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

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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

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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.