going to restart it oh oh good take down
defense there yeah Quinton has said his
best punch is the right uppercut um and
he did not have a normal childhood he
claims and he grew up too fast good call
by the
[Applause]
referee I'm sitting right side even I am
nervous yeah I'm nervous both these guys
Kevin coming
[Applause]
in Kevin blasting punches away Quinton
covering
up Quinton throwing the uppercut and
Kevin almost picking the leg off and
again a right KNE to Deb from Quinton
double underhooks by Jackson
[Music]
should throw a left knee that's to right
again a good shot to the body
yep if there is one little second space
whatever inches
whatever is going to go for the take
down we've seen how a single mistake can
change a fight and both these men are
aware of that because they're facing two
top 10 Fighters some people feel even
top five Fighters um both men
Championship caliber randman was the UFC
heavyweight
champion um Quinton Jackson had that
stunning knockout over serial Abid of K1
okay now the referee warning them
because they basically weren't doing
much didn't
move um shoulder to face Collision there
in mid
ring whoa and again those KNE and they
going to hurt later on into the fight
that's right you're right they will take
their toll later
on and how much will the adrenaline take
its toll
BX there's a lot of adrenaline going on
here oo and again that right knee and
again and to deliver that
one
y look at the the defense there by
Jackson because Kevin's trying to sneak
down low and grab a leg take there you
go oh what a good shot that could that
this could finish a fight the KNE like
that he's got to really watch out
now he's got to pull himself oh goes to
the knees again it's the knees folks
this is oh that's it over the top right
hand and Kevin blasting
[Applause]
back oh the good left
hook ducking down low he's got to watch
out for that yeah but I don't think he
has to worry because Kevin is
notoriously not a kicker yeah or a knee
oh look at the underhook great defense
by Jackson unbelievable defense for the
Tak down got the no man I've ever seen
in the ring with Kevin randman has been
able to shut down the take down like
that I've never seen that I was on my
back yeah so was Ninja so was everybody
else randman
faced wow got to watch out for those
knees though I think uh Jackson's game
plan is to make randman work for the
takedowns and he's done just that and
tie him out with the knees to the body
and then go later in the round that's
probably his game plan but make one
little mistake Kevin's going to get the
taked down trust
[Music]
me yeah I think shim is going to break
it again right here we go yep good call
that's the camera I think from shim
up the floor very nice
view both yeah Ram was Landing that left
hook and that's the thing he stopped
ninja with yeah actually the thing he
stopped ninja with was almost a left
Ridge hand if you look at the tape yeah
almost par strike the B
yeah oh that's fast yeah that was fast
and good thing putting duck under
it who this they're locked up again left
this is looking a lot like Shamrock
versus fry so far when they lock up like
this it
is I think it's going to matter who Tire
gets tired first boss I think so too but
um the way um Quinton is throwing the
knees it makes more difficult for Kevin
to breathe quint's doing that job Kevin
got or defend that knee or take the knee
and try to go for a take down there use
it as a take down I mean those knees you
really the block for another now do you
think age is going to be a factor
because there's an 8-year uh difference
Quinton being 24 and Kevin being
32 uh maybe later on in the fight I
don't know uh when we saw last time
Kevin he was in phenomenal shape if he's
on he's on and then it's very hard to
stop
him okay
uh okay they got a yellow card uh for
stalling they both got it um ooh both
land good hard stiff jab
there I don't think they want to lock up
again like that because you know 10% of
your purse is 10% of your purse and the
yellow card they do deduct that Y and
how
oh oh it's over folks it's it's a bad
situation for ran it's bad redin is
almost gone oh it's G God
wa wa what a
spectacular to the
fight
[Music]
wow man he got caught big oh my
god oh
nice okay it was uh 7 minutes and 15
seconds into the first round and it was
a real Hammer job by the man by the name
of Rampage Quinton Jackson you know when
he gets put with somebody hurt boss he
knows how to finish and here we see vay
Silva and he better watch out because
Quinton is on vay you better be in a
phenomenal shape because he is
impressing me every time here nice piece
of show of show of sportsmanship here by
Kevin and he said to us before he told
the people this fight won't go to
distance either I'm going to knock him
out or he's going to knock me out okay
here it is boss you got the room body
here's the knee to the head right there
that was what did it the uppercut it was
that right uppercut up the knee and look
watch and Kevin tried to stay in the
game but those punches were too much and
he gave referee Yuji shamada no choice
but to save Kevin randman from any
further punishment it was this right
knee right here first to the body then
to the head body boom that it was that
right knee right uppercut left
H that [ __ ] hit
hard I want you
boy be me and
