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Final Pride FC DVD release does not dissappoint

ThomasBJJ | Los Angeles, CA | 07/07/2009

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This DVD release completes the Pride FC catalog. Yes, I know there is a Pride 32 and 33, but for some odd reason the DVD's have been released in reverse order for the last few shows.

Here are the fights and some thoughts on them.

Fights:
Mark Hunt vs.Yosuke Nishijima: The "Main Event". Kind of an odd choice since Nishijima was making his debut, and Hunt was nowhere near anyone's Top 20 list. Pretty good fight though. Huge, powerful kickboxer/MMA fighter vs. much smaller, quicker, talented pure boxer.

Mark Coleman vs. Mauricio Shogun Rua: The U.S. PPV "Main Event". Short fight that ends with a freak broken arm injury. Entertaining post fight brawl in the ring afterwords.

Antonio Minotauro Nogueira vs. Kiyoshi Tamura: Dominant performance, great submission display.

Josh Barnett vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura: Surprisingly somewhat competitive fight. Entertaining.

Alistair Overeem vs. Sergei Kharitonov: Brutal destruction.

Tsuyoshi Kohsaka vs. Mario Sperry: A great, but short, slugfest ending in KO.

Fabricio Werdum vs. Jon Olav Einemo: Slow paced. My least enjoyed fight of the event.

Dong Sik Yoon vs. Quinton Rampage Jackson: Another slow fight with only a few nice action sequences.

Pedro Rizzo vs. Roman Zentsov: Very short, very brutal KO.

Overall, this was an entertaining event. If you are a Pride FC fan, you definitely want to see this one.
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