This makes NO SENSE...UFC breaks its own record on every PPC and Pride just lost its TV contract but you think that UFC is in decline and Pride is on the way up TUF is the #1 show in the 18-34 demo in the US.
Both organizations have great fighters...Fedor is no doubt the best Hvwt in the World. Matt Hughes is the best wlt weight. The others are a toss up. TUF is a little cheesey but I think its great because it is growing fighters (on the show and in the gyms). My only question about Fedor is how he can not finish Sobral? Sobral goes the distance with Fedor yet CL destroys him twice.
#1 pride lost their fuji tv contract because of yokuza(jap mob) involvemtn in their organization, they are still the premier MMA event world wide
#2 UFC has amreekan class fighters, pride has world class fighters
#3 good call on matt hughes
#4 fedor fough babalu in RINGS which is like pride with neutered rules + he was just starting out in MMA at the time, if he had full rules he would have given babalu a face lift, if they fought today he would destroy him as well
ufc makes little to no effort to provide
skillfully entertaining matches to their audieance, most bouts are lay and prays or lopsided knockouts .... pride does have some freakshow matches themselvs, but other than that they do a much better job encouraging action in their fights with a card system ... that shit wouldnt fly in the states because they are more concerned with fiarness than bushido/entertainment value (its the opposite in japan)