theres a lot of propaganda and only the most hardcore fans frequent these sites. weve seen the docs and the highlights and the fights. he was great.
honestly, the truth for me is that pride and the UFC are so far apart from each other. more so than we probably give it credit for, almost to the point of being kind of a different sport. different environment, different match making, different rules, different scoring, different round times. i mean vastly different when you really get into the nitty gritty of it. not to mention the training and practices changing so much in the last 20 years, its very hard to compare guys from now to guys from back then. youll be able to say the same thing in another 10-20 years about a guy like stipe and the future champ, as well.
the exponential growth in a sport like this happens so fast. its so young. lets just appreciate what weve seen and what were seeing. i love combat!