Mirko 'Cro Cop' vs. Heath Herring, 'Minotauro' Nogueira vs. Enson Inoue, Igor Vovchanchyn vs. Katsuhisa Fujii, Semmy Schilt vs. Akira Shoji, Bob Sapp vs. Yoshihisa Yamamoto, and Tom Erickson vs. Matt Skelton are featured in this episode of Best of PRIDE.
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The golden era of MMA Pride!!!
Nice to see Igor Vovchanchyn get the credit he deserves. At one time he was the GOAT. Undefeated for quite a long time also
5'8" tank. Strongest puncher the sport will ever see. He'd run through the current UFC HW division with no problem. His explosive power and technique puts Ngannou to sleep.
Igor is my favorite fighter, he still holds the mma record for second longest win streak.
Does anyone else have trouble rewatching UFC events, but watched Pride events over and over?
Same here.
I like them both
No
Nope.
Pride had better production quality and better segments than the dumbass shit talking you see today. The heavyweights around 2004-2008 would easily rival the UFC heavyweight roster today, they would fit in perfectly 👍✌️
370 pounds vs 220 pounds. Utter madness. This was some real life bloodsport/mortal kombat shit.
There will never be something like this again. Pride never die!!
2nd that!
@@jorgeegrojjorge legend bro
It's rigged fights will. 😒
@@davesampson158 some were yes but absolutley not all
@@korallrev3497 Not all, but many and maybe most...
Pride was the xfl of mma.
Pride fc was by far the best
@meelf huntah I too love to make things up
Yeah😎🤙✨✨
@jabron destoroyah you making up bullshit ass statements bro bro.
@jabron destoroyah way way less then 60 percent
The only proven fixed fight is Coleman vs Takada. This thing that many of the fights were fixed is a joke made by Chael some years ago. Look at the names that fought in PRIDE and it’s obvious that the fights were 100% real.
Heavyweight edition, but without Fedor. UFC is still bitter. 🤣
🙏🏻
They’re always going to be. It’s bull shit, I’m gonna say this right now, the UFC isn’t just the only top level promotion in the world. ONE FC fighters could take the UFC any day.
@@michaelhowe8674 facts
So so… it’s true tho
@@michaelhowe8674 the WWE has the best combatants
There is no best of pride without Fedor
Dana White is butthurt about Fedor
@@JumpingWatermelonsDana “Mr. Slap” White
@@JumpingWatermelonsGood morning. And who is Dana White? ☺️ The Clown. Regards.
Igor Vochanchyn was a humble yet very scary opponent. His power was just insane.
FEDOR ,WAND, MINOTAURO, ARONA,BOB SAPP,MARK KERR,MARK COLEMAN,SHOGUN, HENDERSON,RAMPAGE, SAKURABA, TAKADA,SERGEI KHARITHONOV,......
Cro Cop goes in fight with pure power
I can't imagine the feeling of stepping into a fight where there's a good chance of having your brains smashed to one side of your skull.
But hey Dana, put some freaking Fedor fights on. His trilogy with Big Nog was fucking epic
Oh boy i missed the pride days 😫 Ufc took off all the best weapons!!! Soccer kick to the head, knee to the head, stomp kick !!!🤷
Knees to the head makes the most dramatic difference. UFC ground game would be much more exciting, but it's always been slow and boring compared to PRIDE.
Pride was a pure spectacle every show was unique you literally got a show before the fight not like how the ufc has made it the norm to just copy and paste and that's why 90,000 went to see nogueira what a shame to lose something so great
yeah and all controlled by mafia
100%
Thanks ufc fight pass👏👏👏👏
コアな試合を選んでますねぇ。 ほとんど生で観戦しました、良い時代でした。
O Pride era melhor que o UFC começando pela entrada dos lutadores no ringue e muito mais
"Best of Pride" and the UFC doesn't show Fedor. They are still butthurt he never fought in the UFC
Cro Cop had ice in his veins and lead everywhere else. Absolute monster.
Rodrigo y Mirko. Los mejores.
Никогда вам юфс не достичь тех высот, что демонстрировал нам прайд..все самое лучшее осталось в прайде и ушло вместе с прайдом....никто и никогда не сможет сделать что-то лучше..браво прайд.
Agreed
Something so Brutal about seeing someone tap out to a single-handled literal strangling.
That theme song gives me chills everytime
Nothing is harder then tournament style fighting.
