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Pride Fighting Championship - Bushido, Vol. 4

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While the first Legacy set seems to revolve around Sakuraba (obviously not meant to purposefully since it is simply the first five events), this set represents the rise of the Axe Murderer.

See his first fight in the PRIDE ring to work his way up to legendary status.

There is also some great fights here for the Sakuraba fans too. For instance, Royler Gracie vs. Saku in PRIDE 8. Classic fight. Let yourself judge it.

Get this DVD as soon as it comes out; certainly seems to be the best way to collect the PRIDE Fighting Championship events.

PRIDE or PRIDE Fighting Championships is the largest mixed martial arts organization in the world. It is based in Japan and currently promoted by Dream Stage Entertainment (DSE). Its inaugural event was held at the Tokyo Dome on October 11, 1997, promoted by Kakutougi Revolution Spirits (KRS). It is the most popular MMA organization in the world based on the number of event attendees: the PRIDE Final Conflict 2003 event had over 67,000 people in the audience. The audience record is 91,107 people on the PRIDE and K-1 co-production Shockwave/Dynamite, held in August 2002. It is considered to be the premiere MMA organization on the planet.

PRIDE Bushido is the branch of PRIDE FC that showcases the lighter weight fighters. Since its inception, early Bushido shows were often criticized by the Japanese media for not having enough action. In my opinion, Bushido 4 was the turning point that placed Bushido on the path to becoming the hottest event in Mixed Martial Arts today.

Unlike many MMA fight events, you get a ton of bang for your buck. There are 10 fights on the original PPV fight card with an 11th bonus fight in the Extra Features section of the DVD. Here is a spoiler-free breakdown of the fights:

Luiz Buscape vs Hiroyuki Abe - 7/10

Dokonjonosuke Mishima vs Marcus Aurelio - 9/10

- a tremendous fight between two top Lightweight fighters.

Amar Suloev vs Dean Lister - 4/10

- What looked like a decent match on paper, turns out to be a terrible snoozefest.

Hayato Sakurai vs Brady Fink - 6/10

- A pretty large mismatch as the legendary Hayato "Mach" Sakurai takes on an upstart American in Brady Fink. Sakurai's original opponent Crosley Gracie, was forced to withdraw due to injury.

Ikuhisa Minowa vs Kenichi Yamamoto - 7/10

- Minowa is a character

Takashi Sugiura vs Giant Silva - 7/10

- Interesting to watch because of the sideshow factor. The 7'4, 400lbs Giant Silva makes his PRIDE and MMA debut against a much smaller Japanese opponent.

Mirko Filipovic vs Shungo Oyama - 8/10

- Cro Cop makes a huge impact as he returns to the ring after being upset in his previous bout.

Paulo Filho vs Akira Shoji - 8/10

- Very good back-and-forth fight with both men gaining the advantage on momentary occasions.

Takanori Gomi vs Fabio Mello - 9/10

- A tremendous fight between "The Fireball Kid" Takanori Gomi and BTT fighter Fabio Mello. Gomi shows why he's one of the most dynamic and entertaining fighters in the world.

Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs Kazuhiro Nakamura - 7/10

- After an entertaining tilt in their first fight, Rogerio and Nakamura lock up again in the rematch. A good fight.

With the its reduced price, I highly recommend Bushido 4 for any Mixed Martial Arts fan. Their are a few boring fights and some snooze worthy moments, but overall its a pretty high class event.

There's a huge difference between this set and Legacy Vol. 1, as this one is full of action, and includes the debut of some legends in this recently born sport.

This pack includes the events where Pride FC absorbed the best fighters in the world. They took place between 1999 and 2000, when Silva, Sakuraba, Vovchanchyn, Kerr, Goodridge, Goes and Herring helped to slowly establish Pride as the only place where the best fighters could make a name for themselves.

I would say that here you'll find the second big MMA generation, as Royce, Ken Shamrock, Frye, Severn and Oleg constitute the first one. In this second generation, we start to enjoy the first really well rounded fighters, and some very entertaining stand up skills.

During this period of time, UFC had its pick moment, and slowly started to lose it's place. I guess every MMA fan would have dreamed to see Frank, Tito, Randy and Bas, fighting in these events, but they stayed at the UFC.

