Fill Your Boots... With PRIDE!

[Smacked Ass]

Bushido 9, this weekend (Sept. 25)! This is a MONSTER card, the biggest one I've seen, and it's a stacked deck! Bushido 9 is the event that will house BOTH the welterweight and lightweight tournaments to crown the inaugural champions for their respective weight classes! If you want to see a TON of great fights (Seriously. Did I mention this card is BIG?!?!), be sure to catch this one.

Fight Card (in order)

Ryuta Sakurai vs. Paulo Filho (Welterweight Reserve Match)

Akihiro Gono vs. Daniel Acacio

Ryo "The Shark" Chonan vs. Dan Henderson (Dan is a TEAM QUEST guy! GO HENDERSON! I like "The Shark", too, but Hendo has to win this one! Baroni KTFOed Chonan in the last Bushido, and Hendo lost a match to baby Nog in the opening round of the Pride Middle Weight GP.)

Ikuhisa Minowa vs. Phil Baroni (Baroni is a former UFC welterweight champ. This is a rematch of a stand-up WAR! Should be good. Baroni won the last one, if Minowa is smart, he'll head for an early leg submission instead of eating Baroni's geek-seekers like he did last time.)

Masanori Suda vs. Murilo Bustamante (Bustamente is a former UFC welterweight champ

Dokonjonosuke Mishima (Coolest name in MMA, plus pretty dope entrances!) vs. Charles "Crazy Horse" Bennett Lives up to his name, and looks like he just crawled out of a dumpster most of the time... Bennett by EARLY KO! This dude has ACME anvils for hands that would make the Roadrunner die of fear. Serious stank on Bennet's punches!) (Lightweight Reserve Match)

Hayato "Mach" Sakurai vs. Jens "Little Evil" Pulver Potential to be a GOOD one! Sakurai is training in Washington with AMC Pankration (With Matt Hume, Ivan Salavary, Josh Barnett, and TUF dude, Chris "CATSMASHER" Leben), and Jens "Little Evil" Pulver, former UFC lightweight champ, could eaisily pull this tournament out of his ass for the title!

Joachim Hansen vs. Yves Edwards (Potential to be the show stealer... I see one of these two in the final, if not winning the tournament. Edwards is a former UFC lightweight champ, and a human highlight reel of crazy ass MMA moves! Hansen threw one of the SICKEST knees I've seen to score a BRUTAL KO in the last Bushido. He connected, and TURNED HIS BACK as the poor dude fell to the canvas. He knew it was over... sangfroid exemplified! Very solid fighter! He's Beaten Gomi in the past, too.)

Takanori Gomi vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri (I've been waiting to see a Kawajiri/Gomi match for a LONG time! I'd have rather seen it in the later stages of the tourney, though. Both are HUGE fan faves and exciting fighters to watch!)

Naoyuki Kotani vs. Luiz Azeredo

Winner of Gono/Acacio vs Winner Chonan/Henderson
Winner of Minowa/Baroni vs Winner of Suda/Bustamante
Winner of Sakurai/Pulver vs Winner of Hansen/Edwards
Winner of Gomi/Kawajiri vs Winner of Kotani/Azeredo

So there it is. Try taking small bites first, this is a LOT to chew on! All little dudes with GIGANTIC COJONES! I can't wait!

[Joe Snack Road]

I gotta say... this card (on paper) looks pretty hard to call. It's a bit of a toss up, fo'sho'!

...And tell me more of this AMC Pankration and it's location in Washington.

[Smacked Ass]

I think AMC Pankration is in Seattle, but I might be wrong... I'll have to check.

[Steve]

I finally get to watch this today! ggggggggggggggggggggg

[Smacked Ass]

So, what did you think?

PS: That guy hasn't led me back about HUSTLE yet...

[Steve]

It was AWESOME! Best top to bottom show I've seen by far... It was my first time seeing a lot of them, and made me a huge fan of most! I can't wait for Shockwave, to see the finals! Gomi vs. Sakurai looks dope, and so does Henderson vs. Bustamante, although I have to admit I was kinda hoping for Minowa to make the finals vs. Dan. I think they should have a couple of #1 contender matches for the titles as well, preferrably Hansen/Kawajiri and Minowa/Gono.

ps Bas > *

[Steve]

pps I made MMA STEVE

STEVE advances on Bushido am i rite

[Smacked Ass]

HAHA!

I was hoping Minowa would stop Busta, too. Is it just me, or does Minowa actually look BETTER with the mullet than bald?

Gomi is a stud. Sakurai is a stud. The final will be a stud-studded event for the ages. Mishima actually fucked up the "mask murderer"'s ankle! Bennet is a fucking psychopath and I'm glad Dokonjonosuke fucked him up!

Kawajiri is a pimp, too bad somone always has to lose...

I'm glad you liked the show, it was probably the best one I've seen yet! You should catch the first Gomi/Azeredo match! That was a fucking gong show!

PS: please pardon all of the explitives, I'm spent and can't express myself in a proper way tonight...

[Smacked Ass]

admin said:

...And tell me more of this AMC Pankration and it's location in Washington.

Sorry dude, I keep forgetting. KIRKLAND, WA.

[Joe Snack Road]

smackedass said:

admin said:

...And tell me more of this AMC Pankration and it's location in Washington.

Sorry dude, I keep forgetting. KIRKLAND, WA.

...ROAD TRIP! "Writing Dump Exclusive~! Snack Road meets AMC Pankration!" coming 2006!