Judge!...Judge!... Judge!…Ready!…Go!
I just love the beginning of a Pride fight after the initial stare down where both fighters are in their corners ready to go, and the referee yells out to begin the fight, pointing successively at the three judges ringside and says “Judge!…Judge! …Judge! …Ready… Go!” and then the bell rings to begin. This gets me so pumped up for the fight. It is a tradition to begin every Pride fight and it’s awesome.
It is as memorable and famous as the great early UFC referee Big John McCarthy doing the “Are you ready?...Are you ready?....LET’S GET IT ON!” and then the fight begins. Big John McCarthy’s “LET’S GET IT ON” was a trademark of those early UFC’s, and growing up in the 90’s my friends and I would always imitate him before our fights. Both Pride’s and Big John’s are great ways to begin a fight.
Written October 2012
I just love the beginning of a Pride fight after the initial stare down where both fighters are in their corners ready to go, and the referee yells out to begin the fight, pointing successively at the three judges ringside and says “Judge!…Judge! …Judge! …Ready… Go!” and then the bell rings to begin. This gets me so pumped up for the fight. It is a tradition to begin every Pride fight and it’s awesome.
It is as memorable and famous as the great early UFC referee Big John McCarthy doing the “Are you ready?...Are you ready?....LET’S GET IT ON!” and then the fight begins. Big John McCarthy’s “LET’S GET IT ON” was a trademark of those early UFC’s, and growing up in the 90’s my friends and I would always imitate him before our fights. Both Pride’s and Big John’s are great ways to begin a fight.
Written October 2012