That last choke by Erikson was legal? Damn 😅
"Erikson submitted Matt Skelton, a kickboxer making his first MMA appearance, at Pride 17 in Tokyo on November 3, 2001. After the event Pride FC amended their rules so that the type of choke he used, which involved grabbing Skelton's throat with his hand in what was termed a "front strangle choke", would no longer be allowed." - Wiki Apparently that was the first and last time. Lol.
That's the old "bitch choke" used by pimps everywhere.
The mma holy Trinity. CroCop, Fedor,Wand Silva
Fedor, Mirko and Nogueira is the holy trinity
@@knightArtorias123 but only heavyweights? But yeah big Nog can replace Wand
No way. Wanderlei is PRIDE. Big Nog got demolished by Fedor
Pride Never Die !
Fedor would've absolutely smashed any UFC heavyweight past or present in his prime. No question
Mirko Respect
To się nazywa kultura walki..
熱い時代であった👍️クロコップ最高☺️👍️
The best of the best MMA in the World Ever !
That liver kick from cro cop to Herring...... Jesus Christ.
The 6’11 vs the 5’8 guy 😂😂😂😂
22:08 how 😭😭😂
I really wish there were Super Fights and Grudge Matches in MMA still! I would love to see no weight class fights again, only for "Special Bouts" such as Super Fights and the grudge matches I mentioned. Those were some of the best fights!
Pride fc , best évents forever 👍
Does the UFC know Fedor fought in Pride FC ?
MIRKO CROCOP Coolest Name Ever
Check out @13:50 - I believe a coach of the fighter who just got choked out came in and shoved the ref (who was doing his normal job of checking/helping him) . Perhaps he was mad the ref didn't notice he was out sooner? Or didn't like how the ref was trying to pull out the mouthpiece? They were definitely not happy. Watch the other coach also shove the ref while he was already sitting on the ground 😀
Yeah, I saw that. That whole thing looked a little crazy for a minute.
i came to the comments to just to see about this yep lol that was crazy
Enson inoue is heavily connected to the yakuza, his cornermen had zero worry of blowback from shoving a referee.
The same thing happend after enson's fights with frank shamrock, and Tommy sauer.
Thats standard procedure by the Inoue bros and their cornermen, never liked them alwsys hoped they got koed
🇧🇷 🇧🇷 🇧🇷 Brasil - SP
I love that UFC doesnt censor the fights anymore. They used to censor Pride fights by showing the crowd whenever there was headkicks or knees on the ground. It was annoying.
UFC should be more like PRIDE.
エンセンvsノゲイラがこんな名勝負だったとは知らなかった。
最後、レフェリー吹っ飛ばされてるし
You are witnessing something special guys!!
I remember when this was on TV. There talent pool was very deep. This was when the best of the best was fighting❤️💯 if you don't remember pride, you can understand the logistics
I think I've watched most of the broadcasts at the time, but there are many games that I don't remember.
Shenanigans and alleged fight-fixing aside, PRIDE FC put on some incredible shows.
Anyone know where I can get a dvd of pride fc hardcore knockouts volume 2 and 3 I don’t think they where ever released thanks again
Hes The Man!
Pride >>> ufc, forever and ever AMEN
エリクソンvsスケルトンとか言う激渋チョイスめっちゃ好き
未視聴なんだけど喉輪締めのやつか？www
@@f6p47k5 仰る通りで。
Please upload again edition best of pride
Keep bringing the Pride and you'll make lots of friends.
色々悪い事があったかもですがこの頃がある意味一番良かった
The best 👌 👍 😍 🥰 ☺ 💖 👌
Pride was better than UFC ever will be
Heatriring sensacional!
Don’t care how tired you are, you can never take that long without even trying to sprawl while on your back
PRIDEl never die
Liked this before watching. Was not wrong in being preemptive.
How different the UFC would be with a hand choke 😂
Bas is the man
I like how literally one of the greatest (or according to other fighters) of all time isn’t in the description…Fedor Emelianenko 😆✌️
How do you have a "best of Pride" without FEDOR?
The good old days Penalty kick las to the face Knee downed opponents Epic
20years ago I remember
I wish Pride Survived till this day 😢
The good old days when the Yakuza fixed fights and Sapp would lay down for an extra dime.
Thats a lie. Both actually .Sapp actually fought for real and the fixed fights were only a very small number of them
@@jhkuno88 so then both weren't a lie, right genius? Also, if you don't think Sapp flat dumped a ton of later fights, you're special.
