[CORRUPT] Sakuraba vs Tamura I (UWFi, 1996.03.01)

[GodJa420]

it's all about shotokan fighters....SHORYUKEN!!

[connorlumsden1]

reallly gay

[Five5six]

Easiest way to tell if it's a real shoot: look for mouthpieces.

[thebigandgreat1]

worked or shoot this is awesome stuff NO PITY HERE ITS ALL ENTERTAINMENT!

[jimmywrangles]

This is the Bushido from years ago.

Sakuraba,Albright,Tamura,Zangi­ev damn they had some good fighters.

Pity the majority of the matches were fixed though.

In days before UFC this was the only form of MMA I'd ever seen.

[panther2552]

@jimmywrangles this wasn't MMA but Pro Wrestling. Pancrase was really the first MMA league in existense.

[FireProMMA]

I saw the awesome chain wrestling at 3:00 and I jizzed in my pants.

[TwistedSand]

For god sake leave it to a puro fan to have to explain everything. UWF, UWF Newborn, UWFi were all shoot style promotions, i.e. the outcome is determined, however almost all the guys were skilled real fighters too. BattlARTS & Fujiwara Gumi were both shoot style works, Pancrase was all shoot although with some suspect matchs and to complicate things further, RINGS started off as a worked promotion and then became a legit contest a few years in.

[mrnaji]

someone throw a trophy at tamura's face

[MatteinoXxX]

o_O....

[xraycat30]

I feel like an idiot...I just read a bunch of stuff on wikipedia that says the wrestling here is staged like WWE, but they just make it look more real. Anyone know anything about it?

[Acekicken]

In Japan there where/are many Shoot Wrestling organizations.

They Mix Shoots with Works. A "Shoot" meaning (Real) a "Work" meaning (Fixed)

Some organizations where 100% Shoot(Shooto,rings,Pancrase) others where 85/5 Works UWFI & Kindom,Some where 100% "works" NJPW & FMW.

[karl911]

im not sure about shooto but i know rings and pancrase definately did some worked matches.

[yardape99]

And to add to Acekichen's comments, a work using strong style (stiff), makes the match look all the more real.

Japanese pro wrestling often, in the past at least, involved tours. You would only wrestle for a few weeks at a time, then there would be a break. Wrestlers would be able to heal up after working the strong style.

[SUPERHALLOWEEN]

Wait a minute. Are you saying that pro wrestling is fake? That's just stupid..everyone knows you can't believe what you read off wikipedia.

[GeorgeLee]

Classic !

[Kagemusha08]

It sucks that they never got to settle their feud in MMA. A prime Saku would have most likely taken it by sub, but Tamura was a far better fighter then a lot of people give him credit for.

[mrnaji]

if Dream wants to be a strong Contender they would do this for the NYE show

[finlayreed]

Why are the best parts made faster?

[BrianCamorano]

Sick submission wrestling by two legends of the game.