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In your first paragraph you refuse to judge the current era by the standards of Borg's era. But then you go on to judge Borg by the standards of the current era. Olympic gold by Nadal? Tennis wasn't even an Olympic sport in Borg's time. And Borg not playing 4 Slams a year, you put down merely as his fault. You well know that virtually nobody played the Australian, and the fault lies with the tournament organizers who scheduled it during the holidays and couldn't offer the same prize money as the other Slams were offering. That was part of the tour structure at the time -- a weak AO -- and you don't take that into consideration, simply putting it down to the fault of the players.
I mean, if you're going to criticize the players for choosing not to play the AO, then why don't we criticize them today for their choices. Nadal has bad knees. Well, why not say it's his own fault, for playing so much on hard courts? Couldn't he choose to play on clay courts and skip more hard court tournaments?
Of course, Nadal shouldn't be faulted for that, because the hardcourt tournaments are well-attended, and important, and well-paying. He's just going where the money and the players are going: same thing that Borg did. They do exactly the same thing, but Nadal gets credit while Borg gets faulted.
You've been saying that Borg should get no credit for speculatory AO wins (which is correct, I agree with that), and when you do speculate you say he might not have won any. But you speculate about how Nadal would have fared if he had gotten to play the USO on clay, strengthening his case by speculating that he'd have three extra USOs. Why one speculation and not the other?
Obviously you're speculating about Nadal winning green-clay USO's as a way to show his superiority over Borg. But then why not allow that Borg could have won a few AO's on grass, given how many Wimbledons he won? Seems to me both speculations are reasonable, if you're going to speculate.
Nadal and Borg each have 11 Slams, each winning those 11 in an 8-year period. In that span, Borg played only 4 hardcourt majors, making 3 finals. In the same eight-year timespan, Nadal has won 2 hardcourt majors in 14 attempts: he has the hardcourt win that Borg doesn't have but his overall record in hardcourt majors is filled with early-round losses before '09 and is relatively weak.
And you said nothing about the year-end championships, where Borg has a clear edge.
Borg basically hasn't won the US Open, which was at the time the 2nd most prestigious tournament in the world, which means he must have wanted it pretty badly. But he didn't win it. Nadal did. The number of attempts doesn't matter. Nadal could've played the US Open a 100 times for all I care, he still won it. Not having played is not better than making even the 2nd Round. If Borg didn't give himself enough chances to win the US Open, he only has himself to blame. No point in handing him phantom trophies. And it's not like he didn't have his shots and chances. 4 finals is a lot. And he quit at 26. Doesn't matter why, he quit. No phantom trophies after that, either. Nadal, right now, is equal to Borg, I'm not saying he's higher. But given time, it seems inevitable that he will top him since Nadal, unlike Borg, doesn't seem to be a quitter. I guess time will tell.
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Only Smiley can tell us what she wants out of tennis and something about her potential to progress.
Oh, wait. She already has!
She wants to become a ranked player in her area. She is fast and quite fit. After just a few months, she can hang with good players. She takes a boatload of instruction, which is something people do when they want to improve and improve quickly.
Yet it's OK to push and *not hit the way she has been taught to hit?*
Hey, her pro saw her in the push victory. He didn't think much of it. That says a lot. I mean, any pro who said to me, "Hey, I saw your match, and although you didn't hit any of your shots the way I know you can, you outlasted that inferior player, so I'm good with it!" would get the boot.
Yup yup-
I am actually surprised that people are disagreeing with her pro. How many of us have the luxury to have a teaching pro watch a match of ours that counts and then critique us?
If I were to start a beginner on tennis, I would have them work on strokes, serves volleys, ect. until they have reasonable technique and only play out practice points. Only when they have reasonable technique start playing real matches. Of course that would be an ideal situation, most people don't have the patience to wait that long!
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|Created by
|Derren Litten
|Written by
|Derren Litten
Steve Pemberton (Series 5)
Neil Fitzmaurice (Series 5)
|Directed by
|Kevin Allen
John Henderson
Sandy Johnson
David Sant
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|Opening theme
|"Benidorm Theme"
|Mark Thomas
|Country of origin
|United Kingdom
|Original language(s)
|No. of series
|No. of episodes
|49 (list of episodes)
|Executive producer(s)
|Sophie Clarke-Jervoise
Ben Cavey
Derren Litten
|Geoffrey Perkins
Jo Willet
Ben Carvey
Francis Matthews
Lucy Armitage
|Benidorm, Spain
|John Ignutius
|Running time
|44–48 mins (2009–)
22–25 mins (2007–08)
|Production company(s)
|Tiger Aspect Productions
|Endemol UK
|Original channel
|Picture format
|16:9 1080i HDTV (2010–)
16:9 576i SDTV (2007–09)
|Original release
|1 February 2007– present
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|The Catherine Tate Show
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Benidorm is a British sitcom written by Derren Litten and produced by Tiger Aspect for ITV. The series features an ensemble cast of holiday makers and staff at the Solana all-inclusive hotel in Benidorm, Spain.
