If Pride had a BMF belt who would have earned it ?

[2004 account]

Theres a couple of immediate candidates that come to mind but Prime Wanderlei Silva was the baddest mf of them all imo

 

[SuperNerd]

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[WoozyFailGuy]

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Yup, you ended your own thread TS.
Saku or Minowaman are Wandy's only competition.

 

[king hippo]

 

[NoSmilez]

Sakuraba.

 

[PrideNverDies]

They did it was the Saku belt

 

[FrankDux]

 

[Joshuaace]

Yup, you ended your own thread TS.
Saku or Minowaman are Wandy's only competition.

Geez no. Fedor, Mirko, Hendo, Big Nog....Pride was chock full of BMF's

 

[JKS]

Wanderlei no questions asked

 

[filthybliss]

Geez no. Fedor, Mirko, Hendo, Big Nog....Pride was chock full of BMF's

Fedor,Big Nog,Wandy, Randleman and Cro-cops were the monsters. Sakuraba was the man fighting em...

 

[Koala]

Ishizaka

 

[HHJ]

Wand

At hw Fedor cos he wins at everything

 

[Zanmato]

Akira shoji, guy had one of the hardest careers I MMA history, like how can you find the will to keep going if you are early 2000s Mr Pride lol. He'd lose it every other fight but I think he'd be the people's champ

 

[Mammothman]

Hard to say, all those killers were BMFs ok their own right.

 

[jeskola]

Minowa

 

[Typrune Goatley]

Real early PRIDE days it was Igor and Saku And Shoji.

Then before long it would be Wanderlei.

If Wanderlei didn't exist, maybe Cro Cop, Fedor, Randleman, Nog, Hendo, Shogun, Rampage, Overeem and guys like that.

 

[Qays Stetkevich]

Vovchanchyn absolutely would be the low-key p4p BMF champ. His MMA record and accolades were insane at the time, even when he was in Pride. He was a real "anywhere, anytime, . . . and number of times a night, NO WEIGHT CLASSES" kind of guy.

I'd of course add the obvious mentions of Wand, Rampage, Shogun (ninja too back in the) and Sakugoat. CC and Fedor both fit the bill as well, as did good ol Minowaman

 

[NHBfilipino222]

Diet Butcher Alexander Otsuka

 

[Flower2dPeople]

Kanehara, Shoji, Matsui. The 3 horsemen of go out there and die.

 

[idlePulse]

Pride was just the BMF promotion. From the productions to the matchups, everything was geared towards creating these "holy shit moments".

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Pride BMF title fights must be ended via *kicks or stomps to the head of a downed opponent*.