pride is no more, it has officially been killed, its now clear that zuffa and dana white are going to interfere and bury the organization, frank trigg at the final DSE pride show stated that he really hoped it would work out, he was alluding to the fact that he was afraid that zuffa would ruin the unique quality of pride... and its already clear it will be done

the announcement that trigg is no longer with pride is just another sign that the end is near, as he really doesnt seem concerned to be gone from the company, i cannot imagine that he would have been contempt with parting with a dreamstage run pride, its clear that he feels pride will be ruined, and he is not alone, and its a shame that sakuraba only now is returning, and whill have to witness the company he helped make so great fall apart

there are rumors that pride will adapt "unified rules", which in reality are rules that exemplify the restrictive nature of the NSAC, pride will lose its character, the stomps and soccer kicks will be no more, and pride will be come no more then ufc in a ring, which may not be so bad if the current roster was involved... but that doesnt look like itwill be the case

already gone are trigg and possibly renallo (dana white said they are looking for a new announcing "team") they have taken away cro-cop and nogueira and there are rumors that fedor and barnet are the next to leave, fedor to bodog and barnet to anywhere else in japan, the ufc will most likely rob any fighters who are relatively known to the american crowd in the coming months


the lightweight gp has already been delayed, and dana white has announced that "super heavyweight" matches and freak matches are no more, they were a part of the character of pride and their absence takes pride one step closer to being ufc, the people learning of pride now will never know the great company that once was, just a new name slapped on the same boring matchups and uncreative booking they are already used to, and most have never seen anything better so they are contempt with it


openweight matches will most likely also be abolished, and that means no more pride openweight gp, the premier mma tournament is gone, and zuffa has not yet decided to remove gerry millen, a man who also robbed pride of some of its character, but thankfully only in terms of the way he produced the american broadcast, the final DSE pride show thankfully was done live and the classic pride match intros were once again available to be seen to the american audience


clearly the ufc is comfortable with its product already, and will not be improving it, which is evident by the fact they are now attempting to expand to the UK market, and there are many more ways they have already interfered with pride and surely unthinkable amounts to come, we will soon know as dana white has "guaranteed" that pride will have a "major" tv deal in the us, i am glad i was able to watch pride for years, and im glad i will remember the real pride years from now, i will remember pride as the greatest mma organization of all time, and i am sad that most americans will know it only as ufc in a ring, and i will blame the upcoming downfall on dana white, and i will remember nobuyuki sakakibara as the man who made the good years possible



also i refuse to use capitalization and punctuation as this is a forum