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Originally posted by proud chinaman
do alot of pride fighters also enter ufc?
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Not for the most part no. The fighters in Pride much rather Pride to UFC.
For the most part, I see that the fact that UFC has a cage instead of a ring is degrading to the sport.. What happens is guys focus on taking the guy down, drive him into the fence and beat the hell out of. It's very repetitive. Which results in very few submission artists of enough skill because fighting from their back will end up with their back against the fence with knees in your face.
In Pride with the Hypothetically Unlimited Mat, guys who want to pound a guy into a corner will be beaten like they just stole something. Something valuable.
REAL Ground and Pound masters are found in Pride, IMO. They don't need a fence to stop a guy from getting away. I mean, look at Fedor, now that's a Ground and Pound technician. If he had a fence to help him, he'd be unstoppable.. But I think he stays in Pride because the competition is better, and UFC tries to glorify each fight and pretend that each guy hates the other guy. But Fedor is a very quiet guy.. love his interviews: "Do you have any special strategies to employ on him?" "Well, I'm going to go out there, and I'm going to try and win.." lol
