En gång i tiden var Dana White sparsam med komplimangerna gällande japanska organisationenen PRIDE FC men tonen är numera en helt annan.
”Japan is an important market for us, it was a place that was huge at one time. Some of the greatest fights that ever happened in MMA have happened in Japan. And I’ve always said, that huge rivalry between us and PRIDE, it was some of the funnest moments of my life. It was actually fun. If you look back throughout history, there’s only one show that I have ever said was a competitor to the UFC and it was PRIDE. It was the only show that I would ever put on the same level and put on a pedestal, that was the same as the UFC.”, säger Dana White i intervjun ovan.
Är det någon som saknar tiden då diskussionen om vilken organisation och vilken mästare som egentligen var bäst var ständigt pågående?
Den 26 februari återvände UFC till Japan med UFC 144: Edgar vs Henderson som kommer att hållas på Saitama Super Arena, samma arena som höll många av de största galorna med PRIDE FC.
