Do you remember how mister White used to swear how he tried his best to keep Pride alive, tried to secure a TV deal in Japan? Do you remember that ex-Pride brass sued Pride FC Worldwide (created by Zuffa after buying out Pride) because of the contract breach that Pride was promised to be kept alive? Quote from a Dana White's interview will dot all the i's:
"Fifty times we thought it was over and we were buying PRIDE, then we hear they were talking to these guys and these guys and kept string us along. So when Mirko Cro Cop’s deal came up, we went after Mirko aggressively, signed him, and that really started to unravel PRIDE. He was really tight with them, so once we were able to take him away, all the other fighters started talking to us too. And that was basically the last nail in the coffin for those guys. It was really a business move to buy PRIDE. That’s why we signed Cro Cop.
It wasn’t like we brought Cro Cop in and thought he was going to take over the heavyweight division or anything. I think that’s what the fans thought—the hardcore fans who really knew a lot about PRIDE—but it was a business move to kill PRIDE.”
james anderson wrote August, 8, 2008, 17:52
go affliction and drivew the U.F.C. out. you got the heavywieght already & other fighters i like to watch but they let them go. so kick U.F.C. A**!!!!!
Destructor wrote August, 18, 2008, 00:17
Dana White is bad for the sport of MMA the only thing he cares about is the UFC. He goes out of his way to undermine all the other MMA organizations. UFC does not need to be destroyed (although i would like to destroy Dana White that cock smoker) they need to be brought under the fold of unifined world MMA sport so the best can fright the best.