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PRIDE 11 Predictions
A lot of this is going on in other forums, so I decided to start one here. Since discussion isn't as much as when I used to lurk these here boards. I'm in BJJ now so I have a right to post damnit! =)
Anyway, lets get this thread going:
Main Event; Kazushi Sakuraba x Shannon "The Cannon" Ritch
This won't be a work I hope since neither man really needs a work. Sak will look weak in the MMA world if he does a work against a guy who lost by flying arm bar in a couple of seconds [or so i heard]. So the deal is, Sak will toy with him and win. However! I have an upset feeling I don't know what it is. I always have one, but they never come true. Either way, Sak by arm bar.
7th Fight; Naoya Ogawa x Masaki Satake
I don't mind works since I'm a big fan of professional wrestling, but I wish both worlds would be seperated. I don't know if Satake's last fight was a work, but if it is then Pride does HORRIBLE ones. Not in the sense that it wasn't believable, but in the sense that it was just an anti-climatic shitty match that in my opinion was the worst match of the night [didn't see the Vitor match, it could have been worse]. Either way, Ogawa will win work or not because Satake is not a good MMAer, a decent K1er, and Ogawa is awesome at Judo and is like a good deal bigger then Satake. Ogawa by KO.
6th Fight; Nobuhiko Takada x Igor Vovchanchyn
This probably won't be a work considering its supposedly Takada's last match. Takada isn't bad, but Vovchanchyn isn't good; he's amazing. I still hate Vov because I don't like his style, but he's as dominant a fighter as I can think of. Takada will lose by throwing the towel but if he wins his retirement match by work, then the Internet is going to explode with rage.
5th Fight; Alexander Otsuka x Mike Bourke
I don't know much about Bourke, so I won't say anything in case hes a good fighter. I'm going with the Diet Butcher here becuase I'm a big fan of BattlArts Pro Wrestling. Plus he's a tough Mofo and pretty talented as well. He hung with Vov better then Enson did surprisngly. Alex by Sub or TKO.
4th Fight; Akira Shoji x Herman Renting
I never heard of Herman so it could be just a mismatch (?). Going with Akira by sub.
3rd Fight; Yoshiaki Yatsu x Gary Goodridge
This is a work, Yatsu is a pro-wrestler [an old one] and Goodridge could kill him. No one would risk that so I think this will be a work which really really sucks. Gary should win if its real, but if its a work then Yatsu.
2nd Fight; Gilbert Yvel x Vanderlei Silva
If it was up to EVERYONE on here, this would be the main event, but its not. I'm going with Yvel here because he's just DANGEROUS in the stand up and reminds me of a kickboxing Sak in the moves he does [a flying knee anyone?]. In the clinch although Silva is better, he's not bigger so I don't think that it matters. On the ground its Silva, but he's not going to dominate there either. So Yvel by TKO well into the 8th or 9th minute. Should be a great fight.
1st Fight; Tom Erikson x Heath Herring
Yawn, boring GnP win by Erikson, may mount and actually win by punches like some old school Don Frye, other then that, this will probably suck.
What do you guys think?
Anyway, lets get this thread going:
Main Event; Kazushi Sakuraba x Shannon "The Cannon" Ritch
This won't be a work I hope since neither man really needs a work. Sak will look weak in the MMA world if he does a work against a guy who lost by flying arm bar in a couple of seconds [or so i heard]. So the deal is, Sak will toy with him and win. However! I have an upset feeling I don't know what it is. I always have one, but they never come true. Either way, Sak by arm bar.
7th Fight; Naoya Ogawa x Masaki Satake
I don't mind works since I'm a big fan of professional wrestling, but I wish both worlds would be seperated. I don't know if Satake's last fight was a work, but if it is then Pride does HORRIBLE ones. Not in the sense that it wasn't believable, but in the sense that it was just an anti-climatic shitty match that in my opinion was the worst match of the night [didn't see the Vitor match, it could have been worse]. Either way, Ogawa will win work or not because Satake is not a good MMAer, a decent K1er, and Ogawa is awesome at Judo and is like a good deal bigger then Satake. Ogawa by KO.
6th Fight; Nobuhiko Takada x Igor Vovchanchyn
This probably won't be a work considering its supposedly Takada's last match. Takada isn't bad, but Vovchanchyn isn't good; he's amazing. I still hate Vov because I don't like his style, but he's as dominant a fighter as I can think of. Takada will lose by throwing the towel but if he wins his retirement match by work, then the Internet is going to explode with rage.
5th Fight; Alexander Otsuka x Mike Bourke
I don't know much about Bourke, so I won't say anything in case hes a good fighter. I'm going with the Diet Butcher here becuase I'm a big fan of BattlArts Pro Wrestling. Plus he's a tough Mofo and pretty talented as well. He hung with Vov better then Enson did surprisngly. Alex by Sub or TKO.
4th Fight; Akira Shoji x Herman Renting
I never heard of Herman so it could be just a mismatch (?). Going with Akira by sub.
3rd Fight; Yoshiaki Yatsu x Gary Goodridge
This is a work, Yatsu is a pro-wrestler [an old one] and Goodridge could kill him. No one would risk that so I think this will be a work which really really sucks. Gary should win if its real, but if its a work then Yatsu.
2nd Fight; Gilbert Yvel x Vanderlei Silva
If it was up to EVERYONE on here, this would be the main event, but its not. I'm going with Yvel here because he's just DANGEROUS in the stand up and reminds me of a kickboxing Sak in the moves he does [a flying knee anyone?]. In the clinch although Silva is better, he's not bigger so I don't think that it matters. On the ground its Silva, but he's not going to dominate there either. So Yvel by TKO well into the 8th or 9th minute. Should be a great fight.
1st Fight; Tom Erikson x Heath Herring
Yawn, boring GnP win by Erikson, may mount and actually win by punches like some old school Don Frye, other then that, this will probably suck.
What do you guys think?
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