This is awesome, finally MMA fans who are fed up with the UFC will have another top organization to watch. Hopefully the event will take place under full Pride Rules. I imagine this show will be absolutely amazing.
Pride 34 was a long time ago, and for MMA fans in Japan this is the first huge MMA event since. I expect the Saitama Super Arena to be packed to the rafters.
I dont think it matters if the American fans even tune in atall to this show. All of europe will watch, not to mention massive amounts of fans in Asia and Russia. Most of these places dont even have UFC available to order on PPV.
So far the line up for this one card has been better than any single show the UFC has put on since they purchased Pride.
since M-1 global has Fedor, then that means any HW in the world who is not signed will want to sign with that organization just so they can possibly fight the best HW in the world.
The only reason that the UFC has got some depth now is because they bought out Pride and then decide to do nothing at all with it, forcing alot of the former Pride fighters to sign withthe UFC.
I can almost guarantee you that once those former pride fighters that are now in the UFC contracts run out they will flee the UFC and it's nazi ways and probably wind up with M-1 global.
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RIP Rick James
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