Product Details

• Actors: Jay Glazer, Frank Trigg
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Bci / Eclipse
• DVD Release Date: March 20, 2007
• Run Time: 110 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000M8NMWS
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #26,073 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Product Description
The Japanese PRIDE Fighting Championships are the premier event of mixed martial arts an extreme sport that incorporates elements of judo karate jiu jitsu kickboxing and wrestling into a no-holds-barred style of fighting. Designed to be played on portable Playstations this collection presents nothing but nonstop action with clips of the greatest knockouts in PRIDE history including fighters Wanderlei Silva Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic Quinton "Rampage" Jackson Chuck "The Iceman" Liddell and Fedor Emelianenko.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: SPORTS/GAMES Rating: NR UPC: 787364688999

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Get slammed!, May 3, 2007

By	M. G Watson "Miles Watson" (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Most knockout compilations suck. It's just a plain fact. You get ahold of them, usually after forking over a lump of hard-earned dough, and after one or two viewings of a string of badly edited, often poor-quality KOs presented without any context, they gather dust somewhere on a back shelf until the inevitable yard sale. Bo-ring.

PRIDE FC - HARDCORE KNOCKOUTS VOL. I is a pleasant exception to this rule. It is a slickly packaged, well-produced and reasonably well commentated 110 minutes of some of the nastiest KOs to occur in the legendary PRIDE ring. Fans of MMA and of PRIDE fighting in particular will not be disappointed in what I hope is the first of a several-volume series.

The DVD is hosted by current IFL representative and former MMA legend Bas Rutten, and PRIDE's ringside commentator, Mauro Renallo. Rutten is maybe a bit too caffinated to give his best performance here, but nobody at the Kraft Services table was gonna tell "El Guapo" he couldn't have that sixth cappucino. Renallo, with his Brent Mussberger voice and Jim Lampley diction, is slightly annoying as always, but otherwise does his job of lobbing semi-rhetorical questions at Bas with skill and aplomb.

Now for the good stuff. HARDCORE KNOCKOUTS is a densely-layered highlight reel combining random one-punch KOs, the career-best KOs of various marquee fighters, and several important PRIDE fights in their entirety.

The disc starts with a series of brutal knockouts from various PRIDE cards, including some stunners by Ken Shamrock, Gary "Big Daddy" Goodridge and Gilbert Yvel. It segues into the best performances of Fedor Emilianenko, Wanderlei Silva, Mirko Cro Cop, Quinten "Rampage" Jackson, Chuck "the Iceman" Liddell and Igor Vovchanchyn. There are some vicious, vicious beatings here, especially by Cro Cop, Volvchanchyn and Silva. One of the most spectacular, however, is Rampage's "slam knockout" of Ricardo Arona. Holy @#%!

Fights shown in entirety are Wanderei Silva vs. Kazushi "the Gracie Hunter" Sakuraba, Mirko Cro Cop vs. Kevin "the Monster" Randelman, and Chuck Liddell vs. Rampage Jackson. Fans of Liddell will not enjoy this last one, it is a well-and-true butt-kicking, probably thrown in to draw interest in the upcoming rematch.

Some flaws: 1) Alexander Emilianenko, the tattoed kid brother of Fedor, is seen here only getting brutally KO'd by Cro Cop. This man has several spectacular KOs to his credit, but none are pictured here. 2) The commentators, despite aknowledging that PRIDE has been bought by the UFC, can't help taunting Chuck Liddell about losing to Rampage in PRIDE, drawing the conclusion that UFC fighters can't quite cut the mustard in the PRIDE ring. I realize this was just chest-thumping for the org that pays their wages, and I realize that Cro Cop hasn't fared so well since going UFC, but hey -- this is Chuck we're talking about. It ain't wise to upset a Wookie. 3) Several of Fedor Emilianenko's "best KOs" are actually not KOs, they are fights he won by decision -- in other words, they are highlights, not knockouts. 4) No Don Frye (except as a victim).

Having made that qualification (and keeping in mind there should be other volumes coming) I would definitely recommend this disc to anyone who enjoys MMA and wants to see some true beatdowns delivered by, and sometimes to, the greatest fighters in the PRIDE ring.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best of Pride, June 1, 2007

By	Edward Dunlap (München, Deutschland) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a great introduction to Pride and the greater world of mixed martial arts. Unlike other knockout compilations, they don't just show knockouts, but good fights as well (a few end in decision or submission). There is also a fluidity to the presentation, unlike the UFC's compilations, which usually only show us a few seconds of the fight.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pride Hardcore Knockouts Vol.1, July 27, 2007

By	J. R. Molon "BrutalKO" (Grovetown, GA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Outstanding...I gave this a 5 star rating with no problem. By far this is the best Knockouts DVD in existence. The Editing was fantastic...and yes far better than what the UFC has produced. This DVD is a MUST for any and all MMA fans. If you don't have it...get it.