The original plan was to have Cro Cop challenge Fedor for the title at PRIDE: Shockwave this December, but Cro Cop is currently recovering from a foot injury (which he got surgery for in October).
The December event will likely see Josh Barnett, the runner up, challenging Fedor in the place of Cro Cop. That leaves Cro Cop free to challenge for the title in February.
PRIDE 32 saw a lot of huge stars including: Josh Barnett, Shogun, Hendo, Fedor, Coleman (I think Coleman will be out for a good while), and more.
There are still many of PRIDE's largest stars left: Nog, Cro Cop, Wanderlai Silva, Takanori Gomi, Sakurai, Denis Kang, Igor Vovchanchyn, Rampage, Kharitonov, Fujita, Mark Hunt, Aleks, and more.
Nog, despite losing to Barnett, is still probably the #2 guy next to Fedor, though Cro Cop is strongly considered #2 now. He lost to Barnett by a split decision, so it could have just as easily gone the other way. Cro Cop can't beat Nog, Cro Cop's weapon is his knockout kick, but Cro Cop couldn't knock him out, even Fedor couldn't knock him out with one of the most famous punches in PRIDE history (sounded like a shotgun, would have killed most people). The only one who he has convincingly lost to in his career is Fedor (who took the title from him back in 2003).
Cro Cop and Wanderlei, not much I need to say about these guys, I think everyone here is very familiar with them.
One fight I would definately LOVE to see is any North American Boxing champion vs. Igor Vovchanchyn. Back in the 90's, Igor Vovchanchyn was essentially considered invinsible when it came to boxing, kickboxing, and MMA. Boxing is where he really excells though. If you followed boxing in the 90's, you may not have seen him before (no champion would accept his challenge), but you probably heard a lot about him. He's still pretty damn good, despight the large number of fights he's fought.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW5nwAzgXjU
The December event will likely see Josh Barnett, the runner up, challenging Fedor in the place of Cro Cop. That leaves Cro Cop free to challenge for the title in February.
PRIDE 32 saw a lot of huge stars including: Josh Barnett, Shogun, Hendo, Fedor, Coleman (I think Coleman will be out for a good while), and more.
There are still many of PRIDE's largest stars left: Nog, Cro Cop, Wanderlai Silva, Takanori Gomi, Sakurai, Denis Kang, Igor Vovchanchyn, Rampage, Kharitonov, Fujita, Mark Hunt, Aleks, and more.
Nog, despite losing to Barnett, is still probably the #2 guy next to Fedor, though Cro Cop is strongly considered #2 now. He lost to Barnett by a split decision, so it could have just as easily gone the other way. Cro Cop can't beat Nog, Cro Cop's weapon is his knockout kick, but Cro Cop couldn't knock him out, even Fedor couldn't knock him out with one of the most famous punches in PRIDE history (sounded like a shotgun, would have killed most people). The only one who he has convincingly lost to in his career is Fedor (who took the title from him back in 2003).
Cro Cop and Wanderlei, not much I need to say about these guys, I think everyone here is very familiar with them.
One fight I would definately LOVE to see is any North American Boxing champion vs. Igor Vovchanchyn. Back in the 90's, Igor Vovchanchyn was essentially considered invinsible when it came to boxing, kickboxing, and MMA. Boxing is where he really excells though. If you followed boxing in the 90's, you may not have seen him before (no champion would accept his challenge), but you probably heard a lot about him. He's still pretty damn good, despight the large number of fights he's fought.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW5nwAzgXjU
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