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Brad's Friday Fight Bodega - Christmas Edition
Written by Brad Taschuk   
Friday, 25 December 2009 01:23
Welcome everybody, I hope you're enjoying your holidays, and at the Bodega we hope we can aid you in that process.  Being that it's Christmas I was going through my head thinking about what I could possibly relate to this festive season, and inevitably I came to the conclusion that the PRIDE Cold Fury events were the only events which really celebrated Christmas.  Ever since, events have been more geared to the more party friendly holiday of New Year's than the family friendly one of Christmas.  However, PRIDE did grace us with a couple of Christmas cards (get it?  Christmas cards?) which produced some fantastic matches.

My personal favorite, after going back through old DVD's is by far Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs Dan Henderson 2, although the hilarious image of Igor Vovchanchyn submitting Valentijn Overeem cannot go unmentioned.  So without further ado, since if I don't go to bed soon Santa may skip my house altogether, I present you one of the many classic HW encounters that PRIDE provided us.


Definitely one of the more entertaining HW matches MMA fans have been privy to.  It should be noted that Henderson took this fight on only 10 days notice, was outweighed by an even 40 pounds, and still managed to put on arguably the greatest performance of his career (albeit in a losing effort).  Nogueira who was at the time considered the best HW on the planet, threw everything at Dan, but it took him the better part of 20 minutes to finally finish him.  It could even be argued that Henderson laid some of the groundwork for Fedor's masterful first fight against Nogueira, which came only 3 months after this bout.

At any rate, this is certainly a fight worth revisiting, and I hope you enjoyed it, and continue to enjoy your holidays as well.  Until next time.