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I'm a fan of MMA but here's why I'll never get on UFC bandwagon.
Signs CM Punk, seriously? Could you imagine HBO putting CM Punk on a Boxing PPV vs a scrub? This is what the UFC will do.
The James Toney fiasco, for a company and a sport desperate to be taken serious they put a fat, old boxer up against one of their legends on a PPV fight? Would Couture vs James Toney have been a boxing PPV? Yet people pay their money for this.
They try and steal other fighters/ athletes for their own. No history? No problem. Lets pretend Bruce Lee was the father of modern MMA and put him on a UFC game for sales.
Is Dana White really that pally with Mike Tyson? They are using a broke former boxing great giving him free tickets and publicity to try and hype up their sport. Mike transcended boxing and is known as a 'fighter' as much as a boxer, what does UFC do? try and steal him for their own post retirement and get him to hype the **** out of their product.
Despite all this, UFC commentators will mention and reference boxing greats in nearly every UFC fight I see. "Silva looks like Roy Jones/Muhammad Ali", "That guard is like George Foreman's cross guard". Then you have idiots like Joe Rogan who **** on boxing every opportunity they get.
I'm glad the fad is struggling recently, it's like a spiteful little brother to boxing. It's fun to watch and I'd catch more of it if it wasn't for these things. Quit trying to prove yourself and get on with making the good fights people want to see. Jones vs Cormier is a start.
Signs CM Punk, seriously? Could you imagine HBO putting CM Punk on a Boxing PPV vs a scrub? This is what the UFC will do.
The James Toney fiasco, for a company and a sport desperate to be taken serious they put a fat, old boxer up against one of their legends on a PPV fight? Would Couture vs James Toney have been a boxing PPV? Yet people pay their money for this.
They try and steal other fighters/ athletes for their own. No history? No problem. Lets pretend Bruce Lee was the father of modern MMA and put him on a UFC game for sales.
Is Dana White really that pally with Mike Tyson? They are using a broke former boxing great giving him free tickets and publicity to try and hype up their sport. Mike transcended boxing and is known as a 'fighter' as much as a boxer, what does UFC do? try and steal him for their own post retirement and get him to hype the **** out of their product.
Despite all this, UFC commentators will mention and reference boxing greats in nearly every UFC fight I see. "Silva looks like Roy Jones/Muhammad Ali", "That guard is like George Foreman's cross guard". Then you have idiots like Joe Rogan who **** on boxing every opportunity they get.
I'm glad the fad is struggling recently, it's like a spiteful little brother to boxing. It's fun to watch and I'd catch more of it if it wasn't for these things. Quit trying to prove yourself and get on with making the good fights people want to see. Jones vs Cormier is a start.
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