"For real sports journalism, the highlight of Pride is Sakuraba's winning streak. [...] It was officially the end of the illusion of Brazilians as being the strongest fighters, that Brazilian Jiu Jitsu was not the perfect fighting system and that a pro wrestler proved to be the strongest martial artist of all."
—Tadashi Tanaka
"Tamura was more experienced than Sakuraba when they first started. When they had their early matches, Tamura could beat Sakuraba. But then Sakuraba came into his own and beat everybody."
—Billy Robinson, Physical Chess: My Life in Catch-As-Catch-Can Wrestling
"In fact, pro wrestling is strong."
—Kazushi Sakuraba (not textually) after winning the UFC Japan tournament
