man FOX has to be regretting the money they dumped into UFC big time.

[teaserpleaser]

Just let Leonard Garcia fight on FOX..I hate watching him fight..but ppl who don't normally watch will enj

Jesus knows whats up unskilled brawler who just throws bombs its why garcia will probably never ever get cut and antonio mckee who can be rather boring but is ufc caliber is looking for a job.

[Vaughany]

[Dutchie]

need more blood and anaconda's

[hels]

Dana'a tweet:

"The 2.7 HH overnight <s>@</s>UFCONFOX earned is +42% better than FOX’s Saturday prime time average the 4 weeks prior (1.9).” thanks UFC fans

I don't really understand it so if someone can explain that would be great. I'm just assuming that Fox had 2.7 % of viewers which is better than the 1.9% the previous 4 Saturday nights?

[NunyaBidness]

It means that 2.7% of houses in the US that have televisions tuned into the program. Which is better than the mean of the prior 4 weeks which was 1.9% of households tuning in at the same timeslot.

[daimoshokage]

Bunch of whiners around here like Queer Mayan but this idiot will still watch UFC shows on Fox because it's free..

[King Mayan]

Bunch of whiners around here like Queer Mayan but this idiot will still watch UFC shows on Fox because it's free..

you dumb phag... Stfu and go suck some goats cokk..


coward..

[daimoshokage]

you dumb phag... Stfu and go suck some goats cokk..


coward..

You cry and whine about free stuff.. Typical of a broke fukk dumbfukk like you.. Go clean my pool ese!

[King Mayan]

You cry and whine about free stuff.. Typical of a broke fukk dumbfukk like you.. Go clean my pool ese!

You're still talking lil punk bitch..

You feel safe behind that computer huh??

Coward.

[MC PICKS]

Nobody wants to watch 2 guys wrestle on the ground, as soon as they get rid of that part of the sport then it will be good to watch. When they show it on fox for free they should only schedule guys who arent grapplers to suck in the sheep so then they will fork over 60 bucks later for a PPV and then they get to watch 2 guys wrestle around and there aint shit they can do cause the moneys spent. At 1 am eastern sat night there was 3 boxing matches on nbc sports (old versus) and that shit was entertaining, boxing will always be king, unless they get rid of grappling in MMA.

[gabe]

Mayan--

What would you rather do, COUNT THE GREEN?? or GET IN-BETWEEN- them titties?????

[v1y]

Nobody wants to watch 2 guys wrestle on the ground, as soon as they get rid of that part of the sport then it will be good to watch. When they show it on fox for free they should only schedule guys who arent grapplers to suck in the sheep so then they will fork over 60 bucks later for a PPV and then they get to watch 2 guys wrestle around and there aint shit they can do cause the moneys spent. At 1 am eastern sat night there was 3 boxing matches on nbc sports (old versus) and that shit was entertaining, boxing will always be king, unless they get rid of grappling in MMA.

So you want kickboxing... ?

Too many retarded posts in this thread to address them all.

All that needs to be said is that MMA in its current state is viable to grow and become a mainstream sport, and that MMA right now is better than it ever has been in virtually every conceivable way. (Okay, so I want knees on the ground too, but we can't all win!)

[daimoshokage]

You're still talking lil punk bitch..

You feel safe behind that computer huh??

Coward.

Funny how you complain about a show that you didn't even put a single cent on.. Go back to mexico you fukking boarder crosser..

[King Mayan]

Funny how you complain about a show that you didn't even put a single cent on.. Go back to mexico you fukking boarder crosser..

boarder crosser.. Good one.. Have anymore lil coward...

Now go talk shit in the Internetz..

[NYSportsGuy210]

Let's just get a triple card main event....(1) Anderson Silva vs. George St. Pierre

(2) Jon Bones Jones vs. Rashad Evans

(3) Alistair Overeem vs. Fedor Emeliorenko


That would be an interesting card.

[beermankirk]

Fedor would not be interesting against an in his prime Overeem. Fedor from 3-4 years ago might have been.

[MC PICKS]

So you want kickboxing... ? Too many retarded posts in this thread to address them all. All that needs to be said is that MMA in its current state is viable to grow and become a mainstream sport, and that MMA right now is better than it ever has been in virtually every conceivable way. (Okay, so I want knees on the ground too, but we can't all win!)

What i want to see is a real fight when it hits the ground, what we have now is a real fight on feet and then when you hit the ground it turns into high school wrestling with minimal punching, i want to see fighting on the ground like in the streets.

[Vaughany]

Nobody wants to watch 2 guys wrestle on the ground, as soon as they get rid of that part of the sport then it will be good to watch. When they show it on fox for free they should only schedule guys who arent grapplers to suck in the sheep so then they will fork over 60 bucks later for a PPV and then they get to watch 2 guys wrestle around and there aint shit they can do cause the moneys spent. At 1 am eastern sat night there was 3 boxing matches on nbc sports (old versus) and that shit was entertaining, boxing will always be king, unless they get rid of grappling in MMA.

[MC PICKS]

Not trying to shit on the sport, i just think there is things that could be done to make it huge, i agree with v1y that it is in a position to grow enormously, but back to back shit showings on national TV is not gonna make that happen faster. Little less wrestle, little more fists and feet flying and some knockdowns and for a home run ball some blood, and you got yourselves a serious moneymaker. It also doesnt help to promote the sport when the idiot president calls the fans stupid like white did after the 1st fox premier when the fight lasted a short time.

