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Was That A Great UFC 100 Or What? (No, Really, Tell Me)
New York, 8:17 PM
Mon Dec 7
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Arturo Gatti had a one in 50 billion freak of a fighting spirit. He had to die young, a dude like that can't fade away. Rest in peace warrior.
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Forrest Griffin-Shogun Rua
Roger Huerta-Clay Guida
Guida-Diego Sanchez
Guida-Tyson Griffin
I just watched Gatti-Ward 1 Round 9. If all boxing matches were like that, I'd be a boxing fan.
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If it becomes more popular, where they can be guaranteed money without a direct income from TV viewers, they can move on without it; plus, if its more popular, that means more SPONSORS (oh what a glorious word to the fledgling leagues of the world) and more sponsors mean more free shit for us.
07/12/09
Add the above to the fact that the fighters in UFC are locked in to ridiculous contracts, underpaid, and unable to control their own marketing and you have a recipe for looming disaster.
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Also, unless Bud Light, Burger King, Harley Davidson and the bunch of movies and fight-related sponsors that have latched on to the sport don't count, they are getting plenty of sponsor recognition.
07/12/09
Your PPV experience has at most 1 movie trailer in it and a bunch of ads on the canvas. I'd call that pretty commercial-free. The TUF Finales and UFNs show you what commercial-laced events look like.
And as far as a recipe for disaster, EliteXC proved that its OVERPAID fighters that are a recipe for disaster.
07/12/09
UFC made $222 million in PPV alone in 2006. Its bullshit that a fighter is getting a $20k show fee for 8 months of work. You could make more money at Starbucks.
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And the lifetime appearance/likeness clause is definitely lame from a fighter's perspective, but look at it from a viewer/fan's perspective - if they don't have it, we never would get to look back at UFC 1 or any of the old fights etc because the rights would be all tied up with each individual fighter. Would I like to see a way that the fighters get paid from it? Certainly. But I'm too selfish that I have to add "but not at the risk of never getting to see the fights on tv or dvd again".
07/12/09
Don't get me wrong, I love the sport...been a fan since the late 90's. But I hate seeing these athletes put their lives on the line for the "opportunity" to get rich while others get rich for putting on the show, regrdless of the outcome. Every sport in history has had the same issues...shit, the NFL still cant treat its former players with class or respect for the years they put in to making the league what it is today. These guys are taking years off of their lives for our entertainment and should be properly compensated for doing so. Especially when the parent company theyre working for is swimming in profit.
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Its the same reason why non-basketball fans know who Ron Artest is, non-hockey fans know who Sean Avery is and non-football fans know who TO is. The bad guys get people talking.
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