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Saturday, March 22nd, 2008PRIDE lightweight Takanori Gomi takes on Charles “Krazy Horse” Bennett at Pride Bushido 5.
Bennett was bragging on BET’s Iron Ring show, saying that he doesnt even go into the gym and train for his fights.
I believe him, he sucks. The guy has ridiculuos natural talent, but just can’t stay out of jail long [...]
Mark Hunt Signs With The Japanese Pro Wrestling “Hustle”
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008According to Sports Navi, PRIDE FC veteran Mark Hunt has signed with the pro wrestling promotion “Hustle”. Hunt made an appearance on the Hustle Mania show last November, as a guest.
Hunt holds notable wins in PRIDE over Wanderlei Silva and Mirko Cro Cop.
It is likely Hunt could fight in K-1 or another MMA organization [...]
Fertittas File Suit Against Former Pride Owners
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008According to the Wrestling Observer, Pride FC Worldwide Holdings a company set up by the Fertittas to handle the sales of PRIDE, has filed suit against Dream Stage Entertainment, Dream Stage Holdings and their president Nobuyuki Sakakibara for defrauding them out of million of dollars over the purchase of PRIDE FC.
It is rumored that DSE [...]
Yarennoka News: Fedor vs Choi Offical
Thursday, December 13th, 2007Its official, Fedor Emelianenko will face the Korean giant Hong Man Choi at Yarennoka! on New Years Eve in Japan. Choi holds a 1-0 MMA record, but also holds a 12-4 K-1 kickboxing record, with notable wins over MightyMo, Gary Goodridge, and Bob Sapp.
The world’s number-one fighter in Fedor Emelianenko (26-1, 1 NC) will attempt [...]
Sports Illustrated: “Pride was overrated”
Tuesday, September 11th, 2007In a recent article on SI.com, David Epstein tried to convince the readers that PRIDE FC was overrated. While some big loses have been featured lately in the media, Epstein statements tells me that he is not an educated fan of the sport.
Many current fighters in the UFC were former Pride fighters. Pride was a [...]
PRIDE Is Dead?
Monday, August 27th, 2007That’s what Zach Arnold over at Fight Opinion is saying and he has the proof right out of Dana Whites mouth. The article list some of reasons for the mishandling of Pride by Zuffa and backs it up with plenty quotes.
Even though he purchased PRIDE earlier this year, White insinuated the Japanese-based promotion is essentially [...]
Pride FC Returning In August
Wednesday, June 20th, 2007After days of speculation that Zuffa LLC would be breaking up Pride Fighting Championship, the Japaneses online newspaper Nikkan Sports is reporting that Pride FC is set to return on August 18th. The event will be held at the Saitama Super Arena, the same building that hosted so many past Pride events. The show is [...]
UFC Pride Deal Done!
Tuesday, May 29th, 2007According to a post UFC 71 press conference Dana White announced that the Zuffa’s acquisition of Pride has been finalized. Sherdog broke the story last week, but the UFC made it official.
We’re still trying to figure out this whole Pride and UFC thing. The deal is done. We acquired the company yesterday or the day [...]
