PRIDE FC OR UFC?
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I voted Pride.
Don't get me wrong, I liked both, but I think Pride had more "stars" than the UFC did back then. THe rules made the fights a bit more brutal at times, and the production of the shows were second to none!!
I wish Pride was still around....
I just started purchasing the Legacy dvd's. I have several Pride events on VHS, but I want to get the full series on DVD now.
I voted tie. I get a warm fuzzy feeling inside when I think back on Pride. However the UFC's place in the history and future of MMA is very secure. The more I think about it though I would probably go UFC then Pride. It doesn't matter how big Strikeforce gets they will never get past 3rd best in my book.
lefthook07 said:
2 votes on neither they both suck :? WTF :shock: ?
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xDDD
I literally cracked up to that statement.
mmach0l0 said:
get over it already pride lovers.
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Your post gave me such a distaste.
Why would you come into a thread and make such an utter, disgraceful, and idiotic remark? I am not a "PRIDE lover". In fact, until a few years ago, I wasn't really familiar with the organization itself. Also, it seems to me that your knowledge is that the sport itself is one-dimensional; revolved around the UFC. Well I'm sorry to tell you that that's not the case. In fact, PRIDE had more benefits for me personally rather the UFC. Now does that make me a PRIDE lover? Yes, I love PRIDE. I love all organizations... in fact, this was a very tough decision for me. I love the UFC. I love the old days, the growing period, and the days of today... but in my opinion PRIDE is better.
I'm not sure what happened in the past of this forums for so many members to be butt-hurt over me asking a simple question "PRIDE FC OR UFC, which you perfer".... and quite frankly, I don't care. I'm one of the newer members up here and I just would like to here opinions so I ask that you either post something relevant to the topic, or just don't post at all. I don't care which.
You're going to get posts like this because this topic is just dead, dude. It's just f---ing dead.
But I will give you an intelligent response.
I like PRIDEfc better for a few reasons:
Roster:
At the time, 2000-2006, Pride had the best fighters. The UFC had some really great fighters, especially in the lower weight divisions, but as a whole, Pride had the better roster.
The event:
Nothing was like the spectacle of a Pride event. It was hyped up and produced to be a monumentous occasion. The drums, the announcer, the dances, the entrances, etc., etc., etc.
The tournaments:
Nothing was better than their tournaments. It produced weird match-ups that you wouldn't normally see.
The matchmaking:
In the UFC it isall about the title, and making title runs, and moving up the ladder, and all that stuff. I like that the UFC does this, but I also liked the way that Pride made their matches. If Pride wasn't a little wacky then we would never see stars born like Rampage was when he was flown in to fight the second greatest LHW in the world at the time: Kazushi Sakuraba.
Or we wouldn't be able to see monumental upsets like Soko KOing Lil' Nog.
And we wouldn't be able to see freak show fights like Bob Sapp v. Big Nog. Now, the freak show fights get old after a while. I don't want to see them on every card, or even every other card, but they are very exciting when they are not overdone.
Negatives:
They ruined figters by putting them in freak show fights. Notably Sakuraba. They would line that dude, who was actually a MW that fought at LHW, up against the likes of Mirko Filipovic, Ice Cold, and Ricardo Arona. He just wasn't big enough to fight against powerhouses like that, but they would still throw him in there, and you can't tell me that didn't hurt his career.
Another aspect that got outta control with Pride was cherry picking opponents for their huge stars. I remember Wanderlei had some pretty easy fights, even one against a guy that had no professional MMA fights. That's kind of ridiculous.
i loved pride more than anything but the thing i dont understand is why the ufc doesnt try to reproduce something of the things that fans loved so much about pride such as the ramp, opening ceremonies, back stage statements, ref cams, and story lined fights.
if the ufc tried to do atleast half of those things i'd become such a big fan.
I chose tie, only because of the open weight grand prix's and tournament style matches. I loved that stuff. I also liked the kicks to the head of grounded opponents, but hated the fact they couldn't use elbows. I didn't like the ring, I like the cage better. The UFC has a better overall production, but I liked the entrances in Pride more. Just overall they both even out to me. Put the two together and it's perfect. I liked the Ref cams in Pride too.