Pride Sold

Pherr the Dorf · Post by **Pherr the Dorf** » March 27, 2007, 7:57 pm

UFC now owns Pride... wow I am shocked as hell

Kwonryu DragonFist · Post by **Kwonryu DragonFist** » March 27, 2007, 9:52 pm

No more stomps/soccerkicks or knees from the north/south-position.

Sionistic · Post by **Sionistic** » March 27, 2007, 11:52 pm

wow, might be good, might be bad

more pride fighters in ufc, sure thats fine
ufc just getting rid of pride, ugh

Quarkk · Post by **Quarkk** » March 28, 2007, 6:39 am

Kwonryu DragonFist wrote:No more stomps/soccerkicks or knees from the north/south-position.

Do you have a source for that Kwon? 'Cause all I could find on the 'Dog or UG were rumors. I don't believe that Zuffa would change the rule format for the Japanese shows, but that's just a hunch with absolutely nothing to back it up.

P.S. - come to California in April and watch the MMA supermonth w/ me, your secret admirer!

Kryshade · Post by **Kryshade** » March 28, 2007, 9:18 am

Sounds like a good thing to me. Being able to have the best fight the best is definately a good thing for the fans!

Here's the quote from UFC homepage.

And while Pride fights will remain in a ring, the same weight classes and unified rules used in the United States will be adopted.

“The same game of soccer that we play in the United States is the same game they play in Japan, England, and Brazil, and that’s what we want for mixed martial arts,” said White. “We will follow the unified rules of the Nevada State Athletic Commission.”

Breagen · Post by **Breagen** » March 28, 2007, 4:29 pm

Well that really sucks. Pride ruleset is far superior in my opinion, plus that will really hurt some Pride fighters like Shogun without affecting any UFC guys.