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03-18-2003, 12:26 PM
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Pride Report: The Nogueira Camp
Submitted by: Marcello Tetel
Posted On 03/18/2003
We caught up with Mario Sperry of the Brazilian TOP TEAM, and he informed us that Rodrigo 'Minotauro' Nogueira is OK after his difficult fight with Emilianko Fedor in PRIDE 25. After the fight, Minotauro went to the hospital for a standard post fight checkup. Minotauro's only complaint was regarding his lower back, a recurring injury since the first half of 2002.
The BTT did make it clear that after the warm up for the match, he felt nothing in his back, so no excuses are to be made. 'It seems that the big shot Fedor caught him with in the beginning of the fight was decisive, since Minotauro never was the same after that punch. Minotauro's game is based on a good cardio combined with his crazy ground game, but the punch slowed him down'.
'Normally with Minotauro, when think you are OK defending a triangle, here comes the armbar or omoplata, but in order for him to maintain this attack, he must have good conditioning and his was not good enough for Emilianenko Fedor. Fedor is the new champion and earned the belt with his performance. Very strategic, Fedor was scoring during the whole fight while managing to escape from Nogueira's submission attempts. Minotauro was not as effective as usual on the ground, with only 2 reversals the whole fight, both when a round was close to the end, so he did not have time enough to play from the top.' - Stated Mario Sperry.
Now everybody is wondering what's next and Mario is not sure. 'We don't know yet, but for sure Minotauro will be back and he will fight for thePride Heavyweight belt again. Sooner or later'. concludes Sperry.
Brazilian Top Team members will be leaving Tokyo to return to Brazil on Tuesday.
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Pride Report: The Nogueira Camp
Submitted by: Marcello Tetel
Posted On 03/18/2003
We caught up with Mario Sperry of the Brazilian TOP TEAM, and he informed us that Rodrigo 'Minotauro' Nogueira is OK after his difficult fight with Emilianko Fedor in PRIDE 25. After the fight, Minotauro went to the hospital for a standard post fight checkup. Minotauro's only complaint was regarding his lower back, a recurring injury since the first half of 2002.
The BTT did make it clear that after the warm up for the match, he felt nothing in his back, so no excuses are to be made. 'It seems that the big shot Fedor caught him with in the beginning of the fight was decisive, since Minotauro never was the same after that punch. Minotauro's game is based on a good cardio combined with his crazy ground game, but the punch slowed him down'.
'Normally with Minotauro, when think you are OK defending a triangle, here comes the armbar or omoplata, but in order for him to maintain this attack, he must have good conditioning and his was not good enough for Emilianenko Fedor. Fedor is the new champion and earned the belt with his performance. Very strategic, Fedor was scoring during the whole fight while managing to escape from Nogueira's submission attempts. Minotauro was not as effective as usual on the ground, with only 2 reversals the whole fight, both when a round was close to the end, so he did not have time enough to play from the top.' - Stated Mario Sperry.
Now everybody is wondering what's next and Mario is not sure. 'We don't know yet, but for sure Minotauro will be back and he will fight for thePride Heavyweight belt again. Sooner or later'. concludes Sperry.
Brazilian Top Team members will be leaving Tokyo to return to Brazil on Tuesday.
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