UFC buys PRIDE - the comic book - This is Awesome, ***Translated***

[Gramercy Riffs]

This is from a Japanese Magazine that a friend in Japan sent me. I hope someone can translate this!
Now with Semi translations thanks to Zach Arnold and Claimin513


THE COVER OF THE MAGAZINE
The cover of the magazine or 'mook' - says PRIDE (yellow), Kameda (as in Koki Kameda - in red), pro-wrestling (in red), and K-1 in yellow. It's the cover of a scandal mook talking about the variously scandals in the fight industry. The fighter profiled on the front is Wanderlei Silva.



The second image is about PRIDE, UFC, Bodog, Elite XC, etc. with pictures of Fedor, Mirko, Takada, and Sakakibara.


The third image is about Fuji TV cutting off ties with PRIDE and Hustle in June of 2006.


The fourth image is images of Shukan Gendai magazines covering the 'boryokudan' (yakuza violence group) stories they ran about PRIDE.The fifth image is a total recreation of the whole yakuza scandal. The right side has a picture of a dark, mysterious man. This is supposed to be PRIDE's alleged virtual yakuza owner, Mr. I (aka Mr. Ishizaka aka Kim Dok-Soo). It's a series of images talking about the Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2003 disaster at Kobe Wing Stadium and it has pictures of Seiya Kawamata (threatened by DSE yakuza), Antonio Inoki, Hidehiko Yoshida (behind the J-ROCK logo), and Fuji TV producer Kunio Kiyohara (who is close with Sakakibara).

[Gramercy Riffs]

The sixth image is a picture of Fuji TV headquarters, and to the left are two Japanese girls pretending to be hush-hush while talking about the scandal. The next images are of Kato (producer of PRIDE) and Nobuyuki Sakakibara denying the yakuza allegations. The bottom image is a cartoon of the June 8th, 2006 PRIDE press conference with Sakakibara, Takada, and Hidehiko Yoshida.



The seventh image is Sakakibara denying the yakuza allegations, then underneath is a picture of Kazushi Sakuraba (leaving PRIDE to go to HEROs) and then an image of Sakuraba under the Tiger Mask gimmick with Akira Maeda. Underneath is an image of someone being bought off with cash.

The 8th image is Takada sad about Sakuraba leaving him to go with Maeda.

The 9th image is about Sakakibara and hovering over him is the mysterious owner of PRIDE (Ishizaka), with the right corner image talking about PRIDE trying to get onto Nippon TV.

[Gramercy Riffs]

The 10th image is about PRIDE cutting a deal with DMM (a primarily adult online movie subscription site) to have the Otoko Matsuri (Man Festiaval 2006 event) streamed on that site. Underneath those images appear to be a picture of Mirko Cro Cop and Josh Barnett (of the PRIDE 2006 Open-Weight GP tournament f inals). Underneath that is a dark image of two characters supposedly talking about PRIDE being on TV-Asahi.


The 11th image is about how PRIDE would have renamed itself "Condor" to be on TV-Asahi. It then goes on to say that PRIDE failed to get the TV deal done and that they would be on SkyPerfecTV, while K-1 with Tanigawa would have Sakuraba and Genki Sudo on its Dynamite show on Tokyo Broadcasting System.

The 12th image has Fedor, Yoshida, and Takanori Gomi working the Saitama Super Arena show for PRIDE. Then an image underneath that of the UFC 66 show in Las Vegas. Underneath that are images of Rampage Jackson, Dana White, and Mirko Cro Cop.

[Gramercy Riffs]

The 13th image is all three of those men together, with an image underneath of fans horrified and Sakakibara having to do damage control.

The 14th image is about PRIDE falling apart and Sakakibara meeting with the virtual owner to discuss selling PRIDE to UFC.

The 15th image is a writer saying that the initial price tag was lip service and that the PRIDE assets would be sold at a lower price tag. Then there are images of a smiling Dana White as Nobuyuki Sakakibara is bowing down and kissing up to him.

[Gramercy Riffs]

The 16th and 17th images are about Sakakibara selling PRIDE to Dana White and then an image of Calvin Ayre appears (as he courts Fedor).

[Gramercy Riffs]

[CanadianTopTeam]

For some reason im deeply disturbed

[FredGavioes]

hahhaha cool stuff, i didnt get anything

[CanadianTopTeam]

Please...for gods sake..somebody comment on this or ima lose my mind

[Gramercy Riffs]

Originally Posted by CanadianTopTeam

Please...for gods sake..somebody comment on this or ima lose my mind

Things I learned from this:

1. Sakikabara is deisel
2. Its gonna take allot of work for the general Japanes public to accept Dana White and the UFC
3. Eddie Sanchez is now an international superstar!