Comments on: Latest Man Festival card line-up

By: That Awesome Cro-Cop Video at johng Blog

That Awesome Cro-Cop Video at johng Blog — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 09:45:58 +0000

[...] It’s nice to finally see this but it also makes me sad looking back at Pride at its peak not so long ago compared to what we will have this New Year’s Eve. [...]

By: grafdog

grafdog — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 09:02:13 +0000

Saku vs Lil Nog was an entertaining intense fight. It was very competitive. Sapp vs Bono however was pretty sad, what with Akebono’s wife and kids crying away in the audience. Akebono had no chance in that one.

This card is not very compelling so far…. i’d rather see some match’s like this
Fedor vs yoshida
Coleman vs silva
Hunt vs Fujita
Ninja vs Chonen
Busta vs Gono or Tamura
Broni vs Soluev

By: TorontoMike

TorontoMike — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 04:38:42 +0000

Still interested to see who Hong-Man Choi’s going to be fighting (if not Mirko)

By: monkeymatt

monkeymatt — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 04:19:58 +0000

“I thought Sapp/Akebono was AWESOME. To me in many ways, thatâ€™s what New Yearâ€™s Eve is all about. And what fighting is all about”

**sound of everything crashing to a halt**

Wha?

By: Allen

Allen — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 04:16:21 +0000

I want something freaky this NYE. I’m disapointed that Giant Silva vs Akebono is as freak showy as things are going to get this NYE. We all know these two are boring in the ring, killing the “holy shit, these guys are freaks, lets see’em brawl” excitment that it should have. Getting Andy instead of Bobby versus Kaneko doesn’t help things either.

By: Mr.Roadblock

Mr.Roadblock — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 03:04:42 +0000

I thought Sapp/Akebono was AWESOME. To me in many ways, that’s what New Year’s Eve is all about. And what fighting is all about. Sure, neither guy is one of the best in the world. But it’s a 6′5″ 350lb guy vs a 6′8″ 450lb guy. Be honest, who doesn’t want to see that? I like what Josh said on the last radio show about how he likes those fights too. Same thing for Giant Silva vs Henry Miller. What happens when a Giant fights a fat bastard?

I’d pay $100 to see a Polar Bear fight a Silverback Gorrilla or two Polar Bears vs three Siberian Tigers on a hockey rink, or and alligator vs a nurse shark in 3 feet of clear water. I like fights. I like clashes of styles. I want to know what happens when x fights y.

It drives me nuts when someone says, “oh well it doesn’t reflect on the top 10.” That doesn’t mean it’s not interesting. Frank Shamrock and Renzo doesn’t reflect on the top 10 and I’d watch that. I’d watch Frank vs Royce or Bas vs Mark Coleman or Militech vs Randy. A well matched fight is a well matched fight and if it’s interesting I’ll watch it. Shonie Carter vs the Irish Steroid Guy doesn’t have any bearing on any rankings but that’s on TV. And I was interested in that fight. Turned out it sucked, oh well they got me.

By: Zach Arnold

Zach Arnold — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 01:55:36 +0000

Now, Ortiz/Liddel has the best build-up and most drama of any fight this NYE, but I think the fight itself will be a dud, along with most of the card.

If you look at some of the most marquee fights ever on NYE, they usually aren’t the greatest. There was the savage beating Takayama took a few years ago, there was Akebono/Sapp, and there was that strange positioning of Rogerio vs. Sakuraba. Fedor vs. Nogueira drew a 20% rating for what was a pretty good fight, though.

By: Allen

Allen — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 00:41:18 +0000

Nakamura has a lot of grit, and some serious skills, his fight with Shogun will be a lot closer than people think.

Kondo/Gono is interesting to me because 4-5 years ago Kondo smacked the shit out of Gono, but now Kondo is in a slump and Gono has been putting on some os his most inspired performances. I’m curious to see how it all plays out.

Now, Ortiz/Liddel has the best build-up and most drama of any fight this NYE, but I think the fight itself will be a dud, along with most of the card. But again, I’m ordering the ppv anyways (and god help me, I’ll be downloading that awful K-1 card the second it’s on bittorrent).

By: iain

iain — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 00:04:54 +0000

I really like this card. Nog v Barnett 1 is my fight of the year hopefully the rematch can settle the score once and for all. I am scared Josh is coming to this out of shape though…

The lightweight fights are fantastic. Gomi v Ishida not for the title is the DUMBEST thing ever though. Hopefully gomi can comeback to his his hyper-exciting style. MELENDEZ, HANSEN, KAWAJIRI, AOKI. THESE ARE ALL POTENTIAL CHAMPIONS ON ANY GIVEN NIGHT!

I guess I am the only Nakamura fan out there? I feel bad though, pride is really not trying to build him that much. This WILL be a competitive match up.

Tamura v Minowa sounds alright. Hearing the pro wrestling backround makes it more interesting for me. Like someone said this will be the most or least fun fight out of the bunch.

Fedor fighting is always great.

Kondo v Gono is the most meh out of the bunch. Gono is always cool though. Kondo is legit and is in a make or break situation. Could be a great fight.

Overall this is a WAY better overall card than Ortiz-Liddel. However the ortiz-liddel fight has WAY more heat than this card. I will be spending cash on both because I am addicted to mma!

By: The Gaijin

The Gaijin — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 23:43:53 +0000

IF Arona couldnt drag down a fight and turn it into a boring stall-fest…theres no way Nakamura can.