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PRIDE rolls the dice in Las Vegas
By Zach Arnold | August 12, 2006
By Zach Arnold
The promotion in Japan announced that Emelianenko Fedor, Mauricio Shogun, Mirko Cro Cop, Kazuyuki Fujita, Josh Barnett, Mark Coleman, Kevin Randleman, Phil Baroni, Kazuhiro Nakamura, and Pawel Nastula will work their 10/21 Las Vegas show at the Thomas & Mack Center. Not surprisingly, the promotion is also running a special tour event for Japanese fans. A limited amount of fans will be accepted, but for those who can pay 158,000Y they will be able to go on a PRIDE-sponsored tour of Las Vegas and see the PRIDE event in person.
The Japanese press release says tickets are on sale for $50, $100, $300, $500, and $700. Doors open at 4 PM and show time is 6 PM PST.
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I really hope they fall on their ass with those ticket-prices. Being the topdog in Japan doesn’t mean that anyone in the US would pay such ridiculously prices for an unestablished product (which Pride is in the US) . And i highly doubt that CroCop and Barnett will work the show, just a few weeks after the OWGP finals. Not to mention Fedor, who’ll probably still be injured then. And didn’t Coleman go back to the UFC?
I’d rather pay $50 for a nosebleed seat for any of the Pride shows, than $100 for most any United Fighter Conformity (which is what ufc 61 charged for the same seats)
Maybe mr Arnold can find out if the Pride LV show will have the pride concession girl with the Sapporo beer keg on tap on her back.