PRIDE Critical Countdown ~ The Results
What a night of fights. PRIDE has announced that they will be coming to Las Vegas on October 21st of this year. Can't wait.
EDSON DRAGO vs PAWEL NASTULA (1-0)
Nastula came out and got the takedown, worked for an armbar but Drago was able to back out. Nastula gained another takedown and ended up with the mount pretty quick. Worked a pretty good ground and pound opening some cuts. The ref paused the action to bring them to the center of the ring. Drago reversed Nastula, tried to work his ground and pound but Nastula gained an arm bar for the submission victory.
NAKAO YOSHIHIRO vs LEE EUN SU (2-0)
Su was outclassed from the very begining of this fight. Yoshihiro controlled the action, took him down and worked a vicious ground and pound game. Within no time Su had a mouse under his eye that after about a minute closed it completely. The Dr stopped the fight for safety. TKO Yoshihiro.
VITOR BELFORT vs YOSHIKI TAKAHASHI (3-0)
They both came out looking for a quick exchange, Belfort lands a nice left hook that drops Takahashi to the canvas cold. Quick one! Belfort shows the hand speed that made him famous when he was younger.
ANTONIO ROGERIO NOGUEIRA VS ALISTAIR OVEREEM (3-1)
Overeem came out and controlled this fight. During the 1st round he controlled the action with high and low kicks. Around the 5 minute mark of the 1st round you could see the damage on Nog's leg. Nog did get a takedown and work some weak ground and pound but Overeem's defense was solid. In the second round Overeem went back
KAZUHIRO NAKAMURA vs EVENGELISTA SANTOS (4-1)
Nakamura came out and quickly got the takedown. Worked his ground and pound, wint into side control and landed a lot of little punches, not a whole lot of damage jsut frustrating. Secured the Americana but had it a little to far from the body, switched to a should crank then moved back to an elbow lock to secure the submission.
ANTONIO RODRIGO NOGUEIRA vs FABRICIO WERDUM (4-2)
Nog came out swinging and sent Werdum to the floor, Werdum pulled guard and played defense for a while. Nog controlled this round. Werdum has a stiff and quick jab but that's all he's got going for him. On 2 occasions during the round Werdum hits the canvas and at least 1 of Nog's body punches made Werdum wince. Round 2 brought more of the same, Nog now has a cut on his eye from the stiff jab of Werdum. It goes to the 3rd round where Werdum puts up a better effort but not enough. Werdum got a takedown and worked some pretty weak ground and pound. At one point Nog had to give up his back, Werdum went for the Rear Naked Choke, Nog slipped out the back door. Frank Trigg with the comment of the night says something like "Wow that was a great move I wish I could have learned that!"
(For those who are not MMA fans/followers, Frank Trigg lost his last 3 fights by the Rear Naked Choke.) So the Nog twins both make me wrong on this evening.
WANDERLEI SILVA vs KAZUYUKI FUJITA (5-2)
Silva came out a swingin, nocked Fujita to the mat early and landed 3 big knees to his head. The middle of this round got a little boring as Wandy controlled the action, Fujita did get some ride time and ground and pound as Wandy tried a couple times to land an Armbar. With right at a minute left Wandy drops Fujita again, jumps on, lands a lot of heavy blows and finally KO's him with literally 1 second left.
JOSH BARNETT vs MARK HUNT (5-3)
Wow, great job by Josh Barnett in this fight! I doubted his ability to take Hunt to the ground but it took him no time at all to get him down on the ground. Once he was on the ground he passed guard for side control, segregated Hunts arm and worked for a Kimura and secured the victory. Impressive win for Barnett.
MIRKO FILIPOVIC vs HIDEHIKO YOSHIDA (6-3)
Anotehr impressive win. Mirko came out utilizing his well known kicks. Yoshida hung in there for a while but 6-7 leg kicks from the 1/2 way point to the 7 minute mark inthe fight did their damage and took their toll. Yoshida was clearly in pain and limping on that leg, Mirko landed another one and Yoshida went down hard.
Another great night of fighting. A note about the UFC vs PRIDE argument. This was not live, taped in Japan. In 2 hrs and 40 minutes PRIDE brought us 9 fights and still had time to plug their upcoming shows and all that good stuff. Since the UFC is live it's harder to fill gaps in a show like this when you get some early ending fights.
