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Originally Posted by rfrankb4
Matt needed to get his ass sent packing for ignoring his boss and associating the UFC with a gambling site. I like his fights more than most but he crossed a line and i would have droped as well
Trigg well he talked his way to the top once and will be back again if he wnts but with 2x Ls to Matt and 1 very dominating loss to GSP he needs to move to pride or the smaller venues to get some wins on the list again before he will ever be a force in the UFC
Ivan - Great fighter that knows he will be back but when you are on a winners contract that expressly gives the UFC the right to can you if you lose and then he goes and does just that in insanly boring fashion on Live TV none the less Dana needed to send a message with him and Iven knows it.
MMA boxing and kickboxing fighters all are entertainers as much as fighters or they will not get paid cause someone has to be willing to pay to see them. In any of these classes fighters that avoid conflict for the duration of the fight will not be back right away regardless of the outcome cause who would pay to see a PPV of Ivan if all you knew about him was his fight style on Ultimate fight night.
All of these 3 are great fighters and will be back on one of the big shows i they want bt had to be let go and anyone that cant see that is simply ignoring the busiess facts at hand in an effort to further their ideology be it anti-dana or anti-UFC
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I see what you're saying, and yes, TUF will make the UFC money and gain MMA popularity... but is MMA really getting popular?
Do we, as hardcore fans, want to see a watered down yet popular, 'entertaining' brand of MMA, or the pure MMA that we love today? Less emphasis on the grappling aspect of MMA?
Yes, the UFC is becoming mainstream. But I think the question is, what happens once the UFC is popular? They have more money for fighters... but will every fighter be like Chuck Liddell, and will the ground game be completely eliminated?
It's making the UFC and MMA popular, but I question whether it's really MMA they're promoting.