The show first aired on 1 February 2007. Critically acclaimed, Benidorm has received two National Television Awards[1][2] and nominations at the British Comedy Awards[3] and BAFTAs.[4]
The seventh series began on ITV on 2 January 2015.[5] A 7-episode eighth series was commissioned on 6 February 2015 to air in 2016.[6]
Series 1 introduced the main characters, the Garvey family: parents Mick (Steve Pemberton) and Janice (Siobhan Finneran), teenage daughter Chantelle ('Telle' – Hannah Hobley) and eight-year-old son Michael (Oliver Stokes). They are on their first holiday abroad, paid for by Janice's mother – the sun-worshiping, chain-smoking Madge (Sheila Reid), who doesn't have a kind word for anyone. Jacqueline (Janine Duvitski) and Donald (Kenny Ireland) have been coming to Benidorm for twenty years and are enthusiastic, middle-aged swingers. Kate (Abigail Cruttenden) and Martin Weedon (Nicholas Burns) are going through a rough patch during their third year of marriage. Within seconds of arriving they realise that the Solana is the worst place for them to make a fresh start. Geoff Maltby (Johnny Vegas), who calls himself 'The Oracle', has an irritating computer-like knowledge of trivia, he claims to be the Lancashire pub quiz champion, and is prone to fits of competitive behavior; he has always come on holiday with his mother, Noreen (Elsie Kelly). Gavin (Hugh Sachs) and Troy (Paul Bazely) are on their first holiday together after setting up a successful hair salon. They consider themselves superior to the other guests but are happy enough to get drunk and snigger at them; later in the series their relationship hits rock bottom when Troy is caught with another series regular.
Also introduced in Series 1 are sexy barman Mateo (Jake Canuso), who flirts with anything that breathes, and Janey (Crissy Rock) the hotel manager and cabaret M.C. at Neptune's bar.
Guest artistes include Ella Kenion, playing a woman who cons the Garveys out of money at the beach but is caught when she turns up at Neptune's, and Niky Wardley, playing Kelly, Mateo's lover until she finds out about his fling with Kate.
The first series was a modest hit for ITV, although critics said it was 'beautifully written and performed'.[citation needed]
Series 2 was broadcast in April 2008 and saw all the main characters from series 1 return to the Solana Resort for eight new episodes. However there were two new arrivals for the Garvey family: Mel Geoffrey Hutchings - the owner of five sun bed shops and "Didsbury's answer to Julio Iglesias"; plus 17-year-old Chantelle's new baby.
Niky Wardley returned as Kelly this time with her mother Sylvia (Wendy Richard) who was a wheelchair riding love rival for Madge, Margi Clarke made a brief appearance as Dorothy, Gavin's estranged mother, and Elliott Jordan played Jack, a British bar-owner in whom Janice found temptation.
Benidorm returned for a one-hour summer special which featured all the regular cast plus Jack (Elliott Jordan) and a wanted murderer named Enrique (Christopher Sciueref). Starting with a recap of Mel and Madge's wedding, the main plotline involved the abduction of Janice and Madge by Enrique and a subsequent helicopter rescue from the Solana rooftop. The crew took the opportunity to shoot some areial footage of Benidorm from the helicopter, used as scene bridges in subsequent episodes.[7]
With ratings rising Series 3 followed in October in a new 45 minute format. It was set one year after the summer special as the holidaymakers took up the offer of a free holiday given to them by the Solana Resort. The regulars from series 2 returned but this time Martin did not bring Kate, instead he brought mischievous Brandy (Sheridan Smith) who was not all she seemed. The featuring of well-known guest stars was becoming something of a tradition with Keith Barron playing a very English Deputy Mayor, Tim Healy playing Geoff's transvestite blind date Les/Lesley, Robin Askwith playing Gary, a conman and a thief who was revealed as Brandy's lover, and Una Stubbs making an appearance in the final episode as Martin's mother Diana. Cast regular Kate Abigail Cruttenden made her only Series 3 appearance in the same episode, flying out to help Martin in the aftermath of a mass robbery by Gary and Brandy. It was later revealed she was seeing someone else, dashing Martin's hopes for a reconciliation.
Stuart McGugan played Donald's practical-joking friend Wink, who electrocuted himself to death on-stage at Neptune's, and Lorraine Bruce appeared as one of Madge's estranged daughters.
By the end of Series 3 the show was regularly attracting 6 million viewers and had won two National TV Awards and been nominated for both a BAFTA and a British Comedy Award. Series 4 was commissioned a few days after Series 3 finished airing, however there was some cast changes as Johnny Vegas (The Oracle), Paul Bazely (Troy), Hannah Hobley (Chantelle), Abigail Cruttenden (Kate), and Nicholas Burns (Martin) all left the show.
