OH Shit , The story of Pride vs UFC

[jason73]

i would love to hear sakikabara and takadas side of the story

 

[Hong Kong Phooey]

The Fritatas are mafia. And of course they knew Pride was mafia too - like we all did. But the fact they got fleeced for 70 million for an almost worthless Pride brand thinking they could run events in Japan under that banner shows that they had no fucking idea how business actually worked in Japan.

Revisionist history is to suggest that Pride's demise was somehow a Fritata master plan. That's ridiculous.

They bought the roster of fighters , not necessarily the promotion

 

[Enock-O-Lypse Now!]

They bought the roster of fighters , not necessarily the promotion

Don’t forget, with the deal came the PrideFC video Library.

 

[Hong Kong Phooey]

Don’t forget, with the deal came the PrideFC video Library.

Kept BLOCKBUSTER VIDEO alive

 

[Sheepdog]

They bought the roster of fighters , not necessarily the promotion

But they did buy the promotion and openly intended to run it as such.

 

[Hong Kong Phooey]

But they did buy the promotion and openly intended to run it as such.

I think they bought the roster to bring those fighters to the Octagon brand

 

[tang]

Wanderlei was a beast, had a crazy run, but that tournament bracket is a joke. Although Dana mentions they fucked up cuz they looked past Rampage but they were definitely set up to fail.

 

[Sheepdog]

I think they bought the roster to bring those fighters to the Octagon brand

Well, you think wrong. They intended to continue to run Pride as a separate promotion in Japan while also doing 'crossover fights'.

When they realized they couldn't get a TV deal in Japan, they just brought the roster to the UFC.

 

[Enock-O-Lypse Now!]

@Hong Kong Phooey @lordofthepies

Here is Chemtrail Warrior Joey Hogan’s take on the Pride Purchase:

(Only a couple minutes video)

 

[Sheepdog]

@Hong Kong Phooey @lordofthepies

Here is Chemtrail Warrior Joey Hogan’s take on the Pride Purchase:

(Only a couple minutes video)

Haha. Forgot about the Dream aspect. I enjoyed Rogan clearly thinking it was funny too.

Fritatas can wipe their asses with 70 million now but it's still funny how hard they got fucked on that.

 

[Haulport]

I actually took it as a bizarre attempt to insinuate that they were behind it in order to take credit for it. It was so weirdly worded.

Pride was funded by the Yakuza - that's not a rumor. It was an open secret until it just became too open. To suggest it was a couple of planted tabloid stories peddling false rumors that did them in is fucking laughable. The Fritatas had nothing to do with Pride's demise. They did however, pay 70 million bucks to acquire some contracts and a TV library.

Yeah, the UFC had ZERO to do with the tabloid outing of PRIDE. That was a behind-the-scenes Yakuza struggle between the Yakuza guys backing K-1 and the Yakuza guys backing PRIDE. Sakakibara lost, PRIDE was destroyed and he was banished for years.

Lorenzo and Dana couldn't even run what was left of PRIDE. Those guys stole their money and then used it to create DREAM. If they can't control a company they bought then how could they manipulate the Japanese media and undermine the Yakuza!?!?!?

Just preposterous...

 

[Haulport]

I enjoyed the doc. The one thing I didn't enjoy was hearing Overeem's voice sound EXTREMELY punchy : (

See my related thread: REEM Has Been KO/TKO'd...