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Pride’s big New Year’s Eve extravaganza finally aired on American
pay-per-view yesterday. Deemed Shockwave 2 in the U.S., the six-hour
Japanese broadcast was paired down to three hours to fit U.S.
pay-per-view standards.

Due to the editing, the show seemed a bit choppy from a production
standpoint. But that did hardly anything to take away from the fact
that Pride put together an outstanding card. Despite a few decisions,
there was plenty of excitement from beginning to end… and a few
surprises too!

In the main event, Fedor Emelianenko and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira met
in the ring for the third time. With both Fedor’s Pride Heavyweight
Title and the Pride Heavyweight Grand Prix Title on the line, Fedor
looked as dominating as he ever has since making his way to Pride.

In the first round, Nogueira looked to be using his strikes to try and
setup a takedown of Fedor, but it only seemed to backfire. Fedor, as
was the case throughout the fight, was quicker to the punch than
Nogueira and seemed to take him down at will. When Nogueira did land
with his punches, they seemed to have little or no effect on Fedor.

Fedor was just flat out quicker, stronger, and more focused than
Nogueira all night. In the end, Fedor held onto his title and captured
the Grand Prix title with a unanimous decision.

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In a strange twist of events, Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic and Kevin
Randleman have completed their strange trip through the MMA twilight
zone. Randleman, the grappler, knocked out Cro Cop, the striker,
earlier in the year. This time the striker submitted the grappler when
Cro Cop applied a guillotine choke as Randleman repeatedly shot in,
leaving his neck exposed. Cro Cop gets the victory at just 41 seconds
of the first round.

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Hmm. Many of our resident racists like to claim that whites are genetically inferior at boxing. Where was that genetic inferiority on New Year's Eve?

This is Mixed Martial Arts, which is far superior to standard boxing. Seeing a good high kick to the head is satisfying on many levels.

Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipović vs Kevin Randelman video-(not the best quality):

http://s10.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=23GCMLIVPLE2S2NWHJ06KMV2FQ

Not one of Mirko's more interesting fights, actually. I prefer it when he just kicks someone on the head.

Do you have a vid of the Fedor v Nogueira match?

Yes,whites dominate in the japanese version(Pride),and in american(UFC).
The best fighters(fighting in Japan)are mentioned in first post,but here are their american colleagues(and champions too!):

http://www.ufcfightnews.com/news/ufc36a/barnett_couture13.jpg
Randy Couture

http://www.pancrase.co.jp/data/prfl-e/img-e/lidell.jpg
Chuck Lidell

http://www.shownopity.com/videos/FrankMir/1.jpg
Frank Mir

Whites are also much superior in K1 but that is a topic for the other thread.

Not one of Mirko's more interesting fights, actually. I prefer it when he just kicks someone on the head.

Do you have a vid of the Fedor v Nogueira match?

No,but i'll try to find it.

Brazilians provide good competition, but they still haven't beat Fedor.

LOL, there was an "Atomic Butt Drop" in this match. I'm going to look for pics of it.

Found it!
Fedor vs Nogueira(not the most spectacular fight, but Fedor beats him again)
http://forum.nokaut.com/viewtopic.php?t=3162&sid=56d9fa3207214ef2cc06be088766f02e
Browse this thread and link is on the bottom of the page.

If you can find the butt drop clip or pic, post it.

Are you refering to this from Silva-Hunt fight on the same night?
http://www.fightreport.net/og/atomic_butt_drop.gif
http://www.fightreport.net/og/atomicbuttdrop.gif :D

OMG!! IT'S TEH ATOMIC BUTT DROP!! :eek:

Hmm. Many of our resident racists like to claim that whites are genetically inferior at boxing.

I don't think Vetali Clicheco(sp?) would agree.

Hmm. Many of our resident racists like to claim that whites are genetically inferior at boxing. Where was that genetic inferiority on New Year's Eve?

This was not boxing, however.

Mixed martial arts is quite different, I assure you. Whites often do very well in MMA.

In Brazil, where it is popular, many of the leading fighters are of Portugese or German extraction.