As filming was just about to begin on the new Christmas special that would precede the fourth series, the production was thrown into chaos. Geoffrey Hutchings who played Mel, died suddenly from a suspected viral infection. As result of his untimely death the scripts had to be heavily re-written, and the storyline became that Mel had died off-screen on a business trip abroad.
The Christmas special, however, aired on Boxing Day 2010 and had some special guests including Marvin Louie Spence who was a member of the Middlesbrough Swingers Association Su Pollard played herself as a guest star. Tim Healy returned as Les/Lesley this time working for Mel and directing the Garveys to Madge's villa. Asa Eliott made a small appearance singing for the Benidorm Palace. Wizzard made a brief appearance at the end of the special singing their big hit "I wish it could be Christmas everyday" whilst that was being played Madge found out Mel had died. Brian Murphy appeared as Noreen's love interest Clive; he proposed to her but did not return in series four.
A number of new characters were created for Series 4 to fill out the cast list again. Following his guest appearances in Series 3 Tim Healey became a full-time cast member as barman Les, with his teenage son Liam (Adam Gillen) tagging along to Benidorm for a cheap holiday. A whiff of a Benidorm holiday romance was soon in the air for Liam, as he took an immediate shine to new girl Natalie (Kathryn Drysdale) - but her friend Sam (Shelley Longworth) has other ideas on their potential romance.
Gavin was given a new holiday companion called Kenneth (Tony Maudsley) with the story being that Troy was at home caring for his sick dad. Plus, Noreen brought her stressed-out daughter Pauline (Selina Griffiths) on holiday in place of Geoff. Pauline, having spent the past few years in South Africa with her husband but now going through a messy divorce, is irritable and doesn't make friends easily and later throughout the series became an alcoholic which annoyed and upset some of the regulars
Returning characters for the fourth series included the Garvey family, who start the series embroiled in a typical Garvey holiday disaster. Meanwhile the legendary Middlesbrough Swingers Association lost its two most popular members for the summer as Benidorm once again welcomed back Donald and Jacqueline.
Hotel staff Mateo and Janey continued to watch on through it all as the holiday chaos unfolds around them. There were a few special appearances such as Lucky Kev (Neil Fitzmaurice) who appeared in a number of episodes and there were one-off appearances, Cilla Black playing herself but now living in Madge's previous villa and Scary Mary (Denise Welch) and Mr Pink (Melvyn Hayes), both Madge's enemies and looking for her to pay up her debts. (Michael Fenton Stevens) made a brief appearance on the last episode playing the head of the British consulate.
Ian Reddington made an appearance as Johnny Neptune, who was an old flame of Janice Garvey and friend of Janey.
This was the last series to feature Janey (Crissy Rock) as the Solana Manager and a main character until series 7.
After the fourth series it seemed as if Benidorm might end, as creator Derren Litten said he didn't want to write any more episodes, However, he was persuaded to bring the show back for another series with, other writers helping out (including cast member Steve Pemberton).
The regular holidaymakers got a shock in Series 5 as the Solana resort was now staffed by a new manager... and she means business! Joyce Temple Savage (Sherrie Hewson) is on a mission to upgrade the Solana resort into a 4 star hotel - at all costs.
Mick, Janice and Michael Garvey all returned to their favourite all inclusive holiday resort, and Madge shocked her family and friends with a surprise announcement. Jacqueline and Donald also returned following Donald's faked death at the end of the last series.
Kenneth is now a Benidorm businessman with his popular new hair salon based at the Solana resort with a new colleague Carmen (Alba Ortega) Gavin comes out to join him on holiday but where was Troy? It seemed as though their relationship might have broken up.
Noreen was back for some sunshine and flying solo without her son and daughter for the first time, meanwhile Liam was now the newly employed handyman.
Transvestite Les/Lesley continued to don the latest cutting edge fashions at the Solana tropical bar alongside hunky Mateo, who was still on a mission to woo any female that passes by.
Meanwhile Benidorm good time girl Sam returned with a new friend in tow called Trudy (Michelle Butterly) and they both made it their mission to have a wild holiday.
