Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Bob Sapp

[Danis_champ]

Event: Pride Shockwave Dynamite!
Promotion PRIDE FC, K-1
Date August 28, 2002
Venue Tokyo National Stadium
City Tokyo
Attendance 91,107

Awesome fight. Big Nog gave zero fucks fought a guy twice his size. So many fun scrambles and nice finish by Nog. Fuck that 265 lbs limit I want to see 300 lbs Ngannou there or some 400lbs sumo guy fighting Stipe. Why is there a limit anyway? It's heavyweight

 

[Arm Barbarian]

That pile-driver makes my neck vertabrae cringe.

 

[EVIL WAR GOD]

I wish I could buy this fight on DVD.

 

[StrikerKing]

One of my favorite fights to watch. Sapp looked like a total beast. Nog's wrestling sucks though, his takedowns are crap, and he is not explosive at all, which made Sapp look better than he is. Contrast this to his fight with Fujita a short while later. I think Fujita (or maybe Cro Cop?) took Sapp's soul; made him rethink how good he really was.

 

[acannxr]

Why is there a limit anyway? It's heavyweight

There's a limit in heavyweight amateur wrestling too.

 

[CerebralKnievel]

These were some of the fighters with which I was introduced to MMA. Nogueira, Sakuraba, Hoost, Vochanchyn, Fedor, etc. Very fun fight. Nog didn't look incredible in his inability to get Sapp (largely an untrained brute) to the ground, but with Sapp on top of him, he showed great hip movement and scrambles.

 

[champbless]

One of my favorite fights to watch. Sapp looked like a total beast. Nog's wrestling sucks though, his takedowns are crap, and he is not explosive at all, which made Sapp look better than he is. Contrast this to his fight with Fujita a short while later. I think Fujita (or maybe Cro Cop?) took Sapp's soul; made him rethink how good he really was.

It was Cro Cops liver kick that took his soul , after that Sapp started losing big