Chael Sonnen: PRIDE is

[SlicerDM]

Chael getting slept by Belfort. It's gonna be kind funny

 

[Bacon Bits]

Takase would have triangled him faster than he did Anderson.

And I'm sure he would have been paid handsomely to do so.

 

[Warraw]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni7W9231c9k#t=57

What is this show???

 

[Steve08]

I wish chael didn't feel the need to say these things. PRIDE was amazing.

 

[Steve08]

Maybe if the writing staff wrote it out like that.

*bookers

Furthermore, the closest PRIDE ever got to fixing fights was giving dudes extremely favorable match-ups... which the UFC does too (see: Conor McGregor).

 

[johnsmithbattle]

everything chael says comes true. why is this a suprise? guy speaks the truth, people just don't want to hear it.

 

[Bacon Bits]

*bookers

Furthermore, the closest PRIDE ever got to fixing fights was giving dudes extremely favorable match-ups... which the UFC does too (see: Conor McGregor).

Except for the fact some fighters flat-out admitted to it.

 

[neandertal]

"I dont think wanderlei will show up on July 5."

Mayne he knew yesterday...

 

[Sac423]

Takase would have triangled him faster than he did Anderson.

Oh dang, really?

You must know the writers pretty well to know that

 

[ALAN PARTRIDGE]

agreed

 

[Frank23]

Chael is crazy.

 

[Steve08]

Except for the fact some fighters flat-out admitted to it.

I was about to quote myself to address this. Yes, there are some flagrant works like Takada-Sturgeon and Takada-Coleman (ALL of Takada's wins in PRIDE were works), but by and large, that kind of shit was limited to the 90s when PRIDE kinda sucked and practically had a different ruleset for every event.

Coleman has admitted it, yes, but that's pretty much it. All the amazing divisionally-relevant fights in PRIDE like Kawajiri-Gomi, Rampage-Wand I and II, Fedor-Cro Cop, Coleman-Nogueira, etc. were not works in any fashion.

Even Gary Goodridge will say that agreements to throw a fight were usually made between camps; for example Naoya Ogawa's camp offered him money to take a dive and he declined (went on to get subbed anyway though, poor Gary).

 

[MMAfansince99]

Who cares about PRIDE today? It was awesome when it was current, but that was the past.

 

[Steve08]

It's important to bear in mind that Takada clashed horns with Ice Cold Igor AND CRO COP in non-worked fights as well though. He wasn't shook.

 

[Kanster]

Oh dang, really?

You must know the writers pretty well to know that

Nope, I just know Sonnen's submission defense really well.

 

[Ancient Warrior]

I really want to like Sonnen, but he just makes it impossible.

 

[Sac423]

Nope, I just know Sonnen's submission defense really well.

mmmhmm :wink:

 

[Ryan Phillipe]

Chael is genuinely a lot funnier than turds like Kevin Hart. How did that guy get famous?

 

[Pem123]

Chael predict this before it happen

Wand running scared
where you at wand and all his fans, come at me

 

[Kanster]

mmmhmm :wink:

:wink: