According to various MMA news sites Zuffa Entertainment, the parent company of the UFC is on the verge of buying the PRIDE organization from Dream Stage Entertainment (DSE). The deal has been agreed to in principle and barring a major reversal on the part of DSE, the sale should be completed shortly.
Links to story:
http://www.sherdog.com/news/news.asp?n_id=7048
http://www.groundnpound.org/news.php
http://www.mmanews.com/pride/Update-...-Brothers.html
Personally, I think the sale of PRIDE to the UFC is great. We'll finally get to see most of the "Dream Match-ups" that the MMA fan has been wanting to see, Wanderlei Silva VS. Chuck Liddell, Fedor VS. Tim Sylvia, Arona VS. Ortiz, or even Cro Cop VS. Andrei Arlovski and others. It's also being reported that Zuffa will continue to run PRIDE as a seperate entity from the UFC, resulting in a "Super Card(s)" at some point. Lets just hope that the powers that be don't botch things up ala Vince McMahon when he accquired WCW back in 2001...What could've been had Vince not tripped over his own ego!!!
Ahhhh...What a great time it is to be an MMA fan!
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