Episode 14 - PRIDE FC (II): When The Tache Is Semiotic

Dan has internet again, so we're back with the long-awaited (shut up) second part of our PRIDE FC retrospective. Join George, Daniel and David for another dive into the legitimate businessman-fuelled madness that was the boom period in Japanese MMA. We've got it all; the world's greatest pub car park fight, the most brutal German suplex outside of mid-90s AJPW, a succulent Chinese meal, and the most convoluted April Fool ever to involve a fake letter from Kensuke Sasaki's lawyers. Get this down you, and bask in the warm glow of that good ol' Triple P. Matches: Don Frye (14-1) vs. Yoshihiro Takayama (0-2) (PRIDE FC, 23 June 2002) Mirko Cro Cop (5-0-2) vs. Igor Vovchanchyn (51-7) (PRIDE FC, 10 August 2003) Fedor Emelianenko (18-1) vs. Kevin Randleman (15-7) (PRIDE FC, 25 April 2004) Giant Silva (1-1) vs. Naoya Ogawa (6-0) (PRIDE FC, 20 June 2004)