MMA is new in the US,new in the states. The UFC is very young.

Pride and K1 are close to the biggest sports in Japan.

I'm confused a little about how the pride guys do in the UFC. CroCrop, Wandy and Shogun all were SO dominate in pride. How can they do so poorly in the UFC?

Those 3 guys were training and fighting for a living, for most of thier lives. How is Forrest who was a police officer until 5 years ago beat them?

Is it that easy to be good at MMA? Can you train for a few years and beat guys that have been doing it forever? Shogun and Wandy were bread for fighting in Brazil. CroCrop looks awful now?

What would happen if the HW poster boy from pride went to the UFC? Would Fedor be upset also?

Shogun is young, and remarably talented. If he does not do well in the UFC, I'm just going to assume Dana is paying suckers to fall.

It just does kind of seem like Dana's guys are always winning. Chuck for so many years, then he's just getting owned left and right. In a way, rampage too. I'm the guys biggest fan, but he was one of the first pride vets to come to the UFC and be promoted.

Anderson is doing top notch, but in pride, he was insignificant compared to the big 3 that have racked up 2-3 wins combined in the past 2 years.

I'm not a Pride freak or anything, I like the UFC, I just am surprized and confused on how guys that have fought for a living for so long, are getting beat by amatures on a regular basis.

Yes, Rashad was a wrestler in college. But how many years has been been professinally fighting? Since TUF 3? TUF fighters are pulled off the street and are the best fighters in the world in 3-4 years, better than guys that come from contries where MMA is the prevailant sport and has been for centuries and it has been there dream to fight pro, and have been doing since they were very young.