MMA Card of the Year - Pride Shockwave on NYE!!

[LEONARD]

Shogun vs Nakamura is another that's all but confirmed....
http://fightsport.com/fsport/jsp/index.jsp

and Pride for sale???
http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/...articleid=3051

[LEONARD]

Here are the confirmed Shockwave fights so far:

Fedor Emelianenko (#1 HW) vs. Mark Hunt (#9 HW) - Heavyweight le Match

Shinya Aoki vs. Joachim Hansen (#4 LW)

Tatsuya Kawajiri (#3 LW) vs. Gilbert Melendez (#10 LW)

Mauricio Shogun Rua (#2 LHW) vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura (#10 LHW)

Takanori Gomi (#1 LW) vs. Mitsuhiro Ishida (#7 LW) - Non- le Match

My only complaint is that Gomi's fight isn't a le fight, but it's still a great matchup...

9 of 10 fighters in the top 10 in the world in their division??

Looking like a of a card so far...

[LEONARD]

Fedor Emelianenko (#1 HW) vs. Mark Hunt (#9 HW) - Heavyweight le Match

there is question about this fight now...Fedor broke his toe??
http://www.sherdog.net/forums/showthread.php?t=475074

Uggh...

[LEONARD]

Crocop off the card...

http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/...articleid=3091

[LEONARD]

Big Nog vs Barnett added...

Great matchup...their fight in the OWGP was awesome...

[LEONARD]

Latest card...

PRIDE NEW YEAR'S EVE SHOW: DECEMBER 31 IN JAPAN (Saitama Super Arena)

-Fedor Emelianenko (#1 Heavyweight in the World)* vs. Mark Hunt (#9 Heavyweight)*

-Takanori Gomi (#1 Lightweight)* vs. Mitsuhiro Ishida (#7 Lightweight)* in a non- le fight

-Mauricio "Shogun" Rua (#2 Light Heavyweight)* vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura (#10 Light Heavyweight)*

-Josh Barnett (#3 Heavyweight)* vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (#4 Heavyweight)*

-Tatsuya Kawajiri (#3 Lightweight)* vs. Gilbert Melendez (#10 Lightweight)*

-Joachim Hansen (#4 Lightweight)* vs. Shinya Aoki

-Akihiro Gono vs. Yuki Kondo

-Ikuhisa Minowa vs. Kiyoshi Tamura

-Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Eldar Kurtanidze (Olympic Bronze Medalist in wrestling)

-Hidehiko Yoshida vs. TBA


Fedor has a broken toe but is still on the card...here's the latest...
http://www.sherdog.net/forums/showthread.php?t=480768

No Wand Silva due to injury...will have a le fight in Feb in Vegas (Little Nog or Arona?)

Can't wait for this one...hopefully Fedor is able to fight...

[LEONARD]

Finalized card...

Welterweight Bout: Ikuhisa Minowa vs. Kiyoshi Tamura
Welterweight Bout: Akihiro Gono vs. Yuki Kondo
Lightweight Bout: Joachim Hansen vs. Shinya Aoki
Lightweight Bout: Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Gilbert Melendez
Heavyweight Bout: Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Eldar Kurtanidze
Heavyweight Bout: Hidehiko Yoshida vs. James Thompson
Light Heavyweight Bout: Mauricio “Shogun” Rua vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura
Lightweight Bout: Takanori Gomi vs. Mitsuhiro Ishida
Heavyweight Bout: Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Josh Barnett
Pride Heavyweight Championship Bout: Fedor Emelianenko vs. Mark Hunt

(Fedor fighting despite his broken toe: http://fedor.bel.ru/?id=135 )



11 of 20 fighters in MMAWeekly's top 10 rankings

Can't wait for this weekend...UFC 66 Sat night and Shockwave Sunday night!!

[cornbread]

Can't wait for this weekend...UFC 66 Sat night and Shockwave Sunday night!!

freakin yeah!!!

[LEONARD]

Odds from Pinnaclesports.com...

Fedor -701
Hunt +631

Tatsuya Kawajiri -141
Gilbert Melendez +131

Shinya Aoki +101
Joachim Hansen -111

Mauricio Shogun -451
Kazuhiro Nakamura +411

Takanori Gomi -206
Mitsuhiro Ishida +186

Ikuhisa Minowa -106
Kiyoshi Tamura -104

Josh Barnett +111
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira -121

Akihiro Gono +106
Yuki Kondo -116

Kazuyuki Fujita -331
Eldari Kurtanidze +301

Hidehiko Yoshida -621
James Thompson +561

5 of 10 with REALLY tight odds...

My picks:
Fedor, Melendez, Hansen, Shogun, Ishida, Minowa, Big Nog, Gono, Fujita, Thompson (longshot pick)

[desflood]

Pretty good event!! Gomi was fantastic as usual, Barnett and Nog was great, and Mark Hunt did pretty well for himself in defeat.

[LEONARD]

My picks:
Fedor, Melendez, Hansen, Shogun, Ishida, Minowa, Big Nog, Gono, Fujita, Thompson (longshot pick)

Why did I pick against Gomi. Gomi returned to his old form…I think he might’ve exploded Ishida’s ear with hammerfists…seriously.

7/10 on my picks...not bad...

Aoki finished Hansen with a GOGOPLATA???!!! Are you FREAKING KIDDING ME!!?? That just doesn’t happen…not at the top level. Definitely a candidate for submission of the year in MMA.

Melendez vs Kawajiri was probably the fight of the night, and one of the best of the year IMO. Probably the best fight of the weekend…this fight had it all. Melendez is a cardio machine...

Shogun looked like crap, but still handled Nak fairly easily. Nak showed some serious guts though. Like I said, people didn’t give him any chance but he showed that he’s a tough guy to finish.

