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Retro Watch: Pride: Cold Fury 3.
Bas & Quadros join us to discuss the show, but first, they talk about the Pride video game for PS2. Good game, but the roster was thin. Still, the best MMA game out so far.
They discuss the fights.
Some Japanese guy is in the ring making monkey noises and hitting some sort of drum with his fist. Pride was awesome, wasn't it? Oh, this is the summoning of the warriors, as Quadros tells us. What, was Takada too busy getting his diaper changed or something? Now, the guy starts making noises as if he has to take a massive dump. I liked this.
Mezger is rocking some facial hair, and I don't really like it. He's got a sleazy porn star look to him, but the hair is still OK! Quadros asks Mezger about Ken vs Tito 1 and Mezger says that him vs Tito 3 was presented to him and that Tito hits like a baby while Ken hits like Sokky on roids. Oh, he doesn't really know anything about Rogerio other than he's Big Nog's brother.
Mezger enters wearing a red Superman shirt and USA shorts. The girls are so into him. Telligman enters with him and I can't tell if he's carrying THE BUCKET~! because Mezger's blocking him.
Rogerio enters dressed like he's about to rob a bank. Bas mentions the crazy Pride lady and makes fun of her saying "Nogueira." He also says she's straight out of Evil Dead. I think he digs her, though. Mario Sperry is in the back, sneering his little heart out.
Hey, Travis Lutter is with Mezger. He's looking a little chunky.
Mezger vs lil Nog was good. Not great, but good. It was a technical fight, and it was competitive. Mezger makes Rogerio look sort of stupid in the stand-up department, but that shouldn't shock anyone since Mezger was an awesome striker. I don't know, I scored it for Guy, as he took the fight wherever he wanted to. Nog had the kneebar attempt in the first, but that's it. Mezger beat him in the stand-up and didn't let Rogerio do anything on the ground. Who wins, you ask? Well, Rogerio wins. What, did you expect them to score the fight for Guy Mezger? This is Pride, they hate Guy Mezger, as I think Mezger screwed all of the judges girlfriends. Rogerio's pretty shocked and I am, too. Wait, no I'm not. Mezger leaves and it looks like he's wondering just what he did to the judges.
Ron Waterman says God gives him strength. Bas tells a Water Boy joke and I laugh at the lameness of it.
Coleman is in Waterman's corner and is looking like some sort of Brooklyn trash man. A Young Nate Marquardt is with him, too. Hey, this reminded me of Fitch being in Big Tom Erickson's corner.
Valentijn Overeem is such a puss. Seriously, this guy used to be a good fighter, but has dwindled into bum territory. Waterman takes him down with ease and pwns him with a keylock. Overeem didn't even try to defend. Awful.
Rodrigo Gracie thinks Yuki Sasaki is a tough guy. he's also ready to rock. Rodrigo was a good fighter. He was one of Penn's best wins. Rodrigo loves him some hip hop and he mentions that Natural Born Killaz makes him want to kill people (I am not kidding). Quadros laughs nervously.
Gracie enters to music that sounds nothing like Natural Born Killaz. He also dances. Dude, don't blow your load. I have a feeling that this will be the only exciting thing about the fight.
Sasaki doesn't even get an entrance. No love for Grabaka? Lame. Kikuta looks so bored when he corners fighters. Seriously, look at him when you watch a Misaki or Gono fight.
Mmmm, yum, clinching. Hmmmm, yum, buttscooting. I can totally understand why Kikuta looks bored here, as this fight is just painfully slow. Laying, laying and more laying. Clinching and laying some more. Awful fight, and I would've scored it a draw, personally, seeing as nobody did anything. Rodrigo wins, probably because he danced.
Quadros and Bas play with Pride action figures. Those action figures are so awesome. Quadros has a Frye one and Bas has a Wandy one. They even do a figure staredown and fight. Hey, that was way better than the last fight.
They hype up Volk Atajev vs Alistair Overeem.
Atajev is one ugly dude, but he's awesome. He is, after all, Volk Han's best student. Volk Han is one bad dude. Amazing beginning, with them standing and then Atajev executes a swank throw. It slows down when Volk gets Overeem down, but I liked Overeem's defense. Holy shit, Volk unleashes this swank spin kick that almost knocks Overeem's head off. Wait, Overeem survived that? Damn. It really slows down once Overeem gets Volk down. Alistair unleashes this sickening knee to Atajev's body that sends Volk out of the ring onto the apron. Volk's done. Wow, great finish to a fight that had some great moments. This was one of Overeem's best wins, as Volk Atajev was a really good fighter. I wish Atajev still fought.
Quadros is with Kevin Randleman and Kevin isn't as nutty as he usually is pre-fight. Hammer House hit the road and trained with other people.
Quadros also interviews Ninja and asks him what music he's listened to lately. Ninja says Lionel Richie and then sings "Say You, Say Me." That fight plays all the time at work, so when I listen to it from now on, I'll think of Ninja rape choking and whomping Bonello.
Bas is damn near giddy describing Randleman's last fight.
Kevin's a counter guy.
Women want Ninja. Ninja wants to come to America, not sure if he wants to be a movie star, though. He also pimps his website. Did I mention that a pudgy Ninja is awesome?
Ninja enters with a badass song playing. He's also wearing a ninja outfit, looking like he's ready to kill someone. Remember when Chute Box used to be badass? I miss those days.
Coleman is in Randleman's corner and looks like trash man-like and more football coach-like.
Great staredown.
Ninja vs Randleman was a great, great, GREAT fight. Best Randleman fight I've ever seen, and the second best Ninja fight I've ever seen (Sperry vs Ninja was better). Just a great ground fight, with both guys doing really, really good. Randleman also shows some nice stand-up. Ninja's ground game has always been top notch, but his stand-up was never that great. Still, wow, what a ground game, easily the best in Chute Box at that time. Man, Ninja gets punched and gets a nasty, nasty cut over his eye. We get the cool visual of a bloody Ninja laying on the ground. Unbelievably great fight.
Big Nog, baby!!!! Nog thinks the first fight with Henderson was unfair. He's right, it was unfair. Awful judging. He's also nervous for his brother. Fedor was supposed to face Nog but he dropped out and Dan took his place.
"REVENGE!!!!" Bas says.
Nog says that Dan ain't no giant killer.
Nog's theme music was awesome. Nogueira has good taste in music. Nogueira does some shadow boxing, looking badass. He's also sporting this swank ass robe.
A bearded Lindland is with Hendo.
Geez, Nog is huge compared to Henderson.
Nog doesn't want to touch gloves. One of the best fights you'll ever see. Henderson fought his heart out, and I have no idea how he got out of those subs. This might be my favorite Henderson performance because even though he lost, he came out looking great. This was one of those weird cases where the loser ends up looking better than the winner. Dude gave Nog shitfits. Nog's the man, though, busting out sick sub attempt after sick sub attempt. After 2 rounds of greatness, Nog finally ends things with an armbar in the third. Nogueira doesn't seem to really want to greet Henderson afterwards, probably because Hendo was competitive. This was back when Nogueira was the best HW in the world.
That's it, we get credits and goodbyes.
Great show, one of my favorite Pride shows. You have 2 great fights, what more can you ask for? I miss the days where Nog was this unstoppable subbing machine. I mean, he still is, but Fedor made him look human.
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Retro Watch: Pride: Cold Fury 3.
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