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We’ve all come across people who are appalled by the fact we enjoy watching mixed martial arts. These people more than likely have not given the sport a chance with an open mind.Instead, they rely on a promotional video featuring a gory battle and…
We’ve all come across people who are appalled by the fact we enjoy watching mixed martial arts. These people more than likely have not given the sport a chance with an open mind.
Instead, they rely on a promotional video featuring a gory battle and say the sport isn’t for them.
How about the naysayers who say MMA is nothing more than a form human cockfighting?
There is a long list of misconceptions about MMA, here are the top five.
It is the inevitable life of a fighter. The hard work, rise to fame and inevitable decline back into mediocrity. At times, it is painful to watch our favorite fighters go from an intimidating icon to somebody who looks like each fight could be the…
It is the inevitable life of a fighter. The hard work, rise to fame and inevitable decline back into mediocrity.
At times, it is painful to watch our favorite fighters go from an intimidating icon to somebody who looks like each fight could be their last.
The fighter’s name can only carry them for so long until fans begin to look at their career objectively and see that the end of the road is near.
Star power is something fighters obtain during their career, which leads one to becoming a bigger draw at the gate, higher TV ratings, and more pay-per-view buys. This star power also creates a dedicated fanbase, which eventually brings new fans to the UFC.
Here are 10 fighters who have lost that star power.
Over the last 20 years, MMA has splashed into the mainstream. When fans look back and reminisce about the good old days of the sport, many of them identify with a fight card by thinking of the image portrayed on the fight poster.The UFC, prio…
Over the last 20 years, MMA has splashed into the mainstream. When fans look back and reminisce about the good old days of the sport, many of them identify with a fight card by thinking of the image portrayed on the fight poster.
The UFC, prior to ZUFFA, stuck with the bald-headed cartoon guy with the long arms for quite some time. After that, they started to incorporate fighter profile pictures and special effects. Of course, most of them look pretty cheesy by today’s standards, but that’s what makes them so great.
Japanese MMA has always had its own flair, and that shows in their event posters. Abstract images, deep meanings and vibrant colors sum up their works of art.
I took the time to scour some of my favorite resources to rank 25 of the best MMA fight posters of all time. This includes over 200 UFC events, nearly 70 Pride events, 60 Strikeforce events, 23 Dream events and many other promotions around the world.
The rankings were based primarily off of unique stylistic content.
When it was all said and done, I narrowed over 500 posters down to what I feel are the 25 best ones.
UFC’s The Ultimate Fighter series has been a major factor in the brand’s mainstream success since it debuted in 2005.While interest in the show over the last few years has wained a bit, the new format of showing the fights live every week should b…
UFC’s The Ultimate Fighter series has been a major factor in the brand’s mainstream success since it debuted in 2005.
While interest in the show over the last few years has wained a bit, the new format of showing the fights live every week should bring back fans who may have lost interest.
There may not be a better time than now to introduce a women’s versions of TUF to help promote the growth of Women’s Mixed Martial Arts.
Think of a show in which the two coaches are Ronda Rousey and Gina Carano, with the live finale at the end being Carano’s return to fighting. Are you telling me that The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rousey vs. Team Carano wouldn’t be something you’d want to see?
Let’s forget the difficulties in seeing this come to fruition and focus on how it would help the growth of WMMA.
Men are tuning into a UFC reality show each week, and have been for the last seven years. The key demographic for TUF viewers are males between the ages of 18-34. The key demographic for a women’s version of TUF would be males and females between those same ages.
Hypothetically speaking, let’s say that both TUF: Live (Faber vs. Cruz) and TUF: Rousey vs. Carano debuted at the same time a couple of weeks ago with Faber/Cruz on FuelTV and Rousey/Carano on FX.
Do you agree with me in saying Rousey/Carano would have higher ratings than Faber/Cruz?
Having a TUF for WMMA would also address a very important concern for those involved with the sport. It would introduce us to more women fighters instead of continuing to promote just the handful of popular ones we have today.
For the sport to thrive, there has to be more than Rousey, Carano, Santos, Miesha Tate and Marloes Coenen (remember her?). The fact that we are still talking about Carano as being remotely relevant in the sport even though she hasn’t fought in nearly three years is alarming.
