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Marching Powder posted:are you trying to assert that if we start a 115lb division in the ufc, 20 years down the track we could have an enormously bloated superfight between two stud featherweights who are passed their prime? did reading a really good boxing op make you aggressively stupider? Are you saying that the UFC shouldn't open another division until another organization already holds all of the top talent?
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There would be no reason for mighty mouse to go down to 115 if it was there. I can only think of one flyweight that could easily make 115 and it's that roided dagestani. Considering the existing talent at mens 115 he would just bulldoze everyone, attract no viewers and probably test positive again, getting stripped of the belt and causing the division to close. If 115 happens I'm thinking it would just be infrequent showcase fights, exclusive to asian cards and probably only be broadcast on fight pass at 5am
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Fozzy The Bear posted:Are you saying that the UFC shouldn't open another division until another organization already holds all of the top talent? Yes, the division should absolutely have proven, professional leveltalent prior to the premier organisation charging people to watch it. Keeping in mind that one of the finest fighters on the planet fights one division up and people boo at him.
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Marching Powder posted:Yes, the division should absolutely have proven, professional leveltalent prior to the premier organisation charging people to watch it. Keeping in mind that one of the finest fighters on the planet fights one division up and people boo at him. And that other organization should just brand itself to India, China, Thailand, Mexico, Philippines, South Africa, etc... before the UFC can get a foothold there? I don't think it would hurt to have a fightpass only events, like TUF China, with only tiny fighters from those counties to build them up. Show it on their local TV, not PPV. Get the UFC's name out there.
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Fozzy The Bear posted:And that other organization should just brand itself to India, China, Thailand, Mexico, Philippines, South Africa, etc... before the UFC can get a foothold there? I don't think it would hurt to have a fightpass only events, like TUF China, with only tiny fighters from those counties to build them up. Show it on their local TV, not PPV. Get the UFC's name out there. The UFC is out there. They won't have any problem signing up all the 115 talent if they ever want to.
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John loving Makdessi?! Why not just give it to that guy who won TUF recently. Yeah, that guy. Anyway I agree with marching powder's point about UFC should be a place for proven & professional fighters and that it doesn't hurt to have other organizations get things together before they polish it up. One of the main selling points of the original flyweight tournament was Uncle Creepy who had some success in the b-leagues at the weight class and then in his first UFC fight he almost beat the guy who almost beat the guy who is Dominick Cruz. That instantly made me a fan of the new weight class and UFC could capture the same success again. However, we must also consider that CM Punk is being allowed to fight in UFC sometime next year with an impressive 6 months of Duke Roufus tutelage so I don't think it's so bad if UFC just grabbed whatever 115 lb guys they can find in East Asia even if most are sparring partners for those kickboxing orangutans. Bubba Smith fucked around with this message at 01:37 on May 1, 2015 |
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May 1, 2015 01:35
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Fozzy The Bear posted:And that other organization should just brand itself to India, China, Thailand, Mexico, Philippines, South Africa, etc... before the UFC can get a foothold there? I don't think it would hurt to have a fightpass only events, like TUF China, with only tiny fighters from those counties to build them up. Show it on their local TV, not PPV. Get the UFC's name out there. Zwachro fucked around with this message at 02:02 on May 1, 2015 |
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May 1, 2015 01:39
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Northjayhawk posted:The UFC is out there. They won't have any problem signing up all the 115 talent if they ever want to. Yeah, you are probably right.
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May 1, 2015 01:47
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NippleFloss posted:I had tickets to UFC 151 to see Jones/Henderson, and Jon Jones got the whole card cancelled because he refused to fight a middling middleweight on short notice. LMAO Bubba Smith posted:John loving Makdessi?! Why not just give it to that guy who won TUF recently. Yeah, that guy. When stuff like this comes up the answer is almost always "We already asked a couple other fighters and this is the guy who said yes"
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May 1, 2015 01:58
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It's not like you could ask Cowboy to fight himself Actually knowing that crazy sumbitch he'd do it for the pay check.
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MA-Horus posted:It's not like you could ask Cowboy to fight himself He'd probably manage to get all three OTN bonuses too.
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MA-Horus posted:It's not like you could ask Cowboy to fight himself What would that look like?
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Northjayhawk posted:What would that look like? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAqBitV574c
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fatherdog posted:When stuff like this comes up the answer is almost always "We already asked a couple other fighters and this is the guy who said yes" Part of me thinks this is promotional push cause win or lose it will help Makdessi build his name and it will give UFC a Canadian lightweight to promote now that TJ Grant is dead.
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New one: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3717173
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