[doomsday76]

Little early to be writing them off.

[Gatorman]

Yep I noticed that there were a bunch of empty seats but still Dream 3 was great. SSA is a huge arena so packing it is an awesome task. I hope for MMA's sake that Dream makes it. The last thing any MMA fan wants is a Monopoly.

[SJP_SevenLaker]

Originally Posted by Mastodon2

UFC 3 wasn't exactly a roaring success either

and nobody got on their knees right after it either.

[pikapikabdawg]

It was only their third event and the attendance was higher than most of the UFC's. TS are you bitter or something, or are you their financial advisor?

[Grandprixchamp]

21,700+ people is still 21,700+ people. That was still a good turn out but has the UFC even proved if they can sell out a 37,000+ seat arena?? Trust me, I bet you they will pack the house, and I think they can do it on NYE when Fedor's in town.

[U.S. Soldier]

Originally Posted by Rozwell

Why any self-proclaimed mma "fan" would want to see any mma promotion fold up and die is beyond me. The more MMA the better IMO.

Well, besides YAMMA maybe.

True. Its just that they are an org fan instead of being an MMA fan

[pre92lude]

Originally Posted by Hamm

We always heard from the Pride nut riders that pride was great because they packed a 40k seat arena, and it didnt matter that they didnt have a tv deal or sell PPVs, bla bla bla.

Well, Dream cant even fill the stadium, if anyone of you UFC bashing fruits didnt have your blinders on you might have noticed that the entire upper half of the arena was dead empty. Not a soul in sight, and there were even empty seats on the lower tier. If Dream cant fill that arena they must not have much interest from the Japanese fans. Pride could not survive on a full house, Dream is doomed to fail if they dont start filling those seats.

pride couldn't survive on ticket sales and american pvp buys alone. they needed japanese tv. dream is on japanese tv.

[Kämpe]

Originally Posted by Rozwell

Why any self-proclaimed mma "fan" would want to see any mma promotion fold up and die is beyond me. The more MMA the better IMO.

Well, besides YAMMA maybe.

I agree.

[scoad]

don frye is awesome, yamma.... not so much

[saigonhustla]

dream will succeed once they get better names fighting like cro cop and fedor. but still, i'd rather pay to see ufc 99 then dream 13 anyday. i might eat my words later. oh well. good luck to wanderlei. dean of mean is gonna have his hands full come fight day. greg jackson's gotta have some ingenious strategy up his sleeve come fight day.