Was Pride the most overrated organisation ever?

[NoBiasJustMMA]

He lost once to Rampage. That's it

He only had 3 fights in Pride though. That's a much higher loss ratio than what he had in the weaker UFC division.

 

[NoBiasJustMMA]

Better than pride for sure

No, compare any of the UFC fighters from the 2000-2004 era to their Pride counterparts, the Pride guys did much better after 2007.

 

[CTE_Fan]

it was the most entertaining. ufc was usually bland and boring especially after all these corporate deals. pride knew how to put on a show or freakshow depending on the event.

 

[cheesus]

A lot of guys who went from the UFC to Pride were also destroyed.

 

[Typrune Goatley]

He was good but overhyped. Everybody gets injuries

When you are the best in the world and then 5 years later do it again, that's not overhype. Best fighter in the world is not overhype. Running through 4 top 10 fighters in a year to win arguably the most stacked tournament in MMA history is not hype. Fighting in arguably the GOAT MMA fight against another legend in Hendo also shows Shogun is not overhyped. He also beat a few young guys in his older zombie years. He is not overrated. Properly rated. LHW is hard as hell to rank. A lot of the legends have similar resumes but everyone has Shogun top 5 all time.

 

[TR1]

Of course some insecure GSP stan makes this thread lol.

Apparently this one is too stupid to understand Chael's act.

 

[Typrune Goatley]

On steroids

Oh, so he was taking steroids in the UFC? So UFC fighters take steroids too?

 

[The Diplomat]

No, it was amazing. Some freak show and non-essential fights mixed in with the most important in the world at the time.

 

[Luckyme]

IMO, Pride had some of the most epic fights ever even though it was back in the dark ages of MMA. Just had a very different energy and feel to it.

There are a number of reasons why some fighters didn’t find the same success in the UFC when they came over from Pride.

Many of them had been through some real wars and weren’t the same fighters anymore. Then there’s also the rule change (no soccer kicks, knees to the head, etc) that disadvantaged some like Wanderlei. Also, MMA was evolving so rapidly back then that the game quickly passed many of them by.

And of course there’s one reason that no one ever talks about....USADA.

 

[sabretitan]

Ts tries to train ufc. Get these noobs a separate forum

 

[sabretitan]

And noob you realize fedor crushed chael lmao

 

[HHJ]

Lol this lame troll attempt should go to the wasteland where it belongs

 

[eighterumg5]

 

[MyFavSport]

Yes.

 

[BForrester]

Remind me, how well did Chuck fare after Pride guys came over? How did Randy do against Nog? Rich Franklin?

Muck like the UFC guys I just mentioned, a lot of the Pride guys were at the tail end of their careers.

 

[Huligani]

This thread again. You know, even though the overall skill level was lower in PRIDE compared to today's UFC, it was just so much more fun and chaotic.

 

[BForrester]

He lost once to Rampage. That's it

And Rampage lost twice, brutally, to Wanderlei, one of the guys you called out in your OP

 

[Qays Stetkevich]

Completely obvious troll thread that's still going to go for 30 pages.

nailed-it.

 

[Doug Money]

Brings me back to another point, most of them were on steroids. I mean half of these guys have tested positive. So an organisation where most guys use steroids and the referees wears an earpiece

Bro shael was on 16 peds for his silva fight i believe lmao

 

[Sickbro69420]

Yeah anything can be shitty when out of the time and context. You're a child.