MMA turning into pro wrestling

[younghypnotiq]

anyone else think that some of the things are staged. im not talking about the fighting or anything i know first hand that is real. but things like the evans and ortiz little fight in the restauraunt do you think those things are fake to raise ticket sales or no?

[Dostoevsky]

Yes, i think some of that build up smack talking is all fake.
The fights are obviously real but all those fights at resturants and smack talking at the press conference is a load of staged crap.

They do the same in boxing nowadays.

[USMCGixxer6]

Originally Posted by Iron Duke

Yes, i think some of that build up smack talking is all fake.
The fights are obviously real but all those fights at resturants and smack talking at the press conference is a load of staged crap.

They do the same in boxing nowadays.

yup, trying to generate an interest in the pre fight drama shit.

[Donut62]

Originally Posted by younghypnotiq

but things like the evans and ortiz little fight in the restauraunt do you think those things are fake to raise ticket sales or no?

This stuff happens in boxing all the time as well. We could sit here all day and talk about boxers who traded blows at the weigh ins.

[younghypnotiq]

ok stop trying to bring in boxing. wer talking about MMA here.

[fatcity]

Anyone concerned with UFC going every month on ppv?The wwe did this and it is dying from overkill.It is no longer becoming a must see event but a continuing series.In the long run will this hurt the sport?

[Donut62]

Originally Posted by fatcity

Anyone concerned with UFC going every month on ppv?The wwe did this and it is dying from overkill.It is no longer becoming a must see event but a continuing series.In the long run will this hurt the sport?

Whereas the WWE moved to PPV based events, the UFC's end game is to move to free television. The product is hot right now, and people will buy anything. Showing what kind of profits they can turn by pumping out the PPV's makes a strong case to premium sports channels like HBO that the UFC is something worth picking up. If they kept the current pace indefinetely they would burn out, but Zuffa has bigger plans than that. They want to be like NASCAR and have weekly events on free television.

[USMCGixxer6]

weekly events on free television, kind of like the IFL. Thats doing great.

MMA is already starting to show signs of oversaturation