PRIDE: Ikuhisa Minowa vs Giant Silva

[@Thorsten89342]

This just made me feel sad for Giant Silva, he really didn’t seem quite with it the whole time. I salute both fighters, but this gave me sad Andre the Giant vibes.

[@ibanez2010]

Same. I think he's just too gentle to be a fighter.

[@FordPickUPRed]

@@ibanez2010 The dude is almost 60!

[@LoganJay7]

@@FordPickUPRedwell yeah now, not at the time 😭

[@alpharh3926]

Acho que até eu treinando valendo durante uns três meses ganho desse grandalhão,😅, isso que tenho só 1,70 kkk

[@JungleCrook]

andre the giant was massive asshole tho

[@mindaugasliaugaudas9924]

I love those old school PRIDE FC fights.

[@erwin.g.3193]

🤝

[@propheteyebert7063]

Dude beat up the gentle giant who thought he was there to do a photo shoot.

[@nemesysxr0163]

He was confronted once by Winny the Kid

[@davidtrotter3836]

The toll that being a giant takes on you body makes fighting almost impossible. People criticizing him are ignorant.

[@wojtekpawlowski5660]

Why impossible?

[@mplslawnguy3389]

@@wojtekpawlowski5660 It’s not impossible, but giants have a lot of physical issues. Against a competent fighter, they don’t stand much chance.

[@markboudreau1410]

I think he has the same affliction Andre the Giant had. He seemed not to have any fight savy at all. Very sad.

[@markboudreau1410]

@@wojtekpawlowski5660 the design of the human body had limits to weight and stress, even if everything is proportionate, it's just not designed to be that big ( if an ant grew 1000 times bigger, the legs would snap from the weight of the body)

[@thesmithersy]

@@markboudreau1410 But Andre the Giant had more flexibility (until his later years) and was a lot stronger plus knew how to fight.

[@jamesstreet228]

That move by the Japanese guy was impressive. I've never seen that before

[@daredevilofdallas]

Tony Ferguson did it as well as conor mcgregor in his fight against Holloway

[@wtts1411]

That rolling single leg

[@bikersoncall]

I thought it a very dangerous move considering he was close to getting avalanched. I haven't seen either of these fighters before, I assumed Silva would go for leg strikes right away. shrugs.

[@Dargoneth]

He saw enough anime to try it

[@gti5700]

PRIDE never dies👊🏼 i actually enjoy watching the freakshow fights

[@jeffstanthose]

Joe Rogan would think differently.

[@rochahouse4883]

@@jeffstanthose slobbin on dat rogan knob

[@JoeyCentral]

@@jeffstanthose What does he know?

[@rasmustorkel9568]

It would more polite to call them David vs Goliath fights but, yeah, those kinds of fights are fun.

[@rhyswalker6706]

Being shorter he was able to sneak those knees in, it was like silva had only very little training anyway

[@doratheexploder286]

if Giant Silva had the range of motion of his limbs as a normal person, and good mobility all round he would be a threat for sure, but the guy could barely move. get him on his back and he`s like a tortoise, just flailing.

[@ВалерийГеннадьевич-я4ь]

Как мешок С гомном

[@EganCraft]

His size has always been his biggest weakness. Being big is useful to a point, after that it becomes a massive hinderance bc the human body’s structure isn’t meant to be that big

[@FormerIFBBJudge]

@@EganCraft Yep.

[@sagarus-x4]

Silva didn't look like he wanted to fight at all. Meanwhile the other gentleman is going all out.

[@FormerIFBBJudge]

No, Silva can't fight he's too big plain and simple.

[@twes003]

Giant Silva didn’t even look like he wanted to fight lmao

[@adip6476]

He does not want to fight, he is a giant but sensitive. He seems like a really nice person who was used and abused by people who exploited him financially!

[@mplslawnguy3389]

Wanted to get paid, which he did. Didn’t take too bad of a beating.

[@bikersoncall]

@@adip6476 I'll bet he is a great guy, kind of sad to get in that spot where you could use the money.

[@dammitjim9131]

No matter how big you are, we feel pain and get broken bones the same way mostly. Still, super impressive how a guy literally half the size dominated the Giant!

[@RodCalidge]

Literally half the size would be 3' 6"

[@bikersoncall]

He wasn't fighting a qualified opponent. This was just show, kind of sad , like exploitation.

