Pride inked a deal with FOX Sports and will be showing their Pride Bushido events free. I've seen some of the fights already and there are some great ones. All in all a higher talent level than last night's UFC.
Bushido 12 is on tonight at 7pm. check it.
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Dan Henderson
Kazuo "Hitman" Misaki
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 200
Wins: 11
Losses: 4
Draws: 0
Country: USA
Style: Wrestling
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 182
Wins: 2
Losses: 2
Draws: 0
Country: Japan
Style: Boxing
Takanori Gomi
David Baron
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 154
Wins: 10
Losses: 1
Draws: 0
Country: Japan
Style: Shooto
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 165
Wins: 0
Losses: 0
Draws: 0
Country: France
Style: Judo
Dennis Kang
Amar Suloev
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 195
Wins: 4
Losses: 0
Draws: 0
Country: Canada/British Columbia
Style: Kickboxing
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 200
Wins: 1
Losses: 0
Draws: 1
Country: Russia
Style: Kickboxing & Wrestling
Ryo "Pirahna" Chonan
Paulo Filho
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 185 lbs
Wins: 4
Losses: 3
Draws: 0
Country: Japan
Style: Muay Thai
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 185 lbs
Wins: 5
Losses: 0
Draws: 0
Country: Brazil
Style: Brazillian Jiujitsu
Luiciano Azevedo
Hayato Sakurai
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 160 lbs
Wins: 0
Losses: 0
Draws: 0
Country: Brazil
Style: Luta Livre
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 161 lbs
Wins: 6
Losses: 3
Draws: 0
Country: Japan
Style: Shooto
Gegard Mousasi
Akihiro Gouno
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 185 lbs
Wins: 1
Losses: 0
Draws: 0
Country: Holland
Style: Kickboxing & Wrestling
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 183 lbs
Wins: 4
Losses: 2
Draws: 0
Country: Japan
Style: Submission Fighting
Daisuke Nakamura
Seichi Ikemoto
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 174 lbs
Wins: 0
Losses: 1
Draws: 0
Country: Japan
Style: Shooto
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 167 lbs
Wins: 0
Losses: 1
Draws: 0
Country: Japan
Style: Shooto
Chris Brennan
Tatsuya Kawajiri
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 155 lbs
Wins: 0
Losses: 0
Draws: 0
Country: USA
Style: Brazillian Jiujitsu
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 154 lbs
Wins: 3
Losses: 1
Draws: 0
Country: Japan
Style: Wrestling
Gilbert Melendez
Nobuhiro Obiya
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 155 lbs
Wins: 0
Losses: 0
Draws: 0
Country: USA
Style: Brazillian Jiujitsu
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 145 lbs
Wins: 0
Losses: 0
Draws: 0
Country: Japan
Style: Kickboxing
Jason Black
Shinya Aoki
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 169 lbs
Wins: 1
Losses: 0
Draws: 0
Country: USA
Style: Submission Fighting
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 170 lbs
Wins: 0
Losses: 0
Draws: 0
Country: Japan
Style: Brazillian Jiujitsu
Jeff Curran
Hatsu Hioki
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 145 lbs
Wins: 0
Losses: 0
Draws: 0
Country: USA
Style: Brazillian Jiujitsu
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 143 lbs
Wins: 0
Losses: 0
Draws: 0
Country: Japan
Style: Shooto
Naoki Matsushita
Hiroyuki Abe
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 154 lbs
Wins: 0
Losses: 0
Draws: 0
Country: Japan
Style: Shooto
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 143 lbs
Wins: 0
Losses: 0
Draws: 0
Country: Japan
Style: Shooto
Butterbean
Minowa Ikuhisa
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 350 lbs
Wins: 0
Losses: 0
Draws: 0
Country: USA
Style: Boxing
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 181 lbs
Wins: 7
Losses: 7
Draws: 0
Country: Japan
Style: Wrestling
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Working "hard," or the perception of working hard, doesn't really mean anything. Sweating, vomiting, and breathing hard could be a good workout or a tropical disease kicking in.-Dan John
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Working "hard," or the perception of working hard, doesn't really mean anything. Sweating, vomiting, and breathing hard could be a good workout or a tropical disease kicking in.-Dan John
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Working "hard," or the perception of working hard, doesn't really mean anything. Sweating, vomiting, and breathing hard could be a good workout or a tropical disease kicking in.-Dan John
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Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable. -- Sidney J. Harris
Aoki (the guy in yellow tights) is something else, despite his unfortunate choice in garb.
He's a student of Japanese BJJ legend Yuki Nakai, who was made famous in his fight with Rickson Gracie back in '95 after having his eye gouged in his previous match that SAME night. Nakai lost that eye.
His attitude reminds me of guys I met in Japan. I can tell you that the average fighter, even guys not competing, are so dedicated. They just train. Period. Everyday. Alot of guys work their normal 9-6 or whatever and just train every single night and weekends. It's rather rare for people to have more than one hobby. In my experience alot of Japanese have one serious interest and sort of develop a lifestyle around it.
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Working "hard," or the perception of working hard, doesn't really mean anything. Sweating, vomiting, and breathing hard could be a good workout or a tropical disease kicking in.-Dan John
I know what you mean. Im part of a Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre and im exposed to many visiting Japanese students and i get the same impression. It struck me when I spoke with a guy learning English and the exact approach he used with the grammar rules, so technical. He explained that Japanese will usually approach all things with this type of determination.
Its an important cultural note to be aware of if you plan to learn any budo, i think.
As for Aoki's awsome yellow man tights, Japanese fighters are usually pretty funny I think, good sense of humours (ex: see Guono, the man).
The explanation I've heard from alot of Jpn guys is something along the lines of "we don't have physical size so we focus on being extremely technical", which is probably true for not only MMA but baseball and other sports.
As for MMA entertainers nobody can hold a candle to Genki Sudo. Not only is he a wizard on the ground but his style is a pleasure to watch.
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Working "hard," or the perception of working hard, doesn't really mean anything. Sweating, vomiting, and breathing hard could be a good workout or a tropical disease kicking in.-Dan John
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