Comments on: PRIDE US PPV version of 12/31 Saitama event http://www.fightopinion.com/2006/01/02/pride-us-ppv-version-of-1231-saitama-event/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:03:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: John Griffin http://www.fightopinion.com/2006/01/02/pride-us-ppv-version-of-1231-saitama-event/comment-page-1/#comment-115 John Griffin Thu, 05 Jan 2006 15:45:08 +0000 http://www.fightopinion.com/2006/01/02/pride-us-ppv-version-of-1231-saitama-event/#comment-115 Thing that gets me is they had 15 minutes left on PPV so they didn't even need to edit much out, if at all, to fit the matches in. Thing that gets me is they had 15 minutes left on PPV so they didn’t even need to edit much out, if at all, to fit the matches in.

]]> By: Gambit’s Blog » Blog Archive » More on Pride FC Shockwave http://www.fightopinion.com/2006/01/02/pride-us-ppv-version-of-1231-saitama-event/comment-page-1/#comment-114 Gambit’s Blog » Blog Archive » More on Pride FC Shockwave Thu, 05 Jan 2006 14:34:57 +0000 http://www.fightopinion.com/2006/01/02/pride-us-ppv-version-of-1231-saitama-event/#comment-114 [...] After my post the other day, FightOpinion.com has commented and pointed me to their thread here. [...] [...] After my post the other day, FightOpinion.com has commented and pointed me to their thread here. [...]

]]> By: chris http://www.fightopinion.com/2006/01/02/pride-us-ppv-version-of-1231-saitama-event/comment-page-1/#comment-76 chris Mon, 02 Jan 2006 22:51:58 +0000 http://www.fightopinion.com/2006/01/02/pride-us-ppv-version-of-1231-saitama-event/#comment-76 What I don't understand is how on their English language website they hyped Kondo/Nak, Kikuta/Takimoto, Bennett/Kaneko, and Aleks/Pawel without showing them. And how they could have a video package for Kondo/Nak right before it started. And how they could show Silva, Thompson, Aleks, Pawel, Kondo, and Nak in the opening ceremony and then leave them out. Cut out some of the national anthems and promos for the knockouts special and you could fit at least one, probably two more matches in. It stinks badly of trying to sell us both the PPV and later the DVD. Foul play. That is an attitude that will alienate many an American fan. What I don’t understand is how on their English language website they hyped Kondo/Nak, Kikuta/Takimoto, Bennett/Kaneko, and Aleks/Pawel without showing them. And how they could have a video package for Kondo/Nak right before it started. And how they could show Silva, Thompson, Aleks, Pawel, Kondo, and Nak in the opening ceremony and then leave them out. Cut out some of the national anthems and promos for the knockouts special and you could fit at least one, probably two more matches in. It stinks badly of trying to sell us both the PPV and later the DVD. Foul play. That is an attitude that will alienate many an American fan.

]]> By: Royal Burnell http://www.fightopinion.com/2006/01/02/pride-us-ppv-version-of-1231-saitama-event/comment-page-1/#comment-75 Royal Burnell Mon, 02 Jan 2006 20:13:32 +0000 http://www.fightopinion.com/2006/01/02/pride-us-ppv-version-of-1231-saitama-event/#comment-75 Could this be the fault of the US office? Looking at how the lineup is set, You've got the main event as the second fight on the card. This sorta spits on the legitimacy of the match as well as Ogawa, doesn't it? You also have the Arona/Silva title fight as main event and not the two grand prix title fights which had a lot of build here in the US. By having those matches lower on the card, doesn't it just cheapen the belts here in the US? Could this be the fault of the US office? Looking at how the lineup is set, You’ve got the main event as the second fight on the card. This sorta spits on the legitimacy of the match as well as Ogawa, doesn’t it?

You also have the Arona/Silva title fight as main event and not the two grand prix title fights which had a lot of build here in the US. By having those matches lower on the card, doesn’t it just cheapen the belts here in the US?

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