they need television contracts in japan and in the us to make pride profitable, the japanese are extremely dedicated to pride and there is a lot of money to be made in japan if they can get the show running.
also there is too much talent between pride and the ufc, if they were gonna keep all the pride fighters they could get in the us they would have to double the amount of ppv's they do a year. Most casual fans aren't going to buy two ppv's a month.
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