Zuffa Report Card After Two Years
by Kelvin Hunt on Mar 27, 2009 10:24 AM EDT
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PrintAs we all know today marks the two year anniversary of Zuffa's announcement that they had purchased the PRIDE Fighting Championships organization. Wow, time flies huh? Some fans were estatic, while others mourned the loss of an organization that many thought epitomized high level MMA. Due to many different factors, it probably would not have been fair to grade Zuffa on such a monumental move. However, after two years I think we can look back at what has transpired since and give a fair educated opinion.
We all dreamed of the insane fights, the stacked events, and the globalization of MMA.
Now, knowing what we know now in terms of how fighters that came from PRIDE have done in the UFC. The UFC's expansion into the UK and now Germany with UFC 99. The fights the UFC has been able to put on involving some of the superstars of the PRIDE promotion with fighters that were fighting in the UFC.
What grade would you give Zuffa since purchasing PRIDE? Do you think MMA would have been better off without that purchase going down, or do you think the purchase was a good move for MMA?
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Zuffa’s not going to come prosecute you if you give them a bad grade! Holla at me!
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I think they’ve done ok bringing fighters into the UFC; however, I wish they would air old pride fights for us to watch. I don’t understand why they don’t show them. It could even be a good counter programming tool for them.
zuffa does sell pride dvd’s i believe, so thats probably why they are holding out on the fre stuff. i still occasionally get to see some old pride highlights on fox sports.
they have to try and get that 70 mil back somehow. anyone hear anything latley about the lawsuites that zuffa and dse have against each other?
hmmmmm, I’d say I’d give them a C+…and it’s not all of their fault, it’s just the guys they’ve brought over really got exposed and the fact MMA in general has been changing drastically over the past 2 years. The matchups and shows they’ve done within that time have been hit and miss but I think they’ve done pretty much as good as they can with what they have.
Wish they never would have bought them…
Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."
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I think the failure of most of the PRIDE fighters(the ones that came) coming over and doing well hurt the move. However, it did allow Zuffa to lay legitimate claim to having the majority of the best fighters in the world.
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