"Who cares if Zuffa was "played like a fiddle"?"
Who wouldn't care? I find it to be a very interesting strategy. This is my favorite sport, I just don't want to watch the fights and ignore everything else.
pride has more bad ass fighters than the ufc
You guys are dense. It's all an angle and friendly rivalry to build some heat
I'm reminded of that episode of the Simpsons when Homer gets gangsters to support Marge's pretzel wagon, and all is well until he meets Triad resistance from the other van (skinner's mom, mrs krabapple, mrs lovejoy, maude flanders).
I know that was Triad vs Mafia, this is Yakuza vs Mafia, but, point not withstanding...
I don't give a shit if Pride has bamboozled the UFC or vice-versa. I hope that the competition forces the UFC to pay its undercard fighters enough money to live off of when they are training for their fights.
Pride's lowest paid fighters are on average higher paid then UFC's upper fighters.