Thompson pulled off a HUGE upset over Yoshida. Crushing loss for the Japanese fans...

Fujita’s last minute opponent was a joke…I felt bad for that dude. There wasn’t 1 single way he could’ve won that fight…

Nog vs Barnett, much like their fight a few months ago, is another candidate for fight of the year. Neither of them deserved to lose either fight, but Nog definitely took this one. What a war…I wish it could've gone a couple more rounds.

And so much for Fedor subbing Hunt in quick fashion like everybody said would happen. Hunt showed a much improved ground game…him submitting Fedor would’ve been the biggest upset in the history of sports…lol Fedor wasn’t himself, most likely from a lack of training and the broken toe. But not only is he a gamer and came to fight, he even allowed 4 pt strikes on the ground despite the weight difference. You gotta love that. While far from his best performance, this just further shows why he’s the best in the world. He finished Hunt at 11:55 (I was a little behind) so it was a good New Year

All in all, one of the best cards of the year...I can't wait for 2007...

[Mr Dio]

All in all, one of the best cards of the year...I can't wait for 2007...

Yeah genius, nothing like a bunch of steroid monkeys to brighten up 2007!!!!

[LEONARD]

So you're waiting for Crocop to fail a roid test after his fight in Feb?? What about Anderson Silva?? Should he be failing one too?? How'd he pass after his le fight with Rich?? Mishima?? Who else??

I'm sure there are plenty of UFC guys that are on something...it's not hard to cycle off at the right time when you know the only chance of being tested is right after a fight (and even that is random unless it's a le fight).

Barnett, Sylvia, Marquardt, Bonnar, etc...it's not like UFC guys haven't failed...

[Mr Dio]

So you're waiting for Crocop to fail a roid test after his fight in Feb?? What about Anderson Silva?? Should he be failing one too?? How'd he pass after his le fight with Rich?? Mishima?? Who else??

I'm sure there are plenty of UFC guys that are on something...it's not hard to cycle off at the right time when you know the only chance of being tested is right after a fight (and even that is random unless it's a le fight).



WTF happened to the IMG posts???
I'm disappointed Leo,R U still a quitter?!?!!
Anyhoo, now that CroCop & Rampage are in a respectable org that tests for roids I doubt, I HOPE, they're not stupid enough to do'em.
Point is, the easy point that went over your head, AGAIN, is that the UFC TESTS for them. Does pride in Nippon?

[LEONARD]

WTF happened to the IMG posts???
I'm disappointed Leo!
Anyhoo, now that CroCop & Rampage are in a respectable org that tests for roids I doubt, I HOPE, they're not stupid enough to do'em.
Point is, the easy point that went over your head, AGAIN, is that the UFC TESTS for them. Does pride in Nippon?

You mean stupid enough to get CAUGHT because I assure you there are UFC fighters on steroids, HGH ( o), etc...

and no, Pride does not test. But that doesn't mean that they all do it...

[desflood]

Shut up, both of you. Annoying as , you are...

PRIDE ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR 2007
Wednesday, January 03, 2007 - by Al Yu - MMAWeekly.com

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DSE have announced plans to introduce a super heavyweight division. Inspired by James Thompson’s recent upset over Hidehiko Yoshida, DSE CEO Nobuyuki Sakakibara mentioned that the company may hold a “Monster Grand Prix” consisting of the best super heavyweight fighters from around the world. Sakakibara further noted that he’s not “looking for low caliber fighters like Akebono, but super heavyweight fighters with real skill.”

[Mr Dio]

Ahhh, Le Femme Dessie!

[LEONARD]

Dio should be banned from the "other sports" forum...seriously...

Shut up, both of you. Annoying as , you are...

PRIDE ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR 2007
Wednesday, January 03, 2007 - by Al Yu - MMAWeekly.com

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DSE have announced plans to introduce a super heavyweight division. Inspired by James Thompson’s recent upset over Hidehiko Yoshida, DSE CEO Nobuyuki Sakakibara mentioned that the company may hold a “Monster Grand Prix” consisting of the best super heavyweight fighters from around the world. Sakakibara further noted that he’s not “looking for low caliber fighters like Akebono, but super heavyweight fighters with real skill.”

I heard about that...the UFC need a 265+ also...

[Mr Dio]

Dio should be banned from the "other sports" forum...seriously...


Leo should be banned from all forums....seriously.....
Ohhh, Leo started calling me names yesterday & now I should be banned???



I guess SHE doesn't like it when people with common sense question her Know It All at ude.
Leo, u r indeed a baby whiner, or a dumbass who whines when SHE doesn't get her way.
Grow up , or go away. SherPuppy awaits u & your pride groupie ass.

[LEONARD]

Fedor post fight interview...talks about Crocop and Hunt
http://www.sherdog.com/videos/videos.asp?v_id=1037

Crocop fighting at LHW and HW in the UFC would be the $hit!!

[LEONARD]

Yeah genius, nothing like a bunch of steroid monkeys to brighten up 2007!!!!

*Ref: the Josh Barnett thread...lol

[Mr Dio]

*Ref: the Josh Barnett thread...lol

Moderator huh?

[Mr Dio]

Why did I pick against Gomi. Gomi returned to his old form…

Yeah, he sure did on Sat, back to being a PAPER Chump, err, champ.

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Aoki finished Hansen with a GOGOPLATA???!!! Are you FREAKING KIDDING ME!!?? That just doesn’t happen…not at the top level.

Oops! You're right again, cuz Gomi ain't the best.
jap fans crying their all knowing hearts out this weekend!


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Crushing loss for the Japanese fans...

Wow, you got something right!

[Mr Dio]

............Gomi was fantastic as usual...................

Oops!!
Hope you're in the kitchen and not wearing shoes because you're obviously as outmatched here as Gomisan was on Sat nite!