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PRIDE WITH FRESH EYES – PRIDE 2: Marco Ruas vs. Gary Goodridge, Vernon White vs. Kazushi Sakuraba

July 10, 2017

Well after a bit of a layoff, I am back to reviewing Pride FC chronically for the first time. For a full explanation of why I am doing this, check out the inaugural column. After […]

PRIDE WITH FRESH EYES – PRIDE 1: Rickson Gracie vs. Nobihiko Takada, Dan Severn vs. Kimo, Taktarov vs. Goodrich

June 18, 2017

Pride With Fresh Eyes: Pride 1 What is this? While I realize that it might be dangerous admitting this, but I am completely unfamiliar with Pride FC. As someone who regularly writes about MMA, this […]

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