Ed Fishman killed PRIDE, not Zuffa.

[Piranesi]

April 2007. PRIDE had just run PRIDE 34 in Saitama on April 8th. It was a good show, and things were looking up for DSE with PRIDE 35, their third show on American soil, looming right on the horizon, with Wanderlei Silva vs Igor Vovchanchyn already on tap. Ed Fishman, PRIDE USA's president was confident, too.

..And then he called it off.

PRIDE was on the fringe of potential success in America, having already tentatively planned three more USA shows. Fishman called the show on the 28th off, effectively ending this front.

Dream Stage scrambled and aired a pay-per-view on the 28th, anyway. PRIDE Legacy - a documentary celebrating ten years of tradition and success for the PRIDE Fighting Championships. With Zuffa moving in with increasingly powerful sales pitches, this would ultimately be the company's last pay-per-view.

Think about this when you think about PRIDE going defunct.

[Piranesi]

was gonna post at SD but the server failed like usual

[Zaknaffin]

Source?

[Bobby Curls]

Ed Fishman was on Zuffa's payroll at the time, too.

Source: fuckyou.fuckyou

[Decommissioner]

2/10

[super hot]

I wish he would have killed the UFC instead

[BEER-RUN]

I wish he would have killed the UFC instead

Yeah, well, he didn't....so fuck you.

[super hot]

Yeah, well, he didn't....so fuck you.Fuck you

[The Korean]

April 2007. PRIDE had just run PRIDE 34 in Saitama on April 8th. It was a good show, and things were looking up for DSE with PRIDE 35, their third show on American soil, looming right on the horizon, with Wanderlei Silva vs Igor Vovchanchyn already on tap. Ed Fishman, PRIDE USA's president was confident, too.

..And then he called it off.

PRIDE was on the fringe of potential success in America, having already tentatively planned three more USA shows. Fishman called the show on the 28th off, effectively ending this front.

Dream Stage scrambled and aired a pay-per-view on the 28th, anyway. PRIDE Legacy - a documentary celebrating ten years of tradition and success for the PRIDE Fighting Championships. With Zuffa moving in with increasingly powerful sales pitches, this would ultimately be the company's last pay-per-view.

Think about this when you think about PRIDE going defunct.

Zuffa bought Pride prior to Pride 34.

[Bones of Satan]

i don't care who killed pride... all i know is i miss it

[Decommissioner]

I miss PrideFC.

[Bang Bang]

fishman didnt kill himself like the last guy in pride what a fail

[gumby]

I miss PrideFC.you should put that in your sig

[Drake]

Pride was teh GOAT.

[Decommissioner]

Pride was teh GOAT.

QFT

[Conebone69]

USA! USA! USA!

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a218/holydiver11/fan-1.gif

[SexeCute]

I remember when Pride went under and everyone thought we would get some dream match ups. Instead, we got a fucking WWE wrestler to come to the UFC, Mark Coleman returning, and no HW division in the UFC.

[Bang Bang]

what happened to aleks, fedor, sergei and barnett? shitty ass d@na what a dumb shit

[California Giant]

I miss mark hunt.

[super hot]

I miss the screaming lady.

[Decommissioner]

And instead of the SuperBowl of MMA once a year, Dana stretches out cards so thin that you have Alves/Hughes main events for no belt.

[Decommissioner]

I miss the lights going out to announce a decision and the Japanese announcer butchering the pronounciation of the fighters name.

[super hot]

And instead of the SuperBowl of MMA once a year, Dana stretches out cards so thin that you have Alves/Hughes main events for no belt.QFT. What happened to the UFC nuthuggers who would always cry about Pride not having title fights on their PPV's? At least they got to see at least 5 fighters ranked in the top ten fight all the time.

[SexeCute]

Mauro + Bas = Best announcing team ever. That statement also stretched across every sport, as they're the only two announcers that I never got annoyed with.

[gumby]

I miss the screaming lady.

you should put that in your sig

[Bang Bang]

And instead of the SuperBowl of MMA once a year, Dana stretches out cards so thin that you have Alves/Hughes main events for no belt.

that made no sense when d@na bought pride he lost money and credibility

[super hot]

Mauro + Bas = Best announcing team ever. That statement also stretched across every sport, as they're the only two announcers that I never got annoyed with.QFT. Mauro & Bas was the best ever. Fuck Goldie and Rogan.

[Shogun Marcus]

Mauro + Bas = Best announcing team ever. That statement also stretched across every sport, as they're the only two announcers that I never got annoyed with.

Mauro really never annoyed you at least once or twice??

[Bang Bang]

mauro is like a good wrestling announcer. the prof was funnier and smart enough to do some play by play

[HHJ]

i think mauro gets carried away latley with the one liners but i still like him

[Bang Bang]

fight prof has a mastery in martial arts

[Nutstache]

April 2007. PRIDE had just run PRIDE 34 in Saitama on April 8th. It was a good show, and things were looking up for DSE with PRIDE 35, their third show on American soil, looming right on the horizon, with Wanderlei Silva vs Igor Vovchanchyn already on tap. Ed Fishman, PRIDE USA's president was confident, too.

..And then he called it off.

PRIDE was on the fringe of potential success in America, having already tentatively planned three more USA shows. Fishman called the show on the 28th off, effectively ending this front.

Dream Stage scrambled and aired a pay-per-view on the 28th, anyway. PRIDE Legacy - a documentary celebrating ten years of tradition and success for the PRIDE Fighting Championships. With Zuffa moving in with increasingly powerful sales pitches, this would ultimately be the company's last pay-per-view.

Think about this when you think about PRIDE going defunct.

Why?