Yarrenoka

[White Shogun]

YARENNOKA: DECEMBER 31, 2007 IN SAITAMA, JAPAN
venue: Saitama Super Arena

-Fedor Emelianenko (#1 Heavyweight in the World)* vs. Hong Man Choi
-Hayato "Mach" Sakurai (#2 Lightweight in the World)* vs. Hidehiko Hasegawa
-Gilbert Melendez (#3 Lightweight in the World)* vs. Mitsuhiro Ishida (#9 Lightweight in the World)*
-Tatsuya Kawajiri (#4 Lightweight in the World)* vs. Luiz Azeredo
-Kazuo Misaki (#8 Middleweight in the World)* vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama
-Murilo Bustamante vs. Makoto Takimoto
-Shinya Aoki (#5 Lightweight in the World)* vs. Bukyung Jung
-Michael Russow vs. Roman Zentsov

Main card airs live in the United States on HDNet on Monday, December 31 at 6:00 AM Eastern Time (3:00 AM Pacific Time)

* Based on MMAWeekly World MMA Rankings


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[White Shogun]

Hong Man Choi

 

[Poacher]

Not sure how long it will last but...

[url]http://ballhype.com/video/fedor_emelianenko_vs_hong_man_choi /[/url]

 

[dkr77]

Fedor has the arm bar from guard down pretty good. Of course it helps when the arm your attacking is about 4 foot long

I don't know about anyone else but it seems to me the M1 event has a uncanny resemblance to the old PRIDE shows. Right on down to the screaming female announcer.

 

[White Shogun]

I don't know about anyone else but it seems to me the M1 even has a uncanny resemblance to the old PRIDE Shows. Right on down to the screaming female announcer.

Don't forget the biased judging and refereeing on behalf of the Japanese favorites.

But I actually like the PRIDE production better than the UFC. The music, special effects, fans, and fighters who actually mention honor in their post fight discussions is preferable to the UFC, imo. I'd be thrilled if M-1 managed to resurrect the old PRIDE flavor in their future productions.

And let's not forget that it was FREE on HDNET (at least for now.)