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06-10-2008, 11:34 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2008
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The UFC will be ruined period.
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06-10-2008, 11:34 AM
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#982 (permalink)
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Join Date: Jan 2008
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it's not good for our sport to be partly owned by fake pro wrestling.
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06-10-2008, 11:34 AM
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Mauricio Rua: Next UFC LHW Champion
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Armbar, USA
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Vince=Failure
His brand isn't even the best wrestling
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Rua Bros, Wandy, Nog Bros, Fedor, Akiyama, T.Alves, Demian Maia, GSP, Sudo, Renzo, Almeida, Andy Silva
Mauricio Rua is the UFC LHW champion. MMA died Sunday October 25th, 2009
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06-10-2008, 11:34 AM
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Orange Belt
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Chicago
Posts: 263
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jerbabe22
They bought the UFC for very little & if they sell now, they'll have made an enormously HUGE profit. It completely makes sense for them to sell now. This is arguably the apex of MMA right now.
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Actually, from what I've read, it isnt. And I certainly hope it isnt because the fighters are still not getting paid much considering what they do, and if this is the best they can achieve, MMA will never grow.
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06-10-2008, 11:35 AM
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#985 (permalink)
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 27
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Quote:
Originally Posted by benjamin1cs
We're scared of it because we saw what Vince McMahon did to football. Does the name XFL ring a bell? It was one of the stupidest, most ill-conceived, ill-executed business ventures in sports history. It turned a legitimate sport (i.e. football) into a laughingstock. Remind me again why I would be happy with this man getting involved with MMA? McMahon has proven he can do one thing, and do it well: sensationalized, steroid-fueled stage wrestling that invariably appeals to the lowest common denominator and the stupidest people on the planet.
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Yea football was ruined by the XFL...the NFL is dead...ur a moron
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06-10-2008, 11:35 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 595
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Originally Posted by Grimjaw
Out of all the speculated threads, this one makes the most sense. I mean people are ignorant to beleive Dana would make a "Big" Anoouncement about a Chuck liddell fight. Has he ver did that before? How would a Chuck fight change MMA for 5 years?
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And how would this change MMA for 5 years? This would only change UFC, and not all that much. Unless there's an announcement about cross promotion, etc....... yawn.
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"It's a shame stupidity isn't painful" -- Sherdog random shot
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06-10-2008, 11:36 AM
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Blue Belt
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 892
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SandyC_007
That is exactly what i was thinking. Why do the fertitas want to let go of a gold mine??
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People sell gold mines all the time, literally and figuratively. You can only get a little gold out at a time. When you sell, you price it based on the estimated amount of gold still left inside. Selling out when the sport is at its apex is actually a solid financial move. They sell based on estimated future value of the company, and if this MMA craze falters, well thats the new owners problem.
Buy low, sell high, that's pretty much basic investing.
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06-10-2008, 11:36 AM
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#988 (permalink)
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Orange Belt
Join Date: Mar 2008
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My worst fear is coming true if this is true then MMA is on it's way to becoming boxing.
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"The coward threatens when he is safe." Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
“I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.” Winston Churchill
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06-10-2008, 11:36 AM
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#989 (permalink)
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Orange Belt
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Huntington Beach
Posts: 283
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So does this mean "HE Hate ME" will be fighting anytime soon?
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06-10-2008, 11:37 AM
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Thumbwrestling Grand Champion
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: A figurehead on a ship of fools
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The real question isn't how is Vince going to do in the sport, it's why are the Fertittas bringing in another powerhouse? Seems like all the old murmers [of the UFC failing as the other "New-Pride"s emerge] might have some substance. Look at all the fighters that were either booted from or left on a bad note from the UFC. Other organizations are the way of the future, they just all seem poorly structured right now and need more time to flourish.
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