ADCC`s thoughts on PRIDEs New Years Eve line up

[Cracked_Knuckle]

PRIDE has announced several matches for their upcoming New Year's Eve event. This line-up doesn't include Japanese stars Sanae Kikuta, Yuki Kondo, and Yoshiki Takahashi, all who are rumored to be entertaining offers.

Speculative Lineup (Subject To Change):

- Dokonjonosuke Mishima vs. Jens Pulver
- Dan Henderson vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
- Takanori Gomi vs. Luis Buscape
- Takashi Sugiura vs. Giant Silva
- Naoya Ogawa vs. Sentoryu (Henry Miller)
- Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Kiyoshi Tamura
- Vanderlei Silva vs. TBA (Kosei Inoue or Keiji Suzuki - Judo stars)
- Mirko Cro Cop vs. Mark Hunt
- Hidehiko Yoshida vs. Rulon Gardner

- Emelianenko Fedor vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira

http://news.adcombat.com/article.html?id=8023


Look to me like and extremely solid card. A bit of "break time" with two fights in the middle, but some very exciting match ups if they pull this off.

I just wonder how much is wishful-thinking....

[( o Y o )]

Ah yes....saw this already. It is a hell of a card if they really can swing it.

Inoue and Suzuki are boh a touch too heavy, and way to green for my liking, but excitment and entertainment is what NYE cards are about, and hs fight will genuinely boost them to near K-1 levels....

[Shinobu]

Yes throwing Inoe or Suzuki in there with Silva in their first MMA fight is pretty NYE. I don't know if they would accept this. They would have the weight on their side but I have my doubts if their chin and will would hold.
Rulon vs Yosh is a tad different I think, while Yosh has experience and Rulon weight on his side I think Yosh is still a one-dimensional fighter making this bout more excititing.
Silva would just KO either Inoue or Suzuki.
But apart from that would be a really solid line up, apart from Giant Silva.

[KicknPunch]

With Inoue`s subpar performance in the Olympics I guess this could be more than the simple rumour I`d have generally thought it was.

Against anyone, I don`t mind who, but I really want to see Inoue in the ring.