The “Pride FC Total Elimination” event from Japan contains the following matches: Roman Zentsov Vs. Gilbert Yvel, Fabricio Werdum Vs. Alistair Overeem, Minotauro Nogueira Vs. Zuluzinho Martins, Mark Hunt Vs. Tsuyoshi Kohsaka, Josh Barnett Vs. Aleksander Emelianenko, Kazuyuki Fujita Vs. James Thompson, Hidehiko Yoshida Vs. Yosuke Nishijima and Mirko Cro Cop Vs. Ikuhisa Minowa.

Having viewed several great Pride MMA fights, I have to say I was a bit letdown by this disc. You would think that the first round of a tournament would contain some intense fights and a big line-up, but alas there are few major stars here and the great fights are few and far between. The highlights here are the quick, but enjoyable Cro Cop and Minowa fight and the final part of the Roman /Gilbert match. The most admirable fight, however, has to be the match between Mark Hunt and Tsuyoshi Kohsaka. We know what the outcome of the match will be, but the defeated fighter never gave up and went at it until the fight was called. It was actually a rather striking match to watch.

As for the rest of the matches, most of them go on for too long. I honestly just wanted some of them to end. You could tell the crowd in Japan was bored at times as well as they were dead quiet during several matches.

The widescreen picture quality is top notch for a 2 year old sporting event.

The Dolby Digital Stereo track is decent. The announcers clear as are the crowd/background noises.

Extras:

* Extended fighter interviews that run 22 ˝ minutes. The fighters talk about opponents, training, weaknesses, etc.

* 7 minutes of post-fight interviews.

* Fighter walk-ins (5:00).

* Fighter photo montage (3:00).