Can UFC rely on PFL for a PRIDE-style talent infusion?

Eventually PFL is going to have to make a big decision, for better or for worse.

We spent our Christmas 2024 Podcast talking about the impact of the infusion of PRIDE talent in UFC after the Japanese promotion collapsed. It bought Zuffa several good years of marquee fights involving Antonio Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nogueira, Dan Henderson, and Wanderlei Silva.

With a middling First Quarter looming ahead for the UFC in terms of meh-quality…