[@oscaralegre3683]

@@RodCalidge people are not using the term literal correctly

[@cmoeller3]

@@RodCalidgethink he meant in weight.. lil guy is like 190 Silva is like 380+

[@mikeclontz5774]

I would have loved to see Andre the giant in the UFC.😮

[@thesmithersy]

A bit before his time but He probably would have dominated it with his size and strength

[@bryannimmo8548]

Silva was just as big as young in-his-prime Andre and probably just as strong... still didn't help. You don't see giants dominating MMA shows pretty much ever, do you? Their incredible biology just doesn't work that well when it comes to competing in legitimate professional sports against top-class competitors.

[@thesmithersy]

@@bryannimmo8548 Silva did not know how to fight (you can tell as he always went for that Kimura). Andre however did.

[@mikeclontz5774]

Andre would split silva down the middle he was a class athlete and stronger than 10 men combined , no UFC fighter would have chance.

[@mk.2777]

まじ懐かしい....テレビにかじりついてみてました。

[@SHIVAMCHAUDHRY-z2o]

The great Khali 's brother😮😅😅😊

[@princeofcupspoc9073]

Boz: "For the next three minutes I will pretend that this is not a work."

[@kracksmith4ejm1]

where can i learn that front rolling sommersault take down at? this is the secret move i been looking for since my journey in jiujitsu.

[@dcpunisher4781]

Damn this was amazing in how savage and raw it is. This reminds me of how I viewed Pride FC/Japanese MMA as the Raw Underground version of UFC. That awesome front roll into the leg takedown is something from a videogame.

[@lwalker8785]

I think that knee to the face broke the giant's cheekbone. He put his hand up there like he was hurt.

[@history3042]

Pride never die

[@前田日明-w8u]

Dead.

[@jeffreyelliott622]

The BIG man was just way too sluggish and slow and the little guy had great take down skills with all knees and elbows is all it took !!!

[@tylerkeller8869]

@Jeffery Elliott: Every fight I've been in was up against a guy biggee than me, as I'm 5'6". Not that I go looking for them, but when I have no choice to defend my self my speed was always my winning advantage. Don't fuck with the little dude!

[@Dimaz42]

this guy brings WWE-like entertainment into real fight, he's a Giant Slayer 😄

[@Bhusayy-jd3ld]

The real giant Slayer

[@tylerkeller8869]

I'm only 5'6" and love these because it shows how bad an idea it is to fuck with the little guy.

[@bikersoncall]

Yeah, but this could have easily turned into a disaster for him, no offence to Silva, but it was like jumping under an elephant , things could have gone very wrong for him. 😄

[@MrCombatmedic00]

Although slow, Silva has power and his body size makes submissions nearly impossible

[@brotherandrew3393]

Ikuhisha was 30 years old and Silva nearly 43 when this fight took place.

[@kstonurai9350]

Aww big guy is clearly disabled 😭😭 He got the same disease that Jaws and Andre the Giant had

[@zabukoii8081]

Yes. A form a giantism. It is heartbreaking how young they tend to die at that size

[@kstonurai9350]

@@zabukoii8081 yes I agree, I knew a guy that went college with the same thing, and he was depressed af about it

[@mplslawnguy3389]

@@zabukoii8081 The organs have to work so damn hard to keep that body alive. It is a sad defect.

[@Dargoneth]

Yeah, so why is he there. Its weird

[@marco-bw6ii]

GIANT Silva is a very nice guy 😉

[@mustafakamalfasya3533]

Yeaah i like u upload pride n strikeforce fight

[@tdpmayhemyt]

Bro took one short knee and gave up… Pride was always just a freak show back then.

[@vinitoocups]

Why no UFC for 2 weeks?

[@user-hideyoshi]

ただデカイだけで呼ばれた謎レスラー

[@spittingfire420]

Minowaman king of the freak fights.........always fighting and usually beating the bigger man

[@beingabhi9mishra]

Amazing move 👏🏻

[@ちゃっきち]

ゴング鳴って起き上がった時のシルバの「痛～…」みたいなの可愛いwww

[@pauloyeghe1637]

Is this staged.Its worse than WWE with Andre the giant

[@TheTraveler2222]

Seeing Minowa taking on Tony Robbins (ahem* Silva) is the best motivating lesson one could ever have.

[@bikersoncall]

I don't think many people know who you're referring too, I guess you're right though, I always wondered about that. Shame, I wish we were all perfect. shrugs...

[@brownwilliam4272]

Left the Giant crying even after the very quick one round! 😂🤣😅👊

[@Freeman361]

The proverbial David vs Goliath. Love it. I respect both combatants. Osu.