you me you
baby my belt you got in your head okay
it's on it's on
folks oh that's what I'm talking about
that's what I'm talking about folks
welcome to the
big see what I
mean you know what I mean
now man
relax that is a passionate match we see
Kevin R here
protecting Jackson look he's jumping
back wow you know
what we cannot wait to see that match
and it's scheduled for
[Applause]
June oh you know he's coming schedu
schedule for June that's going to be the
match wow I mean come on you got two
destroyers you we don't want to talk
about hot blood from Brazil against the
wild man from Memphis and he's also like
to say hello to his family in Memphis
Quinton Jackson wood and his friends in
Orange County now now I Tell You Folks
Jackson versus
vandalay has all the ear markings of a
classic
matchup when that match happens be there
folks you do not want to miss that fight
you got the two best fighters at 205 lbs
bar bar let's face back folks let's face
Bley Silva has trashed everybody he
spots this fight but look they're still
they're still yelling at each other ble
saying come
on ble saying I'm the
champ your and I'm sure Quinn's going to
go home without that ringing in his ears
of bandley saying come on I'm the champ
I I I have no work right now ladies and
gentlemen but do it June you do not want
to miss this show I mean I've never seen
something like this before these guys
are hat they hate each other that was
you know I hope they don't fight before
the fight here he comes manle Silva
[Applause]
whoa it's coming down right now folks
body blow prde Fighting Championships
and it's not over yet yeah it's not over
yet you're just waai what's up next our
heavyweight fight
woo look oh hey hey look look look
[Applause]
[Applause]
[Music]
you're facing Fedor do you think he's
going to be your toughest fight I think
so he's a good fighter great fighter
he's got the have hands you know he
always been a good position on the floor
and I'm I'm very ground good in the
ground also so we be a very exciting
fight
I hope but I think I got a little bit
more technique than him even standing on
the ground so this going to make a
difference in the fight my technique
okay you're number one in the world and
he's the Challenger do you think he's
the very best Challenger in the whole
world yeah now he is he could prove that
he fought two good guys you know same
shield and he hit heading and he beat up
them so he sure he's at the he's he's
number two now I think he would be a
very good opponent to me okay you've
been fighting a lot is it hard to get
motivated to train every time yeah it's
very I think it's more hard to get there
to stay there in the top then get there
you know so I have to train twice than I
was training before you know I have to
train more because everybody all my
opponents now the challenges they
watching my game they can see I have
many fights they can see everything I do
so I have to create new movement you
know that's very difficult very
[Applause]
hard what is your opinion of noera as a
fighter
[Music]
this next fight features the Brazilian
top team going head-to-head with the
Russian top team the pride heavyweight
champion Antonio Rodrigo minaro noera
faces the very tough challenge of Fedor
amelon nle oh feder is like a little
pitpull he's like a wolverine once he
gets call on you he's not going to let
you go and he start punching from the
mount he is phenomenal under theg ground
what can he do against noera I don't
know noera is a super human right now I
mean he beat Bob sap in that
unbelievable fight that we saw I don't
know I think that nogara is going to
probably take this fight to the ground
because Fedor can really drop that right
hand and in oga's last fight against Dan
Henderson he got hit with the right hand
so I think it's going to be a really
action-packed ground fight but maybe
Fedor is going to want to keep this one
standing I think so too but you know on
the other hand noera especially like you
said the last match when against Dan
hemerson when he dropped got that right
hand this is a typical thing for nogara
to do oh I got hit with the red hand
right hand let's train on that hand and
do some more boxing maybe he's going to
surprise us this time with some more
boxing skills yeah both men in their 20s
and this is truly the heavyweight
championship not only the Pride Fighting
Championships but also mixed martial
arts if you win the fight against nogara
what does the future hold for you in
Pride are you nervous about this fight
yeah I mean
because this is a very important fight
to me you know I get the belt I have to
hold that belt to me to my country you
know so I think uh I think some some way
in my shoulder to get the belt you know
so little bit more adrenaline he's very
good opponent you know for while I
didn't fight in good guy like him I
guess so it's a little bit adrenaline to
me but I'm I'm very
[Music]
confident ladies and gentlemen Pride 25
[Applause]
and now the final and Heavyweight
Championship
[Applause]
[Applause]
match you know I don't know if we can go
any higher but I bet we can oh after
what we just saw now we're stepping with
the big boys and I'm going to go as far
as to say this is the pride heavyweight
champion but for all attention purposes
this is the World Heavyweight
Championship of mixed martial arts it
