MMA topic #5 - GSP vs Hughes

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Op dinsdag 2 januari 2007 21:20 schreef Fugie het volgende:
ik vond het tijdens shockwave nogal irritant dat na elk gevecht die promo van pride 33 kwam en dat die gast ook maar bleef zeiken dat de vechters daar graag heen wouden enzo.

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Op donderdag 28 december 2006 16:44 schreef Dacide het volgende:
ik vraag me af hoe groot de kans is dat bas rutten ooit verslag gaat uitbrengen samen met fredje royers...

met pride (amerikaanse broadcasting) wil hij niks meer te maken hebben.

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Bas was also the color commentator for the English productions of PRIDE Fighting Championships events, calling nearly every event from PRIDE 1 through the 2005 Grand Prix. Known for his sense of humor and first hand knowledge of the sport, Bas quickly become a fan favorite commentator. In April of 2006 Bas announced that he would not continue to announce for PRIDE, due to the pressure of constantly flying to Japan, and being away from his family every month.[4] He handed off commentating duties to former fighter Frank Trigg.

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Bas Rutten Quits PRIDE Fighting Championships

02 February 2006


The former UFC heavyweight champion and King of Pancrase has resigned his post after discovering Dream Stage entertainment, parent company of PRIDE FC, were recruiting Frank Trigg as a member of the broadcast team.

Rutten, 40, lives in LA where his is forging a career as an actor. When renegotiating his contract, Rutten said he would not be able to work the PRIDE Bushido shows in 2006 as he wished to focus on his acting.

Coversely, at this stage Rutten admits that he also asked for a raise. He then discovered PRIDE bosses had approached Trigg as a replacement.

Resigning in what many see as a token gesture of defiance before he was sacked, Rutten posted a statement on his website. "I came to the States to try to become an actor so I asked them if I could only do the PRIDE shows for next year, no more Bushido shows, because I had already had said "no" to three movies, all leads, and the reason for that we that I had to go to Japan all the time.

Rutten has long been a staple part of PRIDE broadcasts. Trigg joins co-host Mauro Ranallo as the new colour commentator.

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Tuesday, 20 December 2005

I quit Pride! I know, quite a shocker he?

Why would people say, it’s a dream job! You are absolutely right, it IS a dream job, and the Company is great, they have unbelievable fighters and unbelievable shows!
Of course this is not without a good reason, and just to make sure that there are NO misunderstandings, I am going to tell you a little bit of what happened. (Pay attention to the “little bit part”). If I don’t do this, people start speculating and rumors will get started and this way you hear it straight from me and not some gossip that people are going to make up.

First of all, I deal with people here in the States that work for Pride, so it’s NOT the fault of the people that work for Pride in Japan. The people in Japan are great people and the President Mr. Sakikabara is a very nice person and he and his staff has always been very good to me.

I came to the States to try to become an actor so I asked them if I could only do the Pride shows for next year, no more Bushido shows, because I already had said “NO” to three movies, all leads, and the reason for that was that I had to go to Japan all the time.

So I asked to do only the Pride shows and because the company grew so much, PLUS I really think that I did a good job and a lot of good work for Pride, I thought it was time for me, after 6 years of working for them, to ask for a raise. Well, here we go, the “very short version” out of respect that I have for the Company. The negotiations started, going back and forward, saying this, saying that, you know, the usual negotiations drills, and it resulted in me finding out that Frank Trigg is co-hosting the next “Pride FSN show”.

Wow!! Now NOT telling me that this was going to happen after everything that I did for them in the last 6 years?? That was something just unbelievable and that was right away the motivation behind my decision to quit. (Of course this is not the only reason, that’s why I said the “little bit”) If they would have at least called or emailed me to inform me that Frank was going to do it, I would have been OK with that, because there are many reasons that they can come up with for that. But doing this behind my back, I mean, don’t these same people here call me “The face of Pride?” No thank you! This is just NOT the way you tread people and trust me, surely not me!

That’s it! It’s also not a thing that I can turn back because once I know that people don’t respect me for what I do for them, it’s irreversible. That’s just my character and I can’t change that, I couldn’t look at myself in the mirror anymore if I did stay with them and still have to work with the people here in the US who don’t respect me.

I feel VERY bad about all this and I am sure that I am going to miss this job tremendously, the fighters, their trainers and friends, the staff in Japan, the friends that I made over there and of course the wonderful reactions from you guys that I always received!!

Understand that I won’t go into details (this is for the people who want to interview me, this is it, I won’t say anything more). First of all because I am not that kind of person and second, because I had a great and outstanding 6 years with Pride and like I said before, Mr. Sakikabara and the Japanese staff always have been treating me with respect and have been very good to me.

I wish Frank Trigg all the best of luck and I hope that he will do a great job! Together with the one and only Mauro Ranallo, who’s the best play-by-play guy in the business I truly believe, it should be no problem!

No worry though, because I am pretty sure that “El Guapo” is not out of the picture and will “pop up” somewhere else, because this is in my blood and you simply can’t get that out just like that!

The one thing that’s good about it, this will be the first time in 6 years that I am home with New Years Eve with my family and I love that!
Happy Holidays everybody, and I really hope that you understand my decision.
Best wishes.

Bas Rutten

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UFC 67: St. Pierre is OUT!

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FC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre (Pictures) will not make his first 170-pound title defense Feb. 3 versus Matt Serra (Pictures), the UFC announced in its Web site Tuesday, as an injured knee will keep the French-Canadian fighter out of action.

St. Pierre stopped longtime champion Matt Hughes (Pictures) in November to capture the belt, and was slated to face Serra after the New Yorker won a tight decision over Chris Lytle (Pictures) during the finale of The Ultimate Fighter 4. The UFC did not reveal whether Serra would remain on the card, nor did it say when St. Pierre is expected to return to the cage.

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Op woensdag 3 januari 2007 20:12 schreef Dacide het volgende:
Zo ik heb eindelijk pride shockwave helemaal afgekeken...

hier mijn 2 cts:

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Op woensdag 3 januari 2007 20:45 schreef BB_Koning het volgende:

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Vind jij moe'er een goed Nederlands woord?

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Op woensdag 3 januari 2007 20:45 schreef BB_Koning het volgende:

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Vind jij moe'er een goed Nederlands woord?

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Op woensdag 3 januari 2007 20:12 schreef Dacide het volgende:
Zo ik heb eindelijk pride shockwave helemaal afgekeken...

hier mijn 2 cts:

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Op donderdag 4 januari 2007 00:48 schreef Unstoppable het volgende:

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Op donderdag 4 januari 2007 03:58 schreef sampoo het volgende:

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