The UFC IS MMA
by Geno Mrosko on Oct 7, 2010 6:06 PM EDT
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Did you know there is a Strikeforce event this Saturday? It features a rematch that's been about 3 years in the making. Well, not really, but there is an intriguing rematch in the main event and a few good battles on the main card. You wouldn't know that unless you visited some of the more in depth MMA websites/blogs. Part of that is because Strikeforce just isn't big enough to cover. It's a part of the sport, so there is no doubt a certain amount of responsibility to cover the organization but for the most part they remain a small time regional promotion. This in spite of the fact that they've developed a very nice roster, even if it is full of UFC castoffs.
That's a major point here too. Most of the roster is filled with guys who either A) couldn't make it in the UFC, B) were there and weren't good enough to stay or C) have some sort of personal beef with Dana White. It's a decent organization that puts on mostly entertaining fights but they will always be number two. And nowhere does that make itself more evident than in the recent comments made by their very own Middleweight champion Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza, via Fighters Only:
"I feel pretty good being the current champion of Strikeforce, but I want more than that. I’d like to fight in the UFC. But for now I’m cool on Strikeforce and I don’t intend to leave the event. I want to become the number one in my division… I want to win more titles, it’s all just starting for me."
What does that say about the promotion? He essentially comes out and says, and this is one of their champions mind you, that the UFC is the pinnacle of the sport. That if you haven't fought and won in the UFC then you haven't really done anything in today's mixed martial arts scene. PRIDE is dead and gone and never coming back. We may be seeing the day that there will never again be a serious competitor to the UFC. It's debatable as to whether or not that's a bad thing.
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Most of the roster is filled with guys who either A) couldn’t make it in the UFC, B) were there and weren’t good enough to stay or C) have some sort of personal beef with Dana White.
I don’t get this. Nick is the only UFC washout. Thomson chose to leave. Noons and JZ are definitely UFC-worthy. The UFC doesn’t promote women’s MMA. And Galvao and Woodley are most definitely UFC-caliber, and are 2 of the best prospects in MMA. So there’s 1 example of A, no examples of B, and no examples of C. This makes no sense to me.
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If you’re referring to the entire roster, okay. But for this card in particular, none of the guys fit the mold, so why talk about that? Why not talk about the card?
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i dont even consider nick a washout, he's top 5 in his division imo, and if he stopped smoking pot ufc would love to have him.
It does not get any better then the Mayhem and a bunch of sexy Japanese girls.--- The Voice
by DetroitDrew1980 on Oct 7, 2010 6:53 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m referring to the roster as a whole, not just this card upcoming.
Forget it Donny, you're out of your element.
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"but they will always be number two"
i can understand younger fans who have grown up with nothing but ufc on top thinking this way, but for a wrestling fan who obviously remembers the monday night wars to think this way is baffling. Yes Vince won in the end (or did he? his ratings where higher and the product was better when he had competition), and yes ufc is head and shoulders above the rest combined, but wcw had wwe on the ropes, if they didnt stumble upon the stone cold gimmick and capitilize on the momentum with dx and the rock then what would have happened? The difference in mma is that there are more and more good fighters each year, vince bought all the good fwrestlers away from ecw in imo wcw killed themselves. Dana can try and buy any specific fighter he wants, but he dosnt do enough events to own them all. UFC will never have a monopoly and i see the competition getting stronger each day. Strikeforce dosnt need to compete with them head to head to be succesful, and they are a lot better then just a regional in my eyes. The sport of mma will keep growing and in turn doors will keep opening, strikeforce has had minimal success on cbs, but the fact that they are even on there and ufc isnt is a sign that ufc does not have an unbreakable monopoly.
It does not get any better then the Mayhem and a bunch of sexy Japanese girls.--- The Voice
When the champions of an organization are saying that the ultimate goal is to fight in the UFC, it just reinforces to the fans that they are the premier promotion in the world. The UFC carries themselves as the number 1.
Forget it Donny, you're out of your element.
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no one is arguing that ufc isnt number 1 right now, but to say they will always be, when you lived through the monday night wars is shocking to me.
i argue about this topic with mma fans on a weekly basis, the blind love for ufc is understandable because most don’t know any better, they either didnt watch the sport when pride was on top, or they never watched wrestling to see how easily a little money and a few big names can change things. you did see that happen which is why im confused that you dont think what happened in wrestling can happen in mma?
It does not get any better then the Mayhem and a bunch of sexy Japanese girls.--- The Voice
by DetroitDrew1980 on Oct 7, 2010 7:33 PM EDT up reply actions
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