truly is both of these Fighters are
really the best guys in the world and it
it's it's a lot like if you if you were
at a rock festival and the band that
just went on gave such a great
performance and you had to follow them
you got to try and outdo them in their
minds they must be thinking wow that
last fight was pretty wild so but these
guys this guy right here Fedor amelon
ano he is from Russia and he is maybe
one of the greatest if not the greatest
fighters ever in mix Mar out of rush off
he can punch box kick he can do it all
and especially on the ground once he's
on the ground and he's in top position
you better keep your hands up and your
body blows he's got such a powerful
punch it's it's incredible no I hope for
him that emro is not going to get the
time on okay um Fedor comes in about 6'1
and he's dipped the scale right around
236 and that that's a stud right there
and he can drop a hand grenade with
either hand while standing and while
changing positions on the ground that's
what he did with Heath Herring Heath
Herring got hit with that first shot and
was never really completely in the fight
after that noera is probably thinking
about that
punch y but then on the other hand noera
we know his throw game he's the best and
he gets the guards ooh he's so good the
two best heavyweights in the sport right
now about to step in the ring and
Clash no match in the heavyweight
division has more
drama that these guys both have check
standing on the ground they have a
different attitude and they both come
from the top team that man from the
Russian top team Fedor
amono wow what a music too
[Applause]
huh heav chion
an and what can you say about minaro
minaro is pretty much the last couple
years running been voted as the best
fighter in the sport both in 2001 2002
by most sports writers in martial arts
and mixed martial arts and he's done it
and improved he stepped up against like
last year he beat Sammy schz he beat Bob
sath I mean those are the two biggest
guys in the sport literally and beating
Bob sap and right now nobody wants to
fight Bob sap anymore but this guy knows
that Fedor is probably as dangerous as
both those guys for a different variety
of
reasons yep you cannot have a punching a
change with fed ailo that's one thing
for sure but knowing NOA he's he's going
to be prepared his stand up will be
there he's got everything he's got all
the tools to win this fight if he gets
hit it's going to be at story but he's
got to be get hit first and that's going
to be a difficult task for feder but the
thing is boss he's been hit before and
he was hit by Bob sa that's what I mean
he could take a punch now can Fedor
punch more accurately that was the trick
because Bob SE would hit him with a
grazing shot which would basically put
most mortal men in an unconscious stuper
but nogara hunged tough and got him in a
submission I think noera is probably
going to want to go for submissions here
he said that he's going to want to play
the guard game and if if he can play the
guard game for four or five minutes he's
going to catch fador but I tell you what
it's almost a surreal State here in yok
Arena this is almost like a dream when
two guys this good meet most of the time
fighters in the sport are busy ducking
each other they're busy avoiding each
other they they want so much money that
they can't get in the ring because they
promoter can afford it these guys said
you know what we want to fight each
other we'll work it out they worked it
out and here they are in the ring the
World Heavyweight Championships The
Pride Heavyweight Championships Let's
Get It On folks
[Applause]
wo and Now ladies and Gentlemen please
stand the Russian national
[Applause]
anthem okay um and we're going to stand
up for the uh Russian national anthem
this being a title fight like a rocky
mov you now uh yeah are you going to put
your hand over your heart oh
[Music]
okay now that's a that's an intense
picture there folks Fedor
Milo and when you hear your own national
anthem boss before a fight what does it
do it does a lot to you I always thought
that it wouldn't do a lot for me but uh
in all my title defenses I had it too
and it it is it makes you uh yeah it
makes you different thinking about your
country it's it does something to you it
really gets you your emotions into the
Maps doesn't it oh yes now you want to
not fight for yourself but you want to
prove to your country that your country
is the strongest country in the world so
look how focused that man is the true
number one contender in the sport he got
Heath Herring he beat Arona he was the
Rings
Champion
okay this is all about sport folks these
guys don't have any animosity towards
each other
braan there's nothing personal in this
match
other than they personally want to own
that title yeah and if Fedor told us
that he uh really looked up to noera he
is one of his favorite Fighters this is
one of the greatest Corners in the
business on the left Mario sper putting
the belt around nogara on the right
merilla Bustamante the UFC middleweight
champion and there is noa's brother at
ringside looking on knowing he had a
submission Victory
early and these guys have got to be
psyched also in noar's corner is the
brilliant Muay Thai coach all the way at
the right Luis
Alves uh that's a great team Brazilian
