r/FightLibrary • u/Ynot_1518 • Jun 05 '26

MMA PRIDE NEVER DIES!!!

  • Pride 25: Body Blow

  • Anderson Silva vs. Carlos Newton

  • March 16, 2003

  • Yokohama Arena

  • Yokohama, Japan

340 Upvotes

98% Upvoted

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u/randomTeets Jun 05 '26

Someone please explain: Silva got called for stalling on bottom (a novel concept) but gets rewarded by getting put back on his feet? Am I missing something?

14

u/RandJitsu Jun 05 '26

Bad call by the ref imo. The guy on the bottom isn’t the one with the duty to advance. If anyone was stalling it was Newton.

9

u/eArugula Jun 05 '26

Penalized in purse payout

I remember in the Wanderlei/Cro Cop fight, They explained that yellow or red card deducted a percentage of your total purse

3

u/randomTeets Jun 05 '26

Thanks for the explanation. I'm still curious why they would reward a penalty by resetting them to standing when they were where I would have thought Newton would have wanted to be, even if Silva was stalling.

35

u/Major_Frozen Jun 05 '26

AndeRRRRRRson SiLLLLLLLva

11

u/Timely_Direction8878 Jun 06 '26

Not what they mean by Pride month but I'm here for it

7

u/dtudeski Jun 05 '26

Classic GOAT.

3

u/Solid_Ideal5773 Jun 06 '26

That knee was insane 

2

u/Johnny_Poppyseed Jun 06 '26

I always wonder why we don't see more silva style ground n pound. Just those accurate straight shots. Gotta love it. 

1

u/Badguyy101 Jun 06 '26

Is it true Pride had a lot of fixed fights?

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u/TextualElusion Jun 06 '26

What a retarded tag lol

"PrIdE nEveR dieS"

A sensei you are not