pride 25

[Mcleanhatch]

Kazushi Sakuraba vs Antonio "Nino Elvis" Schembri
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs Fedor Emelianenko
(Heavyweight Title Bout)
Carlos Newton vs Anderson Silva
Akira Shoji vs Alex Stiebling
Dan Henderson vs Shungo Oyama
Alexander Otsuka vs Kenichi Yamamoto
Rogerio Nogueira vs Kazuhiro Nakamura

PRIDE 25 takes place March 16, 2003 at 3:30 pm in Yokohama Arena, Japan, and airs the SAME DAY on PPV in North America via DirecTV, DishNetwork, Viewer's Choice Canada, TVN, and others.

Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs Fedor Emelianenko is the fight to watch.

 

[BigE916WRM]

Looks like an awesome card.

 

[BigE916WRM]

This weekend folks. This card looks to be one of the better ones in recent Pride. Watch for the SIlva/Newton fight it should be awesome, thats my pick for fight of the night. Upset of the night will be Elvis over Sak or Rampage over Randleman. If I had to bet I wouldnt on either of those but I see a chance there could be an upset in those two.

 

[miggidy]

LOL!
And to think I almost got into the MMA scene.
Watchin an ass whoopin is better than takin one.
At least that's what I hear.

Silva is the man!

 

[Rumpelstiltskin]

Newton is gonna submit Silva pretty quick...latest in rd. 2.
It's not Wanderlei...its Anderson.
The only thing impressive on Anderson Silva's resume is beating Sakurai...but that's hella impressive within its self.
Newton will still submit him....ankle lock.

Randleman over Jackson....KO by knee.

Sakuraba, easy submission to this Elvis lookin newbie.

 

[miggidy]

^^^^
Ain't that a bitch! Thanks for clearin it up.

Who hear saw Rico Rodriguez get knocked the fuck out?
Surprised me, but it was amusing to see LOL!

 

[Shark]

Looks like a pretty good card...

Yeah Ricco got BoneCrushed...Surprised me to...Im glad I didnt lay no skrill on Ricco...

 

[Rumpelstiltskin]

damn...
looks like i was wrong on the 3 fights i called.
the year of upsets continues!


RESULTS!!!!!!!!!!!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Fedor Emelianenko
*New Champion*
Winner: Decision (3-0)
5:00 3R vs Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira

Quinton Jackson
Winner: TKO (Punches)
6:58 1R vs Kevin Randleman

Antonio Schembri
Winner: KO (Knees)
6:15 1R vs Kazushi Sakuraba

Dan Henderson
Winner: TKO (Punches)
3:28 1R vs Shungo Oyama

Carlos Newton vs Anderson Silva
Winner: Silva-KO
(Flying Knee)
6:27 1R

Alexander Otsuka
Winner: Decision
(Unanimous) 5:00 3R vs Kenichi Yamamoto

Alex Stiebling vs Akira Shoji
Winner: Stiebling - Decision
(Split) 5:00 3R

Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
Winner: Submission (Armbar)
3:49 2R vs Kazuhiro Nakamura

 

[miggidy]

Quinton Jackson = Under-rated
Kevin Randleman = Over-rated

Anderson Silva = Under-rated


Suprised Nogueira lost.
And delighted Sakuraba lost (again)....

 

[BigE916WRM]

Damn I hate to brag but did I give a hint to those upsets or what. Actually I was suprised by the whole card. All of the upsets and KO's. If Pride is going to be closing down for good this will be remembered as one of their best shows ever.