Dream Stage Entertainment, the owners of the Pride Fighting Championship, have officially announced the two semifinal fights in the Open Weight Grand Prix tournament. The September 10th card will see Wanderlei Silva fight Mirko Cro Cop and Antonio Nogueria will take on Josh Barnett.
I like these matchups since we will see a rematch between [...]
Posts tagged ‘Pride’
Pride OWGP Final Four Matchups
July 13th, 2006
UFC vs. Pride
July 11th, 2006
Well, I’m sure that you’ve all been following all the new UFC vs. Pride articles that are appearing all over the web since UFC 61. Different details and reports are cropping up and I’ve waited to take my time and try to sort everything out and get all the details.
First of all, for true [...]
Pride Bushido on Fox Sports Net
July 6th, 2006
As I noted a few weeks ago, the next Pride Bushido event will be show on Fox Sports Net on August 27. Dream Stage Entertainment president Nobuyuki Sakakibara reportedly told MMAWeekly.com writer Scott Petersen that,
the August 26th Bushido will be aired in the United States during primetime on [Sunday] August 27th… it will [...]
Pride OWGP Final Four
July 5th, 2006
As we all know by now, the final four fighters in the Pride Open Weight Grand Prix have been determined. Mirko Cro Cop defeated Yoshida, Josh Barnett submitted Mark Hunt, Wanderlei Silva knockout Fujita, and Antonio Nogueira won a decision over Fabricio Werdum placing these four fighters in the final four of the OWGP.
No [...]
Little Evil Returns
June 23rd, 2006
Jens Pulver is finally back in the UFC. Carlos Arias, a reporter for the Orange County Register, is to first to report this story, and it has not been officially announced by the UFC.
In a prior story about the return of Hermes Franca to the UFC, I mentioned that the lightweight belt was vacated [...]
Bushido on FSN?
June 22nd, 2006
Fox Sports Net has taken quite an attraction to MMA is the recent months. With the Pride FC specials hosted by Jay Glazer and Frank Trigg, and the International Fight League contract showing IFL MMA events, FSN is bringing MMA to the free TV market, depite sister-station Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly taking issue with [...]
The Spider vs. The Cat-Smasher
June 20th, 2006
A big knock on the UFC in recent months has been the perception that they “protect” their top fighters. There is some discussion that the UFC won’t put up the money to sign top fighters from other promotions in order to keep their star title holders from the possibility of losing.
Whether this is the [...]
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