The only flaw in this box set, is that it doesn't include Pride number 10, surely because is so good that they want to sell it separately. Anyway..., a must have!

in this pack you will see the new generation of fighters, the figthers began to be more well rounded then before, and you will see the begining of a new star in wanderlei silva. you will get alot for your money on this pack! you get great matches and with big names, and you get a wider picture of the fighters and how the pride fc become the biggest mma org. a good buy, and a must have for the fans of the sport.

i dont know why the pack have the 11th event insted of the 10th. the 10th event are of many clamed to be one of the best, maybe thats way..

+the price

+5events

-it dont include the 10th event (looks bad in a collection)

PRIDE FC

BUSHIDO

1.HIROYUKI ABE VS LUIZ FIRMINO-the first fight is excellent with one getting dropped right from the start, Luiz is a killer. The fight is quick lasting only 2 plus minutes with Abe getting put to sleep with an arm triangle. Still it was a very entertaining fight with a great finish in which the loser shows the warrior spirit.5/5

2.DOKONJONOSUKE MISHIMA VS MARCUS AURELIO-the first round in this one is one of the best I have witnessed. Both guys go out and attack, from top and bottom both guys give it their all. There are some vicious shots from the top and some great submission attempts. The second and final round is just as amazing and is another round of some of the best ground fighting there has ever been. Plus after the round is over the still compete, and it is very funny. Mishima ends up getting the split decision in this excellent fight.5/5

3.AMAR SULOEV VS DEAN LISTER-the first round is pretty good with your classic grappler vs striker fight. The action is good but lacking a little since the ref gave them a red card each for stalling. Lister ends the round strong finally getting the take down. The second round is just like the first with both respecting each other to much. They also get another red card each with is another 10% off of their check. Amar gets the split decision in this one, not a bad fight at all but they fought not to lose.3/5

4.HAYATO SAKURAI VS BRADY FINK-excellent fight right here with both guys doing very well, regardless of cards. The fight ends in the first after some good back and forth action, but it is Sakurai who wins. After a near miss soccer kick he puts Fink to sleep with a guillotine choke.4/5

5.IKUHISA MINOWA VS KENICHI YAMAMOTO-we follow that fight with another fun fight that ends in the first round. Both come out hard but it is Minowa who comes out the strongest, taking him down and pounding on him. He eventually makes his way to mount and rains down heavy and quick bombs.4.5/5

6.TAKASHI SUGIURA VS GIANT SILVA-now this fight is unbelievable because of the size difference, Giant Silva is literally a giant. That is what makes it so crazy because Sugiura totally dominates the fight, and ends it in the first.5/5

7.MIRKO "CRO COP" FILIPOVIC VS SHUNGO OYAMA-one of the greatest fighters of all time is back and ready to do some damage. He does just that as Cro Cop demolishes Oyama, it lasts less than a minute or so. The striking this man lets loose is deadly, he dominates Oyama.5/5

BRAZILIAN TOP TEAM VS TEAM JAPAN

8.PAULO FILHO VS AKIRA SHOJI-the first fight of the BTT vs Team Japan stars with a whole round of feeling out. They both get a red card so they loose some money but they land some good strikes. The second round is very close and the pace picks up a little but it goes to decision, Filho takes a split decision and a win for BTT.3.5/5

9.TAKANORI GOMI VS FABIO MELLO-in this fight Japan gets their win in a great showing by Gomi. Gomi is one of the best fighters of all time and it shows here in this fight. He decimates Mello with some heavy shots, punches and knees to the body that end the fight.5/5

10.ANTONIO ROGERIO NOGUEIRA VS KAZUHIRO NAKAMURA-the first round is a little slow at first but Little Nog kicks it up towards the end of the round. Both Little and Big Nog are some of my favorite fighters ever, so you know who I was rooting for. The second round is better with a little more action on both parts, but it is Nog who gets the win and BTT takes home the victory.4/5

BONUS

11.KYOSUKE SASAKI VS EIJI MITSUOKA-the first round was very good with Eiji controlling most of the round. He went for submissions and got take downs and basically won the round easy. Still Sasaki did a great job defending everything and even pleased the crowd some with a slam with his opponent on his back. The second round was a little les active but was still very good the thing is because of special rules since no one finished the fight it became a draw.4/5

The whole set is very much worth it if you can find the whole set. This set in particular was very good. The disc's were clean and I had no problem with any of the disc's. Very pleased!

The fights were great like most pride fights, dvd's came with minimal scratches, and i recieved them within the time frame alotted to me.