Asa Eliott reprised his role since the Christmas special, now regularly appearing as the singer in Neptunes, as Joyce ditched Shaun Foster Conley. Elliott Jordan returned as Jack only this time he was pretending not to recognise Janice, he later was revealed to be Liam's new flatmate, but after he showed his true colours Liam changed his mind so Trudy glassed him. Crissy Rock reprised her role as Janey briefly after her daughter, who was revealed to be Carmen was caught out giving the press false reports about the Solana. Michael Fenton Stevens returned to help make it right with Donald and Jaqueliene
Like any other series there were many guest stars including Ian Lindsay who played Mr Dixon, causing a stir and was later revealed to be the hotel assessor. Matthew Kelly played Cyril Babcock, he turned out to be an old flame of Joyce, and was engaged at the hotel as a dance instructor. Shaun Dooley played Mick's brother Pete, he visited Mick while on a stag weekend, but it turned out that no one was getting married. David Bradley played Mick's dad Stan, he visited Mick with his other son Pete for the same storyline. Ted Robbins played Victor. Dhaffer L'Abidine who played Madge's love interest, he turned out to be a conman Siobhan Redmond played Scottish loudmouth Hazel, she was the instructor with a group of Olympic divers performing at the hotel. Naomi Battrick played Hermonie, one of the Olympic divers Kate O'Mara played Barbara Simmonds, a guest at the hotel who, in a case of mistaken identity, was thought to be the hotel assessor, but turned out to be a famous writer.
This was the only series to feature Trudy (Michelle Butterly), and it was the last series to feature Sam (Shelly Longsworth) and Gavin (Hugh Sachs).
A new family was added to the show at this point. The Dykes, a lively family from Watford, consist of father Clive (Perry Benson) firmly under the thumb of his no nonsense wife Tonya (Hannah Waddingham) - both bring their son Tiger (Danny Walters) with them, and further in the series, their daughter Bianca (Bel Powley) shows up, claiming that her rich boyfriend dumped her while they were holidaying in the Maldives. Both Tiger and Bianca are young, single and looking for fun. Returning to enjoy the newly announced four star hotel treatment are Mick and Janice Garvey, with acid-tongued Madge not far behind. The Garveys also brought Michael, their son, with them again, who has now grown into an adventurous teenager. With Michael and Tiger off on trouble-making adventures around the resort, it isn't long before the Dykes and the Garveys begin to argue.
Other favourites returning to the Solana Resort include popular swingers Donald and Jacqueline Stewart, who intended to claim their free holiday that manageress Joyce Temple-Savage promised them at the end of the last series.
Mateo and Lesley are still working at the hotel, however Liam is now working with Kenneth at his 'Blow & Go' salon - the very discreet and selective hair and beauty emporium within the Solana resort.
Series 6 also saw the return of Martin Weedon (Nicholas Burns) who arrives on the loud and drunken stag do of his rich friend. This time he's very single and finds himself having a 'drunken encounter' with one of the known female holidaymakers.
The Stewarts and the Garveys, alongside cheeky bartender Mateo, are the only original cast left.
Returning guest stars include Matthew Kelly returning as Cyril Babcock, a former dance prodigy and teacher who was living rough in Benidorm. He was subsequent made into Assistant Manager. Elliott Jordan returns to play Jack. He plays a practical joke on Michael and Tiger which leads to Michael punching him in the face. Asa Elliott made further guest appearances in Neptunes.
Guest stars include Ken Morley playing the Head of a local Hairdressing Mafia and Kenneth's uncle, Philip Olivier as Jason - a sexy new barman. Also featured in the series are The Krankies and Rustie Lee appearing as friends of swingers Donald and Jacqueline, legendary Hollywood star Joan Collins arrives as Crystal Hennesey-Vaas, the CEO of the Solana Hotel Group, and also Joyce's high maintenance boss, Janet Street Porter making a cameo appearance as a news reporter and Holly Earl who plays a sexy young girl called Elena catching the eye of Michael Garvey and Tiger Dyke. It is revealed that she likes Michael more than Tiger, who is reluctant to accept this and attempts to steal Elena from Michael.
After the sixth series had aired, ITV confirmed that a seventh series will air in 2015. It was filmed at the Sol Pelicanos Ocas and different locations around Benidorm. Perry Benson, Jake Canuso, Janine Duvitski, Adam Gillen, Tim Healy, Sherrie Hewson, Tony Maudsley and Danny Walters all return as regulars from series 6. Siobhan Finneran, Steve Pemberton, Sheila Reid and Oliver Stokes also returned, but only appeared in the first two episodes. The Garveys are last seen flying to Las Vegas in episode 2. Hannah Waddingham and Bel Powley did not return.
Following Kenny Ireland's death, his character Donald Stewart will not appear[8] but his voice appeared in a phone call to Jacqueline , played by Duvitski, in the last episode of the series. Jacqueline will continue to star in the series, but will be joined by Alan David who appears as Glynn Flint. Leslie Jordan guest stars as Buck A. Roo for two episodes, an attorney who reveals that the Garveys have inherited $30,000,000 and whisks them off to Las Vegas. In Episode 3, Johnny Vegas and Elsie Kelly return for darts quiz hosted by Les/Lesley, It seems like Geoff has already made enemies with Clive and his son Tiger. In the fourth episode Denise Black guest starring as Gloria, Liam's Mum, comes to Benidorm on hope that he will return home and Kenneth is on the lookout to find something to cure Joyce's facial expressions. In the fifth episode Crystal Hennasey Vas (Joan Collins) returns to the Solana to take Joyce out for lunch. Joyce returns to find Janey York (Crissy Rock) has taken her job as Crystal has asked for cheaper staff, replacing other staff members. The last episode in the series was dedicated to Kenny Ireland.
