Pride “Unbreakable” 2/26/06
Mark Hunt (New Zealand) vs. Yosuke Nishijima (Japan)
Antonio Rodrigo Noguiera (Brazil) vs Kiyoshi Tamura (Japan)
Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (Brazil) vs. Mark “The Hammer” Coleman (USA)
Sergei Kharitonov (Russia) vs. Alistair Overeem (Holland)
Quinton “Rampage” Jackson (USA) vs. Yoon Dong Sik (South Korea)
Josh Barnett (USA) vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura (Japan)
John Olav Einemo (Norway) vs. Fabricio Werdun (Brazil)
Pedro “The Rock” Rizzo (Brazil) vs. Roman Zentsov (Russia)
Mario Sperry (Brazil) vs. “TK” Kosaka (Japan)
No doubt I am not an MMA expert but I have more then a few events under my belt. And anyone can find excitement in anything, whether they are a first timer or old hack. This event had everything one could want in an MMA PPV. I was very happy with the Overeem/Kharitonov match as well as somewhat dissapointed in the Jackson/Sik match but in a good way to some degree. But the main event was a show stealer and one of the few fights in recent memory that had me getting up out of my seat and yelling at the TV screen. Hunt/Nishijima had MOTYC written all over it until the third round. Still an awesome match that deserves some research and a second look. And there is no denying that for the moment, Nishijima is a new Japanese star in the MMA game.
