August 27, 2000Seibu Dome, Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, JapanPRIDE 10: Return of the WarriorsBy Brad WhartonThis month, twenty-four years ago, PRIDE 10 was something of a landmark event for Japan’s mixed martial arts institution. The event was a critical high point for a promotion that often struggled with an identity crisis as it searched......
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The country of Ukraine is an ex-Soviet state on the cusp of the Black Sea, and is famed for three things. First, it was home to the world’s
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August 27, 2000Seibu Dome, Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, JapanPRIDE 10: Return of the WarriorsBy Brad WhartonThis month, twenty-four years ago, PRIDE 10 was something of a landmark event for Japan’s mixed martial arts institution. The event was a critical high point for a promotion that often struggled with an identity crisis as it searched......