BY far , more educated fans , better production values , better fighters.
Yep. PRIDE was the elite back in a time when the UFC was a show for trailer park trash. Chuck Liddel could be seen as the embodiment of trailer park trash.
Only 5 PRIDE fighters went to the UFC, and 3 of them won division belts(Big Nog, Anderson Silva and Shogun Ruas). This proves the higher level of PRIDE fighters. Pretty much the only elite PRIDE fighter who failed in the UFC is Cro Cop.
Cro Cop's failure is due to the fact that the cage does not fit his style. His style has always been to set his opponet for his devastating left leg kick, and the huge octagon does not allow him to do that effectively like the smaller ring from PRIDE did.
Pretty much the only 2 fighters who are "born and bred" in the UFC who are on the level of elite PRIDE fighters are GSP and Jon Jones, and that is pathetic when you consider that the UFC has almost a thousand fighters in it's roster - all seven divisions together.
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