Gamo, yes Rampage and Anderson have been very successful, but if we compare all of the pride fighters success over the last two years when fighting UFC or former UFC fighters it isn't very good. Herring/Werdum/Fujita's losses maybe aren't that big of a deal, but Mirko/Shogun/Gomi's losses say alot. These were three of the best in their respective divisions. As far as the other factors. I just don't believe that the cage makes that much of a difference. If you are a professional fighter you should be preparing for the cage and rule differences etc etc. Discipline focus and preparation are part of being a great fighter not mutually exclusive. If the merger had gone the other way and UFC fighters were not faring well then we wouldn't hear these excuses only the howling of everyone knew that UFC fighters were garbage the whole time. I love that we are seeing a influx of new and exciting talent into UFC, but I'm so sick and tired of pride nuthuggers/UFC haters making excuses.