After PRIDE 5, with its cutting the fights from 30 to 20 minutes and adding judges, PRIDE definitely starts to come into its own as the promotion all hardcore MMA fans love. These five events show PRIDE's early years as the legends they are. In this set are five epic events: PRIDE 6, 7, 8, 9, and 11. While PRIDE 10 is not included, it is available as a two-disc set and is worth the cost of admission. The best on this set, however, is PRIDE 11. Believe it or not, there isn't a single decision on the disc. Steven Quadros, at PRIDE 14, called it the second best PRIDE event to date (the first being PRIDE 14, as I often like pointing out). Do yourself a big favor and pick this set up. Just be fully prepared to move the discs into other cases, because the included case is horrible.

This umd contains some of the historic MMA bouts in the history of the sport. This is Pride Fighting Championships when UFC was struggling in North America. Pride in Japan was in its peak. The best fighters all over the world fought in this historic organization. If you are fan of MMA, then this umd is a must. Legendary fighters such as Wanderlei Silva, Fedor Emelianenko, Crocop etc featured in this UMD.

Pride Fighting Legacy Volume 2 is a 5 DVD set featuring 5 seperate Pride FC events. Each DVD has a few "special features" such as Fighter's Bio, History of Pride, Fight Highlights, etc.

Pride 6 (7/6/02):

Egan Inoue vs Carl Malenko

Daijiro Matsui vs Carlos Newton

Carlos Barreto vs Igor Vovchanchyn

Guy Mezger vs Akira Shoji

Gary "Big Daddy" Goodridge vs Naoya Ogawa

Ebenezer Fontes Braga vs Kazushi Sakuraba

Mark Kerr vs Nobuhiko Takada

Hiroki Kurosawa vs Nobuaki Kakuda

Pride 7 (9/12/99):

Daijiro Matsui vs Bob Schrijber

Carl Malenko vs Wanderlei Silva

Branko Cikatic vs Maurice Smith

Larry Parker vs Akira Shoji

Anthony Macias vs Kazushi Sakuraba

Mark Kerr vs Igor Vovchanchyn

Tully Kulihaapai vs Enson Inoue

Pride 8 (11/21/99):

Daijiro Matsui vs Wanderlei Silva

Fabiano Iha vs Frank Trigg

Allan Goes vs Carl Malenko

Mark "The Hammer" Coleman vs Ricardo Morais

Tom Erikson vs Gary "Big Daddy" Goodridge

Francisco Bueno vs Igor Vovchanchyn

Renzo Gracie vs Alexander Otsuka

Royler Gracie vs Kazushi Sakuraba

Pride 9 - New Blood (6/4/00):

Heath "Texas Crazy Horse" Herring vs. Willie Peeters

Carlos Barreto vs. Tra "Trauma" Telligman

Allan Goes vs. Vernon "Tiger" White

Carlos Newton vs. Yuhi Sano

John Renken vs. Akira Shoji

Gary "Big Daddy" Goodridge vs. Ricco Rodriguez

Daijiro Matsui vs. Igor Vovchanchyn

Vitor Belfort vs. Gilbert Yvel

Pride 11 - Battle of the Rising Sun (10/31/00):

Tom Erikson vs. Heath "Texas Crazy Horse" Herring

Wanderlei Silva vs. Gilbert Yvel

Gary "Big Daddy" Goodridge vs. Yoshiaki Yatsu

Mike Bourke vs. Alexander Otsuka

Herman Renting vs. Akira Shoji

Nobuhiko Takada vs. Igor Vovchanchyn

Naoya Ogawa vs. Masaaki Satake

Shannon Ritch vs. Kazushi Sakuraba

Please note that in-between Pride 8 and 9 there is the Grand Prix Opening Round and 2000 Finals(neither are included in this set). Also, between event 9 and 11 there is Pride 10 - Return of the Warriors(also not included). If possible, I recommend watching these in sequence.

This very early set really showcases emerging stars such as Igor "Ice Cold" Vovchanchyn, Heath "Texas Crazy Horse" Herring, and Wanderlei "The Axe Murderer" Silva setting the pace for Pride as the new leader in delivering MMA action and drama. Along with the young guns, veterans such as "Big Daddy" Gary Goodridge, Mark "The Hammer" Coleman, and Kazushi Sakuraba continue to show dominance and entertain crowds with their brand of Pride MMA. A can't-miss Pride set of great early MMA action.