UFC/MMA Thread

[kdawg32086]

The funny thing is that within the MMA community, most of the hardcore fans couldn't give s shit about Brock Lesnar. He may be the UFC champion but nobody cares lol. People love watching the exciting fighters like Anderson Silva, Lyoto Machida, BJ Penn, GSP, etc. Lesnar can keep playing his little heel role all he wants because all it's gonna do is get wrestling fans to watch MMA.

UFC 102 is a ppv worth seeing. It's legend vs. legend.Couture vs. Nogueira. To analogize it, it's kinda like HBK vs. Flair. Two of the GREAT fighters of the last decade facing off. Although, I would honestly rather see Couture at light heavyweight. He would be a very good test for Anderson Silva I think because he's got the same basic style as Henderson but with better gameplans, better submissions, and more technical striking.

[Pharaoh]

The funny thing is that within the MMA community, most of the hardcore fans couldn't give a shit about Brock Lesnar. He may be the UFC champion but nobody cares lol. People love watching the exciting fighters like Anderson Silva, Lyoto Machida, BJ Penn, GSP, etc. Lesnar can keep playing his little heel role all he wants because all it's gonna do is get wrestling fans to watch MMA.

Hardcore fans are not who UFC is trying to reach. They've already reached those guys and converted them. For the UFC it's all about the casual fans.

The casual fans that push UFC over 1 million PPV buys so often are not watching for sportsmanship, bland presentation or bland interviews.

The casual fan is watching to see some fucking carnage. Brock Lesnar gives it to them and then cuts a killing promo after the fact. He is the Man in MMA and he has the crowd wanting to see him get his head kicked in. He's the premier attraction in the UFC even if Silva, Machida, Penn and GSP are "better".

It doesn't really matter who is the "better" fighter - it's about making money! Brock wants to make a lot of coin and so does Dana White. Right now WWE is losing fans left and right and all their financial reports point to a massive downturn. But the UFC keeps rolling right along, as if the economy is thriving.

Like it or not Brock Lesnar as UFC Champion gets UFC a lot of publicity. The fact he's a former WWE Champ helps. His college resume helps. The way he works helps.

In short - Brock Lesnar is THE attraction in MMA right now.

I wouldn't be surprised if some other fighters started to cut heel promos on their opponents. It's the way to go. People will pay money hoping to see you get your ass kicked.