Quote Originally Posted by VanChilds
Last time I checked Pride was dead and over. Get over it. Pride's fighter's less than stellar performance in the Octagon shows only that steroids were probably a bigger issue in Japan and that the difference in top fighters in the two orgs was not as big a previously thought. Regardless Hendo/Shogun/Crocop/Nog/Werdum/Wandy/Rampage etc are Ultimate Fighters and work for Dana and Zuffa, not Pride. Can't have a rivalry with only one group.
Disagree with the highlighted. There are NUMEROUS other factors to take into account such as:

Getting acclimatised to the cage.

Not taking warm up fights.

Taking the opponent too lightly.

etc etc And also the fact that Anderson Silva and Rampage seem to be doing pretty well,are they sure as heck are Pride fighters.