Comments on: Bushido 11/5 Yokohama Arena event results

By: Nick Poliseno

Nick Poliseno — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 17:55:54 +0000

The Pearson-Maeda fight was so disappointing. i have followed Maeda, and he is an exciting, skilled fighter. He is a better striker than wrestler, but he can wrestle too. I really wanted to see him in action against a non-asian fighter. I don’t understand the ease with which the choke was obtained and not challenged. Was it that Maeda was surprised by how tight it got, because it didn’t seem like it was going to end the fight so quickly. Also, he never seem to get a bit desparate when he must have realized he was in trouble and perhaps throw some punches or flip around a bit. Taking nothing away from Pearson, I would have liked to see if he could have handled all of Maeda’s striking power and quickness. I hope he doesn’t get too discouraged by his two loses at Pride Bushido 7 & 13 and hope he tries again to enter the “Big Leagues.” Does anybody know when he is fighting next.

By: JThue

JThue — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 23:51:20 +0000

BTW, a little note on the mood. When Maeda taps out in less than a minute and Japan go 0-4 for the evening, Yokohama Arena is more DEAD than it even was at any of the World-Japan wrestling shows. Then Japanese fighers come back with five wins before Miaski tops it off, and thank goodness for that. How else would this crowd have survived 6+ hours?!? :S

Yeah, enough of the monster cards already. Bushido overkill at the last two shows. Positive comments from Takada though.

By: JThue

JThue — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 23:47:00 +0000

Nothing wrong with the desicions. Also, HUME gave his decision to Gomi over Aurelio, so only the Misaki-win was 2 Jp vs 1 US vote. And the latter was a lot less disputable than Gomi’s win was. Having said that, the right men won, but Gomi and Aurelio need to go again.

Filho vs. Kang for #1 contender after Misaki – Hendo please. For a pretty crappy show this Bushido-event sure did wonders for the future of the WW-division.

By: JOSH

JOSH — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 16:31:04 +0000

I agree that is an odd PRIDE rule…oh well if anything it did allow Misaki to prove he deserves a shot with Henderson BUt I would like to see Kang vs Filho somewhere down the line to set up thenext contender for the title.

By: Tomer

Tomer — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 16:02:14 +0000

Kind of a wacky rule (IMO) since it makes the reserve spot a reserve of the reserve spot, but thanks for the clarification, Zach.

By: Zach Arnold

Zach Arnold — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 12:03:23 +0000

Tomer – apparently the PRIDE rule is that the loser of a semi-final tournament match (in this case, Misaki, who lost to Filho) is allowed first rights to replace over the reserver (Mousasi). Therefore, Misaki was slotted vs. Kang in the finals.

By: Tomer

Tomer — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 11:54:28 +0000

Did something happen to Gegard Mousasi as well that allowed PRIDE to put Kazuo Misaki into the finals of the GP?

By: Jwebb

Jwebb — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 07:39:45 +0000

Kang got dominated by misaki, He barely made it out of the first round, and then got dropped hard in the 2nd as well.

Try watching the fights before you call foul on the decisions

By: Jwebb

Jwebb — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 06:55:20 +0000

Hey, what do you know?

I was there and in fact the decisions were right on. I was surprised they were even split. I had them as UD’s for the winners.

Did you even watch the fights?

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 05:31:08 +0000

Hey, what do you know? In the big two matches, the Japanese fighters got the hometown split decision against the foreigners. Remember that next time the PRIDE marks try to claim UFC is biased in favor of American fighters.