Ziggy Tsardust posted:

So let me get this straight. There's this family who have been dominant in MMA for decades. No-one can beat them. A plucky young guy who people know little about comes into PRIDE and starts wailing on people left and right. Suddenly, he beats a couple of the members of this undefeatable family who people want to see lose. Not only that, but he does it by using the very same move that was the cause of the last defeat in the family over 40 years ago. The family lose their poo poo about this and bring in their big gun. Not only do they bring in their big gun, but they alter the rules into MMA's version of a no disqualification match in the hopes of crushing this up-and-comer. After 90 minutes of comptition, the young guy finally wins and everyone goes nuts. The Gracies family threw everything they had at him and he came out on top. People are losing their poo poo.

And there are STILL people who think that MMA has nothing in common with wrestling.

I'd just like to say thank you for this thread. I've tried to get into MMA before but found it all a little intimidating. It looks like going through old PRRIDE stuff is best for me.