What a crazy freakshow of a fight.
Dude wtf. A MW taking on Mark Hunt on 24 hours notice under Pride rules. For no goddamn reason at all, just for the hell of it.It's really not that crazy
Mark Hunt was 1-1 at that point, and had already lost to a MW -- a guy Wanderlei beat. The judges gave Wand heaps of extra credit for the weight disparity too.
I think that fight looks better now in hindsight.
The fight originally scheduled was Wand VS. Sakuraba 4 but was changed at the last minute.
Dude wtf. A MW taking on Mark Hunt on 24 hours notice under Pride rules. For no goddamn reason at all, just for the hell of it.
It's absolutely crazy. Don't overthink it.
Meanwhile we have Anderson-GSP removed from history because 5lbs was an absolute asinine amount of weight for them to agree on. What the hell happened to this sport.
There's no word to lable that other than cowardly IMO. The absolute textbook example for dudes turning into laughable diva's over not wanting to lose.
That's a fucking stain on both of their career potentials. Whoever won that fight would have had ridiculous weight on their side for greatest ever in the sport. Instead they both lost ground. Poetic.
yes, although I was referring to the later years where Wand was actually at 185 mw, but you get the point.Middleweight was 203 in pride right?