Rumble On The Rock

I seriously can not imagine why you would pass on this. A outstanding package, 5 events for under $10 (currently). This wouls still be a bargain at $40, in my opinon. Unlike a lot of the current wave of lesser known (i.e. non-Pride or UFC) releases, this one really delivers with quality fights and a ton of "known" fighters. It doesnt feel cheap and isnt loaded with a ton of poor quality fights just to bulk up runtime (I'm looking at you King Of The Cage). As someone else mentioned, the Penn/Gomi fight is worth the price of admission alone, but there is so much more here. I'm shocked at how little this is selling for, and really encourage any MMA fan looking to branch out, or looking for something to tide you over until the next Pride/UFC release, to purchase this. You cant go wrong, and I PROMISE you wont feel burned like I have in the past with other "bulk" MMA releases (Cage Rage, KOTC, etc). This is pure quality and I am really happy to have in my collection. BUY THIS!!!

Rumbles on the Rock - The Superstar Collection - Five Events Set is a two DVD set with 10 hours of mixed martial arts. There are 5 pay-per-view events or 44 fights featuring the major fighters in this MMM and I never seen this many fights for the price before. See the knockouts and slick submissions!

Rumble on the Rock 4: 9 fights (124 min) Antonio Banuelos VS Yubie Song, Deshaun Johnson VS Santino Defanco, Gabe Casillas VS Ross Ehanez, Gilbert Melendez VS Stephen Palling, Shaun Taylor VS Ron Jhun, Gil Castillo VS Renato Verissimo, Paul Buentello VS Andy Montana, Dennis Hallman VS Ray Cooper, Takanori Gomi VS BJ Penn

Rumble on the Rock 5: 9 fights (142 min) Vance Pu VS Royden Demotta, Justin Mercado VS Harris Sarmiento, Santino DeFrance VS Kaynan Kaku, Jason Lambert VS Mike Rogers, Joe Riggs VS Kendall Groves, Danny Steele VS Melvin Murray, Ron Jhun VS Ryan Schultz, Matt Lindland VS Tony Fryklund, Wesley "Cabbage" Correira VS John Marsh

Rumble on the Rock 6: 10 fights (123 min) Gilbert Melendez VS Kaynan Kaku, Dennis Hallman VS Ross Ehanez, Antoni Hardonk VS Wes Sims, Kristof Midoux VS Mike Malone, Aitor Canup VS Juda A Alona, Shungo Oyama VS Sean " Haire, Yoshihiro Nakao VS Westey Correira, Kazuyuki Miyata VS Royler Gracie, Tom Howard VS Carter Williams, Rodrigo Gracie VS BJ Penn

Rumble on the Rock 7: 8 fights (108 min) Jay Carter VS Josh Versola, Adam Roland VS Thales Leites, Alan Goes VS Chris West, Vitor Riberio VS Tatsuhi Kato, Renato Verissimo VS Yuichi Nakanishi, Ricco Rodriquez VS Scott Junk, Kimo Leopoldo VS Marcus Royster, Wesley "Cabbage" Correira VS Tank Abbott

Rumble on the Rock 8: 8 fights (112 min) Kengo Ura VS Mike Malone, Josh Donahue VS Ross Ehanez, Scott Junk VS Vilatonu Fonokalaifi, Anderson Silva VS Yushin Okami, Jake Shields VS Dave Menne, Ronald Jhun VS Frank Trigg, Carlos Condit VS Renato Verissimo, Wesley "Cabbage" Correira VS Eric Esch

I just received these last week and while I was disappointed in the quality and some of the match ups, the price makes them worth while. ***NO SPOILERS IN THIS REVIEW***

The Good: The production quality, fights, and recognizable fighters get better with each event. Notable names from Pride and the UFC show up more and more frequently (Penn,Gomi,Gracie's,Tank,Cabbage,Kimo,Trigg,Silva etc.). Hawaiian rules allow for knees on the ground, ouch. Lot's of fights, each event about 2 hrs. each. Great value.

The Bad: Still nowhere near Pride/UFC quality dvd's (better than King of the Cage dvd's). Early events are mostly unfamiliar Hawaiian fighters (granted the event is in Hawaii) that aren't all that great and make for some lackluster fights. The referee makes some questionable calls. He'll stop the fight alot to check cuts that aren't that bad and stand up fights when there's action on the ground. He looks like a poor mans John McCarthy.

The Ugly: The commentary on ROTR 4 is absolutley awful, among the worst I've ever heard, but it get's better with each event. The atrocious editing and camera work in ROTR 6. In the main event Penn vs. Gracie, the camera man moves from the fight, not once but TWICE to see a fight in the audience when the main event fight is still going!!! And the fight before that one has a great TKO finish but we don't get to see it as we're given a nice shot of the referees butt in front of the action. Both of these screw ups thanks in part to the wise decision to have only one camera shooting the action. Can you say amateur hour? The pre fight interviews on ROTR 7 are hilariously bad too.

The Verdict: I can't tell you how disappointed I was when I fist popped in ROTR 4. The audio/video quality was terrible, the majority of the fights were no names and boring and I thought I'd been suckered in to buying a KOTC clone. But the events, fights, and production quality really do get better with each event. I'll save you some time on ROTR 4, just watch the Paul Buentello fight and the Penn/Gomi main event. The Penn/Gomi fight is awesome and one of the better fights you'll find anywhere. The price saves this set and warrants a recommendation. If it cost much more, the rating would only go down.