Lt. Al Giardello Posted August 4, 2006 Report Posted August 4, 2006 PRIDE FIGHTING: THE REAL DEAL PRIDE FIGHTING is proud to announce its first ever show on American soil, "THE REAL DEAL"! The event will take place on SATURDAY,OCTOBER 21st at the THOMAS & MACK CENTER in LAS VEGAS, NEVADA Possible participants. (Fighters and card subject to change.) HW champ Fedor Randleman Coleman Filipovic Shogun Barnett Baroni Fujita LIMITED PRE-SALE TICKETS AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY TO PRIDEFC.COM MEMBERS PRIDEFC.COM mailing list members will have the exclusive privilege to purchase tickets two weeks before they are made available to the general public. Event tickets will be available on a first come first serve basis, meaning PRIDEFC.COM mailing list members will have access to the best seats before the general public. Ticket prices will range from $50, $100, $300, $500 and $700. Ticket sales for members will begin on August 7th, upon the emailing of an exclusive newsletter, which will contain a link to a hidden page that can only be accessed by PRIDEFC.COM members. A secret password will be issued to allow members to enter the special shopping site to purchase their tickets. Also, members must first register with the PRIDEFC.COM shopping site in order to be eligible to purchase items on the site. This chance to purchase pre-sale tickets is a limited time offer and only available for one week, from August 8th @ 10am (Pacific time) to August 14th @ midnight (Pacific time). Remember, seats to THE REAL DEAL will be issued on a first come first serve basis so get yours soon! As an added bonus, all PRIDEFC.COM members who purchase tickets through this offer will receive free an exclusive PRIDE FC WRISTBAND (previously only available in Japan). August 8: Ticket Release Date for Members (starts at 10:00 am Pacific Time) August 16: Media day 1 in Los Angeles August 17: Media day 2 in Las Vegas August 19: Meet and greet session with fighters in Los Angeles (Open to Public) August 20: Tickets go on sale to general public
Lord of The Curry Posted August 4, 2006 Report Posted August 4, 2006 It's not like it wasn't decided before but me and Rudo are DEFINETLY going now. Fedor fighting in NA.......we have reached a glorious age, friends.
AboveAverage484 Posted August 4, 2006 Report Posted August 4, 2006 I can afford the ticket, but the cash to fly out there would be too much. This is great news, but too bad it's under shitty American MMA rules.
Your Paragon of Virtue Posted August 4, 2006 Report Posted August 4, 2006 Curry how are you getting there?
Lord of The Curry Posted August 4, 2006 Report Posted August 4, 2006 Rudo has a bead on some travel package that's going to run us about $700 (Canadian), including tickets, airfare and hotel.
Guest asher66 Posted August 6, 2006 Report Posted August 6, 2006 Seeing Fedor in the States will be awesome. I hope they put him up against someone with an exciting style (i.e., not Coleman or Randleman) for his American debut. It's too bad about their recent yakuza scandal, but hopefully this show can help them rebound.
Guest snakesonawiggly Posted August 14, 2006 Report Posted August 14, 2006 Does anyone know if josh bernett will be their.I'll go if he is scheduled.
Adam Posted August 15, 2006 Report Posted August 15, 2006 Since he's fighting on 9/10 at Final Conflict Absolute, I doubt he'll be at the 10/21 event.
Your Paragon of Virtue Posted August 15, 2006 Report Posted August 15, 2006 He's been announced as being a part of it, as has Cro Cop and Wanderlei. It's like they're ignoring the potential injuries that should happen at the OWGP Final.
Guest Brian Posted August 15, 2006 Report Posted August 15, 2006 There's a test for him to pass, so even though he's advertised, I doubt he'll show. He's been among the people I've seen helping out Ivan set up his place once in a while and he's looking a little on the positive side.
Your Paragon of Virtue Posted August 15, 2006 Report Posted August 15, 2006 Brian are you saying what I think you're saying? Do you have definitive proof or are we just going by a bunch of circumstantial evidence in this situation?
Guest Brian Posted August 16, 2006 Report Posted August 16, 2006 Josh is a friend and classmate of a lot of friends, so I won't slander him badly, but read into it as you will.
Your Paragon of Virtue Posted August 16, 2006 Report Posted August 16, 2006 Fair enough. I only asked because I like a little bit of certainty, but yeah, I guess you are saying what I think you're saying. Doesn't surprise me though.
Your Paragon of Virtue Posted August 17, 2006 Report Posted August 17, 2006 Kevin Randleman confirmed he will be fighting Shogun in Las Vegas. I don't know what to think, though I imagine the elbows will favour Randleman, who won't have to pass guard to use devastating joint strike, like say a knee.
Lt. Al Giardello Posted August 17, 2006 Author Report Posted August 17, 2006 Coleman is giving him tips on taking down Shogun! WAR RANDLEMAN!
AboveAverage484 Posted August 17, 2006 Report Posted August 17, 2006 UFC rules will always favor the wrestler, but Shogun is good enough and Randleman is incosistent enough to swing this Mauricio's way. You know, they could probably do an "America vs. the World" type theme for this show.
