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Report: Fertitta Brothers Purchase PRIDE Fighting Championships for $65 Million

Posted by UFC Junkie on March 19, 2007 at 2:59 pm ET
Slow down. Take a deep breath. And promise me you won’t go overboard or take this as gospel.
I’m serious now.
Remember: this isn’t a report from UFCjunkie.com, and doubters shouldn’t direct their anger and criticism toward us. We’re just delivering the message.
According to today’s episode of Sherdog’s The Savage Dog Show/BeatDown, UFC majority owners Lorenzo and Frank Fertitta have purchased the Japenese-based PRIDE Fighting Championships for a startling-low price of $65 million. (You can find a heated discussion on the Sherdog Forums.)
The show is relying an anonymous source that is said to be “very reliable,” and an official announcement is expected to come on Wednesday.
PRIDE, the UFC’s biggest competitor and perhaps the world’s most recognizable MMA organization, has reportedly suffered a variety of hardships during the past year. Rumors of its potential sale have circulated constantly in the past couple months, with current PRIDE USA Vice President Ed Fishman and the Zuffa LLC-owned UFC emerging as the two most-likely suitors.
The fact that the Fertittas, not Zuffa, are the rumored buyers is surprising at first take. Surely there’s more to the story, but we’ll have to wait.
PRIDE has publicly stated — numerous times — that the organization wasn’t for sale despite the reports saying otherwise. Today’s rumors would obviously hint otherwise.
So what would this mean for the UFC?
It’s hard to say without knowing the particulars. But of most importance would be the UFC’s access to PRIDE’s thoroughly impressive list of international fighters. The purchase could open the door for cross-promotion superfights that could destroy previous records for gates, attendance and pay-per-view revenue.
In any manner, I’ll have more news as it becomes available. For now, sit tight and try not to let the specualation get too far out of hand.


Source: UFCJunkie

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Op dinsdag 20 maart 2007 14:24 schreef Tazmaniac het volgende:
UFC conquers the world

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Op woensdag 21 maart 2007 19:15 schreef BB_Koning het volgende:
Ik heb overigens de partij gezien van Couture (en nu pa scommentaar, maar ja) en Couture was geweldig. De takedowns en het staande gevecht.

En Tyrone Spong is een schatje Ja, ik kan het nergens anders zeggen, dus dan maar hier

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Op donderdag 22 maart 2007 16:47 schreef Tazmaniac het volgende:
Shogun een contract bij UFC getekend.. voor 2 wedstrijd bij UFC en 2 bij PRIDE

Ben benieuwd..

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Op dinsdag 20 maart 2007 02:12 schreef Dacide het volgende:
okay help, wat nu
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geen idee of het waar is. i hoop zelf van niet.

wie weet hier meer vanaf?

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