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Originally Posted by AikaImmortal
Yakuza is involved in every industry in Japan, from the major zaibatsus to the vending machine market. That's not what made me angry about Dana. From point 1, Dana was not to be made in charge of PRIDE Re: Fertittas. He was. He did little to nothing to get PRIDE back on their feet, claiming nobody wanted to work with a quote 'tainted product'. However, DREAMs and Sengoku are on TV in Japan, DREAMs having a TV slot at that. UFCs promotion in Japan was always weak, using WOWOW instead of the standard Bs-SKY Sattelite system. They let the WOWOW contract expire, and AFAIK are still not on television in Japan.
Dana let down lots of fight fans, and is generally grandiose in his self absorption. He has done little for helping Zuffa grow, and continues to perpectuate the Zuffa myth that THEY, rather than NJSAC created the Unified Rules. He has nothing to do with the matchmaking process, that is Joe Silva and others. Basically, he acts like the UFCs success is all about what he has done, when really it isnt. I hate seeing someone try to take credit for anothers hard work.
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Who was responsible for hiring Joe Silva? So who gets the credit for that?
And who went to the NJSAC with the question of "how do we make this socially acceptable and get sanctioning?"
I think you know the answer. And the statement that "He has done little for helping Zuffa grow" is one of the biggest misstatements I've ever heard. Either you're uninformed, or you're lying.