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Originally Posted by Achilles
To HDNet Fights:
I love the channel and was thrilled to see the two Dream Cards this weekend.
Also the "watching HDNet at a Friend's house" scrolling across the bottom had me and my friend's cracking up. My good friend will be moving in a few months, he will be getting Dish Network at his new apartment just so he can subscribe to HDNet, even though he doesn’t have an HD Television.
With all of that said, the commentary on both shows was simply atrocious. Not just because the action and general noise in the arena were often louder than the commentators, but the overall lack of energy in the commentary booth (which may have attributed to the pBp being difficult to hear). While I like Trigg as a fighter and I think Kenny Rice does a good job playing second Fiddle to Bas, they don't need to do commentary with one another again... ever. Because Kenny Rice was one of the commentators I assume that you guys control who does commentary for the Dream Shows. Bas already does work for you on Inside MMA and he is almost unanimously agreed upon as the best commentator by those of us in the know. Sitting him on the sidelines and giving Trigg the nod seems like a major blunder. You could easily put together a Bas / Quadros or Bas / Mauro (sp.) team and give the events more energy. More energy in the booth translates into more energy in the living room, which would likely translate into more HDNet subscribers.
Also, thank you for not having the camera on Ron Kruck during the shows intros. That was really disappointing on the Fedor card and I was thrilled to see that improvement.
Keep up the good work and your subscriber base will keep growing.
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Agreed, for the most part.
I don't really like Bas/Quaddros or Bas/Mauro, but I really wasn't digging the commentary on the Dream events (or the royalty free rock that overwrote the actual entrance songs... did you only purchase three royalty free tracks? It was wretched and despite my desire to watch the entrances I started fast forwarding every time).
The commentary team seems to get a little lost.
They talk about other matches than the one that is happening.
They often talk about a position change that is coming, then don't change what they are seeing when a position change actually happens.
They don't seem excited to be there.