What was the difference between Pride FC and Pride Bushido?
Pride FC was the term for regular shows run by the Japanese Pride organization. Pride Bushido originally started as a team VS team based concept show, which would feature cards pitting specific fighter types against one another. So there would be shows like Japan VS Brazil, or Chute Boxe VS Japan, etc. Eventually it became a showcase for lighter weight fighters who came from the Japanese Shooto and DEEP organizations, as well as some low profile heavyweight matches thrown into the mix. Eventually there was also a change in the Bushido rules where fights would have only two rounds, a ten minute round and a 5 minute round. They also used green cards for fighter penalties, which worked similar to Pride FC’s yellow cards except you could receive and unlimited amount without losing a fight (3 yellow cards is an instant disqualification). 4. Why do people make such a big deal about the gogoplata submission? Basically the gogoplata is a difficult submission to pull off, especially in MMA. It
