The history of ufc vs pride

[2004 account]

Great documentary although as usual in history, the Victor gets to write the book. Good watch for those who weren't mma fans as well as those of us who lived through the era.

Pride was the best org ever imo although I fuks with ufc since the beginning and love it like my spoiled child. It's still saddens me that it was sold, mma would've been so much better having two top dogs one upping each other.

How awesome would it be if the ufc decided to revive Pride in 2020, run it exactly how it used to be, handed it over to Sakikabara to manage, and held cross over super fights every year end show?

I'd actually pay for those ppvs again.

Anyways watch this, it's from the golden era of mma when the sport was still shockingly unpredictable.

 

[JabToucher]

What I picture when I think of Pride fc

 

[Natural Order]

 

[2004 account]

What I picture when I think of Pride fc

thats all that comes to your mind when you hear Pride Fc?


bro, you get the tito laugh

 

[DarkneT]

Pride had the better fighters

Better production

Ufc had better ring girls

 

[Natural Order]

UFC kicked it off..........Pride FC showed how it's really done. UFC bought Pride to prevent people from knowing how it's done.

The decade of Pride will never be matched.

 

[eiyuu]

I liked about 75% of PRIDE

Didn't like the fixed fights, bad judging in favor of certain fighters, setting up tournaments to favor certain fighters, Pro Wrestling style shows, stupid matchups, freakshow fights, non-title fights for title holders, etc.

 

[acannxr]

Great documentary although as usual in history, the Victor gets to write the book.

Yeah, the UFC loves to revise history, especially when it comes to Pride because it was a much bigger organization than the UFC.

 

[Kenny Powerth]

PRIDE RULES!!!! No comparison.

 

[Aegon Spengler]

Pride was great, but not perfect.

This entrance, however.... is definitely perfect.

 

[Natural Order]

Pride was great, but not perfect.

This entrance, however.... is definitely perfect.

I get the same chills hearing Lenne Hardt today as I did back then. Wow.

 

[SKYNET]

casuals in the US just didn't know about Pride very much if at all. I remember UFC was struggling for a while with the casuals until TUF Griffin v Bonnar. More or less started seeing the boat get full when Spider turned Leben into a crash test dummy then it was full on, all the bars were being packed and people started getting together for the PPVs. Pride and the Pride/WEC/Strikeforce exodus into the UFC was all the cherry on top of the cake for me

 

[2004 account]

This is what made pride better for me, that true Olympic international feel

 

[SKYNET]

nothing tops that but these were on that same level of War Pride

 

[Local Plata]

Wasn't a fan of works, freakshows, and champions fighting in non-championship matches against randoms.

 

[Natural Order]

Wasn't a fan of works, freakshows, and champions fighting in non-championship matches against randoms.

Yeah it's much better now.....guys coming off 2 straight losses getting title shots. Pffft.

 

[SKYNET]

Pride was great, but not perfect.
This entrance, however.... is definitely perfect.

what song is that?

 

[Summoning]

 

[Ancient Warrior]

This New Years I was wishing Pride was still around.

Remember the NYE cards?

 

[2004 account]

Pride out on shows for the fans, ufc puts on shows for their profit mostly I feel. Still good tho