Pick the winners for Shockwave.

Jabonn came up with a great idea. Here is how this works. Below I will re-post the scheduled bouts for Jan. 2nd Pride Shockwave.
Post replies to whom you think will be the winners in the bouts and you will have the admiration of your fellow Budoseek members when I will dedicate a thread congradulating those that picked the winners the closest.

SHOCKWAVE
FIGHT CARD

Fedor Emelianenko
(Russia) vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (Brazil)

(This is a double title match, for both the PRIDE FIGHTING heavyweight championship
as well for the title of 2004 Grand Prix heavyweight champion)

Hidehiko Yoshida (Japan) vs. Rulon Gardner (USA)
Wanderlei Silva (Brazil) vs. Kazushi Sakuraba (Japan)
Dan Henderson (USA) vs. Yuki Kondo (Japan)
Takanori Gomi (Japan) vs. Jens Pulver (USA)
Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic vs. Kevin Randleman
Makoto Takimoto (Japan) vs. Henry “Sentoryu” Miller (USA)
Stefan Leko (Germany) vs. Ikuhisa Minowa (Japan)
Paolo “Giant” Silva (Brazil) vs. Choi Mu Bae (Korea)
Yoji Anjo (Japan) vs. Ryan Gracie (Brazil)
Ryo Chonan (Japan) vs. Anderson Silva (Brazil)

Note: I will close this thread tommorow at 18:00 Central Time Zone

Fedor Emelianenko(Russia) vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (Brazil)
Nogueira
Hidehiko Yoshida (Japan) vs. Rulon Gardner (USA)
Yoshida
Wanderlei Silva (Brazil) vs. Kazushi Sakuraba (Japan)
Silva
Dan Henderson (USA) vs. Yuki Kondo (Japan)
Kondo
Takanori Gomi (Japan) vs. Jens Pulver (USA)
Gomi
Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic vs. Kevin Randleman
Cro Cop
Makoto Takimoto (Japan) vs. Henry “Sentoryu” Miller (USA)
Miller
Stefan Leko (Germany) vs. Ikuhisa Minowa (Japan)
Leko
Paolo “Giant” Silva (Brazil) vs. Choi Mu Bae (Korea)
Silva
Yoji Anjo (Japan) vs. Ryan Gracie (Brazil)
Gracie
Ryo Chonan (Japan) vs. Anderson Silva (Brazil)
Silva

FYI - Sakuraba is out due to illness. Silva will now be fighting K1's Mark Hunt.

:mad: crap!
This still only changes whom Silva will beat. My vote remains the same.

Posted from the pridefc.com website:
New Year’s Eve show due to broken ribs! Dream Stage Entertainment announced at an emergency press conference on December 26th that Kazushi Sakuraba will not be allowed to participate in his scheduled 4th match against Wanderlei Silva, scheduled for the December 31st 2004 PRIDE SHOCKWAVE event

Fedor Emelianenko(Russia) vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (Brazil)

Hidehiko Yoshida (Japan) vs. Rulon Gardner (USA)

Wanderlei Silva (Brazil) vs. Mark Hunt

Dan Henderson (USA) vs. Yuki Kondo (Japan)

Takanori Gomi (Japan) vs. Jens Pulver (USA)

Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic vs. Kevin Randleman

Makoto Takimoto (Japan) vs. Henry “Sentoryu” Miller (USA)

Stefan Leko (Germany) vs. Ikuhisa Minowa (Japan)

Paolo “Giant” Silva (Brazil) vs. Choi Mu Bae (Korea)

Yoji Anjo (Japan) vs. Ryan Gracie (Brazil)

Ryo Chonan (Japan) vs. Anderson Silva (Brazil)

Fedor Emelianenko(Russia) vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (Brazil)
FEDOR
Hidehiko Yoshida (Japan) vs. Rulon Gardner (USA)
YOSHIDA
Wanderlei Silva (Brazil) vs. Kazushi Sakuraba (Japan)
SILVA
Dan Henderson (USA) vs. Yuki Kondo (Japan)
TOUGH ONE BUT.....HENDO
Takanori Gomi (Japan) vs. Jens Pulver (USA)
ANOTHER TOUGH ONE BUT I WILL GO WITH PULVER
Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic vs. Kevin Randleman
NO REPEAT HERE..... CRO COP
Makoto Takimoto (Japan) vs. Henry “Sentoryu” Miller (USA)
MILLER
Stefan Leko (Germany) vs. Ikuhisa Minowa (Japan)
HMMM..............MINOWA
Paolo “Giant” Silva (Brazil) vs. Choi Mu Bae (Korea)
UNFORTUNATLY SILVA.
Yoji Anjo (Japan) vs. Ryan Gracie (Brazil)
GRACIE NO QUESTION
Ryo Chonan (Japan) vs. Anderson Silva (Brazil)
GOOD FIGHT BUT I GO WITH SILVA

Fedor Emelianenko(Russia) vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (Brazil)
Nog by submission late in the fight


Hidehiko Yoshida (Japan) vs. Rulon Gardner (USA)
Yoshida by WORK! Another BS fight for Yocheata but if by some slim chance it's real then I hope Gardner slams him on his head.