Series 7 began airing on ITV on 2 January 2015 and finished on 13 February.[5]
The series was renewed for an eighth series on 6 February 2015. Series 8 will feature 7 episodes, all written by creator Derren Litten. Filming began on 23 March 2015.[6][better source needed] On 26 March 2015 it was announced that Julie Graham , Steve Edge , Bobby Knutt , Josh Bolt and Honor Kneafsey had been cast as part of the brand new Dawson family. Following her recent departure at the beginning of series 7, Sheila Reid will return,[9] however it is unknown if Siobhan Finneran, Steve Pemberton and Oliver Stokes will return.
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The Solana is the hotel featured in the show where all the cast stay. The pool scenes are filmed at the Sol Pelícanos Ocas in Benidorm. The rooms are filmed in the Acuariam II Apartments which overlook the pool, and the Reception area (including Kenneth's salon) is a studio set. The Solana is all-inclusive and owns an all-inclusive bar/restaurant, Neptunes which is filmed at the Morgan Tavern, which is almost directly across the road from the Pelicanos.
Neptunes is an all-inclusive bar/restaurant featured in the show owned by The Solana. Most of the characters eat there all the time, and there is karaoke and live entertainment every night - with occasional guest appearances from singers Asa Elliott and Shaun Foster Conley. Neptunes is filmed in Morgan Tavern, which is a stroll down the road from Sol Pelicanos Ocas - where the majority of filming takes place.
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- ^ a b "Winners - The National Television Awards 2008". Nationaltvawards.com. Retrieved 2014-04-13.
- ^ a b "Winners - The National Television Awards 2011". Nationaltvawards.com. Retrieved 2014-04-13.
- ^ "British Comedy Awards : Awards 2013 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". Chortle. 2013-12-08. Retrieved 2014-04-13.
- ^ a b "The Guardian". Retrieved 4 April 2014.
- ^ a b http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/benidorm/episodes/7/1/
- ^ a b http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a626961/benidorm-commissioned-for-eighth-series-by-itv.html?utm_source=twt&utm_medium=snets&utm_campaign=twitter#~p3sSeJE03cciFo
- ^ Sandy Johnson, Director, DVD Commentary, S3 Ep1
- ^ Jackson, Marc (2013-09-17). "Kenny Ireland dead aged 68 following battle with cancer | Mail Online". Dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-07-31.
- ^ http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/sheila-reid-back-itvs-benidorm-5537056
- ^ "TV Choice awards 2014". TV Choice. (Bauer Media Group). Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- ^ http://www.nationaltvawards.com/vote
External links[edit]
- Benidorm at itv.com
- Benidorm at the Internet Movie Database
- Benidorm at the British Comedy Guide
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Moe and the Big Exit is the 31st episode in the VeggieTales series and is only available on DVD. Its lesson is on following directions. It is the first VeggieTales episode of 2007.
Written by Mike Nawrocki and directed by Brian K. Roberts, it is based on the Biblical story of Moses from the Book of Exodus. Adapted as a parody of The Lone Ranger, it is also a sequel to The Ballad of Little Joe occurring years after Little Joe's death.
Moe (played by Larry the Cucumber) is a cowboy living a privileged life while his relatives dig the Grand Canyon as slaves. After Moe stands up to a foreman who is over his family, he ends up accidentally causing the official to fall to his death. Feeling guilt and fearing for his safety, Moe escapes to the Rockies. Later, he runs from a bear and jumps into a well only to pulled out by a Native American girl named Sally (Petunia Rhubarb) and her buffalo Zippy. Moe soon meets Sally's parents and eventually the two marry. Some years later, a "burning tumbleweed" appears before Moe and tells him to return to Dodgeball City and save his people. Talking to the tumbleweed, Moe explains that he can't speak in public. The tumbleweed then tells him that someone will be sent to speak for him. Moe then sets off for Dodgeball City wearing a masked costume so as to not be recognized. While going through the desert, he finds his brother Aaron (Archibald Asparagus) who works as a souvenir salesman. Arriving in Dodgeball City with Aaron, Moe tells the mayor (Mr. Nezzer) to "let my people go." However, the mayor rejects his demands, but trouble for the town and mayor soon ensues (such as rivers turning into tomato juice, a plague of prairie dogs, grasshoppers eating Mayor Nezzer's lunch, and other plagues that follow the biblical account of Moses). Finally the Mayor lets Moe's relatives leave. However, he has second thoughts and chases after them with his carrot army. Moe lifts his stick in the air and yells "Hi-yo Sliver away" and it starts snowing. The mayor tries running after them, but the snow melts and Mayor and his army are left in the frying sun. Sally and her family run to Moe and are reunited again.
