*SPOILER*Shocking pictures....

[( o Y o )]

http://www.sponichi.co.jp/battle/special/2005pride_0626/images/KPhotoNormal20050627013_l.jpg
http://www.sponichi.co.jp/battle/special/2005pride_0626/images/KPhotoNormal20050627015_l.jpg
http://www.sponichi.co.jp/battle/special/2005pride_0626/images/KPhotoNormal20050627014_l.jpg

[WrestlerV]

Ow. The first one looks like Skean's AV.

[heckyl]

Awwwwww Saku!!! :(

[( o Y o )]

http://www2.daily.co.jp/ring/2005/06/27/images/0627ri01.jpghttp://www.sanspo.com/fight/top/f200506/image/05062702sakutimaGRA00212G050626T.jpghttp://ca.c.yimg.jp/sports/1119834259/img.sports.yahoo.co.jp/news/nks/20050627/20050627-00000034-nks-spo-thum-000.jpg

[heckyl]

man oh man oh man.....its been a while since seeing something like this. but damn why did it have to happen to Saku...

[DuFF BooZe]

aweful. poor sakuraba, he really should give retirement some serious consideration.

[FFA]

Those pics are painful to look at.

[FFA]

I prefer looking at this pic
You have to love this guy?
http://ca1n.c.yimg.jp/sports/sn200562745250m0001627m/sportsnavi.yahoo.co.jp/fight/pict/200506/im00016275.jpg

[heckyl]

Happy Saku!! :)

[MilkChan]

awww saku... :(

he still looks as lovable as a puppy with that enormous bump on his head.

in other news, i have to see this fight! this download is going so slow

[dopefish]

Wow.. Thats just sad to a fighter that beat up.

[dy-no-mite3000]

http://www2s.biglobe.ne.jp/~MINEO/EIGA/SCHWA.jpg
"It's not a TOOM-AH!"

[Skean]

Ow. The first one looks like Skean's AV.
*hitler*

Poor Saku, he looks very bad. I didn't know Arona could cause damage to his opponents.

[dy-no-mite3000]

*hitler*

Poor Saku, he looks very bad. I didn't know Arona could cause damage to his opponents.
he did it by accident i think

[DuFF BooZe]

this doesn't seem like the usual Arona LnP, i think he's stepping it up a little.

[MilkChan]

saku ate so many knees to the head. :(

as someone stated before, he really does look worse than evan tanner.

[heckyl]

oh hell yeah, way worse IMO. refs did a horrible fucking job that night. they should have stepped in when the Doctors didnt stop it. beatings like that dont need to happen. they checked on a blind Saku more than once and let it go. fucked.

[The Kraken]

Man that sucks! Saku needs to retire, I agree. I'd also agree that Arona's dialed it up a bit lately. He's been pretty agressive. I haven't seen this fight, but I'm guessing the same goes for this one...

[Dredd]

*shakey lip with single tear down cheek*

[Dredd]

*can't hold it anymore, bawls eyes out*

[heckyl]

*cries with dredd* i cant hold it anymore either :(

[Sir Gibbs]

I feel bad for Saku :(

However my bet on Arona to win the tourney is looking better :)

[heckyl]

The ref shoulda just stopped the fuckin fight. any other human being woulda known that you stop a fight if somebody cannot see. Clearly Saku could not fucking see and they kept lettin the fight go. sickening man.

[MrTapout04]

damn .. looks like he took one for the team

[Mad Processor]

At least it wasn't 20 minutes of lay'n pray, although I think Saku would've prefer that to what happened..

[Dredd]

The ref shoulda just stopped the fuckin fight. any other human being woulda known that you stop a fight if somebody cannot see. Clearly Saku could not fucking see and they kept lettin the fight go. sickening man.

I couldn't agree more.

But the crowd LOVES him there, for the ref to stop the fight would mean certain death. Probably hoped Saku could pull a miraculous submission.

[ashrael]

Happy thoughts....

http://ca1n.c.yimg.jp/sports/sn200562745250m0001627m/sportsnavi.yahoo.co.jp/fight/pict/200506/im00016275.jpg

Happy thoughts....

http://ca1n.c.yimg.jp/sports/sn200562745250m0001627m/sportsnavi.yahoo.co.jp/fight/pict/200506/im00016275.jpg

Happy thoughts....

http://ca1n.c.yimg.jp/sports/sn200562745250m0001627m/sportsnavi.yahoo.co.jp/fight/pict/200506/im00016275.jpg

Happy thoughts....

[Lappari]

Saku is a warrior.

[Ratt]

god damn thats harsh. sheds a tear with Heck and Dredd.

[Zigga-Zagga]

Horribly crappy ref work. Seriously.

[BigJ383]

That fight should have been stopped way earlier than it was. Who knows what kind of permanite damage Sak took.

[heckyl]

That fight should have been stopped way earlier than it was. Who knows what kind of permanite damage Sak took.

thats what i am worried about. i understand Saku is an extremly popular japanese fighter, but i mean, you cant look at the situation like that when someone is blinded. you stop the fight.

[GNP]

He fought like a warrior poet, but that hurts to look at.

[The Kraken]

I've got 8 minutes 'til the dl is done and I'm no longer sure I want to watch...

[JPR]

That fight was insanity ... probably Pride wants a Japanese hero to die in the ring fighting for honor ...

[CHH]

Sak knows how to tap out. I wouldn't have stopped it if I were a ref.

[Oliver Klosov]

his face looks bad, but the shots he took never looked brutal.

[Lobo]

Damn, makes me wanna cry. Arona did a fuckin number on him. As much as I love Sak I think it's time to seriously think about retirement.