Product Description

The Japanese PRIDE Fighting Championships are the premier event of mixed martial arts an extreme sport that incorporates elements of judo karate jiu jitsu kickboxing and wrestling into a no-holds-barred style of fighting. This volume presents every match from the SHOCKWAVE 2005 event held in December 2005 at Japan's Saitama Super Arena featuring top-rated fighters like Wanderlei Silva Takanori Gomi Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic in 12 thrilling bouts of hand-to-hand combat.System Requirements:Running Time: 118 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: SPORTS/GAMES/FIGHTING Rating: NR UPC: 787364688098

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #81215 in DVD
• Brand: BCI ECLIPSE LLC
• Released on: 2007-01-16
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 2
• Dimensions: .44 pounds
• Running time: 328 minutes

Customer Reviews

Best fight show of 2005
This event featured enough big name fights to even excite a casual Pride fan. If you like stand-up fighting, Cro-Cop vs. Hunt is a display of two of the best in all of MMA. If you want to see the best fighter in MMA destroy somebody, watch Fedor vs. Zuluzinho. Three championship bouts take place in the lower weight divisions, Henderson vs. Bustamante, Gomi vs. Sakurai, and Arona vs. Wanderlei. Round this out with two all Japanese rockstar battles in Minowa vs. Sakuraba and Ogawa vs. Yoshida and the freak show between Giant Silva vs. Thompson and the ever entertaining Charles Bennett and this DVD is a can't miss.

Another huge shockwave show
Pride does it right. Shockwave 2005, while not as outstanding as the previous Shockwave, still packs plenty of punch. The card begins with Charles Bennett winning by submission and then tackling the Ref (and getting a yellow card). The highlights are the rematch between Dan Henderson and Murilo Bustamonte. Murilo certainly does better this time than he did at Final Conflict 2003, but Dan gets the nod and the belt.Good fight.
The monsterous Mark Hunt returns to the Pride ring, where he walks down, outslugs and generally PWNS his nemesis Mirko "CroCop" Filipovic. I did not know a human being could really take the kind of punishment Hunt absorbs!!
Gomi and Sakurai are arguably two of the best lightweights in the world. They really show you why. More mayhem from the Fireball Kid.
The main event, is according to some, a letdown. I disagree.I consider the Wanderlei Silva-Ricardo Arona match to be one of the most compelling matches ever. It was certainly a grudge match, it wasclose,back and forth,and the decision was controversial. I seem to be in the minority of people who think the champ did enough to win.
Some problems in the audio production (you actually here a repeat of color commentary for round two during round three of an undercard fight) but its nothing serious.
If I had a choice between this one and Shockwave 2004, I'd go with 2004. But this one is surely worth the money.

Pride is great
I love watching Pride events. It's a shame UFC has taken them over and not bothered to schedule any traditional Pride bouts in Japan. :(