As everyone was expecting the matches have been announced at todays conference -
Yoshida vs Mirko
Silva vs Fujita
Nog vs Werdum
Barnett vs Hunt
More to come on their TV woes ...
damn, i was hoping for a wandy/crocop match.
maybe in the next round.
nog/werdum should be good, as well as hunt/barnett
looking forward to this one
dude! those matchups are great!
well, I had never thought about crocop/yoshida, but that will be interesting to see
and silva/fujita...never thought about that one either
potentially boring or interesting...could go either way
nog/werdum okay who really is the best bjj guy in pride? let's find out!
hunt/barnett
will barnett make the mistake of trying to stand with hunt as he did with rizzo? can hunt defend the submissions of barnett on the ground? can barnett take hunt down?
can yoshida withstand the standup of crocop?(he made it through vanderlei...twice)
can yoshida take crocop down?
and if so, can crocop hang on the ground with yoshida?
and
can yoshida withstand crocop's highkick?
Good matchups. I remember Fightsport posting these matchups several weeks ago.
Should be entertaining but I'd prefer brackets instead of matchmaking after every round. This seems shady to me.
ttt
should have been:
Yoshida vs Nog
Mirko vs Silva
Hunt vs Fujita
Barnett vs Werdum
but these fights should be great nonetheless...
I agree with the need for brackets.
ttt for PPV info
Their PPV broadcast is totally separate from Fuji TV, as luvmachine said above.
They're actually pretty good match ups for that line up. I probably would've switched Josh & Fujita just to see what happened with Hunt/Fujita. But other than that, pretty similar to what I was thinking.
Elvis
Sky Perfect TV does that I believe DL.
Unfortunately, Skyperfect is not apparently showing this "Hustle" PPV on 6/17, which is also DSE. This does not bode well for them showing Pride.
"Unfortunately, Skyperfect is not apparently showing this "Hustle" PPV on 6/17, which is also DSE. This does not bode well for them showing Pride."
Was Hustle previously scheduled to be shown on 6/17?
Crocop, Silva, Nogueira and Barnett are my picks.
"Was Hustle previously scheduled to be shown on 6/17?"
From what I understand, it was.
It is interesting also, that Fuji TV banned anyone associated with DSE from being on their network, and apparently that includes Yoshida who does some Judo commentating on their network.
"It is interesting also, that Fuji TV banned anyone associated with DSE from being on their network, and apparently that includes Yoshida who does some Judo commentating on their network."
Thanks. Damn, they're serious.
Nakamura vs. Cyborg was also announced for the undercard. Additional non-tournament fights to follow.
oh great. Another exciting match of watching Vanderlai Silva rush into a grappler, get taken down and held for twenty minutes.