Kiwon
08-03-2009, 08:05 PM
Well, no "Lesnar versus Emelianenko" for the foreseeable future. :(
It always seems to work out like this. Fans miss out the main event everyone wants to see because corporate leaders can't get their acts together. Nobody likes a monopoly but UFC's THE MMA organization right now and probably will remain that way.
Major League Baseball has its minor league. The PGA has the Nationwide Tour. Same thing with NASCAR.
Let UFC be the major league and all the others places for the up-and-coming fighters to prove themselves.
MMA is big and will explode in the future. The Asian market (India, China, even Russia) dwarfs the audiences currently watching MMA right now.
A televised marquee matchup between a skilled European/Asian champion and a love-to-hate North American brawling brute would be titanic. A series of matches would firmly establish MMA (and UFC) globally.
But......Fedor's Strikeforce deal probably delays the rapid global spread of the sport despite the television contracts. The sport needs quality fights, not glitzy street brawlers. Who's Fedor going to fight, unknowns and has-beens? It's a real shame, truly a missed opportunity. UFC's $30 million for six fights was a fair offer to Fedor. I'm sorry he and M-1 Global didn't take it.
There is plenty of money to be made by everybody.....if somebody would swallow his pride just a little bit.
And then if Lesnar versus Emelianenko ever happens, Fedor will be past his prime and fans will be left with a lot of "what ifs." (sigh)
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Copied this from someone else about Fedor:
1. He has held 5 MMA championships, and never lost them.
2. Fedor holds the best win streak in all mma, 24
3. Fedor has never been knocked down by any type of strike.
4. Most recent win over Tim Sylvia a top 5 HW lasted 36 seconds.
5. Fedor has a finishing percentage of 75%
6. No fighter has ever stopped Fedor in a fight. But 1 doctor has.
7. Has defeated 5 different HW champions or X champions.
8. Fedor has 70 total take downs in mma, 41 of which upper body take downs.
9. Fedor has 12 wins in under 2 minutes
10. And 5 wins under 1 minute.
It always seems to work out like this. Fans miss out the main event everyone wants to see because corporate leaders can't get their acts together. Nobody likes a monopoly but UFC's THE MMA organization right now and probably will remain that way.
Major League Baseball has its minor league. The PGA has the Nationwide Tour. Same thing with NASCAR.
Let UFC be the major league and all the others places for the up-and-coming fighters to prove themselves.
MMA is big and will explode in the future. The Asian market (India, China, even Russia) dwarfs the audiences currently watching MMA right now.
A televised marquee matchup between a skilled European/Asian champion and a love-to-hate North American brawling brute would be titanic. A series of matches would firmly establish MMA (and UFC) globally.
But......Fedor's Strikeforce deal probably delays the rapid global spread of the sport despite the television contracts. The sport needs quality fights, not glitzy street brawlers. Who's Fedor going to fight, unknowns and has-beens? It's a real shame, truly a missed opportunity. UFC's $30 million for six fights was a fair offer to Fedor. I'm sorry he and M-1 Global didn't take it.
There is plenty of money to be made by everybody.....if somebody would swallow his pride just a little bit.
And then if Lesnar versus Emelianenko ever happens, Fedor will be past his prime and fans will be left with a lot of "what ifs." (sigh)
.................................................. ........
Copied this from someone else about Fedor:
1. He has held 5 MMA championships, and never lost them.
2. Fedor holds the best win streak in all mma, 24
3. Fedor has never been knocked down by any type of strike.
4. Most recent win over Tim Sylvia a top 5 HW lasted 36 seconds.
5. Fedor has a finishing percentage of 75%
6. No fighter has ever stopped Fedor in a fight. But 1 doctor has.
7. Has defeated 5 different HW champions or X champions.
8. Fedor has 70 total take downs in mma, 41 of which upper body take downs.
9. Fedor has 12 wins in under 2 minutes
10. And 5 wins under 1 minute.