Very cool story here.
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As MMA faced bans and backlash in the United States during the 1990s, Japan embraced the sport as spectacle — and criminal organizations saw opportunity. Law enforcement and experts explain how PRIDE FC became a powerful asset for organized crime, offering both massive profits and a way to launder illicit money.
The episode examines the shadowy figures behind PRIDE’s rise, including the so-called “Phantom of PRIDE,” and the mysterious death that exposed the promotion’s ties to the Yakuza.
United Gangs of America pulls back the curtain on the intersection of combat sports, organized crime, a
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Shatei
81 are watching this thread govern yourself accordingly
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Pride was 10x better than the ufc.
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And PRIDE was superior to any other organization that ever existed. Now do the chicago mob ties that the fertitas have. Or how they allegedly killed their cousin here in town.
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Yakuza should have poked out Gerald Geordie’s eye ball
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Somebody put the yakuza back in charge please.
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