[@danielblin6864]

David contre Goliath. Ikuhisa est un excellent combattant !

[@tropical8669]

I don't understand why the giant doesn't seem to want to fight??

[@lakojake4215]

The giant is more of a freak show than a fighter. He hasn't had much of a career as a professional fighter, with his record being mostly made up of losses. He used to play basketball and was part of the WWF(now WWE).

[@TadDoylemusic]

I didn't know that Dee Snider was a MMA fighter too.

[@8632JJ]

Minowa shows great respect to his opponents

[@KimoTheHated1]

He quit real quick after getting a knee to the face "Ahhhhhuuuuhhhh!" 🤣

[@marcosteinmeier1821]

GIANT have an great Heart!

[@zastavabruva]

i've always say that they should bring it back. you can never count someone out just because of weight or height. a champion in open weight with pride rules is the real king off fighters. someone has to bring it back or at least make a tournament once a year where its open weight and all the best fighters join worldwide no restrictions

[@Adsherqwerty]

Помню когда был подростком смотрел и удивлялся этому парню красавчик

[@seinundzeiten]

poor giant, he was beat up by this bully in red tights

[@bikersoncall]

lol

[@turdferguson2839]

If that big dude went hiking or fishing, guarantee he'd get shot because someone thought he's a Sasquatch.

[@skyedog24]

Who doesn't like watching butterbean or the Giant Silva😊💪

[@hobby2621]

Wtf!!! How its possible!!

[@Orf-dy7hr]

The japanses just pay much for him to lose

[@RiverCrow_88]

Wow. Sick fight!

[@CoolpuppetGaming]

Respect for my favorite wrestler choosing to do UFC

[@SuperPeterok]

Mixed Martial Arts*

[@ianb2400]

If watching a fight was a fever dream......🥴

[@robbiebenson2814]

A knee to the head when grounded is allowed? Brutal.

[@Tasunka_Nightwolf]

Those were the times when rules weren't so strict, that's why you can have fights like this with a bigger guy versus smaller fighter.

[@michaelpatterson9119]

Foot stomps, soccer kicks, ECT.go watch the axe murder in his pride days.its brutal.

[@shadowprime4582]

Wow dudes & dudettes I almost forgot about Giant Silva now this Giant use to be in WWF Era knowing it took two different Pro Wrestling Trainers such as: [Dory Funk Jr & Tom Prichard] to train Giant Silva but this Giant didn't stick around the Pro Wrestling business and went off to become a MMA Fighter but this big dude took a crash course in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under two: [Gracie Family Members] to train Giant Silva but surprisingly this dude is still around and kicking it still at his age of 60 but it was surprisingly he lost to a shorter dude name: [Ikuhisa Minowa] but I respect this Giant dude that he came this far like any other fighters before him he did what he set out to do to make it happen for himself but the beginning of this Giant career he should have taken up Boxing training or Kickboxing or both Boxing & Kickboxing trainings to really hold his own against any other mma fighters but Surprisingly he still holding his own with both Pro Wrestling & Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu but now or days he is retired let's just he's been retired since 2011 working at some bar joint as bouncer that is all he doing nowadays he maybe retired but he'll be my kind of a mma fighter always don't you think so dudes & dudettes.!?¡¿ ♤♡♧◇€£₩¥☆

[@Jeremycook_]

No I don't. He's a 1 and 5. this was sad and exploitive. He was fighting legit mma guys and could've been hurt. He was basically an ameture going against pros.

[@Lousasshol]

Andre the giant reincarnation

[@OthnealSefaley]

What's the use of being a giant in a fight but u can barely move around

[@ronmann2755]

Giant Silva needs to go to the WWE.

[@cmoeller3]

He was there originally. In the 90s as part of the Oddities with kurrgan ( who interestingly went on to play the Uber Immortal in 300 and the Giant in the Robert Downey Jr Sherlock Holmes)

[@1three7]

Just the size difference makes this look like a kid fighting his dad lol

[@Improver12]

🤝🇯🇵🇮🇶

[@Dave-xs9dm]

Looked like giant should have decked him in the beginning. Impressive.

[@thatdude3977]

3:50 dude is a legit mortal combat commentator, he wants to see blood!!!

