TAPE 429

Quality: EX (*MASTER*)

Length: 2.75 hrs (DVD)

PRIDE 2 - 3/15/98 (The second Pride show, this is a much better one than the first, albeit with
 	many of the same problems.  Pride saw this one and enacted rules that would force the fighters
 	to provide more action, which is definitely a good thing.  This is the US version, with
 	English commentary, and all fights complete.  I've got a DVD master, so quality is 
	basically perfect.)

	Royler Gracie vs Naoki Sano (Sano, proving he learned from Takada, lays there and does nothing
 		for 25 minutes.  Royler, proving he's a Gracie, lets him just lay there.  The action heats
 		up after that, with the last 5 minutes being actually decent.)
	Akira Shoji vs Juan Mott
	Ralph White vs William Roosmalen (Kickboxing)
	Kazushi Sakuraba vs Vernon White (This is one of Sak's first NHB fights and it shows.  He
 		misses numerous openings in this fight and repeatedly leaves himself vulnerable.
 		Fortunately for him, White sucks and gets horrible advice from his corner - they tell him
 		to back off when he's got a reverse mount position - so Sak is able to pull off the win.)
	Renzo Gracie vs Sanae Kikuta (Even worse than the Royler/Sano fight above,	this one has no
 		time limit, so neither guy does a thing for the first 50 minutes of the fight.  Then Renzo
 		finally gets busy and ends it a minute later.  Blech.)
	Tasis Petridis vs George Randolph (Kickboxing)
	Marco Ruas vs Gary Goodridge 
	Mark Kerr vs Branco Cikatic (Cikatic follows up his cheapshot DQ from Pride 1 with even more
 		flagrant cheating in this one.  He nails Kerr with a bunch of elbows to the back of the
 		head and holds the ropes constantly, thus getting himself DQ'ed, all the while looking like
 		he has no idea why he's being booed.)