M1 Nye

[Dancebot 2000]

M1 has announced it's NYE card. It's being put on with the help of the old Pride staff which is cool. This has been an ongoing drama, so I would not be shocked if something changed. Here's a list of the fighters confirmed for it;

Fedor Emelianenko
Joachim Hansen
Ricardo Arona
Gilbert Melendez
Luiz Azeredo
Aoki Shinya
Kazuo Misaki
TatsuyaKawajiri
Hayato "Mach" Sakurai
Mitsuhiro Ishida

Pretty awesome. You'll note there is no Hong Man Choi, which is where the speculation that Arona is fighting Fedor is coming from. It should be noted, however, that Alexander E. and Zestnov are also supposedly on the card, despite not being on the list.

[Alexander]

I am so amped for this. I'm assuming this will be on PPV, delayed like all the Pride events. I saw the picture for this event with all the fighters there, and Cnorris will be happy to know that the Pride announcer lady is in the house, along with the in ring "Elvis" Pride announcer dude. Can't wait to hear what the full card will be.

[jas123]

It looks good, but I want to see the matchups before I get too excited. I also don't always believe the advertisements for who will be fighting.

[jas123]

JZ vs. Aoki is official.

[Rodja]

JZ vs. Aoki is official.

This is going to be a sick fight plus Mach is finally back. This card is shaping up to be quite nice and they even got the shrieking PRIDE lady.

[jas123]

Yeah it really seems like it's a Pride event. Maybe more like a Bushido event.

[Rodja]

Yeah it really seems like it's a Pride event. Maybe more like a Bushido event.

PRIDE never dies. This is more like PRIDE V2.0. They can rebuild it, they have the technology (and the money)...

[KingMeso]

PRIDE LADY!!!!!!!! WWWHOOOOOWHOOOOOO!!!

Card looks good too. Fedor vs. Arona would be awesome. GO RICARDO!

[CryingEmo]

This is going to be a sick fight plus Mach is finally back. This card is shaping up to be quite nice and they even got the shrieking PRIDE lady.

That's all I really cared about, is that they got the PRIDE lady. Seriously though, that's like the icing on the cake.

[Dancebot 2000]

This is going to be a sick fight plus Mach is finally back. This card is shaping up to be quite nice and they even got the shrieking PRIDE lady.

Lenne Hardt is where it's at baby.

[Alexander]

Cnorris where are you at? You should be destroying these Pride announcer lady lovers.

[jas123]

More fights:

Kawajiri-Azeredo
Ishida-Melendez

[CNorris]

Cnorris where are you at? You should be destroying these Pride announcer lady lovers.

I would rather hear a dentists drill, fillabustering Harry Reid, Guttoral heave, vomit splats, out of tune violin, microphone feedback, train wheel screech, fingernail on a chalk board, public toilet plops and a group of 12 screaming toddlers all at once than hear the Pride Lady ever again.

[Rodja]

I think it should also be remembered that this is NOT an M-1 event.

[Rodja]

This card will be televised live on HD Net.

[TheNinja]

This card will be televised live on HD Net.

I just read that! I'm setting my DVR now, this is great news.

[Alexander]

Anybody know if Comcast offers HDnet? Sorry for the lazyness.

[Alexander]

I don't know about Norris, but I'm pumped for this event. According to mmafightline.com:

Sakurai vs Hikehiko Hasegawa
Melendez vs Ishida
Kawajiri vs Azeredo
Aoki vs JZ
Misaki vs Akiyama(time for my boy to prove he is definitely top 10)
Fedor vs TBA
Aleksander vs TBA
Hansen vs TBA
Arona vs TBA
Hunt vs TBA
Zentsov vs TBA

[Rodja]

I don't know about Norris, but I'm pumped for this event. According to mmafightline.com:

Sakurai vs Hikehiko Hasegawa
Melendez vs Ishida
Kawajiri vs Azeredo
Aoki vs JZ
Misaki vs Akiyama(time for my boy to prove he is definitely top 10)
Fedor vs TBA
Aleksander vs TBA
Hansen vs TBA
Arona vs TBA
Hunt vs TBA
Zentsov vs TBA

Or to cheat again...

Seriously, though, this card has insane potential. I would really like to see Hunt V Aleks or Zentsov. The 4 LW fights alone make this a bad-ass card.

[Alexander]

Or to cheat again...

Seriously, though, this card has insane potential. I would really like to see Hunt V Aleks or Zentsov. The 4 LW fights alone make this a bad-ass card.

I'm telling you, this time he is gonna use a tazer in the ring, dude is the sh*t. Have you seen Hasegawa fight? I don't know anything about him. And yes, Hunt vs Aleks or Zentsov would be great. I would prefer it to be Aleks, but Zentsov will do for sure.