First, yes Zach does give us more than just “yakuza reports on PRIDE” I know ALL the results form PRIDE shows, very often including post fight comments from the fighters,…all right at Puroresu Power. I don’t go to any other sites for MMA news or results.

Second, Zach can’t fill up an entire web-site w/ nothing but yakuza PRIDE related stories, he has to give the results. Especially since so many people on the net complain how “he doesn’t cover wrestling anymore, just MMA”. I for one would hoenstly like to see a bit more coverage of wrestling. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE MMA, I’m just more of a puro fan.

Third, OF COURSE this “yakuza scandal” is nothing but a scapegoat reason to dump DSE. The fact is, both were caught w/ their hands in the cookie jar,…DSE’s hand was just caught alot deeper in the jar & with a hell of alot more cookies. By that, I mean Fuji TV is a “respectable TV network”,…I hope you all know I mean they are supposed to be respectable. Fuji TV is now viewed in a bad light, this is just a way to distance themselves from any yakuza involvment. We all know that Fuji TV was thinking, “Well WE’RE not doing anything wrong,and we don’t KNOW if the rumors are true about DSE & yakuza are true” when they did know. Lets face it: It makes sense for them to do it, if they didn’t dump DSE after all this gloing public, how bad would they look THEN? It was really their only option to try to make themselves look like good guys,…or at least, not so bad.

T.R!

even if the PRIDE fans dont like it. most of us want to hear about what is going in the background and who we are paying our hard earned money to

the only people who are pissed at your coverage are hard core fans of pride who dont want to hear about the problems with pride (ie., the fact that dse is owned by the yakuza).

if you dont see ratings reports or other information on zach’s site, then maybe you need to read them in a little more detail

arnold is just reporting what is being reported in japan and i think he does a very good at it. he is the only site who reports what is being reported in japan. the other sites, well, i dont think you can call them independent (they live of advertising revenues from dse and sales of merchandise). clearly, saying that zach has an agenda is a load of crap. the fact is that the other sites have the “agenda”

by the way, in japan, there is absolutely no doubt that fuji cancelled pride due to their links to the yakuza

I do remember on CroCop’s website there was a mention of the UFC asked him about working at his shows last year during the whole Fedor vs. CroCop fiasco.