Search - Pride Fighting Championships: Pride Fighting Legacy, Vol. 5 on DVD

Bad to the Bone

retrowrestling | SGV, California | 03/17/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Pride Fighting Legacy Volume 5 is a five-DVD set containing 5 seperate Pride FC events. Each DVD contains a "special-features" menu selection that contains such items as: Fighter's Bios, Pride FC Rules, Photo Gallary, etc.

Pride 24 - Cold Fury 3 (12/23/02):
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Guy Mezger
Ron "H20" Waterman vs. Valentijn Overeem
Rodrigo Gracie vs. Yuki Sasaki
Bayzigit Atajev vs. Alistair Overeem
Kevin Randleman vs. Murilo "Ninja" Rua
Antonia Rodrigo Noguerira vs. Dan Henderson
Yoshihisa Yamamoto vs. Alexander Otsuka

Pride 25 - Body Blow (3/16/03):
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura
Anderson Silva vs. Carlos Newton
Dan Henderson vs. Shungo Oyama
Antonio Nino Schembri vs. Kazushi Sakuraba
Quiton "Rampage" Jackson vs. Kevin Randleman
Alexander Otsuka vs. Kenichi Yamamoto

Pride 26 - Bad to the Bone (6/08/03):
Kazuhiro Haranaka vs. Antonio "Nino" Schembri
Daiju Takase vs. Anderson Silva
Alistair Overeem vs. Mike Bencic
Quiton "Rampage" Jackson vs. Aikhail Illoukhine
Fedor Emelianenko vs. Kazuyuki Fujita
Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic vs. Heath Herring
Mark Coleman vs. Don Frye

Pride 27 - Inferno (2/01/04):
Igor Vovchanchyn vs. Dan "The Bull" Bobish
Sergei Kharitonov vs. "L.A. Giant" Peterson
Murilo "Ninja" Rua vs. Alexander Otsuka
Kazuhiro Nakamura vs. Dos Cara Jr.
Mark Kerr vs. Yoshihisa Yamamoto
Heath Herring vs. Gan McGee
Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic vs. Ron "H20" Waterman

Pride 28 - High Octane (10/31/04):
Heath Herring vs. Hirotaka Yokoi
Ricardo Arona vs. Sergey Ignatov
Alekander Emelianenko vs. James Thompson
Alistair Overeem vs. Hiromitsu Kanehara
Mark Hunt vs. Daniel Bobish
Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic vs. Josh Barnett
Wanderlei Silva vs Quiton "Rampage" Jackson
Choi Mu Brei vs. Sor Palalei

As expected of Pride a lot of great action along with a few explosive knockouts, such as Randleman/Jackson. A few vets show their wear & tear. Most notably Mark Kerr. His physique has really changed, and for the worst. Cro Cop is quite a force. All in all a great set to compliment your Pride DVD collection.
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Pride Dominates UFC Anyday

Bionic Soy | Brooklyn, NY | 05/02/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I have ordered Pride videos in the past, including the one above. Any true MMA fan will appreciate the high quality and stunning level of competition formerly available in the Pride Organization. All one really has to ponder is the FACT that Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, Anderson "The Spider" Silva and Antonio Minataro Nogueira are three former Pride fighters who are current UFC champions! Pride Fighting Legacy Volume 5 demonstrates why. Pride was far better then than the UFC is today."

Oldies but goodies

K. Kluthe | 07/29/2008

(4 out of 5 stars)

"If you like mixed martial arts you will like these box sets. Even if you don't like half of the fights, for the money you're paying for these sets its still worth it.

Why wouldn't you want to see Anderson Silva in his pre-UFC days? Rampage Jackson vs. Kevin Randleman? Come on, who wouldn't want to see that fight? Don't forget about Dan Henderson, Mirko Cro Cop, and Heath Herring, just to name a few of the fighters featured in this set. And you get to see Fedor fight the current UFC Heavyweight champ Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (Pride 25). That's probably worth the $25 bucks, alone.

Pride FC is no more. Unfortunately, its unique rules went with it. These disks are the last remnant of knees, soccer kicks, and stomps to the head of a downed opponent in MMA. The ring isn't as good as the cage for MMA, and not being able to elbow your opponent in the face sometimes makes for slow ground matches, but for the most part its refreshing to see MMA fights with slightly different rules than the current universally adopted UFC rules.

These collections might be a little too much for the casual MMA fan, but if you want to research current fighters, learn more about MMA, or simply want to see a lot of good fights, buy these disks."