Does it ever occur to most of you that Zuffa knows more about MMA in the U.S. than all of you?
Does it even cross your mind that Zuffa has sat in network boardrooms and heard what they WILL and WILL NOT show on their station?
Does it occur to you that they were in the athletic comission meetings and you were not?
So if Zuffa knows what the people at Spike will tolerate on their cameras, and they know what Nevada will tolerate for sanctioning PPV events, then do you think they would be stupid enough to allow Pride to tinker with American MMA?
Zuffa knows more about American MMA than Pride, plain and simple.
IF Pride were able to convince Cali to accept certain things, but Zuffa knows that Spike won't tolerate them, or Nevada won't tolerate them, then why would Zuffa allow themselves to be sabotaged? Yes, Pride would have their rules, but none of us will get to see them once Fox gets done editing the fights.
Does it occur to anyone that TV execs won't go for this stuff, thus jeopardizing the ability to be televised at all?
Does UFC want to follow the Nevada rules while allowing Pride to have theirs, and forever be viewed as "watered down" compared to American Pride?
Hey, it's nice to have an opinion about things, but let's be honest.... we don't know jack about the finer points of running a big MMA promotion in the U.S.