UFC HW division filled with Pride HWs

[hasar]

Fedor, Werdum, Barnett, CC, Hunt, Overeem. Nog just retired. If Kharitonov signs HW division is pretty much Pride division itself. Nothing has changed lol. Cain and JDS could have been Pride fighters too.

 

[TheRuthlessOne]

fedor signed with ufc ?

 

[MaKaSo]

The whole hw division in the ufc is filled with ufc heavyweights
pretty crazy


Edit: Using the same criteria you've used to call people a pride fighter

 

[HHJ]

well of course it fucking is.

 

[blkmike817]

Thanks for the update.

 

[csroster]

And the UFC proves once again it has the best fighters.

 

[Jorge Luis Borges]

Two of the top ten at HW were from the IFL.

 

[Mikedh]

When do they fight in Pride next? Why is Barnett a "Pride guy" when he won the UFC title first? Or Mark Hunt? He came from K-1 and has more UFC fights than Pride ones at this point. Werdum barely had a presence in Pride.

 

[HHJ]

Two of the top ten at HW were from the IFL.

I can imagine the kids frozen at the keyboards at what to make of this one. :icon_chee

 

[Ninja Elf]

i can imagine the kids frozen at the keyboards at what to make of this one. :icon_chee

ifl rulez!!!!!!! War tiger sharks!!!!

 

[Jorge Luis Borges]

ifl rulez!!!!!!! War tiger sharks!!!!

Miletich's team was the best. Rothwell, Jake Ellenberger, Josh Neer, Bart Palasweszski, and Rory Markham.

 

[Hans Gruber]

Fedor, Werdum, Barnett, CC, Hunt, Overeem. Nog just retired. If Kharitonov signs HW division is pretty much Pride division itself. Nothing has changed lol. Cain and JDS could have been Pride fighters too.

Pretty crazy 8-9 years after Pride went away. These guys had longevity for sure.

JDS was in a Pride promo for a tournament on a few of the DVD events. He was going to fight in Pride before they went away. He was Nog's protege at the time. Obviously he doesn;'t count as a Pride guy though.

 

[HHJ]

i went to like three IFL events in NJ,was a good time.

 

[Deleted member 53472]

Fedor, Werdum, Barnett, CC, Hunt, Overeem. Nog just retired. If Kharitonov signs HW division is pretty much Pride division itself. Nothing has changed lol. Cain and JDS could have been Pride fighters too.

Everyone on the list besides Werdum and Hunt is way past prime and beat

 

[K1MMA]

Everyone on the list besides Werdum and Hunt is way past prime and beat

Maybe Werdum looks like he's just getting started, but I'd say Hunt is past his prime, same goes for his chin.

 

[hasar]

Pride rules!

 

[Hans Gruber]

Fedor, Werdum, Barnett, CC, Hunt, Overeem. Nog just retired. If Kharitonov signs HW division is pretty much Pride division itself. Nothing has changed lol. Cain and JDS could have been Pride fighters too.

JDS was actually in a Pride promo when he was Nog's protege. I think it was an advertisement for the open weight tournament (even though he wasn't in the tournament)

Your post reminded me of that for some reason

 

[Hans Gruber]

Everyone on the list besides Werdum and Hunt is way past prime and beat

All of them are past their prime. Pride went away 9 years ago. Werdum is 38 and Hunt turns 42 soon. They won;t be around much longer (due to age and wear and tear)

Even though they are past their prime they are still great fighters though and Pride obviously had the best overall talent back then when they were going head to head with the UFC.

That isn't even debatable (even though some know-nothings try to debate it) So many more Pride guys are still around compared to their UFC counterparts from the same era

 

[hasar]

JDS was actually in a Pride promo when he was Nog's protege. I think it was an advertisement for the open weight tournament (even though he wasn't in the tournament)

Your post reminded me of that for some reason

Seeing that promo would be cool.

 

[Fight Professor]

The amazing part is all of them except Werdum are past their prime and still represent the majority of top HW fighters. Cain and JDS are really the only UFC fighters who had proven themselves as top fighters.