[Diomedes]

Awesome. Thanks for posting.

[SakurabaSan]

I can't wait until they actually start writing about the mechanics of the sport instead of the business aspect.

[Beach Head]

Pwned!

[sublimeonskunk]

Originally Posted by SakurabaSan

I can't wait until they actually start writing about the mechanics of the sport instead of the business aspect.

For the casual fan and especially for a new sport the mechanics dont matter, its all about the benjamins, ratings etc.

[Black Jesus]

But the generation that is up all night making cheese sandwiches on George Foreman grills is hooked on board shorts and bare hands -- not the big red-gloved traveling circus.

I like this chick.

[ussoc21]

(vid) lawler vs mayhem: great fight.
my last attempt for somebody to post this for me: sorry to add unrelated shit but i tried to post this cause its the shit, intresting view of a great fight between ruthless and mayhem, if you haven't seen it already. i can't seem to start a new thread on my own says "forums down" tho i can read other posts just not make new ones or see threads on the main page.
part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPiOm...elated&search=
part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLi34...elated&search=
part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bcK2...elated&search=

is espn really even needed anymore? ufc took off without it and i think it would be more benificial for them to cover it than for the ufc. i know its more exposure-alot more, but is it really a nessissary goal anymore?

[Ed_209]

Originally Posted by ussoc21

(vid) lawler vs mayhem: great fight.
my last attempt for somebody to post this for me: sorry to add unrelated shit but i tried to post this cause its the shit, intresting view of a great fight between ruthless and mayhem, if you haven't seen it already. i can't seem to start a new thread on my own says "forums down" tho i can read other posts just not make new ones or see threads on the main page.
part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPiOm...elated&search=
part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLi34...elated&search=
part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bcK2...elated&search=

is espn really even needed anymore? ufc took off without it and i think it would be more benificial for them to cover it than for the ufc. i know its more exposure-alot more, but is it really a nessissary goal anymore?

How many thread did you post this in? The youtube links don't even work.

[whiteboy]

Originally Posted by themiz2003k

Hopefully they have some t.v. coverage, thats the goal

If you missed it they had Dana on ESPN News the other day on the hot seat. The guy was a big fan, you could tell (tuf noob he admitted)

[jjj83]

Floyd has a point. Most contending boxers would need only 1-2 years of TDD and grappling training to become serious championship UFC contenders. On the other hand, would any of the top MMA guys be any threat to a boxing title holder?? Give Floyd a year and he'd demolish the 156 lb class.

Right now, an MMA fighter would beat a top boxer. But that top boxer is "just around the corner" from annihilating most MMA fighters. CC (though he's a former kickboxer) learned TTD and look at him now. Butterbean even beat a Pride fighter.

[loke76]

Floyd is just a bonehead.. You wouldn´t even need liddel to finish him.. Buakaw, Zambidis or yamamoto would all send him home with his face in a doggy bag.. Fedor, CC, Liddell, Shogun would all make floyd their bitch.

Using CC as an example of boxers going to MMA is just stupid. First of all he was a kickboxer, probably with training in many other techniques from his time in the croation anti terror force. How many other boxer/kickboxers have made the same impact as CC, not many.. Butterbean = freakshow (fun to watch but freakshow none the less) Thinking that a boxer could lean TDD, SUB def and change his style of boxing to match MMA in 2 years is just stupid in my opinion. Just being a good boxer does not mean that you will hold up when someone really brings the pressure on all fronts