PRIDE: Real Deal results **Spoiler**

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So far...

Robbie Lawler def. Joey Villasenor via TKO (ref stop after flying knee/gnp) in round 1 at 0:22

Kazuhiro Nakamura def. Travis Galbraith via TKO (ref stop after knee/gnp) in round 2 at 1:16

Phil Baroni def. Yosuke Nishijima via kimura in round 1 at 3:20

Dan Henderson def Vitor Belfort via judges decision 3-0

Eric Esch def. Sean O'Haire via TKO (punches) in round 1 at 0:29

Josh Barnett def. Pawel Nastula by ankle lock in round 2 at 3:04

Mauricio Rua def. Kevin Randleman via kneebar in round 1 at 2:35

Fedor Emelianenko def. Mark Coleman via armbar in round 2 at 1:17

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complete

[heckyl]

everyone who picked ohaire to "takedown and sub" butterbean are on some pretty damn good drugs, and i would like some. what were you guys smoking man? christ o' mighty.

[Charuto]

He already had the blueprint! He just didn't follow through! Baroni on the other hand... I wanted a pure standup fight, but I can't fault a guy for fighting smart.

[kumikala]

Random notes: Wanderlei living in a dream world. Nishijima didn't tap. Fedor vs Coleman II = Fedor vs Coleman I with one warm up round. Pawel Nastula looked better than ever. I would have been happy to see him get the decision victory.

[AKA]

Random notes: Wanderlei living in a dream world. Nishijima didn't tap. Fedor vs Coleman II = Fedor vs Coleman I with one warm up round. Pawel Nastula looked better than ever. I would have been happy to see him get the decision victory.

yeah, he has a real potential, thats amazing!

[Tommy_Arashikage]

everyone who picked ohaire to "takedown and sub" butterbean are on some pretty damn good drugs, and i would like some. what were you guys smoking man? christ o' mighty.

Yeah, because we were all ignorant of Butterbean's awesome takedown defense. It's not our fault O'Haire didn't do what Baroni did, exploit your opponent's weakness.

[heckyl]

the point was, he CANT exploit the weakness, because Sean has a weakness for himself he cannot overcome: being a really really bad fighter.

[Striker & Grappler]

Random notes: Wanderlei living in a dream world. Nishijima didn't tap. Fedor vs Coleman II = Fedor vs Coleman I with one warm up round. Pawel Nastula looked better than ever. I would have been happy to see him get the decision victory.

Why is Wanderlei in a dream world?

[Tommy_Arashikage]

Still, the fact that people pick a fighter with at least SOME experience (O'Haire) over somebody with NO experience on the ground, it's not completely out of the question to predict the former to win, no matter how bad he may be.

Doesn't really matter, Butterball won, hopefully we'll never see him again.

[heckyl]

no experience on the ground, yet he has won most of his fights on the ground. hmmmm..... not saying he is anything of a threat on the floor, but did you even do your homework on this one?

[Tommy_Arashikage]

O'Haire should have done what Baroni did, but he didn't. I don't really doubt that O'Haire is better on the ground.

My God, we're arguing about Butterbean and Sean O'Haire!

[heckyl]

hey its a change of pace, right? argue about two shitbags that wont ever ammount to anything in any division. good times.

[Baggen]

hey its a change of pace, right? argue about two shitbags that wont ever ammount to anything in any division. good times.

Dont say that ignore the weight restriction and have the bean fight sylvia.

[migo]

O'Haire should have done what Baroni did, but he didn't. I don't really doubt that O'Haire is better on the ground.

My God, we're arguing about Butterbean and Sean O'Haire!

O'Haire doesn't have the skills to do to Butterbean what Baroni did to Nishijima.

[heckyl]

Dont say that ignore the weight restriction and have the bean fight sylvia.

sylvia has fought at 290 or so before. that is SHW division right there. Bean vs Sylvia hahahaha...

[heckyl]

O'Haire doesn't have the skills to do to Butterbean what Baroni did to Nishijima.

exactly. the man came in as a straight standup fighter, and he cant even do that right.

[seese]

sylvia has fought at 290 or so before. that is SHW division right there. Bean vs Sylvia hahahaha...

I say its a toss-up.

Really good event, I was a bit scared they wouldnt pull it off but they did. Cant wait til Feb.

[heckyl]

im hearing attendance was between 10k-11k+ so thats damn good for PRIDE and their first show in the states.

[AKA]

I think it was 10.700 peoples, including the non-pay tclets!
$BTW still agod attendance!

[seese]

I think it was 10.700 peoples, including the non-pay tclets!
$BTW still agod attendance!

Ive only seen numbers around 11.700 and 10.500 paying.

Well correct numbers will probably be relased pretty soon, along with the payscales.

Still, as you said, a good attendance.

