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Originally Posted by Ramma
Additionally, DREAM seems to be getting a lot of talk, hype, and excitement.. much more than EXC, M1, HEROES, etc.
If DREAM can keep signing names and give us good shows (with the two GPs they have coming up, I can't imagine we will get anything but good fights).. UFC could be in serious trouble.
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Completely disagree.
PRIDE at its peak had no hope of competing with the UFC in its power base (the US and Europe). Remember that at the end when PRIDE put on big US shows (with Fedor, Shogun etc etc) they had to give away massive amounts of tickets to their show and the PPVs did something like 30k buys. Thats not competition with the UFC.
DREAM doesnt have the same fighter talent level as the big PRIDE shows and it has no intent of coming to the US as far as I can tell, so how the heck is it going to compete with the UFC in the US/Europe when the bigger and badder PRIDE absolutely couldnt?
Remember that the hardcore fan community is very small compared to the UFC fan base, so just because the hardcore community is excited about something most certainly does not mean that it will be a success or a competitor for the UFC