EliteXC has folded, no CBS, no ProElite anymore, all fights off

Man, must have been this economy...:yep

 

Thanks alot Ken Shamrock. If only he had followed the script and let Kimbo knock him out. . .

I enjoyed the Elite XC shows. The Kimbo portions of the shows were more akin to those with a thug mentality and freakshow sensibilities - but I suppose that's why I enjoyed it.

 

:smh









Just messing with ya.

 

The UFC only benefits from brand recognition. Doesn't mean it's a better product or is run "right" or "better" than other organizations. It's just that they were first and they hold colossal pull with the general public by virtue of this as far as MMA is concerned (not to mention they have the money to put obstacles in the path of success for the other organizations). Sheeit, I know people that call MMA "ultimate fighting." They'll say, "Is there 'ultimate fighting' on CBS on Saturday?" The real answer is of course ****in' not but you tell them "Yes" because you know what they mean. It's very difficult if not impossible to supplant or even coexist with the organization that is the face of a particular sport as an upstart organization regardless of the sport. You saw it with the XFL and the NFL, the WNBA and the ABL, the WWE and WCW. It's not an indictment of the upstart organization it's just an acknowledgement that people naturally resist change. So that doesn't mean that Dana is doing something right or knows how to run an organization. He's just in the enviable position of being the 1st and the biggest.

Sheeit, I hope Strikeforce and Affliction manage to stay afloat. Competition is always good for the consumer. A monopoly is nothing more than a dictatorship and around these here parts we prefer democracy.

 

MMA is a sport that has grown immensely over the past few years.

But in my opinion dont you find it troublesome that so many MMA organizations not named the UFC tank.

Affliction wont surive, IFL didnt survive and EliteXC now didnt survive.

UFC is synonomous with MMA. UFC=MMA to your casual fan and that will never change. I know people who watch UFC events with me and they never even heard of Fedor.

Right now you have so many people trying to jump on the MMA bandwagon because they think their is money in it. But once they get in it, most of them want out because they realize its not as easy as it looks.

 

Good point. Without competition were going to be force fed BS main events like Bisping/Evans or Hughes/Gracie. But with competition we get free spike cards like Dana did in response to the Affliction PPV.

The UFC obviously wants a monopoly and they benefit from it but with competition the fans benefit.

 

When you lose tens of millions a year it is only a matter of time. That is what happens when you televise events with limited fighters. It would be like putting AA baseball on Fox.

 

"Jake Legs" I'll pass on the anal, though. You got a sister?