I don't agree on Shogun-Randleman, you never know what Randleman is going to show up. If you consider Henderson-Belfort competitive, then Randleman and Shogun is too. Even when he's not on, Randleman is a top fighter. They have the storyline from the Coleman fight to play off and Randleman is American. Makes sense and it's a good fight.
And I bet if you sat in a room full of "casual Americans" the fight they go the most nuts for, and the personality that garners the most reaction - positive or negative, will be Baroni and his fight with Nishijima.
I agree PRIDE didn't come completely correct on this trip to the U.S., but all things considered - especially their current financial state and a lot of the Visa problems supposedly going on with this event, I think the card is solid. Nothing amazingly special, which you're used to getting from PRIDE, but a good card that has something for everyone.
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