In addition to the ubiquitous "VeggieTales Theme" and "What We Have Learned", this episode contains the following songs:
- O Lone Stranger
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The History of Pride FC: Pride Critical Coundown Absolute
-Greetings MMA fans. My extreme apologies on the long wait since my last Pride DVD review. A lot has been going on as of late between taking over the MMA's 3R's column in 411mania MMA as well as my other writing duties for the site. One of my New Year's resolutions for 2011 was to finish my reviews up for the 2006 Pride Openweight Grand Prix. So here we are with the second round of the tournament with Pride: Critical Countdown Absolute.
-July 1, 2006. The Saitama Super Arena. Saitama, Japan. The event opens with an anime intro followed by a more traditional video introduction highlighting the second round tournament fighters. The elite eight: Josh Barnett, Mark Hunt, Fabricio Werdum, Antonio Nogueira, Cro Cop, Hidehiko Yoshida, Kazuyuki Fujita, and Wanderlei Silva.
-The broadcasters for the evening are Mauro Ranallo and Frank Trigg (with hair). Trigg and Ranallo talk about the tournament and run down the key fights. Trigg analyzes the ways to win for Cro Cop and Hidehiko Yoshida in the main event. Unfortunately Pride Heavyweight Champion, Fedor Emelianenko, originally scheduled to compete in the tournament had to drop out of the competition due to hand surgery. Filling in Fedor's stead will be Pride Middleweight Champion, Wanderlei Silva. OK, not a bad replacement.
-The opening ceremony kicks off with a video on the big screen and showcases the elaborate entrance stage. Lenny Hart introduces the combatants for the evening. Ladies and gentlemen, this is more than just mixed martial arts. This is the PRIDE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIPS!
Pawel Nastula (Pride Record: 0-2; MMA Record: 0-2) VS. Edson Drago (Pride Record: Debut; MMA Record: 9-0)
Nastula is an Olympic gold medalist in judo. He previously lost his last two MMA fights in Pride in 2005.
Round 1. Nastula eventually works Drago to the ground. Nastula gets a full mount and starts raining down the punches. Drago gets saved and checked for a cut by the ref. Back to the dominant position for Nastula in the middle of the ring. Drago gets a sweep and starts trying to land punches in the guard. Nastula manages to lock on in an armbar and Drago eventually taps.
The Winner: Nastula scores his first MMA and Pride victory at 4:33 in Round 1.
Yoshihiro Nakao (Pride Record: Debut; MMA Record: 4-0, 2NC) VS. Eun Su Lee (Pride Record: Debut; MMA Record: 12-0, 1NC)
Both men are undefeated in MMA and making their Pride debuts here. For those of you who do not know who Nakao is, here is a little reminder:
Round 1. Lee taunts Nakao about the kiss before the action starts. Nakao goes hard for the single-leg takedown and gets it. Nakao works in the half-guard and starts unloading a high volume of punches to Lee by the corner. The ref calls for a break and has the position moved to the middle. Lee tries to struggle out and gets some knees to the head for his trouble. The ref later breaks the action up and Lee gets a yellow card for passivity. The doctors check on Lee and it looks like his left eye is now swollen shut. Doctor calls for a stoppage and that is it.
The Winner: Nakao remains undefeated and wins his Pride debut due to the TKO by doctor stoppage at 4:16 in Round 1.
Vitor Belfort (Pride Record: 4-2; MMA Record: 13-7) VS. Yoshiki Takahashi (Pride Record: 0-2; MMA Record: 28-19-3)
Belfort did not return to the UFC after representing the promotion in the 2005 Pride MWGP where he lost to Alistair Overeem in the opening round of the tournament. Belfort says he's back and Takahashi says they are both desperate and that he will do anything to beat Belfort.
Round 1. A little feeling out at first and Belfort starts letting the hands go. Belfort solidly connects with a left hand and drops Takahashi and that is it.
The Winner: Belfort gets back into the win column by knockout at 36 seconds in the first round. An impressive win by Belfort as he got to show off his strengths, granted against basically a gimme opponent for him. This is just sort of par for the course of Vitor's career because if he's knocking a guy out silly early in the fight, he's struggling in it or loses.
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (Pride Record: 7-1; MMA Record: 11-2) VS. Alistair Overeem (Pride Record: 7-4; MMA Record: 24-7)
Rogerio fights for the first time since an amazing fight of the year candidate with Shogun in 2005 which he lost by decision. Overeem lost to Fabricio Werdum in the opening round of the tournament but rebounded with a win over Vitor Belfort in Strikeforce about a month earlier. Lil' Nog owns a previous decision win over Overeem at Pride 29 in 2005.
