Thread: Ufc May Be On The Verge Of Fighter Mass Exodus
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Old 02-20-2008, 09:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Krazikarl View Post
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
Dammit I've gotta start reading all of the replies before I type mine out.

I compare DREAMS (Pride before) vs UFC to MLB vs Japanese Baseball. Both are massively popular in their home countries with the other being largely ignored except by a small base of hardcore fans.

I still don't see any orgs having the money to pay Tito what he wants. Atleast not if they intend to turn a profit.
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