Not 100 percent MMA related...but still topical.

[Sacrelicious]

What the hell is this??

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324880504578299693435845 664.html

They drop wrestling but they still award metals on how far some guy can jump? Or for goddamn badminton for christ sakes?

Anyone else baffled by this?

[sideloaded]

it didnt draw tv numbers, and people from wrestling didnt pay off the right people

[Vaughany]

yeah it's disgusting. Bigday had a breakdown this morning after hearing about it.

On the flipside you'll get some of the elite wrestlers going straight in to MMA. If not for the Olympics we might have seen Jordan Burroughs in MMA already #alliseeissinglets

[Sacrelicious]

it didnt draw tv numbers, and people from wrestling didnt pay off the right people

No way in hell it draws less then table tennis...

As for the latter point ,quite possibly.

[sideloaded]

yeah it's disgusting. Bigday had a breakdown this morning after hearing about it.

On the flipside you'll get some of the elite wrestlers going straight in to MMA. If not for the Olympics we might have seen Jordan Burroughs in MMA already #alliseeissinglets

dont forget about elena pirozhkova

[sideloaded]

No way in hell it draws less then table tennis...

As for the latter point ,quite possibly.

table tennis is HUGE in china. no joke.

[Vaughany]

yeah table tennis is big time in all of Asia

[Boxscout]

Wow. Taking Wrestling out of The Olympics? I find it particularly outrageous that they replaced it with two pro sports: rugby and golf.

IOC is corrupt, but I don't think it's a question of pay offs. Who exactly administers those? I think it's more a question of them realizing they can sell more tickets and make more money by replacing amateur sports with professional sports and big stars.

I don't even follow wrestling, but this is probably the straw that breaks the camel's back for me. If I want to watch a soulless cash grab, I have plenty of other options that don't air at 4:00 am every four years.

[sideloaded]

where is defacto? Figured he'd be rejoucing that the sport invented by homosexuals to learn how to rape other men is gone.

[Thor4140]

BigDay just starter recovering from the above average wrestler Fitch losing fiasco, and now this?

[sideloaded]

[Grabaka]

Amazing control. Beautiful move.

[Boxscout]

So I guess if someone was nicknamed "The Puppet," it would have a different implication than it does in boxing.

[Cryogenetic]

Who doesnt love a little buttdrag every once and a while.

Wrestling is still one of the oldest sports; does speedwalking really have more viewers?

[Grabaka]

Sadly yes i would think. We dont get to see olympic Wrestling here in Mexico but speedwalking is a big deal. Ridiculous

[Vaughany]

Wow. Taking Wrestling out of The Olympics? I find it particularly outrageous that they replaced it with two pro sports: rugby and golf.

IOC is corrupt, but I don't think it's a question of pay offs. Who exactly administers those? I think it's more a question of them realizing they can sell more tickets and make more money by replacing amateur sports with professional sports and big stars.

I don't even follow wrestling, but this is probably the straw that breaks the camel's back for me. If I want to watch a soulless cash grab, I have plenty of other options that don't air at 4:00 am every four years.

lol golf, seriously?!