Round 1. Overeem methodically works his legkicks in the first round. Nogueira is able to get some punches in some openings, but he is clearly starting to favor his leg being messed up by Overeem. Nogueira clinches after Overeem starts doing knee strikes and gets the takedowns. Nogueira attempts a kimura but Overeem gets out. Nogueira stays in control from the guard position and continues to grind on Overeem. Nogueira dominates until the end of the round. Well that's the way to get the fight back in your control at least.
Round 2. Nogueira starts letting his fists go more but Overeem stays busy with his kickboxing. They exchange strikes standing and Overeem continues to damage Nogueira's lead leg with legkicks. Nogueira stuns Overeem with a left hand and unloads on the standing Overeem in the corner. And the Overeem corner throws in the towel . . . and that's the fight . . . ?
The Winner: Nogueira is awarded the win by technical knockout due to Overeem's corner throwing in the towel at 2:13 in Round 2. Odd finish and I'm not really sure what happened. Overeem did look hurt but he wasn't really out from what I could tell. Perhaps his corner was just being cautious or saw something we did not.
Kazuhiro Nakamuro (Pride Record: 8-5; MMA Record: 8-5) VS. Evangelista "Cyborg" Santos (Pride Record: Debut; MMA Record: 14-8)
Nakamura most recently lost to Barnett at Pride 31. Cold staredown by Cyborg before the fight.
Round 1. Nakamura works for the takedown and gets it. Nakamura gets in control from the top position and is able to pass guard into side control. Nakamura gets the crucifix position and starts landing some elbows and knees. Nakamura works on the Americana submission. Cyborg tries to defend, but Trigg says Nakamura isn't going to get it and Cyborg will get out of it. Nakamura wrenches back on the arm and locks up the wrist using the canvas and that is it.
The Winner: Nakamura gets the win by submission at 4:49 in Round 1. An extremely dominant and much needed win for Nakamura. Good thing he didn't wear a gi to the fight this time.
-And now we move on to the second round tournament bouts.
PRIDE OPENWEIGHT GRAND PRIX QUARTERFINAL BOUT: Antonio Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira (Pride Record: 15-2; MMA Record: 27-3-1, 1NC) VS. Fabricio Werdum (Pride Record: 4-1; MMA Record: 8-1-1)
Fabricio Werdum submitted Alistair Overeem in the opening round of the tournament to advance against Nogueira here. Ironically and interestingly enough, five years later, Werdum/Overeem is yet again being fought in a tournament setting. The story here is that both men are master Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioners.
Round 1. Nogueira sends Werdum to the ground early with his punches. Nogueira picks his shots and dominates Werdum standing. Nogueira gets it to the ground and works in Werdum's guard and neutralizes Werdum's ground game. Back to their feet and Nogeuira drops Werdum with another punch. Nogueira continues to work over Werdum with some good punches and body shots. Round ends and it's looking good for Nogueira so far.
Round 2. Nogueira continues to dominate Werdum on the feet. At one point he jumps into guard attempting a guillotine, but Werdum has it scouted and is able to stay away. Werdum attempts a single-leg, but Nogueira reverses and ends up on top of Werdum. Nogueira works in the full guard but Werdum isn't able to pull anything off. Time out is called as Nogueira has a cut and some swelling by his left eye. Nogueira gets cleaned up and we get back to the action. Werdum works for a takedown and gets it this time and attempts a guillotine. Nogueira reverses and sweeps and finishes the round on top and pushing the position.
Round 3. Werdum is able to complete some takedowns but gets little with them. Nogueira tries for a guillotine choke but Werdum gets out. Werdum on top in half-guard, but Nogueira sweeps again as it seems his gas tank is coming through more than Werdum. Werdum gets the takedown and tries for an arm triangle choke. Nogueira is able to slip out and get on top again. Some fun back and forth BJJ transitions to finish out the fight.
The Winner: Big Nog gets the win by unanimous decision. Nogueira neutralized Werdum's biggest assets and made it his fight. He dominated the standing exchanges with his superior boxing and dirty boxing, and grinded Werdum on the ground where Werdum had seemingly nothing for Nogueira there. In the third round, Werdum tried to turn up the heat but wasn't able to ever quite one-up the more seasoned veteran in Nogueira. A fun fight overall. Nogueira advances to the final four and semifinals of the tournament.
-Backstage interview with Cro Cop. Cro Cop says he feels great and his foot injury is healed. Cro Cop said he had to be careful because Minowa has great heart and great guts. He says he's ready to take the entire tournament mentally and physically.
