Hero's 2007 Volume 3: The Final Battle - DVD Review

We’re heading off to Japan for our latest review, with another look at K-1’s mixed martial arts wing, and a look at the 2007 Middleweight World Championship tournament with the DVD release of Hero’s 2007 Volume Three: The Final Battle. Commentary duties here are handled by the most impressive fighter from the Ultimate Combat series of shows, Pierre Guillet, and Dale Adams.

Hero’s 2007 Volume Three: The Final Battle - CPC Movies DVD Review

It’s no secret that the Ultimate Fighting Championship is the top mixed martial arts promotion in the world at the moment. But if you look slightly further a field, you’ll find top notch action in the far east.

K-1 Dynamite USA - DVD Review

This coming Saturday Brock Lesnar will undertake the biggest challenge of his athletic career. Having already attained superstar status in the professional wrestling world, he’ll be looking to attain the same status in the mixed martial arts world when he attempts to dethrone current UFC Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture. So what better time is there to take a look at his MMA debut against Min Soo Kim on the DVD release of K-1’s Dynamite USA, held at the prestigious Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Handling commentary for this one is probably the best play-by-play guy in MMA, Mauro Ranallo, Jay Glazer, and another former pro wrestling superstar, Bill Goldberg.

Hero's 2007 Volume 2: The Ultimate Tournament - DVD Review

This edition of TSR sees us making a return trip to Japan and the Yokohama Arena, as we take another look at K-1’s mixed martial arts arm Hero’s, and the DVD release Hero’s 2007 Volume Two: The Ultimate Tournament, featuring the likes of Caol Uno, Vitor Ribeiro, Katsuhiko Nagata, Melvin Manhoef and more, and with commentary duties handled by Pierre Guillet and Dale Adams.

Pride Shockwave 2005 - DVD Review

It’s been a while since I’ve taken a look at the now-defunct Pride Fighting Championship, and if truth be known, there haven’t been many new DVD releases since Dana White and his merry men took over what was left of the company - until recently. So what better way to reacquaint myself with their brand of MMA than with a review of the latest release to hit the shelves, the two disc Shockwave 2005. The announcers for the evening are Mauro Ranallo and Frank Trigg.

Hero's 2007 Volume 1: The Road to Victory - DVD Review

This edition of The Two Sheds Review sees us making a quick return to the mixed martial arts world, with another visit to the Japanese Hero’s promotion, as we take a look at their recent DVD release, 2007 Volume One: The Road To Victory, featuring the likes of Goodridge, Sakuraba, Uno, Mighty Mo, and many more. Our commentators for the evening are Pierre Guillet and Dale Adams.

Hero's 2006 Volume Three: Elimination - DVD Review

It’s time to take another trip to the world of mixed martial arts, with a fourth visit to the K1 Hero’s promotion. This time we’ll be looking at Volume Three of their 2006 series, Elimination, and event that featured top notch fighters from around the world, including Kazushi Sakuraba, Don Frye, Caol Uno and Semmy Schilt. Once again the commentators for the show are Howard Hughes and Pierre Guillet.

K-1 Hero's 2005 Volume Three: Tournament Semi-Final - DVD Review

Once again we’re going to take a trip into the world of K-1, and their Hero’s mixed martial arts arm, with a look at 2005 Volume Three: Tournament Semi-Final, courtesy of the good people at www.mmauniverse.com, and featuring stars such as Royler Gracie, Carl Uno, Genki Sudo and many more. Our hosts for the evening are Howard Hughes and Pierre Guillet.

K-1 Hero's 2006 Volume One: Domination - DVD Review

Following my recent review of the K-1 Hero’s 2005 Volume One on DVD, the good people at MMA Universe have asked me to review another Hero’s release. So this time we’re going forward a year to Hero’s 2006 Volume 1: Domination, a two disc release which features the likes of Jerome Le Banner, Heath Herring, Caol Uno and many others from the Budokan Arena in Japan. As with the previous review, the commentators are Howard Hughes and Pierre Guillet.

K-1 Hero's 2005 Volume One: The Beginning - DVD Review

Having thrilled fight fans around the world with their hybrid kickboxing shows for over a decade, the K-1 Corporation then decided to branch out into the world of mixed martial arts with their Hero’s promotion, holding their first show in 2005, featuring stars such as Bob Sapp, Jerome Le Banner, Heath Herring, Caol Uno, Gary Goodridge, B.J. Penn and Genki Sudo, before 13,000 fans in the Saitama Super Arena in Tokyo. It’s this first show we’re going to take a look at here, with the DVD release of Hero’s 2005 Volume One: The Beginning, available online through the MMA Universe website at www.mmauniverse.com. Our hosts for the evening are Howard Hughes and Pierre Guillet.

Eurosport Fight Club: Shooto - TV Review

For this review I’m taking a journey into parts unknown. A couple of months ago as part of their Fight Club programme, Eurosport gave me the opportunity to see the Shooto MMA promotion for the first time. I know next to nothing about this promotion, so it was a totally new experience for me as I joined our host for the show at the legendary Korauken Hall in Tokyo, sensei Will Vanders.

Pride 27: Inferno - DVD Review

Once again we step out of the world of professional wrestling and into the world of mixed martial arts with another look at the Pride Fighting Championships, with Pride 27: Inferno. Out hosts for the evening are Mauro Ranallo, making his debut as Pride’s play-by-play announcer, and the legendary Bas Rutten.

Pride 7 & 8 - DVD Review

It’s time to take a look at the mixed martial arts world again with the latest Fight DVD release, a two disc set of Pride 7 and 8. Our hosts for both shows are the legendary Bas Rutten and Steven Qudros.

Pride Heavyweight Grand Prix 2004 - DVD Review

In 2004, the Pride Fighting Championship organisation brought together some of the world’s top heavyweight fighters a single elimination tournament. Over three shows spanning some five months they fought to see who was the best, and these shows now make up a six DVD set, the Pride Heavyweight Grand Prix 2004, which is now available from FightDVD.

Pride 6 - DVD Review

Following on from my review of Pride 5 a few days go, I’ve managed to find the time to watch the second disc in this two DVD set, Pride 6.

Pride 5 - DVD Review

A first for The Two Sheds Review here. Although I’ve reviewed MMA shows from UFC, Cage Warriors and K-1, I’ve never seen a show from the Pride Fighting Championships. So, with help from Wrestle-Zone UK’s Gary Graham, here’s the first part of my review of Pride’s latest two disc set, a review of Pride 5.

Pride Shockwave 2004 - TV Review

They’ve finally done it. Having provided us with extensive MMA coverage over the past few years, Eurosport’s Fight Club series finally brings us some action from the Pride Fighting Championship, beginning with the Shockwave 2004 show, which took place in December of that year.