Official:M-1 teams with Former Pride staff for NYE show.

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  1. Beyond the Grave

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    <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="608"><tbody><tr><td class="Txt18Yell" height="30">M-1 Global Teams with Former PRIDE Staff</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="Txt11Gray">
    </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="TxtBox"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td class="Txt13Gray">[​IMG]Wednesday, November 21, 2007
    by Tim Leidecker

    M-1 Global and former members of Dream Stage Entertainment announced Wednesday in Tokyo that they will collaborate on a New Year's Eve event at Saitama Super Arena.

    Among the representatives present at the news conference, which was held at the arena, were M-1 Global executive committee member and M-1 Mix Fight president Vadim Finkelstein, PRIDE heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko (Pictures), former PRIDE president Nobuhiko Takada, PRIDE's former public relations representative Keiichi Sasahara, DEEP boss and former Bushido matchmaker Shigeru Saeki, former PRIDE MC's Kei Grant and Lenne Hardt as well as Daisuke Sato, the man behind the production for the company.

    The large group of former and current power brokers of the Japanese MMA market announced a joint venture for Dec. 31 that will have Emelianenko fight in the main event against Korean kickboxer Hong Man Choi (Pictures).

    Other possible participants named were former Bushido aces Hayato Sakurai (Pictures), Shinya Aoki (Pictures), Tatsuya Kawajiri (Pictures), Mitsuhiro Ishida (Pictures) and Kazuo Misaki (Pictures). Top foreign free agents mentioned were Joachim Hansen (Pictures), Ricardo Arona (Pictures), Gilbert Melendez (Pictures) and Luiz Azeredo (Pictures). M-1 also brought up Russian heavyweights Aleksander Emelianenko (Pictures) and Roman Zentsov (Pictures).

    Although the event will not be available on Japanese cable TV, SkyPerfecTV has agreed to carry the show on pay-per-view.</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>
     
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    They will end up just like Pride. losing money and out of bussiness.
     
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    As an MMA fan I hope that's not the case.
     
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    It seems to be the case with any organization besides the UFC. Organizations like the IFL and Bodog have lost millions and millions of dollars.
     
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    Hopefully things will change and for the better.
     
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    i heard pride was doing lot of money before the yakuza scandal
     
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    How much could it have been? After they were booted off TV they folded pretty quick. It seems like they should have made a lot of $$$$ but I don't think they did.
     
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    is that the mark cuban company?? he should air it on HDnet
     
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    I'm right there with you BYG. A free market is always good. When one has a monopoly, the consumers will suffer.
     
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    We have suffered.Pride going out of business was the worst thing that could happen to MMA
     

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