So far the Pride fighters are looking terrible.Shogun not fighting for 7 months cost him this fight, his punches look sloppy and weak, kicks even worst and cardio pathetic.He thought he could take on Forrest and win after this long off. Should of taken an easier fight.Is Fedor and Wandy next?
They are quite a bit smaller than their opponents because they hardly cut weight over there. As far as roids, they have to be off for four weeks here, but can still do gh.
If you look at Shogun the last 3 years hes fought every 2-4 months except when recovering from the Coleman break. When your a young fighter its all about activity.
probably 1 factor....
If nothing else, it's the Pride fighters who have to adapt to the UFC and not the other way around. You can't say Pride fighters are necessarily inferior when you don't have the same context of UFC fighters going to Pride.
Could it be lack of steroids? Could be the cage. Either way I can't believe that Forrest beat Shogun.
Props to Forrest hes has improved alot in the 2 1/2 years since tuf.I dont understand these Pride guys(shogun, Cro cop) thinking here's a opportunity to make literally millions and these guys are blowing it. Maybe Shogun should of waiting on the marriage or the fight.
Him not fighting for six months didn't mean he didn't train for six months. The 15 - 25 minutes they spend in the ring every 4 - 6 months means a lot less with what kind of fighter they are than the weeks of training they do leading up to that fight. And seriously... Before we got to this point, everyone thought this was going to be an incredibly easy fight for Shogun. You need a better excuse than that.
lol graciesrule that has to be it.
REALLY bad logic. He should be in great shape and injury free after not fighting for seven months.
Stop making excuses. Shogun's camp will have more than enough in the next week or two.