Episode 15 - PRIDE FC (III): Everybody Hates Yoji

Puro Pourri Podcast

The P to the P to the other P return with the third and final instalment of their PRIDE Fighting Championship retrospective! Daniel, George and David have for your delectation another tranche of fights that combines the equal parts classic brutality and shitty nonsense that characterised Japan's greatest ever MMA promotion. Along the way we discuss the relative merits of violent combat sports and Jools Holland's Hootenanny as New Year's entertainments, which Brazilian MMA fighters would combine to make the best football team (complete with tactical discussions!), savour the sweet return of Podcast Spirit Animal Yoji Anjo, and end with an ill-advised musical number which Statto has been bound by penalty of Burning Hammer never to repeat. Enjoy, and tune in next time, when we'll actually discuss wrestling, honest... Matches: Wanderlei Silva (26-3-1) vs. Quinton Jackson (21-4) (PRIDE FC, 31 October 2004) Yoji Anjo (0-4-1) vs. Ryan Gracie (4-2) (PRIDE FC, 31 December 2004) Mauricio Rua (9-1) vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (11-1) (PRIDE FC, 26 June 2005) Bob Sapp (4-3) vs. Akebono (0-0) (K-1, 31 December 2003)