Loss Posted July 11, 2013 Report Share Posted July 11, 2013 Talk about it here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted September 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 Headline match on the first PRIDE show which I was told we should include for historical significance related to pro wrestling. I was too annoyed by the English speaking announcer saying the word "Hickson" repeatedly to keep watching. EDIT: I'm told that's the Portuguese pronunciation of his name. Still, I don't really care about MMA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Ridge Posted September 28, 2013 Report Share Posted September 28, 2013 Get the MMA out! Takada looks scared to death out there. That was methodical by Gracie. Bye Takada! I’m not a MMA fan but did actually follow the early Pride stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soup23 Posted May 17, 2014 Report Share Posted May 17, 2014 MMA should be used sporadically (think of only CroCop vs. Nagata and Frye vs. Takayama off the top of my head) however this was important. Gracie looked dominant from the onset and submits Takada in easy fashion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert S Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 If you want to show a clear picture of New Japan booking behavior of the early 2000ies you would probably also have to include stuff like Ka Shin vs. Ryan Gracie, Yasuda vs. LeBanner, Nakamura vs. Ignashov or some Fujita stuff, all which lead to huge pushes. Some Lesnar in UFC stuff (the first Mir fight and the Couture fight) would probably also make sense considering how he was portrayed back then (both from MMA and pro wrestling side) and how this effected his later pro wrestling career. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteF3 Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 The use of MMA on these sets has been pretty well-done, IMO, and this is another worthy addition to the catalogue. Plus it touches on the Rickson-Anjo incident which hasn't been released publicly but was a huge story with major implications for shootstyle. Here, Rickson exposes another UWFI guy in much more public fashion. I don't know much about MMA but Bas and the other guy did a very good job of explaining how clueless Takada looked in the guard position. You can't accuse Takada of lacking guts to take this fight, at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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