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    PRIDE Status Remains Uncertain Options: [​IMG] Email Article | [​IMG] Printer Friendly[​IMG]Friday, June 29, 2007
    by Sherdog.com Staff

    UFC president Dana White denied a report last week by Nikkan Sports that PRIDE would return on Aug. 18, telling media during a teleconference on Thursday that no date had been set for the the organization's return.

    Yet White continues to suggest that PRIDE will reemerge, telling the Oregonian's Brad McCray, "PRIDE is a very popular brand. We're going to make it work," this despite his assertion that the "stigma" of the deal between UFC ownership and Dream Stage Entertainment "became so bad."

    Top PRIDE stars including Dan Henderson (Pictures) and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (Pictures) have already made their way to the UFC, while middleweight Paulo Filho (Pictures) is signed to the WEC.

    The big prize remains PRIDE heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko (Pictures), whose management team told Sherdog.com on Wednesday that it is currently negotiating with the UFC. BodogFight, for which Emelianenko fought in April, is also believed to be in the running for the heavyweight's services.

    Hopefully it comes off!!
     
    Last edited: Jun 30, 2007

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