SeagullTim
Boomer Sooner
What does NSC prefer?
The Sweet Science or The Ultimate Fighting Championship?
The Sweet Science or The Ultimate Fighting Championship?
What does NSC prefer?
The Sweet Science or The Ultimate Fighting Championship?
Over the last 7 & 8 years i have seriously got into MMA and predominately that offered by the UFC organisation.
In my view the golden age of boxing is long dead. Once upon a time domestically you consistently had great fighters fights with protagonists like Eubank, Ben and Watson. Across the pond you had Hagler, Hearns, Leonard and Duran. One factor that ruined it for me was the creation of too many governing bodies. It got to the stage where there were too few unified champions at any weight.
In addition, there have been too many manufactured fighters who just have not deserved the hype and grooming and just been fed 'pap' to build up their credentials. Amir Khan and 'Fraudley' Harrison being two classic examples. The heavyweight scene has always been a good indicator of the health of boxing generally, and its no surprise that sine Tyson and Holyfield its been dreadful.
MMA takes time to appreciate and understand and you don't need to practice any form of it to get into it. Watch it over time and you start to appreciate the nuances particularly with aspects like Jujitsu. Appreciating the wrestling aspects can be hard because our perceptions are just Bid Daddy and WWE panto shows. Proper freestyle or Greco Roman is alien to us but a major sport in the US.
The UFC are the biggest and most successful organisation and best broadcasters of polished looking shows. Only Affliction comes close and just don't bother with UK MMA as i think it looks amateurish and full of too many bouncer types rather than true MMA athletes like Georges St Pierre or Anderson Silva. With the odd exception (Fedor!) the UFC attract the top fighters and despite a common misconception there are strict rules and its not a 'no holds barrred' cock fight.
People may not like the brashness of the UFC’s Dana White, but he is doing things in growing the sport and dispelling some of the awful misconceptions
I haven't voted as I think depending on who the fighters are it could be either.
Although I have watched MMA for some time I still get bored with fights that are taken to the floor for the entirety.
UFC is just another form of WWF wrestling. Its all fixed and based on story lines. The make-up artists earn more than the bloody fighters.
poor attempt to provoke reaction.
I think we have our wires crossed! and if we have then apologies. I'm referring to the UFC which is broadcast on the American networks.
I quote Robbie Bryce whom is a Pro-Wrestling journalist :-
"UFC is the new "sports entertainment" even if they dont care to admit it yet. How ironic it's home is Las Vegas. The city of UFC fans like Criss Angel and other illusionists.
Brock Lesnar winning will be a huge boast to a quickly growing UFC. It gives them a better chance then any other star other then Chuck Lidell of having a household name to build around. Not to mention having Lesnar as champion will bring over wrestling fans. Lesnar is young and has already been exposed to millions of people before UFC as a WWE star.
Believe it, this was all predetermined. Lesnar couldnt outwrestle a paperbag, couldnt make a NFL practice squad. Every professional sport he tried he failed. But pro wrestling and now UFC.
Hmm he became champion in an organization that is predermined in WWE and now the only second thing he succeded in is UFC. You gotta see the big picture to see Lesnar winning the title is no coincidence. UFC in the next year will be using alot of former WWE contracts to become even bigger. Is it little surprise then they are using one of WWE former stars as their marquee star?
It's that enough even Dave Meltzer has migrated into the field of covering UFC. Meltzer has been known in wrestling circles from anywhere from the Tom Brokaw of wrestling journalist to the Geraldo Rivera of wrestling journalist. And even Meltzer has jumped on the UFC bandwagon.
Next year THQ will produce Raw vs. Smackdown 2009 one last time. in 2010 THQ will make an offical UFC video game and will become their offical videogame maker. Dana White went as far as knocking WWE at a board meeting to THQ on how he knows UFC will be a bigger seller as a videogame franchise.
To top that off, next christmas at this time you will be seeing the last of WWE wrestling figures by Jakks toys, because as of Jan 2010 Jakks wll be the official lisenced company to produce TNA wrestling figures. But that's not all, did anyone know Jakks has also signed up American Gladiators and UFC to produce action figures of their talent/characters. Look for Jakks produced American Gladiator's figures sometime in 2009 and UFC figures in late 2009 early 2010.
Dana White is no dummy. He made two deals with soon to be former licensee's of WWE. Why then would it surprise anyone then that as a precursor Brock Lesnar has been crowned champ.
If I and my theory is correct, then look for Lesnar to either retain the title for the next year at least, or he may loose it but regain it several times and become a multiple time champion in the process, making him a respected champion either way. UFC and White will use Lesnar's name and star power to push themselves unto a whole other level by 2010.
If you add all this up, it makes perfect sense Lesnar became champion and in my opinion it points to the scenerio that UFC predertermined the outcome of the main event at UFC 91, so Lesnar could be the new posterboy for UFC's marketing campaign and revenue ties "
Mark my words, it may take years to come out, but UFC is predetermined just like WWE & WWF. Wrestling used to try and fool everyone years ago too in its infancy.
Do a bit of research on it, there are plenty of articles out there relating to the fact its all fictional.
Lesnar couldnt outwrestle a paperbag