Comments on: CBSSports.com Interview: Former PRIDE executive speaks out on the record

By: Zurich

Zurich — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 06:07:30 +0000

#3, go read up about it on Fight Opinion, there’s a ton of information out there on the topic. The short of it is, a sports magazine ran a negative feature on Pride, linking them to the Yakuza. Fuji TV quickly dropped them, and without national TV coverage Pride basically lost its principle source of revenue. What’s new from this article is that it seems Pride’s Japanese management screwed up royally by not supporting their US office. If Pride had gotten a TV deal in the US, that could have changed everything.

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By: MMA SKOOL ™

MMA SKOOL ™ — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 04:39:04 +0000

That’s a good interview. I didn’t even know Pride had a US office. I’m a fan of Pride mainly from watching those DVD sets you can buy off Amazon. It grows on you. Been a UFC fan for a while, but the slightly different rules of Pride and the difference between Bas and Co. and Joe and Goldie is a nice change.

Turi says Pride was failing in Japan and ultimately failed overall because it didn’t get established in the U.S., but he didn’t say WHY it failed in Japan… The Fetittas brothers might have kept it going in Japan and the US if it wasn’t failing in Japan, right? So why was it failing in Japan? Yakuza connection rumors killing the Japanese TV coverage? Pride bankruptcy in Japan? Still curious.

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By: jaydog

jaydog — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 04:34:51 +0000

Sounds like Gomi is going to EliteXC.

Don’t care where. Just wanna see him fight again.

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By: RT

RT — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 01:58:22 +0000

Great interveiw Sam! lots of good questions that finally shed some light on the biggest MMA story of 2007.

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