top
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team this match is all about technique
all about heart all about the pure
spirituality that both these gentlemen
and I say that and mean it bring into
the ring here at The Pride Fighting
Championships
we're sold out here at body blow
everyone is standing up showing their
respects all eyes transfixed on this
ring waiting in
anticipation for The Showdown among
Giants
noera versus amelon
[Music]
EO yeah we see two big differences
between um feder and OG imko and noera
noera is sweating he really warmed up
and we see feder he has no sweat at all
on his body is that going to be a fet or
later
on um I think in in a lot of ways
because these guys are both so
experienced that there's going to be a
period in the in the round the first
round where they're going to kind of
take their time and they're not going to
run right at each other like Jackson and
oh my God the Rampage did uh because
that those are two really hot blooded
individuals both these guys if anything
are cold
calculating
uh they're just the best competitors
they could possibly be and this is
really the highest level the sport has
seen so far
Yep this is also the longest
Anthem oh okay they stop yeah I think
they they edit that was the edited
version who knows
wow look at this picture is this
beautiful yokoh
Arena I love this place this is the
place where I first came to Japan and uh
worked at yok Arena it's just love this
place I'm the one there with the hand up
you see me and noiko
Tada the famous pro wrestler and sports
figure going to dedicate
[Applause]
[Music]
ENT
noo Takata making the statement that it
is for the official Pride Heavyweight
Championships the belt is up for
grabs this match originally was supposed
to happen last
December but was uh forced to postpone
due to an injury that injur is
completely healed by m Neo and he is
100%
[Applause]
[Music]
challeng Fedor a million go from Russian
top
team poker
Champion Antonio
Rodrigo Pride heavyweight champion
Antonio
Rodrigo minaro no from the illustrious
Brazilian top team and here we
go I cannot believe this fight is
happening this is
[Applause]
oh words can't describe
the anticipation here of these two
Sportsmen Sportsmen at the Pinnacle of
their craft going head-to-head will it
be a stand up war will it be on the
ground will there be kicks will it be
punches who will land
first the high King coming from
F looks
[Music]
like there's the left hook and the scraw
by Fedor Antonio going for that ankle
pick goes down and back
up so we know the game plan from Lera he
wants to take this fight to the ground
this on the ground he wants to play the
guard game he wants to catch Fedor with
his legs on his neck and catch his arm
Fedor wants to drop the bomb look at the
relaxation oh they're going to get
busy yeah don't worry about that right
hand lead left Thor on top Thor's got to
get to get out he wants to get out of
there doesn't want to stay there L KNE
bar coming up he's going to let that
right hand oh and he's got the power
shots oh he does thedor through that
right hand lead it's stunned
noera feder should get up yes he should
is holding his W but we know the grip
strength of noera is ungodly and now
there was
a moment there where Fedor just looked
at him gu should play close guard look
at this power I don't know where he gets
it from but he's got enor enormous
strength I think that uh Fedor Arman
ankle may be the hardest arm puncher in
history yes and for sure he's the most
scientific ground impounder I've ever
seen watch this he's holding his wrist
with the left hand he's holding his
right arm F's right arm that means he's
going to try to pass that hand that arm
and go for a triangle right exactly but
he got let go of it because because
Fedor is not exactly weak
either and he outweighs noera by just a
couple pounds 5 10 lounds
but he should have stand up he should
have never gone into the yard of NG
because this is this is where noger
wants him nogara will take a couple
shots or the thing is with nogara and
and he said this to us and we've seen
this him do this when the guy throws a
punch he rolls with it like a boxer
slipping a punch he doesn't leave his
head in one position he he slips the
punches yeah they're very smart at thean
top team there they train
exactly for what they need to do he's
going to try an up kick oh ooh those
puns that landed it would be over it
been over that was a home run punch
folks oh bab right there it it was a it
was a strike oh big big big big punches
he's got him he's got him stunned
here Fedor the crow is going ballistic
here Fedor dropping the bombs on that
Iron
Jaw Jee NOA cannot take too many more of
those shots even a guy with a chin like
his he he's Landing he's Landing the
punches yeah but fedal better watch out
and does get don't get overconfident
because it's going to go
wrong somebody threw in
here a bottle I think he's going to get
lynched the look at this look at this
going to
go he's just waiting the crowd wants to
see every moment of
this and and when the photographers and
the technicians at ringside got up close
some of the people in the crowd got a
little hot because they want to see this
match this Titanic
battle and I use the word heavyweight
heavily wow Fedor has been nothing but
