It's my understanding that Affliction is having a really big problem making money, which is a shame, because I've liked all of their events so far. If they can find a way to put a show out 3-4 times a year, with the cards they have so far, they'll go a long way to restoring what Pride was all about. I just don't think they can do it.
Zuffa thought they would have first dibs on all of those Pride contracts, but actually didn't. Huge oversight on their part. Regardless, they did get most of the big names: Big nog, hendo, wandy, cro cop, shogun, even the african assassin. Fedor was the big fish that got away. Burnett and Lindland had already burned those bridges. I find it hard to call us fans supreme losers, we've been treated to some pretty fine MMA these past few years.
I'm not entirely sure what you want. Do you want one supreme organization putting out 6-8 cards a year? Or just have the UFC to revert back to a few shows a year and disperse of half its roster?
Anyways, sorry I'm not that articulate in terms of my english, but hopefully you can decipher some of what I speak!