UFC's super fight just became their saddest moment

[Redd Foxx]

lmao at your pic, and yourre right a friend I was watching with explained that to me. nice move by wideman but we still never got to see who was truly the better man both fights were close and got stopped early due to antics and a rare leg snap. had both fights continued who knows who would of won. but that's the fight game anything can happen and wiedeman can out on top both times regardless how it happend

You got no clue about the sport then. Weidman kicked his ass in the first round of each fight, knocked his ass out by having superior footwork, and snapping his leg by checking the kick. It's clear who the better fighter is, at least in 2013.

[R_Walken]

Havent seen the fight yet. But it'll be interesting to see what UFC does next year because their only PPV attraction left is Jones and although a heck of a fighter he doesn't sell well. I'm not really rooting for the UFC I like the sport but the UFC pimp their fighters financially and Dana White is a PoS and doesn't respect the fighters.

[MBE]

Hell no they don't! That's the thing with competitive sports, best fight the best and it should be like that. Not sissify it like they're doing a lot in boxing. Development belongs in the gym and training, experience should come out of the fight itself. I love when a fighter/boxer earn their **** the hard way, shows the greatness within him.

I totally agree the best should fight the best-eventually. But you have to let some fights marinate to build the interest in the fighters and the sport.


Imagine if Golovkin fights Andre Ward next. Why not when they both admit its a fight they are looking at for the future?

The reason is because the Golovkin hype-train will be derailed and all the money and exposure for the sport made off of it will be flushed away too early. As of now the fight is a world championship boxing headliner. Let both fighters grow their reputations apart and it will come together as a PPV blockbuster in 12-18 months.

As much as I want to see the best fight the best, I understand and appreciate the necessity of the business model to keep the sport going.

UFC has a tough future ahead of itself if it can't develop a star who can hold a title long enough to perk the casuals interest.

[soul_survivor]

I watched some documentary on the UFC (in the background as I was doing some work) it seems like they suffered some big losses early in their development involving their star fighters and even recently with Brock Lesnar but have been able to recover. Jon Jones appears to be their biggest star now and apparently his last PPV only did 325,000 buys. With Silva and GSP out of the picture they got their work cut out for them. Their heavyweight division is even worse than boxing.

They do have a great TV contract with FOX though and their fighters arent paid highly, so its not about to "die".

That's utter crap and you know it and if you don't then you don't know **** about 2 sports

The heavyweight division has competitive and exciting fights coupled with everyone knowing who the real champ is.

Hand it to the UFC cos they deserve the credit for putting on the best fights, it's what most fans want in this sport. Sadly we don't get it and spend more time talking about made up fantasy events than actual great fights.

2013 been slightly better with Garcia/Matt, Rigo/Donaire, Bradley/JMM, Wlad/Pov and so on but rarely do we get so many relevant fights.

[Pain~Lucy]

now I fear for RJJ's health

[Furn]

For those who haven't seen it.

Warning very graphic.






[IMG]http://i368.***********.com/albums/oo130/Furn15/e3a5f7589003ed4af508724d9510c912.jpg[/IMG]

[jas]

For those who haven't seen it.

Warning very graphic.






[IMG]http://i368.***********.com/albums/oo130/Furn15/e3a5f7589003ed4af508724d9510c912.jpg[/IMG]

Lol. Good one.

[Beater_of_ass]

I agree - boxing does it wrong. Bum tours that do nothing but possibly some name building at expense of experience and then just the opposite, destroys careers in hopes of classic trilogies with quick turnaround rematches after brutal fights. Boxing needs a balance of easy fights and tough fights as the head trauma can quickly ruin a career.

Hard fight after hard fight, is not the way to build a boxer. It's not the way to build a NFL, MLB or NBA team either. You are supposed to have guys you steamroll to help your confidence and work on things you wouldn't be able to in a last fight. When the Dolphins or Saints play a ****ty team you can sure as hell beat they try things they aren't that great at that they wouldn't against Patriots or Seahawks. It is no different in boxing and it isn't different in the UFC, you don't need to be cradled like Broner and Canelo but you don't need the Rios treatment either where he faces Alvarado, Manny and now possilby Ruslan.

[Nooblet]

them white fghters were so happy it brought the cowboy out of them everytime they won. all it lacks was for them to shout "white power" and things will be complete. hahaha!

[Evol]

Is topic started ******ed?? Ufc star is over?? U do realized the ufc more top guys right? Ufc is not like boxing where u have different promotion company. Dana owns all the fighters, with Anderson out there's still like 10 top selling champs.