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"Dream Stage Entertainment held their press conference yesterday (9/11/02) in Tokyo regarding PRIDE 22 on 9/29/02.
It also appears that Pride will NOT call the Gracie/Yoshida match a 'no contest.' This has got to be a horrible box office move because the rematch could draw tons of money if promoted properly.
Many close to Royce Gracie said that an agreement was definite that another situation like Royler/Sakuraba would not happen. And it's not likely that Royce Gracie would ever tap out to a choke. It was obvious that Gracie was in virtually no danger at all from even being choked unconscious. Even the Pride announcers thought the stoppage was shady and bad.
The PPV set SkyPerfecTV records and was the most watched MMA fight in the sports history. Why Pride would not declare a no contest even after Yoshida said Gracie didn't tap is insane.
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JAk Juz Yoshinda mowi ze Royce nie klepal - to panowie- to juz jest skandal. Zdaje mi sie ze tak jak na poczatku zawody typu Pride i UFC zbily fortune na wygranych walkach BJJ tak teraz poczuly ze zbija forune gdy BJJ zacznie przegrywac. Co o tym sadzicie?
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"Royce Gracie and Dynamite Event - From His Camp
Submitted by: Mike Kogan
Posted On 09/23/2002
On August 28, 2002 - Legendary No Hold Barred Champion Royce Gracie made his return to professional fighting in Pride FC / K-1 joint production 'Dynamite - Shockwave'. His opponent 1992 Judo Olympic Gold Medallist in 82Kg division, 2000 World Judo Champion in 90Kg division Japanese native Hidehiko Yoshida.
Much anticipated event took place in Tokyo National Stadium with a crowed of 91,000 plus spectators and over 100,000 PPV views.
Later released news from FIGHT WORLD informed us that this was the largest MMA event ever in the world. It has beaten all records in both attendance, PPV buys world wide and as the show was later featured on Japanese FREE TV an audience of 20 Million views tuned. The overall Dynamite TV ratings in Japan was an astounding 10.6.
However to no ones surprise the Gracie/Yoshida match received a rating of 14.6 making it the most anticipated and watch MMA fight ever in history.
Unfortunately for Royce Gracie fans around the world, the fight ended in a very bizarre way, creating as it has been labeled the 'most controversial and poor referee stoppage of a fight in MMA history' as 7 min and 4 sec into the match, the referee stopped the fight thinking that Royce Gracie has been choked unconscious. Seconds later is was apparent that Royce was not choked, has he started pushing Yoshida off him and protesting the stoppage before getting off the ground.
In accordance to the rules of the match, Royce Gracie filed an official request with Dynamite Committee to have the outcome of the fight declared as NO CONTEST.
Royce Gracie claims are that he was in no danger and was fully a part of the fight, additionally in the rules negotiated between both Fighters and the Promoters the referee was not allowed to stop the fight.
'No referee stopping of the MATCH shall occur as to PERFORMER ( Royce Gracie ), provided, however, a referee stoppage may occur for his opponent's health or welfare.'
The Dynamite Committee convened to make their official ruling on the fight. We have been provided a copy of the decision and the reasoning behind it. Although we are not in position to post the entire ruling here are the key points as made by the Committee:
'Mr. Noguchi gave the following four points as the reason why he has determined Mr. Royce Gracie had passed out; 1. Mr. Yoshida’s choke was in perfectly. 2. Mr. Royce Gracie’s left hand and right leg was moving only slowly, and his strength was going out. 3. Mr. Yoshida, who was fighting with Mr. Gracie, shouted, “He is out! He is out!” 4. Mr. Noguchi himself confirmed by touching Mr. Royce Gracie’s hand, that there was no strength or movement.'
'MMA matches like “Dynamite!” is a sport that is played in front of a big audience. Therefore, regardless of the rules adopted for the match, the act taken by Mr. Noguchi is morally essential. His refereeing is in line with this absolute standard. We therefore declare that the result of the match remains unchanged.'
'In the hindsight, however, the referee seems to have made decision too early. Therefore, it left a bad taste in everybody’s mouth. But we do not see sufficient reason to determine that it was a total failure of a certain individual. Undoubtedly, Mr. Yoshida was very fair in releasing his hands from Mr. Gracie. It is just natural as a fighter to obey the order of the referee to stop giving the sleeve choke, when Mr. Yoshida himself was feeling that his opponent choked out.'
Royce Gracie was very disappointed with the decision of the committee. And stand by the original statement that he was not out, 'the choke' was in and the referee stoppage of the fight was wrong.
Royce Gracie and Pride FC in talks. At this point we can not disclose about what, but one can draw his own conclusions.....................
Feeling Around the World:
After the fight, we have received countless e-mails and phone calls expressing the fans dissatisfaction with the stoppage. A lot of Pro MMA fighters have since also expressed their opinions - which have all seemed to agree that Royce was in no danger and the stoppage was wrong.
Royce would like to thank all this fans and friends from around the world that have come to his support. It is sincerely appreciated.
So what will come out of all this - only time will tell. Royce has returned to his vigorous schedule of seminars and workshops, as his staff continues the talks with Pride FC. "
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Obejzalem walke. Nie bylo nic. Royce momentalnie wstal - i jak bk widac ze macha sprawnymi rekoma w kazda strone. Wiecie kogo mi najbardziej zla? Yoshindy. Popsuli mu reputacje.
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niezle yoshida przetrzymal te dzwignie na stope, roznica w wadze tez chyba byla kolosalna, a ujecie kamery na tym filmiku bylo takie ze nie widac bylo reki Royca od strony sedziego, moze faktycznie klepal?
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Yoshida twierdził że "czuł" jak z Royca odpływa energia (dosłowne tłumaczenie jego słów). Wołał sędziego aby sprawdził czy Royce nie odpłynał a ten z kolei stwierdził że tak było
Mam nadzieje ze bedzie rewanż!
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