Quote Originally Posted by VanChilds
Sal I think you are being a little dramatic. My understanding was that almost all of Pride's current production employees would be kept on(other than trigg). The LW GP was postponed not cancelled due to the change in weight classes. The fertitas aren't stupid. They aren't going to give up the market share in Asia by drastically changing the regions top MMA show. I personally prefer the cage, but to each his own. Right now the NSAC and other commissions are being lobbied to allow kicks to a downed opponent. I believe that as the sport becomes more mainstream and the "human cockfighting" moniker goes away the commissions will be willing to work w/ MMA to allow rule changes. What the sport needs is cohesion. The merging of the two top orgs will bring the fight fans one to two super fight cards a year and all of the dream matches that we almost never got to see. Yes, the hardcore Pride fans will see some changes to the org such as minus the freakshow fights (butterbean vs minowa etc), but the overall payoff I think will be well worth it.
I'm with the Van Man on this one.. This is good, it will be a smoothe transition