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I know we are only mere hours after Chuck Liddell losing his UFC Light Heavyweight, but there appears to be some exciting news for Liddell fans.
It appears that the “dream fight” between Chuck Liddell and Wanderlei Silva that we were all promised several months ago, might in fact now happen. Might… I said might [...]

In a short press release, published on the Japanese version of the Pride website, DSE, the company that gave birth to the organization, communicated the cancellation of the lightweight GP, the first phase of which was planned for July. According to the release, the fans that had already purchased tickets will be reimbursed.
The release asks [...]

According to Josh Gross at Sherdog.com, the sale of Pride Fighting Championships to the Fertita brothers has been finalized.
However, two sources tell Sherdog.com that the deal has in fact been finalized, and that former PRIDE CEO Nobuyuki Sakakibara has said as much to former DSE employees in the last 48-hours.
Citing Issues with several PRIDE [...]

Zach Arnold, over at FightOpinion.com, digs into the current status of the Zuffa - Dream Stage Entertainment sale of PrideFC.
A few days back, Arnold brought up a few issues related to the transaction since the deal hadn’t been completed yet. Initially, the transaction was thought to be finalized as of May 1st; but the [...]

The Nevada State Athletic Commission handed down their rulings regarding the suspensions resulting from positive drug test for Joe Pearson, Kit Cope, and Nick Diaz.
Joe Pearson tested positive for Delta-9-THC after his loss to Urijah Faber in the WEC on January 20, 2007. Pearson was suspended 6 months and fined 20% of [...]

Stephan, over at mmatoronto.com, had a nice catch yesterday regarding the upcoming Pride Lightweight 2007 Grand Prix.
If you take a look at the Pride LWGP poster, you will see the faces of both Matt Hughes and Diego Sanchez. As Stephan noted, the Pride LWGP traditionally has been held at a 160 lbs. weight limit, [...]

Nice little tribute video for all the PrideFC lovers out there…