UFC's purchase of Pride was a joke

[Rank Squatter]

I guess they paid tons of money for a Library and was able to bring a few fighters .. other than that it was a huge scam

 

[Reign009]

Pride conned Zuffa confirmed.

 

[jeff7b9]

Lesson: Do your due diligence.

 

[Reign009]

Lesson: Do your due diligence.

I think that the lesson here is to work with the Yakuza.



Even if you are the Fertita Mafia.

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

At least WME didn't buy PRIDE.

 

[Reign009]

I think that the lesson here is to work with the Yakuza.



Even if you are the Fertita Mafia.

Actually, reminds me of this scene from The Simpsons.

 

[markys00]

It was a joke. They never bought it

 

[markys00]

Also, rent free

 

[Yep]

Not funny

 

[Dorkman]

They basically paid for a video library at the end of the day. Bunch of the contracts they would have wanted weren't transferable. IE fedor not coming over with it. But yeah Video library is all they really got for the money.

 

[jeff7b9]

I think that the lesson here is to work with the Yakuza.



Even if you are the Fertita Mafia.

The hypocrisy is amusing.

I'm pretty sure the UFC was mobbed up in Vegas, then they go to Japan and claim it is not fair that they were supposed to be mobbed up in Japan.

 

[Belaya Smert]

Yakuza>Zuffa

 

[theleerygoose]

They bought it at a discount to kill it. Companies do this all the time, buy competitors, acquire their assets (in this case the fighters), and then kill the brand.

 

[EYEKICKFACES]

 

[lsa]

and this is news to some?

 

[SaigeVanZant]

This is how Pride gets defended by its fan boys now?

 

[Tweak896]

Pride was on a steep decline. Most the Pride fighters crossed over to UFC. Idk what else people expected? They got Anderson Silva for it, probably that alone made the purchase worth it.

 

[HaulParris]

Actually, reminds me of this scene from The Simpsons.

Bilingual bloodfest

 

[VAfan]

i remember cracking up when they were busy having the nerve to tell people that pride wasn't getting dismantled, it was going to stay the same as it was. didn't believe that for a second even then.

 

[RoyJonesJr]

Pride conned Zuffa confirmed.

I remember reading a while back Dana can't go to Japan cause of the Yakuza

But I cant find anything about it