danger in the guard so far of nogaro but
nogara is the kind of guy he snatched
Victory from the jaws of defeat many
times setting up an armar again holding
it real
tight those short punches they you can
hear them from you can hear them here
over here it sounds like somebody
hitting a a buffalo with a baseball
B i' never heard that before
that's is that littleit s like a cow
with a head
whatever oh yeah man you know what
ground fights don't have to be boring
folks no they don't oh right hand by
fatal and had his hand around his wrist
and he still hit
him oh sh wow and that's deliver right
there
guys yes people are sure do come
deliver hi to everybody by the way there
ooh that's the attempt there
oh see
this got to watch out for that up
kick about coming up he's going for the
Kimura he
PS great defense he's got his gloves are
out yeah uh they got a little thing with
the
gloves and now you want to talk about
sportsmanship there you go no cheap
shots there folks both these men are
true dignitaries ambass oh my God look
at those punches
landed may have been curtains for the
big man from Brazil and he's going again
for the same luck watch this he's going
to go Fedor triangle choke now is he's
going to pass the other no no he didn't
okay I thought it was a setup they got
so such a beautiful setups at the top
team I tell you both these men are
playing right into the danger of the
other man there a little Blood on the
right eye
ofera oh and he's going again for thear
Fedor better get up right now got out
got out and dropped the bomb right
afterwards Fedor Fedor is fighting the
fight that Nero wants him to
oh and he goes again you see
consistently he's going for the same
armar over and over again and I'm
telling you fed's going to make a
mistake and he's going to catch him with
something else watch it yeah because the
transitions of minaro are unbelievable
best submission specialist so far there
we go ooh he passed it almost F knows it
secondly his game plan is perfect right
now there you go again he's going to go
again for that reverse F four I think
that these guys have trained so opponent
specific that it's made for a great
match technically there's the energy
it's not a stall Fest both men are
trying to beat the other guy constantly
[Applause]
welcome to body blow folks we've seen
some body blows oh yes and we've seen
some head
blows look at him block the arm oh oh he
escaped from oh he's been training for
that you see the people here under and
theux you know they they go for a
triangle everybody go they go wild you
know know exactly what's going on one of
the great things about the Pride
Fighting Championships is it caters not
only to the blue collar but also the
white collar it could it C it caters to
not just to the people who want to see
blood and violence that's oh Big Shots
Big Shots Fedor all over noera all over
him noa's in trouble a little bit
Fedor stealing
punishment big
time noera has never been in this kind
of trouble even with Bob
sa those punches landed right on the
cheek right on the chin and look at this
he's right away going for submissions
again holding his head he's going to
pass it he's going to go for the
triangle now he's going to pull his foot
out he's going to go for the four
four oh my God they got to restart in
the center I think some so-called
experts didn't want to admit that Fedor
could be this kind of a threat oh God
they didn't want to think that this guy
with just the just the victory over
Heath Herring could really take away the
championship belt but but we knew
different he is a
threat he's a big touch noar's in big
trouble here big
trouble noera seems puzzled he seems
you know but we can never never never
him out no here we go that's what I mean
right there if I were Fedor back up
right right now right now I would have
done it right away get him while he's
dizzy get him while he's dizzy he seems
to want to prove a point
though it's Russian Sam versus Brazilian
[Applause]
jiu-jitsu but really what it is is mixed
martial arts versus mixed martial arts
[Applause]
it's just when we thought one minute
left just when we thought that we topped
it with our previous fights we get this
fight this is just because the previous
fight had some slow moments this oh no
no WAOW he's got to go to work now he's
got to really get busy here because
because we saw Fedor get tired in his in
his fight with Heath Herring after he
delivered his onslaught of punches now
it's his
turn moera needs to really get busy look
at
wa
unbelievable
unbelievable yeah this is crazy I have
never seen a heavyweight match on par
with this and I've seen Herring versus
noera moera versus sap already this has
eclipsed those two
Classics wa round number what ladies and
gentlemen oh thank you very much this
match has easily surpassed any kind of
hype that it had
prior nogal walked to his Corner
slowly relax Fedor went to his Corner
probably thinking he needs his reserve
energy
now boss your thoughts I uh speechless I
was speechless in the last few fights
this is unbelievable look at this here
we go bang that is right on the button
right on the temple right on the cheek
very few of those punches Miss thedor is
so accurate that's the that's the
vicious thing about him he's not a wild
puncher oh that was a hard hit and that
too and that