@@joemama7163 his late fights he sold them all but you said PRIDE, Bob Sapp didnt throw any fight in his initial career. Sothats a LIE .And about fixed fights there was the Coleman fight that was clearly fixed and maybe a couple morw between unknown Japanese fighters tops....so while technically not a lie your comment made it ap pear as if fight fixing was a common ocurrence in PRIDE which IT WAS NOT the number of fixed fights was really really small......so yeah, liar and also a m0r0n you are :-)
@@joemama7163 There were just a couple of fights fixed in PRIDE out of hundreds and Sapp didnt start to throw fights until way later than his PRIDE days.....youre either very ignorant or a liar, your choice, dont worry buddy, i forgive you
@@jhkuno88 you are dumber than a box of rocks. You just admitted that both of my statements are true, then continue to dispute what I said. You're special.
Fedor have to be there nr1.
こうやって見ると、やっぱりシュルトの試合は詰まんなかったな。
So... no mention of Fedor? Wow... Uncle Dana still salty?
Pride fighters were no joke ufc fighters got it easy for what they make now days.
Bob used to be a beast.
Vovhcanchin the best fighter !
Essa luta com o Murilo foi foda ,mas ele lutava bem
キス魔ヒーリング好きだったな。
O Japonês apagou mas não bateu, orgulho e fogo mesmo hein? lembro que o Yamamoto fez o mesmo contra o Rickson
Golden era
Enson’s corner was pist at the ref!
fedor!
Fedor could be time plucked right now an give Jones maybe his toughest heavyweight fight.
Fedor is the GOAT! UFC is in denial.
🙏🏻
They don't include him because he's still active with other organizations. Bellator is still supposed to be putting on his retirement fight. It was supposed to be in Moscow but then the war happened. UFC doesn't wanna promote a fighter Bellator is about to showcase.
Too many UFC rejects have laid waste to Fedor.
@@SteveC810 yet he and Sakuraba had laid to waste 7 UFC champs each
@@coachmikesfilmroom3111 heavyweight division was trash. I give Fedor props for beating crocop but there wasnt much more that was impressive.
5:25 I've always wanted to know who this elder gentleman trainer is to Mirko. Anybody got a name? Mirko was a different animal with this guy in his corner 95% of the time.
His name is Zvonimir Lučić
@@djesidjenis4576 Wow thank you! Was he head trainer/management of Cro Cop? Why /how did Mirko eventually part ways with this guy? Mirko deserves a life documentary made to honour his achievements and all other juicy stories.
He was Mirko's trainer and manager for 12y, till 2016. He is owner of security firm "Zvonimir security". Mirko called him his second father, but actually his first trainer and idol was Branko Cikatić. They had a fight and Mirko left Branko and went to Zvonimir. Some says reason of brakeup between Mirko and Zvonimir is money cause Zvonimir had 40% of every Mirko's contract, but it's never confirmed.
You welcome😁👍
@@djesidjenis4576 Wow. Thank you for this. Great insight and info. I tried googling but most of the languages were in Croat (I think). Ah "Zvonimir Security". That was when Mirko was at Lučko. Are you Croatian btw?
Those Inoue bros... always bitter when they lose pushing and shoving off the refs or jumping into the ring
4:40 fixed
Yes, the liver Is now Forever fixed to the spine
@@Imthat676 Your eyes also need LASIK surgery to get fixed.
These are the fathers of modern MMA. These old school crazy mutha fackuhs lead the way for generations to follow. And it all started with a sumo getting his teeth kicked out by a Karate guy.
Pride was just something else...ufc and all that shit...never gonna be excited as Pride
we love Mirko
6'11" vs what? 5'8"? Yeah, dude had no chance
Good show... Although, I'd say the name has been hi-jacked..
arona vs sakuraba
You think Mazagatti and Yamasaki were bad? Pride referees had no idea what they were doing. Inoue was out for like 10 seconds in Big Nogs triangle.
The Japanese fighters were just free statistic for the top fighters.
오우믿다가
Bob sapp and skill should not be spoken in the same breath
Lmao at 13:57 the Team of Inoue nearly beat up the referee for a late stoppage XD what was the ref supposed to do? Inoue refused to tap out, the ref did it ok, he couldve perhaps stopped it a second or 2 earlier but come on, it wasnt that bad of a call
Fun fact: This is Kendra Perez hosting the wife of Cub Swanson.
Man, looking now it's clear that fights were rigged. Look at that Fuji "ko"...