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I read a lot of tickets were bought by the casino to give away....anyone know the numbers?

[Charuto]

O'Haire shouldn't have fought like Baroni in takedown --> pound --> sub. The blueprint for beating Butterbean is dropkick --> let him fall on you --> sub. The hardest part is the dropkick! Now admittedly, I only remember him doing the Seanton Bomb and some variation of the DVD once he got to WWE, but I'm sure he had an ok dropkick. Maybe he doesn't have to reflexes to land on his feet after (ala Minowa's 1st attempt), but that isn't the important part of the gameplan.

[migo]

sylvia has fought at 290 or so before. that is SHW division right there. Bean vs Sylvia hahahaha...

Sylvia weighed in at 254 last fight, so it's no sure thing that he could make SHW anymore.

[kumikala]

Why is Wanderlei in a dream world?

Well I don't see him fighting Chuck in Pride in February. Do you?

But maybe Sakakibara and White become best friends in a few months and put on Sherk vs Gomi, Hughes vs Filho, A. Silva vs Henderson, Liddell vs W. Silva, Sobral vs Shogun, Fedor vs Sylvia, etc. Pride vs UFC Extravaganza...

[Baggen]

I read a lot of tickets were bought by the casino to give away....anyone know the numbers?

Its the same way with the ufc events i would presume only theese tickets might be hotter comodity for the casinos since they can treat coustomers to more of a show/classy like event and it was something new aswell.

Aslong as pride gets paid for the seats dont think it matters much if the as filling the chair paid or not.

Ragarding the numbers i have seen the same ones as seese 17702 in attendence or so and 10500 paying. Great numbers and i think they managed to pull off a good show with the intentions they had.

Nice to se the audience was alot more respectfull aswell atleast sounded that way. More hardcore fans i guess.

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Nastula vs Barnett: Anyone think that at the end of the first round, Barnett (unintentionally) cranked the submission after the bell?

[heckyl]

Sylvia weighed in at 254 last fight, so it's no sure thing that he could make SHW anymore.


hes 6'8". he could make 300 if he wanted. when he did fight at 290, was vs wes sims, and previous to that he was cutting to 265. its not THAT far off really.

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Nastula vs Barnett: Anyone think that at the end of the first round, Barnett (unintentionally) cranked the submission after the bell?


I thought so at first, but at the end of the fight it was his knee that was bothering him so then I wondered if the pain at the end of the first came from dropping down hard on his knees.

[Shiruba]

It was a good show, I liked the crowd (especially when they booed the nsac) but got pissed when they started to boo nastula when it was on the ground. And its never fun when Dan wins (if he isnt fighting tim sylvia). Nakamura/Galbraith was the best fight of the night.

[Big Sleep]

but got pissed when they started to boo nastula when it was on the ground.
What got me pissed even more was that Herb Dean was constantly asking for more action once the fight went to the ground and almost immediately after the boos he proceded by standing it up. I didn't like it as Nastula worked hard to get the takedown spending a lot of energy and was pretty busy in my opinion, too. I don't know what was he expecting from Pawel, to submitt Josh in a couple of seconds?

[Faster]

What got me pissed even more was that Herb Dean was constantly asking for more action once the fight went to the ground and almost immediately after the boos he proceded by standing it up. I didn't like it as Nastula worked hard to get the takedown spending a lot of energy and was pretty busy in my opinion, too. I don't know what was he expecting from Pawel, to submitt Josh in a couple of seconds?

Agree...sucks to be stood up when you have your opponent in the side-mount.

[Shiruba]

What got me pissed even more was that Herb Dean was constantly asking for more action once the fight went to the ground and almost immediately after the boos he proceded by standing it up. I didn't like it as Nastula worked hard to get the takedown spending a lot of energy and was pretty busy in my opinion, too. I don't know what was he expecting from Pawel, to submitt Josh in a couple of seconds?
Yeah, Its like that in the UFC too, when the fans start to boo the nsac refs seems to get stressed or something and it influences their calls on stand-ups.

[seese]

What got me pissed even more was that Herb Dean was constantly asking for more action once the fight went to the ground and almost immediately after the boos he proceded by standing it up. I didn't like it as Nastula worked hard to get the takedown spending a lot of energy and was pretty busy in my opinion, too. I don't know what was he expecting from Pawel, to submitt Josh in a couple of seconds?

It also stresses the fighter and forces them to make mistakes, only due to the fact that they know they will get stood up if they cant catch their opponent with something pretty soon. So it probably gives us less good groundfights too as they cant work for better positions.

[Big Sleep]

Yeah, Its like that in the UFC too, when the fans start to boo the nsac refs seems to get stressed or something and it influences their calls on stand-ups.
Exactly. They shouldn't listen to the crowd but concentrate only on the fight itself.