I still cannot see the reasoning for Dana/UFC giving Cro Cop tins cans.....That cannot be explained, he came off 2 BIG wins in one night in Pride. Everyone else got a fairly decent fighter going in, why not Mirko? -
Contracts are contracts. At the time Cro Cop was not that big out the MMA circles. It's like a cigar forum. Sure most everyone knows who "PJ" is when referring to cigars, but outside this forum is another story.
I dunno I just feel for 5 different fighters (most will go down as legends in the sport, if not all of them) to have the same effects from joining the UFC something must be going on.
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Yes, something is going on. It's called gaming commissions. The pride gaming commissions were set up to have a 10 minute first round and no elbows to a downed opponent. Also if you were broke up because you were against the ropes, you got back into the same position in the middle of the ring, not stood back up to strike. Those may seem like simple things, but from the fighters prep, game plan, etc they are HUGE!
Either Prides drug testing wasn't the best, or one of the organizations was fixing fights, paying refs, or some really BIAS refereeing going on. -
Nah I don't think there is some big conspiracy here.
I think the UFC is using the Pride fighters names and legacies to hype up these mediocre new guys to take over for the new generation. Picking bad fights, frustrating the fighters (Brock gets a title shot on his 3rd fight EVER?) and bullying them around buying up every promotion that pays worth a $hit. Also some of these guys get in the ring once a year, not nearly enough to keep their skills up. -
Dana and Zuffa have never been shy to let you know straight up they promote fights which are going to pay off the most. Sure I think there are more deserving people, but in the end it's a business and they promote who is going to sell tickets and PPV.
Further more, Hendo, Tito, Randy all left....and were forced to come back. There is nowhere else to go. To me this is the death of MMA. The UFC can do whatever they want, how long before they start fixing fights right in front of you like wrestling? -
I don't know how long you have been watching UFC. I have watched it from the very beginning. I remember sitting down with my brother and Dad and thinking this was going to be like the WCW fights maybe a little more. But from the second match, I knew this was something different. We all turned to each other and said "This is for real". I doubt you will ever see MMA turn into what the WCW and WWF have in WWE. Furthermore, it's a different genre all together really. Where I think MMA is having it's best advances is that it's filling the large gap left by boxing and the champions from before. They may seem like the only game in town for now, but there are a large number of other organizations that are looking to get a piece of that pie. I guess I am saying, like Fedor, the UFC will have to get knocked out eventually.