All Purpose UFC/MMA/That Kind Of Thing Thread

She had to get nekkid at the weigh-in just to make weight.
The best part is one of the guys holding a towel to keep her covered is trying his best (and failing!) to not take a quick peek.

 

Please tell me (and every other male on this site) that you have some video proof of this.

 

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Dammit. You can't see shit! She's covering up when the towels fall.

 

I've seen street fights of Kimbo taking much tougher punches and just standing there without moving. I think he got caught rushing in and it cost him his aura.

 

About the 4:30 mark is when the action starts, following much hype.

It is endlessly appropriate that the constantly excited Gus Johnson announces this farce.

Rocky lives, indeed.

 

I didn't like MMA before this. I like it even less now. If I had to put a percentage on it, it'd be a negative one.

I'd rather watch two bird-chested featherweights box than watch this street brawl garbage.

 

Whatever shred of legitimacy Elite XC had was flushed down the toilet, thanks to Seth Petruzelli.

Petruzelli, who knocked out Kimbo Slice Saturday night, claimed that Elite XC told him he was not allowed to take down the company's meal ticket.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/mma_experts/post/EliteXC-told-Petruzelli-he-wasn-t-ALLOWED-to-tak;_ylt=Ahw237oe1vrE.S.YOBzjxzQ9Eo14?urn=mma,112987

Cripes. Elite should have taken it one step further and paid Petruzelli to take a dive. Why not turn the fight into more of a sideshow joke?

MMA has a tough time being viewed as a legitimate sport. Paying a fighter not to take down Kimbo Slice makes the Elite look ridiculous and damages the public perception (such as it is) of the sport.

 

I know for a fact that some of the less legitimate MMA events do works of their matches. I was told this by one of the promoters for said match. It's just to build the crowd's excitement for the next event. If done correctly it can be a huge draw for the next event, unfortunately they're not done correctly most of the time.

 

Forgetting about Kimbo, in some interesting news...

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gQfvaF-3NwnP4y5iLwUWcT48rb1g

It's interesting because MMA in Japan is currently in a valley and really needs some new Kazushi Sakuraba level superstars. Ishii has the potential to become one of those.

 

They definitely need a boost in Japan, but they also need an organization to carry Ishii. Ever since Pride went belly up, the UFC has been "stealing" away all the great fighters from the Japan circuit.

The market in Japan is ripe, but it's a corrupt market. I'd like to see another org jump into the mix in Japan, just to give UFC a little competition. I love UFC, but I'm getting tired of Dana White's proclamations that if it's not UFC, it's not MMA.

 

The main thing with Japanese MMA has always been stars.

For instance on Yahoo Sports a while back there was a story about the ten highest-rated Japanese matches.

http://sports.yahoo.com/top/news?slug=dm-mmatopten122107&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

No one the UFC has signed way is on that list.

There are some fights out there for Ishii that could draw some big TV ratings. He will draw ratings, and if he can become a top-level fighter who knows…