Pride New Years Eve show, what should it look like?

[D241]

Main event=Barnett vs Fedor
Other fights-
W.Silva vs C.Liddell(one can hope)

Henderson vs Shogun(Hendo looked good against a 205 fighter)

M. Hunt vs Mirko(Mirko has chance to avenge loss, plus he said he'd retire if he loses, with alot on the line Mirko could win this rematch)

W.Silva vs Rogero Nogueira

Henderson vs Silva

Noguiera vs Mirko II(another chance to avenge his loss)

Your picks?

[ACIDBATHBELFORT]

Main event=Barnett vs Fedor
Other fights-
W.Silva vs C.Liddell(one can hope)

Henderson vs Shogun(Hendo looked good against a 205 fighter)

M. Hunt vs Mirko(Mirko has chance to avenge loss, plus he said he'd retire if he loses, with alot on the line Mirko could win this rematch)

W.Silva vs Rogero Nogueira

Henderson vs Silva

Noguiera vs Mirko II(another chance to avenge his loss)

Your picks?

If Mirko isnt capable of fighting Fedor why have him fight at all? Thats really pointless and risking further injury. If he cant fight Fedor, he should sit out to fully recouperate.

Fedor/Mirko or Barnett HW title match
Silva/Lil Nog LHW title match
Hendo/Shogun
Hunt/Aleks
Nastula/Yoshida

[ilostmydog]

I have only heard of these matches being rumoured:

Dan Henderson vs. Winner of MW GP
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Josh Barnett II (although Barnett says he wants to take some time off, so this match probably won't happen)

On top of that, I'd love to see:

Wanderlei Silva/Mauricio Rua vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira/Ricardo Arona (any combination of the above is great)

Winner of Takanori Gomi/Marcus Aurelio II vs. Mitsuhiro Ishida

Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Shinya Aoki

Joachim Hansen vs. loser of Takanori Gomi/Marcus Aurelio

[Tugboat10101]

Joachim hansen only has 1 fight remaining on his contract with Pride and has not fought for a good deal of time, but I do believe he wants Gomi but the other side says that Ishida is next for a shot at Gomi. Why not have Gomi and Hansen fight for the right to fight Gomi next?

[ACIDBATHBELFORT]

I have only heard of these matches being rumoured:

Dan Henderson vs. Winner of MW GP
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Josh Barnett II (although Barnett says he wants to take some time off, so this match probably won't happen)

On top of that, I'd love to see:

Wanderlei Silva/Mauricio Rua vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira/Ricardo Arona (any combination of the above is great)

Winner of Takanori Gomi/Marcus Aurelio II vs. Mitsuhiro Ishida

Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Shinya Aoki

Joachim Hansen vs. loser of Takanori Gomi/Marcus Aurelio

Id like to see those fights, but Im not sure the fighters in Bushido will be ready to fight that soon.

[ilostmydog]

Joachim hansen only has 1 fight remaining on his contract with Pride and has not fought for a good deal of time, but I do believe he wants Gomi but the other side says that Ishida is next for a shot at Gomi. Why not have Gomi and Hansen fight for the right to fight Gomi next?

Gomi shouldn't have to fight Hansen for the right to fight himself. That's just silly.

[robbypark]

MY dream NYE card:

Fedor vs Barnett(HW Title)
Wanderlei Silva vs Antonio Rogerio Nogueira(MW Title)
Dan Henderson vs Denis Kang(WW Title)
Takanori Gomi vs Mitsuhiro Ishida(LW Title)
Mark Hunt vs Kazuyuki Fujita
Tatsuya Kawajiri vs Joachim Hansen
Hayato Sakurai vs Gilbert Melendez
Phil Baroni vs Murilo Ninja

[dogofwar]

Silva shouldn't fight anyone else other than Liddel or Arona. Arona is the undisputed number 1 contender.

[ACIDBATHBELFORT]

MY dream NYE card:

Fedor vs Barnett(HW Title)
Wanderlei Silva vs Antonio Rogerio Nogueira(MW Title)
Dan Henderson vs Denis Kang(WW Title)
Takanori Gomi vs Mitsuhiro Ishida(LW Title)
Mark Hunt vs Kazuyuki Fujita
Tatsuya Kawajiri vs Joachim Hansen
Hayato Sakurai vs Gilbert Melendez
Phil Baroni vs Murilo Ninja

Id totally go for that card. That would be spectacular. I just wonder if the guys in Bushido will be ready?

[ACIDBATHBELFORT]

Silva shouldn't fight anyone else other than Liddel or Arona. Arona is the undisputed number 1 contender.

Id love to see Silva/Chuck regardless of where its at, but politics wont allow it. I agree Arona is the number one contender but he just fought and loss a close, debatable decision. I know he has a win over Silva, but I cant see him getting a shot again this quick. So I agree that Lil Nog is the next best choice. Match Arona/Shogun maybe, he wins, then he deserves the next shot.

[dogofwar]

But since he was robbed last NYE he came back and absolutely crushed Overeem. Nothing against Lil Nog but Arona needs to get a fair shake at the title. We all know Chuck isn't fighting Silva since he will be fighting Tito (and losing) the night before.

[ilostmydog]

Arona has already beaten Silva twice. He should fight him again on NYE, take his title, and restore some integrity to it. Lil' Nog should fight Shogun again before he takes on Silva.

[don king]

But since he was robbed last NYE he came back and absolutely crushed Overeem. Nothing against Lil Nog but Arona needs to get a fair shake at the title. We all know Chuck isn't fighting Silva since he will be fighting Tito (and losing) the night before.

Have you already committed to losing your avatar for a month on this one? If not, I'll be glad to take it.

I seriously think Tito is too fragile mentally to beat Chuck. I can't believe he won't already be beaten when he steps into the ring.

[robbypark]

On the topic of Chuck/Tito, I think Chuck will beat Tito as bad as he did Babalu. I see no difference between the two cases, considering that Babalu is probably a better wrestler than Tito.

[ilostmydog]

PRIDE's apparently trying to get WBC 115 lb boxing champion Masanori Tokuyama to compete on the card, per Jordan Breen. In the event it goes down, the WBC said they'd strip him of his title, and the Japanese boxing comission said they'd take away his boxing license. Such hatred. Tsk tsk. No word on who (or what) would be his opponent.

[LuckyD]

Id love to see Silva/Chuck regardless of where its at, but politics wont allow it. I agree Arona is the number one contender but he just fought and loss a close, debatable decision. I know he has a win over Silva, but I cant see him getting a shot again this quick. So I agree that Lil Nog is the next best choice. Match Arona/Shogun maybe, he wins, then he deserves the next shot.

I agree with you on Arona getting another crack at Wandy. Also, I for one would really like to see Arona and Shogun get down. Let me also mention that I too have concern for the Bushido fighters, even though Gomi is going to run over Aurelio rather quickly, IMO.

Someone also mentioned Baroni-Ninja, I'd like to see that as well.