Wanderlei Silva (Brazil) vs. Mark Hunt (in place of Saku)
Silva by whatever he wants, probably brutal knees


Dan Henderson (USA) vs. Yuki Kondo (Japan)
Henderson always seems to pull it through against the best. I will bet on him any day. Kondo is tough but I say Henderson takes it.


Takanori Gomi (Japan) vs. Jens Pulver (USA)
Gomi. I never liked Pulver and I think he will be rusty.


Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic vs. Kevin Randleman
Payback time, Cro Cop by head kick

Makoto Takimoto (Japan) vs. Henry “Sentoryu” Miller (USA)
Don't know either fighter but I will go with Miller out of patriotism.

Stefan Leko (Germany) vs. Ikuhisa Minowa (Japan)
Minowa

Paolo “Giant” Silva (Brazil) vs. Choi Mu Bae (Korea)
Don't really care but Silva takes this one.

Yoji Anjo (Japan) vs. Ryan Gracie (Brazil)
Ryan by brutal beat down into submission while making crazy faces to the camera.

Ryo Chonan (Japan) vs. Anderson Silva (Brazil)
Silva

Fedor Emelianenko(Russia) vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (Brazil)
Fedor. The guy is a cyborg. He did it once, I think he's going to pull it off again (although sitting in Nogueira's guard for 20 minutes is dangerous for anyone).


Hidehiko Yoshida (Japan) vs. Rulon Gardner (USA)
I don't know if it's a work or not, but Yoshida probably has just a little bit too much experience in MMA (he put up a good fight against Silva). Although, Gardner has allegedly been training pretty hard. I go with Yoshida, but it won't be easy.


Wanderlei Silva (Brazil) vs. Mark Hunt (in place of Saku)
Agreed. The last minute subsitution probably won't through Silva too far off his game, but this has the potential to be quite a fireworks show. And, everyone knows about the punchers' chance...

I still go with Wandy.


Dan Henderson (USA) vs. Yuki Kondo (Japan)
Hendo is probably the most underrated fighter right now. As much as I love Yuki Kondo - he's a great finisher - I think Dan Henderson will pull it off. Also, great, great potential fight here.


Takanori Gomi (Japan) vs. Jens Pulver (USA)
I'm going with Li'l Evil. Ring rust is certainly a factor, and Gomi is no slouch, but the return of Jens Pulver has been long awaited - I'll think he'll be fighting is A-game.


Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic vs. Kevin Randleman
Cro-Cop is riding high right now, back in the saddle as they say (or whatever it is they say in Croatia). He's hungry for revenge (and supposedly been working very hard on ground skills); I think the Monster is going down.

Makoto Takimoto (Japan) vs. Henry “Sentoryu” Miller (USA)
Neither one of these guys has too much history, but I'm going with Miller because A) He's from St. Louis (gotta support the home team) and B) with a record of 1-1-0, he has two Pride fights under his belt than Takimoto (althoug his loss was to a submission and Takimoto is a Judo guy), and C) I had no idea the guy who wrote Tropic of Cancer could fight!

Stefan Leko (Germany) vs. Ikuhisa Minowa (Japan)
It's not a cut-and-dry fight, but I take Minowa. He's with BTT, he's got tons of experience from Pancrase and Pride, although he's never beaten anyone noteworthy.

Paolo “Giant” Silva (Brazil) vs. Choi Mu Bae (Korea)
Choi Mu Bae. That guy is a beast! And the crowd loves him.

Yoji Anjo (Japan) vs. Ryan Gracie (Brazil)
Ryan Gracie is one crazy ******* in the ring. He'll own.

Ryo Chonan (Japan) vs. Anderson Silva (Brazil)
Very tough call. Both are coming off huge victories (Newton, and Murray/Horn, respectively) and this fight could really lead to the next step in either fighters' career. I'm going with Silva (Chute Boxe does have a LITTLE bit of name to hold up).

Nobody seems to believe that Rulon can pull this off. True, Yoshida has the submissions and the MMA experience, but Rulon has been training with Couture (I heard this somewhere...) and is said to have some pretty heavy hands.

I hope that Rulon pulls this off. I would be very proud.

I would love it too but just don't see it happening. What are the rest of your picks?

OK the event has already taken place.
This thread is closed.