If u had been around at that time, following sports in the 1980s-90s-00s, you would know that it was not (and it´s still not) a winnable war back then, since there was possibly a 10 yrs technological gap btw testers and PEDs-user.
What Pride was technically sayin´ : we cant win this war and dont wanna lose time & money with it.
This was the UFC situation at the very same time:
Steroids were fully ingrained in the culture of the UFC by the time Kerr arrived.
Randy Couture, who debuted in the Octagon one event before Kerr, dismissed UFC’s testing protocol at the time as illegitimate.
“Everyone knew it was a joke,” Couture said. “They basically tossed you a cup and sent you to the bathroom, but I don't know why they even did it. I think it was to cross off a box.”
Kerr said doctors conducting pre-fight medicals ignored obvious warning signs of his steroid use.
"I remember sitting across the table from the doctor, and the doctor looking at my liver enzymes,” Kerr said. “When you do anabolics in high amounts it messes with your liver enzymes. The doctor was looking at me and looking at the liver enzymes and looking at me. He said, 'Do you realize this is eight times the normal amount you're supposed to have?' I said, ‘Yeah,' and that was it. They allowed me to fight."