[@アシダカだいすき]

どっちもカッコいい

[@kevincm-gu7bx]

he could break his arm if he want 1:53

[@dsnchannel9559]

Luar biasa bisa mengalahkan orang yg tidak sepadan ow luar biasa👍👍👍👍👍

[@elmarkiusmsf8775]

1:44

[@adamUDavies]

Is that giant related to Andre the giant ?

[@zefearth973]

Silva would've done better in the World Wrestling Federation. I think the only reason he didn't have a shot there was because it was the Attitude Era. If he'd arrived a few years earlier and was promoted as an unstoppable monster, he would've been a lot more successful in the west.

[@bobvincent4841]

Minowa deserve credit for cunning and wise plan to shoot for the leg by faking over hand round house punch everytime he begin squatting. And then he opened giants face to massive knee shot by getting giant fosused on painful gut bombs. He had a good plan and it rolled out well.

[@hipolitocavalcanteflorenci2552]

Essa foi boa ! Legal, muito legal.

[@toribot1768]

i think silva is scare of hurting him i can tell he could use a lot more power

[@EganCraft]

Gigantism is a disability for a reason. His body can barely function with his organs running overtime just to keep him alive. Doesn’t leave much room for him to be explosive

[@JonasC22]

big dude is wearing the sweatpants he slept in

[@bikersoncall]

lmao, I was wondering about that too.. haha Seems like a nice guy though, I hope he is doing well.

[@ohomemdeoutrotempo]

Combinado

[@lenisbennett3062]

A more appropriate sport for the big guy might be exhibition wrestling.

[@mba321]

He was a WWE wrestler back in '98. Couldn't hack it there, either.

[@martincanolopez7651]

GREAT FIGHT

[@Coodeville]

Giants Silva worked as a bouncer in NYC on Bleeker Street

[@atolmakin]

Wow

[@vasapranik]

Игорь Николаев на максималках

[@МихаилМ-и7к]

Скорей Валера Леонтьев

[@pepperspeppers8501]

мужик прямо с дивана в домашних трико подловили на улице шёл за пивом с утра пригласили сообразить на двойничёк а тут такое.. не хорошо не по християнски..

[@jomon723]

This was a joke...They should be ashamed

[@kerincihistory]

The refere won

[@たなこうじゅん]

高田延彦氏がこう言う戦いが出来てたら……?😂

[@vv-cy5sk]

That's not a giant! He; only 7'0 CClowns

[@MCBC_5]

Seriously people fall for this is this the WWE of Japan??

[@luisa.barrueta1822]

Giant Silva is Carles Puyol’s big brother 😂

[@Sixsicdix]

Imagine if Silva could fight

[@bikersoncall]

The thumbnail like so others looks like CLICKBAIT, but it's NOT!!! LOL

[@kaneda956]

Kinda reminds me of Andre the Giant

[@TheLawCoyoteTLC]

Silvas foot is the length of his shin!

[@ca72v550]

すいません！ プロレスってパフォーマンスを見せる格闘技かと思っていたけど、 最強かも。 異種格闘技に取り組んでもっと格闘技界を盛り上げてほしい。

[@ВкторПухир]

Красавчик!

[@stevebailey3089]

Big man didn't even throw a punch. This fight was rigged.

[@pcakes1878]

do ppl really not know minowaman anymore?

[@raymondblakley3731]

It a mind thing think and move like a ninja is all in the brain no matter the size or strength

[@kennywise1]

Wow 👍

[@Amadeus_Eisenberg]

I guess it's possible to be too big to fight. Guy just stood still and couldn't bring himself to even try to move away when the other guy came with the takedown.

[@pfutzenspringer1330]

Their Moms must be proud to see their sons as mass attraction freak show

[@thatdude3977]

Better than rotting away in some dark room....

[@freddypedraza2066]

He moved as well as his friend Khali

[@mba321]

Imagine the two of them fighting for real.....and you know if Pride had never went out of business they would have tried their damndest to make that match.

[@titaniumgreen5367]

Someone finally caught a bigfoot and shaved all the body hair

[@toddlenard7602]

That look like a giant snapping turtle fighting a chihuahua. Got the big fellow on his back and he could not recover

[@頑固タコ親父-e5n]

カッコイイ。ミノワマン。キン肉マンに憧れてここまで来た男。かつて高尾山の修行で、死に損なった男。不死鳥、柔よく剛を制す。男の中の漢。

[@mentemilionaria5327]

O gigante infelizmente não sabe nem se defender. Com o porte que esse gigante têm se tivesse sido bem treinado chegar perto seria bem dificil.