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Invented a sport? Freakin casuals, MMA was around before UFC. White popularized it on a mainstream level but at the price of low fighter pay and a mundane production. Pride got it right even before Dana shaved his head and became the tough guy mafioso he tries to portray.
Fighter pay went up when Zuffa bought the UFC. Not down.
Pride had a good thing going, but they foundered in the end. It also was an Asian product with a mainly Asian audience. The UFC is the org that made MMA a viable business in North America.