Ideally, the WMMA TUF show will give all MMA fans a greater respect for the women athletes and introduce us to female fighters that can help deepen the talent pool of the sport.
WMMA can only go as far as the fans will take it. If fans think male professional MMA fighters don’t get paid well, imagine the paychecks these female fighters are getting in the lower promotions. Fighters, male or female, can’t afford to spend all of their time training if they aren’t earning enough from fighting to sustain a living.
Having a WMMA version of TUF could go a long way in helping the sport dramatically increase it’s audience and allow it to stay in the mainstream for many years to come.
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Once Nate Diaz’s hand was raised in victory at UFC 141, fans started to wonder if this was finally going to be the fight to propel his career toward a title shot.Diaz now has 15 fights in the UFC. His record is 10-5 and he has been involved in fiv…
Once Nate Diaz’s hand was raised in victory at UFC 141, fans started to wonder if this was finally going to be the fight to propel his career toward a title shot.
Diaz now has 15 fights in the UFC. His record is 10-5 and he has been involved in five “Fight of the Night” bonuses.
Unfortunately for Diaz, he hasn’t come out on top when it matters the most.
Coming off a very impressive performance against Donald Cerrone, Diaz is now poised to fight for the Lightweight Title if he can get past Jim Miller at UFC on FOX 3 on May 5th.
What is the general perception of Diaz’s character?
Most fans who doubt his legitimacy to be a title contender blame it on the way he conducts himself in and around the Octagon.
In fact, if we were able to think about Diaz without taking into account the baggage that surrounds the attitudes of he and his brother, we would see a man who has improved tremendously since he first stepped into the Octagon in 2007.
Diaz has always been known as a submission specialist, and now he is showing us how good of a striker he can be.
In his last fight against Cerrone he broke a CompuStrike record by landing 82% of his strikes. Couple the improved striking with a great ground game and you have framework of a fighter who can compete for the title.
Each time it appears Diaz is on the cusp of a title shot, he falters. Maybe it’s because he amps himself up a bit too much, becomes careless or just maybe it is because he is never going to be an elite UFC fighter.
If you would have asked me if Diaz would ever be a serious contender after his fight against Rory MacDonald at UFC 129, I would have said “not a chance” without any hesitation.
However, a return to the lightweight division combined with his newfound love (and success) of the stand up game has put me on the Nate Diaz bandwagon.
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Quick, when was the last time the UFC gave fans a six-week break in between pay-per-view events? You’re probably guessing sometime last year. After all, if fights were consistently being shown within six weeks of each other some would think that would …
Quick, when was the last time the UFC gave fans a six-week break in between pay-per-view events?
You’re probably guessing sometime last year. After all, if fights were consistently being shown within six weeks of each other some would think that would lead to fans being burned out.
If your answer was in fact “last year” then you are off by over half of a decade. The last time there was this long of a break was between UFC 52 and UFC 53. Those events took place on April 16, 2005 and June 4, 2005 respectively.
The current model of the UFC not only gives us on average a couple pay-per-view events per month, but there are now fight cards broadcasted on FOX, FX, FuelTV, and of course this is in addition to the weekly The Ultimate Fighter show that now includes live fights.
Technically speaking, if you are watching TUF then you aren’t getting any sort of UFC break.
This break has been looming for quite some time and it is giving other MMA writers the opportunity to step away from the UFC brand and publish content on lesser known promotions. It also serves as a chance for organizations such as Bellator to capture the undivided attention of UFC fans and gain more of an audience.
According to a current Bleacher Report poll, I’m in the minority with how I feel about the current break in the action. Currently, 65% of voters state they are going to soon be going through withdrawals. The remaining 35% are looking forward to the dead time.
Dana White has said on more than one occasion that he believes the UFC will be bigger than the NFL one day. If that is truly going to happen, then I believe the UFC needs to be careful with their schedule moving forward.
Imagine if the NFL, MLB, NBA, or NHL didn’t have an offseason. How would that effect the fans? No matter how hardcore a fan claims to be, interest wouldn’t consistently be as good if there wasn’t that five-month break every year to recharge their batteries.
I’m not saying the UFC needs to have an offseason. This isn’t the IFL, and the time frame in which fighters are ready to compete will always vary throughout a calendar year.
There does, however, need to be a greater emphasis on allowing fans to “miss” the sport once in a while.
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