PRIDE OPENWEIGHT GRAND PRIX QUARTERFINAL BOUT: Wanderlei Silva (Pride Record: 21-2-1; MMA Record: 30-5-1, 1NC) VS. Kazuyuki Fujita (Pride Record: 6-2, 1NC; MMA Record: 13-4)
Silva says he's wanted to fight Fujita for a long time and is confident he can knock Fujita out even though he's coming in lighter. Fujita jokes that he's wanted to "watch" Silva fight for a long time rather than actually fight him. Oh Fujita, you comedian. Fujita says he can't think of a way to beat Silva so he will rely on his body strength and his "THICK SKULL." Uh oh.
Round 1. Silva comes out wild and crazy and stuns Fujita with knee strikes to the head that "was created by filling a cement truck with coconut sperm," according to Cracked.com. Fujita is able to recover and gets the takedown and actually gets side mount, but Silva attempts a triangle choke and transitions into an armbar. Silva wrenches back, but Fujita manages to survive and moves into the full guard. Referee calls for a break after a while and gives both men the yellow card for passivity. They keep it standing. Both men are hesitant to strike. Silva gets the better of the striking exchanges and lands some big punches. They trade legkicks. They start unloading and brawling and doing that with Pride-era Silva is not a good idea. Silva hits home with some punching combinations and Fujita goes down. Silva unloads on numerous unanswered shots and soccer kicks and the ref calls the fight.
The Winner: Silva hands Fujita the man with the thick skull his first ever knockout loss in Pride. Silva gets the win by TKO at 9:21 in Round 1. This was a fun type of fight you could usually count on Pride for.
PRIDE OPENWEIGHT GRAND PRIX QUARTERFINAL BOUT: Josh Barnett (Pride Record: 2-2; MMA Record: 20-3) VS. Hidehiko Yoshida (Pride Record: 5-1; MMA Record: 5-1)
Barnett says Hunt is limited in MMA but brings many of his strengths from kickboxing into the MMA world. Hunt says Barnett is good but he's in his way. Barnett says he plans on getting this done as soon as possible and even put Hunt in a Michinoku Driver if he has to and sit back and sip a pina colada while all the other guys destroy each other.
Round 1. Barnett easily gets Hunt to the ground. Barnett passes guard and gets side control and works for the kimura lock. Barnett easily improves his position and locks in the kimura and finishes it with ease.
The Winner: Barnett wins by submission at 2:02 in Round 1. Barnett easily took advantage of Hunt's inexperience and complete utter and lack of ground skill as well as submission and takedown defense. Barnett cuts a wrestling promo after the fight and says "THE BELT IS MINE!"
-Backstage interview with Barnett. Barnett says the fight didn't go exactly the way he wanted because he wanted to do a suplex or a half-crab. Barnett breaks down the hold he finished Hunt with.
PRIDE OPENWEIGHT GRAND PRIX QUARTERFINAL BOUT: Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic (Pride Record: 15-4-2; MMA Record: 18-4-2) VS. Hidehiko Yoshida (Pride Record: 6-3-1; MMA Record: 7-3-1)
Cro Cop beat Minowa to advance to the second round. Yoshida beat Yosuke Nishijima.
Round 1. Yoshida starts things off with an overhand right. Yoshida works for the takedown but can't get Cro Cop to the ground. Cro Cop blocks a judo head throw. Cro Cop throws off a head kick and it looks to connect a little, but Yoshida points to his head and smiles. Cro Cop throws off a leg kick and Yoshida tries a spinning head kick of his own. Yoshida whiffs and Cro Cop goes into the guard. Cro Cop stands up to the guard after a stale mate and Yoshida follows him up. Cro Cop starts throwing more leg kicks and they are starting to cause some visible damage and pain to Yoshida. Yoshida gets dropped with an uppercut, but Cro Cop lets him get back up. Cro Cop chops down Yoshida with another leg kick and Yoshida is down again. Yoshida is unable to continue. Paging Judge Cecil Peoples!
The Winner: Who says leg kicks don't finish fights? Cro Cop wins by TKO at 7:38 in Round 1 and advances to the semifinals. Nothing outstanding but the fight had some good vintage Cro Cop right about at his MMA peak.
-Cro Cop helps Yoshida help to his feet after the fight. Yoshida is carried out by his corner as the Pride music plays. Credits and an event montage roll and that is all.
As with most Pride FC DVD releases there are a group of similar bonus features including extra pre and post fight interviews as well as some video montages of the event:
The 411: The card is a little dull until it gets to the tournament fights. Nogueira/Werdum is a really good fight from a technical MMA standpoint and Silva/Fujita is a lot of fun. Besides that you get to see a lot of classic fighters and legends in their prime before they really peaked as fighters specifically Cro Cop as this was leading up to his big win.
|Final Score: 7.5 [ Good ] legend


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