Lt. Al Giardello Posted August 17, 2006 Author Report Posted August 17, 2006 UFC rules will always favor the wrestler, but Shogun is good enough and Randleman is incosistent enough to swing this Mauricio's way. You know, they could probably do an "America vs. the World" type theme for this show. Or HAMMAAAAHHHH HOUSE VS. Chute Boxe!
Lord of The Curry Posted August 17, 2006 Report Posted August 17, 2006 There's really no reason for Coleman/Shogun to not happen here and you'd figure that Mark would be pushing for it with the fight being on his home soil and his first US bout in a while. Unless he's, ya know, scared. Can't say I blame him.
Your Paragon of Virtue Posted August 20, 2006 Report Posted August 20, 2006 Coleman can't be afraid of anyone, seeing as how he's now fighting Fedor.
Guest Big_Jay101 Posted August 20, 2006 Report Posted August 20, 2006 What is the point in Fedor - Coleman II?
Guest DRH 502 Posted August 20, 2006 Report Posted August 20, 2006 Did you see the first fight? Its not like Fedor decimated Coleman or anything...if i'm remembering right he was doing fairly decent till he got caught in the armbar...
Lord of The Curry Posted August 20, 2006 Report Posted August 20, 2006 A lot of people do "fairly decent" until Fedor decides to stop toying with them and end it. Ask Randleman.
Guest Big_Jay101 Posted August 21, 2006 Report Posted August 21, 2006 Yeah and Fujita did fairly well to, until he pissed Fedor off, I still have no desire to see him in a title fight. They could've put together a little better fight for Fedor, maybe Fedor vs one of the losers of the OWGP since they are all fighting on the card. I know the winner gets Fedor at NYE but Fedor -Coleman II is ridiculous. Shogun - Randleman doesn't seem to appealing to me either, but there isn't many options for Shogun unless it is a rematch, why not put Shogun/Rogerio II on the card, it would def. give PRIDE a good buzz with a fight that's almost certain to be great. But I guess it's that whole HH?CB bullshit.
Lt. Al Giardello Posted August 21, 2006 Author Report Posted August 21, 2006 Well considering Coleman was the only one who stepped up to the plate, please stop bitching about PRIDE not making a better card. Plus, Coleman broke Fedor's nose in the 1st fight IIRC.
Your Paragon of Virtue Posted August 21, 2006 Report Posted August 21, 2006 I wouldn't say it was a matter of Coleman being the only one to step up, more like he was the most favourable because of the fact that he is not in the Final Four, and because he is an American fighter, specifically one who was a UFC star before. PRIDE tried to make an attempt to reach out to the American audience, which is understandable, but it's still a mismatch on paper and really doesn't need to happen. Same reasoning behind using Randleman. He is one of the most inconsistent fighters around, hasn't had a big win since the Cro Cop fight, and now he's fighting their top LHW? From a rankings perspective, much like the other fight, it blows. From a marketing perspective, it makes sense. I'm not in that market, so I choose to be disinterested seeing as how I prefer to see good matchups. I'll wait till I see the rest of the card before passing judgement, since a couple of squash matches aren't ever that bad.
Your Paragon of Virtue Posted August 21, 2006 Report Posted August 21, 2006 I saw a link for "Mike Tyson to box again" on my Netscape Home page. Of course it mentioned that he's only going to box exhibition fights, but it mentioned that he will be doing it with PFC. Just saying, never saw UFC on Netscape, that's a pretty popular website right thurr.
Guest Connzilla Posted August 22, 2006 Report Posted August 22, 2006 Its goingto be cool to see Fedor in the states
Guest Big_Jay101 Posted August 22, 2006 Report Posted August 22, 2006 There will be no elbows in Pride, so basically it is about like the IFL.
Guest Posted August 22, 2006 Report Posted August 22, 2006 I saw a link for "Mike Tyson to box again" on my Netscape Home page. Of course it mentioned that he's only going to box exhibition fights, but it mentioned that he will be doing it with PFC. Just saying, never saw UFC on Netscape, that's a pretty popular website right thurr. To add to this... Koji Takada Reports: Mike Tyson's appearance at the Pride 32: The Real Deal Press Conference sparked many rumours on if and when Iron Mike will participate in a Pride event. Pride's President, Nobyuki Sakikabara has revealed that Dream Stage Entertainment do have a contract with the former Boxing World Champion. Mike Tyson will fight in Pride but not under MMA rules. Tyson will most likely take part in a bout which will be held under "Special Boxing Rules". The freshest rumour from Croatia is that Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic is being lined up to be Tyson's opponent for that bout. It was also revealed that Tyson will definitely not fight in Japan, most probably because of Japan's strict laws prohibiting the entry of foreign nationals with a criminal record. This leads us to believe that Tyson will fight in one of Pride's new branch events that are planned for China, Russia, Europe but the smart money is on a Pride USA show. SOURCE:http://www.mmauniverse.com/news/SS814 Don't know if it's for real or not.
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