Pride has the best fans, the best production and
the best fighters. UFC tournament winners such as
Don Frye
, Ken Shamrock
, Mark Coleman
, Dan Severn
, Oleg Taktarov and Vitor Belfort join new up
and coming fighters such as in what becomes an amazing series
of fights and feuds.
While the later Prides (Pride 7 onwards) are considered
to be superior, there are many fantastic battles to be had and
UFC 8 is the beginning of the Legendary Sakuraba Vs the Gracie family
feud, in which Kazushi Sakuraba
takes on 4 Gracie fighters including 3 time UFC winner
Royce Gracie
.
Events are rated in Stars for an honest assessment
of how good a tape is.
* = very poor, no
exceptional fights
** = Maybe a lackluster event
with 1 or 2 good fights
*** =
Good overall event with exciting finishes or KO's but maybe 1 or
2 dull fights
**** = Very
good event, good KO's/Submissions
5STAR = Amazing
Event with at least 1 legendary fight. Lots of KO's and exciting
fights
PRIDE Videos of events 1-18 are recorded
onto PAL tape from Imported Tape or DVD and are therefore
great quality.
Pride Events 19-26 are only available on PPV and therefore are PAL
PPV recorded events.The quality is still good.
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This is where it all began. Many
superstars were enrolled in this first
massive event. The main event pitched
Japanese superstar ex-wrestler Nobuhiko Takada against Rickson
Gracie
brother of Royce Gracie who holds a 400-0 record
in MMA. Pride 1 also has Gary Goodridge vs
UFC winner Oleg Taktarov which ends in a
big KO.
Main Event
Rickson Gracie vs. Nobuhiko Takada
Kimo vs. Dan Severn
Gary Goodridge vs. Oleg Taktarov
Akira Shoji vs. Renzo Gracie
Nathan Jones vs. Mitsuharo Kitao
Ralph White vs. Branko Cikatic
Igor Meindert vs. Hiroki Kurosawa
Kazunari Murakami vs. John Dixon
Pride 2
**
DVD T
Pride 2 sees the debut of
Kazushi
Sakurabaas he takes on Vernon
White. Another good fight is Gary Goodridge vs UFC winner Marco Ruas, but the rest of the card
is average.
Main Event
Vernon "Tiger" White (USA) vs. Kazushi Sakuraba
(Japan)
Branco Cikatic vs. Mark Kerr
Marco Ruas vs. Gary Goodridge
Renzo Gracie vs. Sanae Kikuta
Royler Gracie vs. Yuhi Sano
Akira Shoji vs. Juan Mott
William Roosmalen vs. Ralph White
Tasis "Tosca" Petridis vs. "Big" George Randolph
Pride 3
**
DVD T(Sold Out)
A couple of good fights and 1 good
KO. Kazushi
Sakuraba
vs Carlos
Newton is a great fight. Pride 3 shows
the real arrival of Mark
Kerr
in Pride.
Main Event
Nobuhiko Takada vs. Kyle Sturgeon
Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Carlos Newton
Mark Kerr vs. Pedro Otavio
Gary Goodridge vs. Amir Rahnavardi
Shunsuke Matsui vs. Akira Shoji
Emanuel Yarbrough vs. Daijyu Takase
Pride 4
**
DVD T
Nobuhiko Takada takes on Rickson Gracie
in a rematch as the main event, but
it is the Pride debut of hard hitting AFC,
WVT and IFC champion Igor Vovchanchin
against Gary Goodridge which should be the
main event.
Main Event
Rickson Gracie vs. Nobuhiko Takada
Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Allan Goes
Igor Vovchanchyn vs. Gary Goodridge
Marco Ruas vs. Alexander Otsuka
Hugo Duarte vs. Mark Kerr
Akira Shoji vs. Wallid Ismail
Daijiro Matsui vs. Sanae Kikuta
Yuhi Sano vs. Satoshi Honma
Pride 5
**
DVD T
Pride takes a dive for the worse
here. Igor Vovchanshin's
fight is
ok, but the expected battle between Vitor Belfort and Kazushi Sakuraba
does not arise, although "Sak" manages
to pull off some amazing moves!!
Mark Coleman vs. Nobuhiko Takada
Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Vitor Belfort
Enson Inoue vs. Soichi Nishida
Igor Vovchanchyn vs. Akira Shoji
Satoshi Honma vs. Francisco Bueno
Minoru Toyonaga vs. Egan Inoue
Pride 6
**
DVD T
The last three fights are
good, the first four are terrible. Kazushi Sakuraba
vs Braga is
the best fight.
Main Event
Mark Kerr (USA) vs. Nobuhiko Takada (Japan)
Kazushi Sakuraba (Japan) vs. Ebenezer Fontes Braga
(Brazil)
Gary Goodridge (Trinidad and Tobago) vs. Naoya Ogawa
(Japan)
Akira Shoji (Japan) vs. Guy Mezger (USA)
Igor Vovchanchyn (Ukraine) vs. Carlos Barreto (Brazil)
Hiroki Kurosawa (Japan) vs. Nobuaki Kakuda (Japan)
Daijiro Matsui (Japan) vs. Carlos Newton (British
Virgin Islands)
Carl Malenko (USA) vs. Egan Inoue (USA)
Pride 7
***
DVD T
Finally Pride comes to life with
a brilliant card. If you have not seen
a pride event yet this is a good start.
Includes "The Axe Murderer"
Vanderlei
Silva's
debut in Pride and an exciting Kazushi Sakuraba fight, but the main event
is a battle of the two greatest heavyweights
of this time. 3x Champion
Igor Vovchanchin
vs 2x UFC champion and unbeaten
Mark
Kerr.
Mark Kerr vs. Igor Vovchanchyn
Nobuhiko Takada vs. Alexander Otsuka
Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Anthony Macias
Akira Shoji vs. Larry Parker
Branko Cikatic vs. Maurice Smith
Enson Inoue vs. Tully Kulihaapai
Carl Malenko vs. Vanderlei Silva
Daijiro Matsui vs. Bob Schrijver
Pride 8
***
DVD T
Unfortunately includes 4 fights
that go the distance although a couple
aren't too bad. In the fight between Igor Vovchanchin
and Francisco
Beuno there is one of the most brutal
KO's ever!! The main event is the start
of the Gracie v Sakuraba feud and
has
an exciting finish.
Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Royler Gracie
Igor Vovchanchyn vs. Francisco Bueno
Alexander Otsuka vs. Renzo Gracie
Daijiro Matsui vs. Vanderlei Silva
Frank Trigg vs. Fabiano Iha
Carl Malenko vs. Allan Goes
Mark Coleman vs. Ricardo Morais
Gary Goodridge vs. Tom Erikson
Pride 9
**
DVD T
The debut of Heavyweight Heath
Herring. The main event sees Vitor
Belfort returning, but the fight
of the night is Dajiro Matsui vs
Igor
Vovchanchin.
Ricco Rodriguez vs. Gary Goodridge
Igor Vovchanchyn vs. Daijiro Matsui
Gilbert Yvel vs. Vitor Belfort
Akira Shoji vs. John Renken
Carlos Newton vs. Naoki Sano
Alan Goes vs. Vernon "Tiger" White
Carlos Barreto vs. Tra Telligman
Heath Herring vs. Willie Peters
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from Knockout Videos, e-mail the following address:-
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All videos
are priced at £8.99 including P&P
to anywhere inside the UK. (15 Euros for EU countries)
Cheques, cash orders are accepted as well as Postal Orders.
Videos are US PPV events which have been transfered from NTSC
to PAL format. All covers are not US originals.
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