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It helps that they are normal sized (ie not the beasts in the WNBA) and that they are in tip top shape. Unless they are complete dogs, a great body and decent make up(note how much different they look during a fight and then later with make up) usually makes for a nice total package.
makes sense for Stann, he has a lot of love from a lot of people. His whole marine thing has parlayed him into a lot of things, i heard he will be on one of the Fox Sports CFB shows, and i'm sure they'll keep him on the other stuff. he has himself in a nice position that he has good options. And it makes sense for him to retire, he was not going to improve significantly enough to compete for the belt. I figured after his fight with Wandy that he may retire, that is a great fight to leave on, even if it is a loss
Bellator becoming to Spike to what TNA wrestling is to Spike. Littered with (overpaid) old men well past their primes.
Good move IMO. He's not going to improve, made his mark in MMA for the short time he was there, and has many options in the media aspect of things.
Sadly, it works for me. The most interesting qualifying fight for me in Fight Master was the one with Joe Riggs of all people.Craig_MiamiFL said:
Agreed, there's nothing wrong with it. They aren't getting the top tier fighters to defect.
Almost a necessary evil. They can't produce their own stars if no one is watching. Rampage and Tito will draw ratings which can only help their younger fighters.
That all depends what time frame.
You could say they're WCW right around the time the torch was passed to Eric Bischoff, who started signing WWF guys like Savage and Duggan.
Kind of but the analogy will always struggle for me because of Flair and Sting, who were both in WCW at the time Bisc got the torch in 1993-1994 time frame. You are talking about some of the greatest still in their prime talents, of all time, which Bellator does not have right now imo.
Yeah, this is a real tough analogy to try and pull off. In all honesty, Bellator will never get to the UFC's level. They may be able to close the gap, but will always be a level below the UFC .I can't imagine we will see any instances where a quality fighter will choose Bellator over the UFC. All the guys in Bellator, except probably King Mo, would choose the UFC over Bellator if they had a choice. Well Rampage probably wouldn't, but nobody should really want Rampage. King Mo is probably the only guy that got a better deal at bellator then what the UFC was offerring
Yup, they are a well run organization that have kind of set themselves up as a feeder for the UFC. I haven't seen a card from start to finish but thy have some good fights. I think they have a working relationship to help promote women's mma too, but they have better cards then some of the lower end shows
Yeah that is pretty crazy, I guess Nate is what 27 or 26. Speaking of Nate, I wonder who he is scheduled to fight next. Haven't heard anything about him ever since he got whacked with that fine for the pat Healy and carroway thing
The question that i need to figure out is why would anybody in their right mind choose Warren or Shamrock over Greg Jackson. The way they edited that just seemed insane to me, it made no sense what so ever. And I am not sure how many fighters are going in. I know before the show they were emphasizing that it was different then TUF because the guys weren't forced to live in the same house, so i am not sure what they do now.
yeah, there have been a couple of strange stories out there that have luckily not damaged MMA at all. The Josh Rosenthal thing was pretty crazy, Tim Crodeur had a pretty bad one recently too. I still am amazed with how Rampage's "rampage" just went away and didn't hurt him at all. I think his excuse was energy drinks or somethingSo I was browsing the Euro papers looking for soccer news and ran into this:
http://www.thefix.com/content/ufc-veteran-fighter-jailed-drug-trafficking91803
I have read multiple interpretations
I think it is ego (with the fighters), Warren and Shamrock has no shame kissing butt to the ones the wanted, Randy and Greg were just more reserved.
Seriously considered it. The people that come over to my house for the regular fights have been asking "When do the girls fight again?!?!?".Anyone watching Invicta tonight
I was pretty much the same as you regarding boxing but I think there was less. They train with bigger gloves and probably do less intense exercises (skipping rope vs flipping tractor tires). Less rolling and diving on the ground probably helps too.
What a reversal of fortune there. Really, I'd like to see Pettis fight Aldo or Henderson, Hell I'd like to see him fight Grant too.
Frank Mir did one of these to, it was pretty funny.
wow, i got in at -140 and thought that was great. I was thinking at the least, money will come in on Silva and it will be easy to buy out if need be closer to the fight
nope. there has been talk about it, but not by many guys. it would help out those near the bottom of the roster, but it would also take away from those guys higher up the food chain. there was a lot of talk before, and that was a big part to why the UFC provided health insurance to it's fighters, and there doesn't seem to be as much of a reason to have a union after that
Most team based leagues have unions but it seems many individual based leagues do not (UFC, PGA, ATP, NASCAR, boxing)
They have associations (PGA, ATP, PBA) but not unions. The associations gives players a united voice and help with issues when dealing with fight commissions (drug testing, rules, etc) but not much more than that. They are independent contractors, not employees, and thus can't unionise.
The 1st round losers at Wimbeldon only make $3k and of course, they have to pay their own way and accommodations. So if you aren't winning a couple rounds, you're relying solely on sponsorships.
I get some of what you're saying and it's tough to compare across multiple sports, but a guy like Andrew Svoboda can absolutely get "lucky and get a fat bonus" thought it's called winning or placing extremely high in an event. He just likely doesn't do that, hence why he took home just $40K.
Yeah, pga and ufc are completely different models for salaries (although they match closer for sponsorships). In PGA you are paid exactly what you are worth at the time of the given event. Do well and get paid, do poorly and don't get paid.
Svoboda has to best 100+ competitors over 4 days whereas a UFC fighter can land a single punch and receive a big payday (see: Serra, Matt). There is little luck involved for Svoboda to get paid.
