TUF: A Help, or a Hinderance? - Page 61

mr thickfingers · 10-28-2009, 07:47 PM

Definitely a hinderance. Having to see more and more Dana White is bad for the sport. You can always tell who his friends are, and he talks more shit than a 15 year old on Halo Xbox live. Most of the new guys White signed were wrestlers, and yet he bitches that the kind of fights they win are boring. Jackass. The show is fun though. Who didn't wana see Dan Henderson play tennis?

mr thickfingers · 10-28-2009, 07:49 PM

Someone set me straight. Minus Lesnar v Carwin, UFC 106 blows. I was gonna buy it, but now Ill keep that 44.95 and drink to Fedor.

BaliShagSmoke · 10-29-2009, 12:22 AM

At this point TUF should be scrapped. What this show is doing now is giving a high profile to fighters with journeymen or below skills and compelling the UFC to give them fights in the supposed "Super Bowl of MMA".

If the UFC is the real Super Bowl of MMA, then their name should never have been associated with the abortion of a fight that was displayed on TUF tonight. Junk and Mitrione should be proving their worth in some regional promotion far from the eyes of TV viewers. I mean really, it makes the UFC look bad.

AFCrookie · 10-29-2009, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by BaliShagSmoke

At this point TUF should be scrapped. What this show is doing now is giving a high profile to fighters with journeymen or below skills and compelling the UFC to give them fights in the supposed "Super Bowl of MMA".

If the UFC is the real Super Bowl of MMA, then their name should never have been associated with the abortion of a fight that was displayed on TUF tonight. Junk and Mitrione should be proving their worth in some regional promotion far from the eyes of TV viewers. I mean really, it makes the UFC look bad.

I agree 100%, however, compared to the boring as shit fights that preceded last night's, it looked pretty exciting. It was a disgrace to the "martial arts" aspect of MMA in that they were both just swinging like tards and keeping their hands at their waists.

That was kind of what I was looking forward to when TUF 10 was announced though.

hawaiidave · 10-29-2009, 03:29 PM

Well, it has certainly helped put mma in the spotlight. A lot of not so great fighters have made big names and part of it is Dana and company wanting to give entertainment value. While I can appreciate that, there will be some other company to emerge that can compete with the UFC that will showcase the truly talented fighters. This sport is still in its infancy - give it time.

Muleman · 11-02-2009, 08:25 PM

You get to know the fighters from the show and can't help but follow them once they get a contract, even the ones you didn't like. You see who wants it, how hard they train, etc. Anyway, now that UFC is broadcasting the prelims for free before the ppv, and many of the TUF alumni end up on there, people tune in because they are emotionally invested. I think the show also educates people who just want to see knocks outs. Case in point, Kimbo, so many "UFC fans" thought he would walk through everyone, while educated fans of mma saw that coming a mile away. Now all the fair-weather fans are paying attention, watching him train and seeing that he really needs to work one his ground game and maybe even learn some of those "boring submissions."

Black Hole · 11-08-2009, 12:22 AM

I enjoy the show. The first season is the reason I really started following MMA instead of just being a casual observer. The amount of negative this show gets is really dumb. Sure it produces some retard fans but what sport doesn't have them? Football, Basketball, Baseball, Boxing, Hockey, all of them have fans that just watch the playoffs or only tune into a few games a year but act like know it all's. Quit being an elitist pricks and enjoy the fact that a sport you love is becoming huge all over the world.

michaelc19890 · 11-09-2009, 03:39 AM

only two or three from each season actually stay around anyways. the fans should know that most of the contestants are very raw fighters.

TGArthur · 11-14-2009, 09:13 PM

I believe for the most part that the Ultimate Fighter has allowed mediocre fights to bring out their potential and become great top fighters. Of course, not everyone came up on top (Ed Herman, Joe Stevenson), but all-in-all it brought a lot of interesting good talent to the UFC.

TGArthur · 11-14-2009, 09:15 PM

I just hate the marketing ploy that Dana employs by syaing that "this Ultimate Fighter is the best season yet...no joke! " And I really don't find it anymore exciting or entertaining then the previous seasons.