Bellator’s yearlong world heavy grand prix is off to a good start , but when it comes to MMA tournaments, which promotion is king? That’s the question we asked readers and radio listeners for the Daily Debate feature on MMAjunkie Radio. The UFC ushered in the concept of tournaments – single night, no less – when the promotion launched in 1993 as more spectacle than sport. However, the Japan-based PRIDE promotion launched a few years later and took the sport-spectacle – and grand-prix tournaments – to the next level with elaborate, star-studded and legendary shows. Related Are tournaments the cure for what ails MMA? Bellator then fully embraced the format, and upon its launch in 2009, announced itself as a tournament-based promotion
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Daily Debate: With tournaments and grand-prix events, which MMA promotion is king? – MMA Junkie