Zuffa Purchases Strikeforce

And you have an opinion on this despite having not watched any recent UFC shows?

Just curious, because personally I wouldn't say that the ballet isn't what it used to be if I don't ACTUALLY watch ballet today. That would sound idiotic, wouldn't it?

 

You think the cards are better now?

 

Well, see my opinion would matter because I've watched every single UFC event. You making a statement one way or the other is simply spam as you have made a point to claim that you don't watch UFC events.

So, which is it? Do you watch or is your opinion meaningless?

:scratcher::scratcher::scratcher:

 

The last UFC I watched was Silva vs. Sonnen. It's no secret that there are fewer big fights on recent UFCs.

 

If it's not secret, then give me an example of all the current cards lacking 'big' fights compared to cards from 5 or 6 years ago.

I'll pull one out of my ass:

UFC 62 from 8/26/2006 headlined by Liddell versus Babalu

compared to

UFC 128 on 3/19/2011 headlined by Shogun versus Jon Jones

Personally, I think UFC 128 wins...

Maybe that was unfair since it was a shitty defense by Liddell. Let's pull out another one:

UFC 53 from 6/4/2005 headlined by a HW Championship fight between Arlovsky and Eilers

compared to

UFC 121 from 10/23/2010 headlined by a HW Championship fight between Lesnar annd Velasquez


Something tells me there are examples on both sides which means yet another ridiculous generalization by Steve_Dave in the MMA section. Typical.

 

Hey bro, think you can answer my post in this thread? Thanks! It's #82.

http://www.fightbeat.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39241&page=3

 

I didn't see a question. Ask me a question and, unlike you, I will answer.

And if you have a question about that thread, ask it in THAT thread. I'd hate for everyone to miss more gems from you in this one.

Nice try to get out of another corner but changing the discussion.

 

Thanks, man. I asked several times, while you were active in every other thread in this forum. You must have missed it. It's all good.

 

Speechless SD?

 

No, you're right. The UFC has always been pretty shitty. ::

I stand corrected.

 

SD bails on yet another discussion that he was over his head in.

 

The cards today are waay better than yesteryear with the UFC.

 

I'm not sure if you've been to a Strikeforce event in the last couple years but their attendance was somewhere around 4-7k each night. Now if they tried to sell tickets at a UFC ticket price they'd have a hard time filling up the Pearl. As a fanboy this is nice idea, but as far as making money, strengthening the UFC brand, and getting value out of the 10's of millions they just spent to acquire SF, this would be the dumbest move of all time.

 

Your entitled opinion but it's a completely ignorant one. From 2004-2008 The UFC would hold 2-3 must see PPV's a year and even then you'd be lucky to get 1 of those cards to have decent non main event fights. Now you can expect to see at least 4-5 blockbuster cards a year where you want to see every single bout.

Still disagree? Look at it this way: How many big fights happen each quarter in the last two years compared to how many big fights per YEAR the UFC put on 5 years ago? And better yet how many PPV events dies the UFC put out there now compared to then? 2-1, 3-1?? their revenue has doubled since then and it's due to people paying for things they want to see. If the fights were more shitty then they used to be, the PPV sales would be down in correlation.

 

No, seriously, I'm telling you that I stand corrected. ::

When have I ever bailed, even once?