09-25-2007, 11:37 AM
So far many Pride fighters have come to the UFC and only 2 have had successes (Rampage Jackson and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira).
I have seen 4 factors so far that have stopped their domination.
1. The transition from a ring to a cage. The tactics are very different, example: you can use a cage to win a fighter more successfully with ground and pound.
2. CV, i feel that there are less breaks in a cage and some of the Pride fighters have been beaten because through "gasing" in a fight. In the ring once someone gets pushed out the fight is restarted from the middle allowing a very short break, but it still a break.
3. RULES:
A. In UFC unlike Pride you are not allowed kicks and Knees to the face on the ground allowed. So this gives the wrestler i.e. Randy Couture an advantage to just go for the legs when crawling on the mat, with no fear of being kicked.
B. However the UFC does allow elbows on the floor. Which some Pride fighters havent used before.
4. Pride had overtime round if the fight was close. A great rule which could have got rid of the UFC's sometime bad decisions.
Overview
Pride fighters have been under pressure debuting in the UFC, and havent yet had the feel of fans and more importantly the cage. Furthermore, alot of Pride fighters teams have split due to the Pride being taken apart by the UFC (Ramage realised this fact and trained at big bear with other great UFC fighters). With new training camps established and more cage experience we should see the best of the Pride fighters again.
Basically it the same as someone moving from Rugby league to Rugby union it, takes a while to adjust.
I have seen 4 factors so far that have stopped their domination.
1. The transition from a ring to a cage. The tactics are very different, example: you can use a cage to win a fighter more successfully with ground and pound.
2. CV, i feel that there are less breaks in a cage and some of the Pride fighters have been beaten because through "gasing" in a fight. In the ring once someone gets pushed out the fight is restarted from the middle allowing a very short break, but it still a break.
3. RULES:
A. In UFC unlike Pride you are not allowed kicks and Knees to the face on the ground allowed. So this gives the wrestler i.e. Randy Couture an advantage to just go for the legs when crawling on the mat, with no fear of being kicked.
B. However the UFC does allow elbows on the floor. Which some Pride fighters havent used before.
4. Pride had overtime round if the fight was close. A great rule which could have got rid of the UFC's sometime bad decisions.
Overview
Pride fighters have been under pressure debuting in the UFC, and havent yet had the feel of fans and more importantly the cage. Furthermore, alot of Pride fighters teams have split due to the Pride being taken apart by the UFC (Ramage realised this fact and trained at big bear with other great UFC fighters). With new training camps established and more cage experience we should see the best of the Pride fighters again.
Basically it the same as someone moving from Rugby league to Rugby union it, takes a while to adjust.