Royce Gracie vs. Akebono

thedon · 03-05-2006, 04:42 PM

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...58887413654428

good fight

Tech · 03-05-2006, 08:50 PM

haha. it would have sucked to have all that weight on top of you.

canablistic_Turnip · 03-05-2006, 11:24 PM

Royce always brilliant fighter. I wonder what the weight diff was in that

onebigeric · 03-06-2006, 03:25 PM

As a great man(little guy) once said, "Size matters not." Excellent video Don; thank you for it.

Guerra · 03-08-2006, 12:40 AM

Royce vs Akebono
http://rapidshare.de/files/2069657/R...ebono.wmv.html

Yeah, those are the "Freak Show" fights they have in Japan very often since they are extremely popular with the Japanse people.

thedon · 03-08-2006, 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Guerra

Royce vs Akebono
http://rapidshare.de/files/2069657/R...ebono.wmv.html

Yeah, those are the "Freak Show" fights they have in Japan very often since they are extremely popular with the Japanse people.

thanks for the video...i don't think i have ever seen that fight before

Guerra · 03-08-2006, 11:39 PM

Here's a recent one that happened in New Year's Eve '05. The PRIDE FC Heavyweight Champion Fedor Emelianenko vs. 400lbs. Zulu.

http://x402.putfile.com/videos/d2-211232529.wmv (Right Click, Save As.)

Don't Blink.

Guerra · 03-08-2006, 11:40 PM

Oh! And Fedor is only 233 lbs.

JS316 · 03-09-2006, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by canablistic_Turnip

Royce always brilliant fighter. I wonder what the weight diff was in that

Pride have a 'freak show' style event every new years eve..
there was no weight class

great fight... a great advertisement for the sport.(for people who have never seen mma)

Pain · 03-09-2006, 08:31 PM

nasty fight.

Void · 03-11-2006, 06:43 AM

royce ou gracie!!!! AWESOMAAAAA POWAAAA

Guerra · 03-11-2006, 01:44 PM

Yeah, too bad Matt Hughes will destroy him on UFC 60.

onebigeric · 03-11-2006, 10:36 PM

You'd have to be a corpse to not be looking forward to that match. I'm most definitely excited to see how it comes down.

thedon · 03-11-2006, 11:42 PM

gracie is going to OWN matt hughes!...i like hughes but gracie will beat him

Guerra · 03-12-2006, 01:19 PM

Hahaha, thedon that's a good one. Nice sarcasm.

And it will be on the Staples Center in Cali. so it will be huge and MMA will get huge with it. No more ignoring the sport.

JS316 · 03-12-2006, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by thedon

gracie is going to OWN matt hughes!...i like hughes but gracie will beat him

Will be very intereseting alright.. I really want royce to win this but will be tough for him. UFC rules imply no gi, this will make it slightly harder for royce aswell.

But he did well against Yoshida who is bigger and an equal grappler to hughes.. so who knows... will be awesome

Guerra · 03-12-2006, 05:35 PM

Yeah, but the Yoshida fight was 3 years ago. And according to an interview I read a while ago. It doesn't seem like he's taking this really seriuosly. More of a Payday. Also, a lot of people rumor that this might be his last fight before he officially retires.

BalanceProblems · 03-13-2006, 05:27 PM

It was a good fight,now can't wait to see the Royce Gracie in May.