Title: Pride Final Conflict 2005
Description: Fedor vs. Crocop
Mad Dog - August 26, 2005 01:49 AM (GMT)
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The Semi-Finals and Finals of the Middleweight Tournament
Wanderlei Silva (Brazil)
vs.
Ricardo Arona (Brazil)
Mauricio "Shogun" Rua (Brazil)
vs.
Alistair Overeem (Holland)
Winner Silva/Arona
vs.
Winner Rua/Overeem
Heavyweight Championship Match
Fedor Emelianenko (Russia)
vs.
Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic (Croatia)
Additional Matches
David "Tank" Abbott (USA)
vs.
Hidehiko Yoshida (Japan)
Igor Vovchanchyn (Ukraine)
vs.
Kazuhiro Nakamura (Japan)
Fabricio Werdum (Brazil/Spain)
vs.
Roman Zentsov (Russia)
Participants and Matches Subject to Change. |
Scrooge McSuck - August 26, 2005 01:54 AM (GMT)
Damn, Tank Abbott is still around? Does he still go through his usual performance, either by KO'ing someone in the first 2 minutes, or getting his ass handed to him on the ground in the first 5?
Mad Dog - August 26, 2005 02:03 AM (GMT)
Basically. I'm surprised that Pride would have anything to do with him.
Dorian - August 26, 2005 02:59 AM (GMT)
Just the token "name" jobber really. I don't think he's there because he's going to "wow" people with a KO.
However, if a KO happens, bonus for Pride.
Real F'n Show - August 26, 2005 03:25 AM (GMT)
Abbott will be gassed by round 2, and KTFO by round 3 at the latest.
Rest of the card looks good, and I'm hoping for a CroCop title win. Sure he ain't got shit for takedowns or a ground game, but it will be fun seeing some high kicks to retain the belt.
Also looking forward to a Silva/Shogun finals match, which would kick all kinds of ass.
dynamite kido - August 27, 2005 10:52 PM (GMT)
The sad thing is though that everything I've read about Yoshida/Tank is that Yoshida is incredibly overrated. As far as I've known Tank is a shitty fighter, but he packs a good KO punch. SO maybe if Yoshida is overrrated as a fighter...........he'll get caught. Hopefully though...............he just submits.
Mad Dog - August 27, 2005 11:33 PM (GMT)
I don't know. Tank's lost to some really shitty fighters like Kimo before. He probably goes down in this fight unless Yoshida has a glass jaw.
dynamite kido - August 28, 2005 12:27 AM (GMT)
I would probably agree with you MD, I was just saying that if it gets into a match of fists (which Yoshida probably isn't dumb enough to do) then he could get the win. Otherwise..............I would go with Yoshida anyway.