too how can NOA take those punches those
shots and just playing the God game look
at him how relaxed he is he stays
I mean look at his turn and then we show
show the other turn I have to tell you
regardless of who wins this fight and is
the heavyweight champion of the pride uh
organization I think these guys will
probably meet again in the future they
have to they have to they're too good
they get in my book nobody can lose
anymore yeah because it's easy for
another fighter to say oh I'll step in
with either one of these guys but nobody
really kind of wants to sign on the
dotted line now do they yeah no they
don't they they mysteriously kind of
vanish when it comes to the negotiation
process yeah or they ask a million bucks
you know I mean the same thing with
vandalay a lot of people say oh I'll
beat vand but then mysteriously they
vanish when it comes to the dotted lion
part yeah and here we go we got the two
guys that say you know what I want to
step in with this guy and now not only
are they going to do this look at this
fight uh nogara has got a fat lip
already
seconds
out I'm telling
you I've never seen something like
this Le better keeps his hands up
now you know he he can't he can't play
The Stand Up game either because you you
saw the right hand lead I know but he
better keeps it up because and then goes
take
[Music]
down fatal hits so hard yeah that's a
good thing to do and let him cover and
go for take that's it look at look at
the okay
there KN good shot he's making him pay
even if he gets a Tak down she just grab
one yeah and look at look at the balance
here balance look at the takeown defense
basito I would just stand up why did he
do that just stand up but he he kind of
maybe maybe thinks he's got no's number
but I wouldn't be so fast to judge that
I have never saw anybody hit so hard
from being in the guard never no me even
goodward was the Champions yeah but he
just blows it away this
is and and
accurate and so never anybody taking so
many shots to that also or anybody
escaping from the Kimura of nogara he
just gives him the arm right there he
said here's my right arm go ahead try it
again tried to pass
it it's like he's defying nogaro to try
and
submit but he's not doing it in a way of
disrespect he's doing it in a
professional way he's fighting noa's
fight but inevitably he's fighting his
fight because his fight is to hit noera
on the chin and he's done that many
times oh what a great shot and again to
the buddy right on the ribs yeah that's
going to take his
toll in tight
close okay they're going to restart him
in the middle of the Ring again they're
almost getting into our lap there stop
don't move
Rule still move but stop three rounds 10
minutes 5 minutes 5 minutes 20 minutes
total if it goes the distance at this
pace it may not go the distance but we
don't know because both these men still
in their 20s in their primes probably
have a lot
left I can't I can't believe he can take
these shots like this yeah easy it looks
like he just keeps continuing his
game he gets hit but then goes for the G
Trang go tries
everything noera has stated that he will
probably fight for another 10 years
until he's possibly 36 years old
what a
fight oh look at this to he's going to
do something for half he's going to do
something he's going to try to
escape oh he
[Applause]
getting look at look at the oh
yeah see he just wants to play the game
with
her I I pedor so
has been able to elude everything no
every single move and it's so
dangerous he escapes the triangle so
easy but he's putting himself In Harm's
Way each time it's just an outright
Defiance of the submission ability look
at those I cannot believe that pile
driver right hand crack him right on the
chin
again and
nothing it's possible that to punch
himself out but right now it doesn't
look like he can no he didn't look tired
at all when he walked to his Corner
after the first round can you imagine
the training he must have been through
preparation I mean he must have thrown
millions of punches I think that instead
of training on the back heading back I
think that he put the back down and just
start Hing the back 12 rounds like that
yeah like it looked like 3 hours on the
back laying on the back and escaping
triangles and arm bars of course waiting
in between
minute left he's raining I tell you
Russian top team has never defeated
Brazilian top oh what a right
hand oh a good left Russian top team has
never had one of their Fighters defeat a
Brazilian top team
member this would be the first this will
be the first if it keep going like this
he's going to win the fight yes he is
because right now he is in control of
how the fight is
fought he's the one who decided to go to
the
ground he's could to stood back up he
just pops right out can you imagine the
strength of that guy's arms to pop out
nog's got straight up Mark Coleman has
said that noar's got sick handing
yeah just
up look at that beautiful sweep there by
no the
it happens every time the first round he
swept him down on top the second round
he flipped him
over no a bleeding from his ear it looks
like it could all be also be from the
cut underneath his eye yeah he's
bleeding from a couple little Nicks here
and
there bloody scratched but very much
unbowed Fedor as nothing as ice
cold as the Southside Eagle champ