[FindTheLock]

some of the most exciting fights I have ever seen were between 2 grappling based fighters. Knees on the ground and kicks to a downed opponent should be legal, but what can you do? Rules are there for both fighters to follow, so they have to adapt to the rules to conquer this sport.

[MC PICKS]

some of the most exciting fights I have ever seen were between 2 grappling based fighters. Knees on the ground and kicks to a downed opponent should be legal, but what can you do? Rules are there for both fighters to follow, so they have to adapt to the rules to conquer this sport.

If they changed the rules slightly in the cases you cited that might be the spark that gets it over the top, as for wrestling i would actually prefer to watch a regular wrestling match because at least when they are on the ground the ultimate goal is to get a pin, these guys just flail around till the end of the round 9 out of 10 times, its boring because only once in a great while you will see someone get the submit or get them exposed and get some good face shots in. Its called ultimate fighting, i say let em fight.

[5mike5]

Nobody wants to watch 2 guys wrestle on the ground, as soon as they get rid of that part of the sport then it will be good to watch. When they show it on fox for free they should only schedule guys who arent grapplers to suck in the sheep so then they will fork over 60 bucks later for a PPV and then they get to watch 2 guys wrestle around and there aint shit they can do cause the moneys spent. At 1 am eastern sat night there was 3 boxing matches on nbc sports (old versus) and that shit was entertaining, boxing will always be king, unless they get rid of grappling in MMA.

boxing is a bigger joke than WWE, except nobody cares or watching boxing anymore!

what a joke

[teaserpleaser]

Lol at boxing will always be king.... Boxing is like baseball its fan base is old and dying off... mma fan base growing everyday. Guys dont understand the ground because if you did you would enjoy it. If the action gets stale ufc refs are good at stand ups to keep the action going sometimes too fast.

[ttrace35]

We need soccer kicks, and stomps to the head of a downed opponent. Just like the glory days of pride. I remember Phil Baroni in a classic match against Minowa. Fight ended in a street corner-type, stomping by Baroni. Bushido #7. One of the best fights I have ever seen.

[teaserpleaser]

Commision would never go for that any of them.... I miss pride too. Ps dave strasser had a show with vale tudo rules in wis but dont know if its still around was pre commision days.

[teaserpleaser]

You remember when pride came stateside you see any soccer kicks?

[ttrace35]

You remember when pride came stateside you see any soccer kicks?

Yea. No soccer kicks allowed in this country. Wack.

[teaserpleaser]

They were talking about knees to the head of a grounded opponent that would be cool but that didnt happen.

[ttrace35]

Wandelei Silva would have never had the great career he had, if he fought in ufc his whole career. That man was king of the soccer kick. Remember him destroyin sakaraba....

[BIGDAY]

Think of this way for once though... It may have done good. Picture the women that wouldn't let their men watch it or introduce it to their kids and such. Well, being on FOX they could watch it easily. I can see a few of those ladies saying, "that's not as bad as I pictured it to be..." and such.

I had a few people over and 2 were girl friends of guys that came over. They were mildly entertained and asked when the next event was. Can you imagine if it was a blood bath? I don't think FOX would want that either... I honestly thought it was a good start for prime time. Then again, I can sit down and watch a defensive wrestling match with a final score of 3-2 and decided by an overtime.

[SharpBoxing]

boxing is a bigger joke than WWE, except nobody cares or watching boxing anymore!

what a joke

yeah thats why the top boxers make more money in one fight than all UFC fighters combined make in a year.

[GatorTD]

Dana'a tweet:

"The 2.7 HH overnight <s>@</s>UFCONFOX earned is +42% better than FOX’s Saturday prime time average the 4 weeks prior (1.9).” thanks UFC fans

I don't really understand it so if someone can explain that would be great. I'm just assuming that Fox had 2.7 % of viewers which is better than the 1.9% the previous 4 Saturday nights?

So two times as many people watched it instead of 5 year old reruns of Cops. Sweeeet.

My personal opinion is its still a niche sport, and always will be. Theres nothing wrong with that though

[gabe]

yeah thats why the top boxers make more money in one fight than all UFC fighters combined make in a year.

yeah, that's why the lowest paid UFC fighters make more than upper-mid level boxers.

if UFC had been around for decades like live boxing has, you don't think they would be making more? you're silly.

[SharpBoxing]

yeah, that's why the lowest paid UFC fighters make more than upper-mid level boxers.

if UFC had been around for decades like live boxing has, you don't think they would be making more? you're silly.

Yeah I really doubt UFC or MMA is going to get any bigger than it is now.

[gabe]

Yeah I really doubt UFC or MMA is going to get any bigger than it is now.

It's bigger now than it was in January 2011.

In January 2011, it was bigger than it was in January 2010.

In January 2010, it was bigger than it was in January 2009.

In January 2009, it was...you get the picture.

More shows in Brazil, UK, Australia, first show coming up in Sweden; shows in other countries, expanding nationwide, growing on network television--- you're right, there is absolutely no reason to believe that it will continue to get bigger. You are a silly, silly person.