Shogun Rua vs. Rampage Jackson: PRIDE Middleweight Grand Prix
Classic PRIDE matchup from 2005: Shogun Rua vs. Rampage Jackson. At the time, Rampage was the established PRIDE vet, with wins over Kevin Randleman, Chuck Liddell and the famous Ricardo Arona slam win. Rampage was also coming off a win over Shogun’s brother, Murilo “Ninja” Rua. Shogun had been wrecking fighters in his...
Jeff Curran Talks Johnny Eduardo, Ground Game and TRT
Jeff Curran will fight Johnny Eduardo in Virginia on Tuesday as part of the UFC on Fuel event. The MMA pioneer spoke with Chicago’s MMA about an array of topics over the weekend. On facing Eduardo: “Even though Eduardo has been around for a long time like myself, I don’t know him and didn’t know …...
Celebrating the 4th, MMA Style
Looking at the famous 4s in MMA history… UFC 4: Revenge of the Warriors UFC 4 was an 8-man tourney back in 1994. No weight classes or weight limits. No time limits, rounds or judges. Royce Gracie beat Dan Severn with a triangle choke to win the tourney. Gracie had to get by local fighter …...
CELEBRATING THE FOURTH, MMA STYLE
Looking at the famous 4s in MMA history… UFC 4: Revenge of the Warriors UFC 4 was an 8-man tourney back in 1994. No weight classes or weight limits. No time limits, rounds or judges. Royce Gracie beat Dan Severn with a triangle choke to win the tourney. Gracie had to get by local fighter …...
KILLER FINISHES: RANDLEMAN VS. CRO COP
This Killer Finish is to celebrate Cro Cop’s return to the UFC. Sort of. This fight took place at Pride: Total Elimination 2004. There was definitely some total elimination here....
KILLER FINISHES: GOMI VS. GRACIE
Another one from our “Killer Finishes” series, but this one can also be classified as a “Killer Start”. This is Takanori Gomi vs. Ralph Gracie from Pride- Bushido 3 in May of 2004. powered by Splicd.com...
KILLER FINISHES: HENDERSON VS. GRACIE
Our new segment here at Chicago’s MMA. We’ll be posting videos from local fights and all across MMA featuring some “Killer Finishes”. This is one of my favorites. Dan Henderson vs. Renzo Gracie at Pride 13 in March, 2001. Henderson vs Renzo Gracie by nunoda...
THE MMA TEN: NICE EXCUSES
The legendary Don Abato is back with “The MMA Ten”. This week, Don cracks wise and brings the knowledge. In this edition…KJ Noons, Chuck Liddell, The Baddest Man on the Planet, GSP and more....
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