Top 30 Pride Matches of All Time

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Here's my list from sherdog.com: http://www.sherdog.net/forums/showthread.p...ighlight=top+30.

 

It got mostly posivitive feedback from there, so I thought I'd let you guys check it out.

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27. Dan Henderson vs. Ricardo Arona (Pride 20)

 

COME ON! 27???! This match ruled. Top 15 AT LEAST.

 

22. Igor Vovchanchyn vs. Masaaki Satake (Pride 15)

 

Shouldn't be on the list.

 

19. Vanderlei Silva vs. Mirko Cro Cop (Pride 20)

 

Shouldn't be on the list. Historically significant, but it's a 3 kick match.

 

17. Don Frye vs. Ken Shamrock (Pride 19)

 

Eugh, I don't really like this match. Not top 20 material IMO.

 

13. Vanderlei Silva vs. Kazushi Sakuraba (Pride 13 & 17)

 

No way. Another historically significant match, and P13 was a brutal beating -17 was nothing- not in the top 15. Maybe Top 25.

 

12. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Enson Inoue (Pride 19)

 

Maybe Top 30... MAYBE. And that's simply due to Nog's amazing technique setting up the Triangle.

 

10. Don Frye vs. Yoshihiro Takayama (Pride 21)

 

C'mon! I wouldn't say Top 5, but I would say lower than this.

 

9. Vanderlei Silva vs. Guy Mezger (Pride 10)

 

No way. Very action-packed, top 15, but not top 10.

 

7. Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Renzo Gracie (Pride 10)

 

C'mon! Nog vs. Hendo was mucho better than this. This shouldn't be top 10. Sakurabas fight with Vern topped this.

 

2. Carlos Newton vs. Pele

 

I love this match. IMO definite Top Ten, maybe #5, but the two matches above were better

 

1. Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Royce Gracie

 

Naturally.

[Guest Doomsault]

My list is the law.

 

Seriously, though, post your list and I'll combine them into one gigantic list.

 

Waitaminute, I figured if anything, Sak/Silva would be too low!

 

This is br4l, by the way, I'm just posting with my brother's identity.

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24. Ken Shamrock vs. Kazuyuki Fujita (Pride 10)

 

 

There it is. Shamrock's best work ever...and he lost.

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1. Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Royce Gracie (GP Finals)

2. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Dan Henderson (Pride 24)

3. Mario Sperry vs. Murillo Ninja (Pride 20)

4. Bob Sapp vs. Antonio Rodrigo Noguiera (Pride Shockwave)

5. Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Vernon White (Pride 2)

6. Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Carlos Newton (Pride 3).

7. Carlos Newton vs. Jose Pele Landis-Jons (Pride 19)

8. Don Frye vs. Yoshihiro Takayama (Pride 21)

9. Antonio Rodrigo Noguiera vs. Heath Herring (Pride 17)

10. Dan Henderson vs. Ricardo Arona (Pride 20)

11. Fedor Emilianenko vs. Antonio Rodrigo Noguiera (Pride 25)

12. Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Quinton “Rampage” Jackson (Pride 15)

13. Fedor Emilianenko vs. Heath Herring (Pride 23)

14. Wanderlei Silva vs. Guy Metzger (Pride 10)

15. Igor Vovchanchyn vs. Quinton “Rampage” Jackson (Pride 22)

 

Ok, this changes every 10 minutes and I should really go back and watch all the Pride's again to get a refresher (it's been a month for crying out loud!)

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I just watched it again, all 3 rounds (I usually get drained after the first and stop watching), and I gotta move it up into the top ten.

 

10. Fedor vs. Nog Pride 25

11. Henderson vs. Arona Pride 20

 

...I'm gonna have to write a review for this cause it wasn't even on your list and should get more love.

[Guest Doomsault]

I didn't want to put anything from this year on the list, because I have only watched them live and haven't been able to rewatch them.

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But, But, But, But..

 

IT'S NOG VS. FEDOR!