Can't help myself but shed a tear. When Pride died I didn't eat anything for like a week, it felt like my mom died or something.
the greatest era of MMA so far btw, the intro they did for the final round of the 06 OWGP was literally the best intro ever for an event in the history of MMA imo.
the one with Kashmir?! yea that was fantastic amazing how a group of japanese guys can have better taste in american music than the nu metal face the pain stuff UFC was peddling out
Your avatar is one of my favorite memories. That is Shogun pounding out Arona, in case you change it.
This made me go and watch this, ive probably seen it 50 times yet i still get chills and a bit sad every time.
I miss watching Wandy in his prime =/ Or Hideheko Yoshida do battle with ppl twice his size. Or Crocop b4 wutever destroyed his skillset in action.
Awesome...I forget how much more entertaining Pride was than the UFC. They really new how to put on a show. Probably why they went out of business and the UFC stayed profitable...low overhead.
UFC might rule for the end of time but it will never be as passionating, charming, notorious and fascinating as Pride... today i