EDSON DRAGO vs PAWEL NASTULA (1-0)
Nastula came out and got the takedown, worked for an armbar but Drago was able to back out. Nastula gained another takedown and ended up with the mount pretty quick. Worked a pretty good ground and pound opening some cuts. The ref paused the action to bring them to the center of the ring. Drago reversed Nastula, tried to work his ground and pound but Nastula gained an arm bar for the submission victory.
NAKAO YOSHIHIRO vs LEE EUN SU (2-0)
Su was outclassed from the very begining of this fight. Yoshihiro controlled the action, took him down and worked a vicious ground and pound game. Within no time Su had a mouse under his eye that after about a minute closed it completely. The Dr stopped the fight for safety. TKO Yoshihiro.
VITOR BELFORT vs YOSHIKI TAKAHASHI (3-0)
They both came out looking for a quick exchange, Belfort lands a nice left hook that drops Takahashi to the canvas cold. Quick one! Belfort shows the hand speed that made him famous when he was younger.
ANTONIO ROGERIO NOGUEIRA VS ALISTAIR OVEREEM (3-1)
Overeem came out and controlled this fight. During the 1st round he controlled the action with high and low kicks. Around the 5 minute mark of the 1st round you could see the damage on Nog's leg. Nog did get a takedown and work some weak ground and pound but Overeem's defense was solid. In the second round Overeem went back
KAZUHIRO NAKAMURA vs EVENGELISTA SANTOS (4-1)
Nakamura came out and quickly got the takedown. Worked his ground and pound, wint into side control and landed a lot of little punches, not a whole lot of damage jsut frustrating. Secured the Americana but had it a little to far from the body, switched to a should crank then moved back to an elbow lock to secure the submission.
ANTONIO RODRIGO NOGUEIRA vs FABRICIO WERDUM (4-2)
Nog came out swinging and sent Werdum to the floor, Werdum pulled guard and played defense for a while. Nog controlled this round. Werdum has a stiff and quick jab but that's all he's got going for him. On 2 occasions during the round Werdum hits the canvas and at least 1 of Nog's body punches made Werdum wince. Round 2 brought more of the same, Nog now has a cut on his eye from the stiff jab of Werdum. It goes to the 3rd round where Werdum puts up a better effort but not enough. Werdum got a takedown and worked some pretty weak ground and pound. At one point Nog had to give up his back, Werdum went for the Rear Naked Choke, Nog slipped out the back door. Frank Trigg with the comment of the night says something like "Wow that was a great move I wish I could have learned that!"
(For those who are not MMA fans/followers, Frank Trigg lost his last 3 fights by the Rear Naked Choke.) So the Nog twins both make me wrong on this evening.
WANDERLEI SILVA vs KAZUYUKI FUJITA (5-2)
Silva came out a swingin, nocked Fujita to the mat early and landed 3 big knees to his head. The middle of this round got a little boring as Wandy controlled the action, Fujita did get some ride time and ground and pound as Wandy tried a couple times to land an Armbar. With right at a minute left Wandy drops Fujita again, jumps on, lands a lot of heavy blows and finally KO's him with literally 1 second left.
JOSH BARNETT vs MARK HUNT (5-3)
Wow, great job by Josh Barnett in this fight! I doubted his ability to take Hunt to the ground but it took him no time at all to get him down on the ground. Once he was on the ground he passed guard for side control, segregated Hunts arm and worked for a Kimura and secured the victory. Impressive win for Barnett.
MIRKO FILIPOVIC vs HIDEHIKO YOSHIDA (6-3)
Anotehr impressive win. Mirko came out utilizing his well known kicks. Yoshida hung in there for a while but 6-7 leg kicks from the 1/2 way point to the 7 minute mark inthe fight did their damage and took their toll. Yoshida was clearly in pain and limping on that leg, Mirko landed another one and Yoshida went down hard.
Another great night of fighting. A note about the UFC vs PRIDE argument. This was not live, taped in Japan. In 2 hrs and 40 minutes PRIDE brought us 9 fights and still had time to plug their upcoming shows and all that good stuff. Since the UFC is live it's harder to fill gaps in a show like this when you get some early ending fights.
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