grenades folks
grenades and there the triangle choke he
simply pushes it away and then nogar
gets the guard
again it's almost like a cat and mouse
game unfortunately at this moment Fedor
is the cat yep and noera better go to
work now he's got a submit
him are totally dominating this last
round he's got to dominate him uh but
he's got to be very careful standing
up he's got to be extremely careful
because we haven't seen Fedor land a
shot standing up for the
last 8 nine minutes including like the
first round he landed the the straight
right the left hook and that was a big
factor in getting him on his
back it's a known fact and I say fact
that once Fedor hits an opponent on the
button it really takes him out of their
game plan
yep but you know what he hit him a few
times hard on the button and he still
was working the guard it's like an
instinct automatic reflex what he's
doing but there wasn't the kind of
threat there was in the first round no
that's true that's true there was that I
mean the first round there was the
threat of submission that round it was
the legs were moving into position but
it was he wasn't threatening he just
passed the guard quickly and then let
him get the guard back again y almost
like go ahead get the guard again now
last round last round
folks if you haven't got your mixed
martial art fixed yet boy we don't know
what to tell you because this is the
greatest defent that we've ever
seen
uh-oh down the go and Fedor in the side
mount momentarily giving it up for the
guard cracking the right hand yet
again going to go to work now he's got
to he's got to go to
work he's got to go and get a submission
or do something otherwise he's going to
lose this fight you know I'll tell you
what the Pride Fighting Championships
video game as good as it
is oh no
oh as good as the pride fight
championship video game is it is is it's
not better than this fight no no no you
can't no way wow but if you want to pick
it up go on the www.pr fc.com it's cuz
it's pretty darn good but this match is
a classic folks it's it's an absolute
classic that shot hurt that last shot to
the
body is
uh is is really taking a beating here um
it's not point where it it it should be
thought about stopping the fight
but he hasn't really done much in the
way of effective
offense in the last round and especially
in this
round uh this is going to really be if
he comes from behind and submits Fedor
it'll be maybe the greatest comeback
since Elis over soccer
Rob oh no look at this he's going to try
for a leg look at pedor just doesn't sit
there long enough he just crashes right
back into the guard say go ahead try
another Tri Le good try it he does again
it's crazy he like he wants him to
[Music]
try Fedor really has something to say in
this fight and that is I'm going to
fight a Brazilian jiu-jitsu Master at
his game and beat him at his
game yeah but you can see what punches
can throw uh oh yeah the game this is
mix martial arts we've seen many we've
seen many grappling Masters and
champions coming in in and their whole
game plan gets thrown out the window by
a shot to the chin yep it's happened
many times another attemp for you you
need all elements in mixed martial arts
you need grappling you need wrestling
you need punches you need kicks knees
you need kicks like that to set
up submissions like he tried to set up
he's trying to trick him but Fedor seems
one step ahead at every move
[Music]
[Applause]
it's everything he does is it looks like
it's almost a hit body shots our heart
still powerful he knows he's winning the
fight he knows he continues like this
he's going to win boss you're absolutely
right and he's slowed down a microscopic
bit but not much not much the pressure
is still there all the sweat is there so
the submissions are very difficult now
no NOA is barely making it to the center
of the Ring
here noera looks in as bad a shape as he
was against sap and there's
another half a
bomb yep no I don't I don't
see two minutes
left 2 minutes left in this alltime
classic heavyweight match
[Applause]
no's got to try something he's got to do
something and he's got to do it quick
time is ticking time is not with him
time is against
him the salt is running out of The
Hourglass in favor of the Russian
fighter spot a perfect fight a Flawless
fight of lay in the open guard and
exhibit ground and pound at its
finest defy the
submissions of the purported best
submission man in the sport Antonio
Rodrigo minaro noera the true champion
of brides being
upstaged by
this phenomenal
athlete from way up
Northeast we're getting close folks one
minute we're getting
close one minute
left odds are good but no G will not
catch
him but we don't
know Fedor could ride it out at this
point boss he could write it out I would
write it out oh look at that he could
write it out he's going to write it out
folks he's got it in the
bag we may we are probably we are seeing
a passing of the Guard before our very
eyes the great one onton
noera taking his worst beating yet ever
at the hands of this piston like machine
from
Russia Fedor
Meo the two greatest fighters in the
sport like I said before this will not
be the last time he's been will meet no
it's going to be over and he
lost
unbelievable there's no question fader
PS no get up there's no
question Bor has taken the
