The Japanese PRIDE Fighting Championships are the premier event of mixed martial arts, an extreme sport that incorporates elements of judo, karate, jiu jitsu, kickboxing, and wrestling into a no-holds-barred style of fighting. This volume includes seven matches from the 2004 CRITICAL COUNTDOWN event, featuring top fighters Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Heath Herring, Fedor Emelianko, Kevin Randleman, Sergei Kharitonov, Semmy Schilt, Naoya Ogawa, Paulo Cesar
Giant
Silva, Kazushi Sakuraba, Nino
Elvis
Schembri, Quinton Jackson, Ricardo Arona, Hidehiko Yoshida, and Mark Hunt in thrilling bouts of hand-to-hand combat.