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 fighter contracts, on Wednesday MMAWeekly.com reported that there is a class action lawsuit on behalf of PRIDE fighters looking to get out of their contracts. White, in a conversation with the media on Thursday afternoon, denied any knowledge of the dispute.
Is the deal really completed? Still sounds somewhat unlikely to me, especially considering the news MMAWeekly broke Wednesday night that “multiple fighters under contract to DSE and Pride are filing a class action lawsuit against the organization for an undisclosed amount of money.”
Gross doesn’t provide any factual or public knowledge information that the deal is truly finalized, so until we hear an official word from Zuffa and/or PrideFC, I’m not holding my breath.
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