title noar space says it
all what an
amazing amazing match noar's heart and
soul kept him in the fight any other
mere mortal would have succumbed to the
onslaught in the first round probably
boss I I I there are no words you see
here Mario SP holding NOA it is it's
it's unreal I've never SE somebody we we
said it before he's got so much puning
power and stamina obviously he kept
going attacking attacking escaping every
submission attempt it was totally fatal
all the way the
naysayers um may
say that Fedor wasn't ready for this but
what you going to say
now this guy Fedor is the real smashing
machine the real deal the real deal
smashing machine coming at you folks W
the dotted line is here folks who's next
are you
ready Move Yourself you got to really
ask
yourself to quote Flyn Eastwood did I
fired five shots and only six but I kind
of lost
[Applause]
track he has done it he has done
Itor has defied the odds he took away
the bright heavyweight champion from the
top fighter in the sport how about that
folks it was crazy did you see it crer
all the way the punching power every
Escape he did it all every round single
round was for fed ailio it was
completely one-sided no one knew VOR
stepped up so much in this match how
dangerous is this guy this show in my
opinion was the best the best Pride
Fighting Championship show I've ever
seen and I've seen them all he's seen
them all what do you think you're
absolutely right and he's the fight
Professor he better be right he's a best
show ever all the Knockouts that we've
seen it was unbelievable but you just
wait folks you want to talk about some
action want hot blood Quinton Jackson
bandly Silva need we say more you saw
what happened in the ring that match in
June coming to you on cable folks on
cable in demand it's coming to you on
IND demand cable see it in June The
Pride Fighting Championships Bad to the
Bone coming at you we'd like to thank
everybody involved in organization
Michael Braverman yino hoto Yuki our
producer Mak he's the man he's the man
this is B El I'm Steven quad the five
Professor we see you later take care
say okay
uh okay they got a yellow card uh for
stalling they both got it um o both
landed a good hard stiff jab there
I don't think they want to lock up again
like that because you know 10% of your
purse is 10% of your purse and the
yellow card they do deduct
that
and over it's a it's a bad situation for
randan it's bad randman is almost gone
oh it's gone oh my God
wo wo what a spectacular oh my God
fight
[Music]
wow man he got caught big oh my
god oh
nice okay it was uh 7 minutes and 15
seconds into the first round
and it was a real Hammer job by the man
by the name of Rampage Quinton Jackson
you know when he gets bu somebody hurt B
he knows how to finish and here we see
vet Silva and he better watch out
because Quon is on V you better be in a
phenomenal shape because he is
impressing me every time here nice piece
of show of show of sportsmanship here by
Kevin and he sat to us before he told
the people
this fight won't go to distance either
I'm going to knock him out or he's going
to knock me out okay here it is boss he
got the room body there's the knee to
the head right there that was what did
it the uppercut it was that right
uppercut the knee and look watch and
Kevin tried to stay in the game but
those punches were too much and he gave
referee Yuji shamata no choice but to
save Kevin randman from any further
punishment it was this right knee right
here first to the body then to the head
body bom bom that it was that right knee
right uppercut left
hook that [ __ ] hit
hard I want you
Bo be me and
you my my belt you got in your head okay
it's on it's on
FKS oh that's what I'm talking about
that's what I'm talking about folks
welcome to the
big see what I
mean you know what I mean
now
relax that is a passionate match we see
Kevin R here
protecting Jackson look he's jumping
back wow you know
what we cannot wait to see that match
and it's scheduled for June
[Applause]
oh you know he's coming schedule for
June that's going to be the match wow I
mean come on you got two
destroyers you we don't want to talk
about hot blood from Brazil against the
wild man from Memphis and he's also like
to say hello to his family in Memphis
Quinton Jackson wood and his friends in
Orange County now I Tell You Folks
Jackson versus
vandalay has all the ear markings of a
classic
matchup when that match happens be there
folks you do not want to miss that fight
you got the two best fighters at 205 lbs
bar bar let's face back folks let's face
it Bley Silva has trashed everybody who
spot since fight look they're still
they're still yelling at each other ble
saying come
on ble saying I'm the champ
SC of your ass and I'm sure Quinn's
going to go home without ringing in his
ears of band said come on I'm the champ
I I I have no words right now ladies and
gentlemen but J and June you do not want
to miss this show I mean I've never seen
something I just before these guys I
hate hate each other that was you know I
hope they don't fight before the fight
here he comes Bley
Silva whoa it's coming down right now
folks body blow Pride Fighting
Championships and it's not over yet yeah
it's not over yet know just just wait
what's up next our heavyweight fight
woo look oh hey hey look look look
