MMA trailers have become woefully formulaic these days. Throw some highlight reel clips alongside a catchy (or not so catchy) pop song and boom, instant commercial.
The UFC will air said trailer on TV tens of thousands of times (in just one broadcast), use it for video ads on the MMA websites it advertises on/secretly controls, and after a few weeks we’ll all have the dreadfully cliched piece of marketing memorized.
Today we found something more refreshing.
We’d like to present to you an incredible UFC 168 trailer from Internet famous video makers Next Media Animation—a Taiwanese media studio known for its humorous, nigh absurdist take on current events.
Instead of generic, “bad ass” rock music and B-roll footage, this trailer offers us over-the-top visuals like Anderson Silva bench-pressing minivans and literally turning into a spider—all in the polygonal splendor of 1990s computer graphics.
We don’t want to spoil it for you, so just take our word for it; watching this is worth the one minute 30 seconds.
MMA trailers have become woefully formulaic these days. Throw some highlight reel clips alongside a catchy (or not so catchy) pop song and boom, instant commercial.
The UFC will air said trailer on TV tens of thousands of times (in just one broadcast), use it for video ads on the MMA websites it advertises on/secretly controls, and after a few weeks we’ll all have the dreadfully cliched piece of marketing memorized.
Today we found something more refreshing.
We’d like to present to you an incredible UFC 168 trailer from Internet famous video makers Next Media Animation—a Taiwanese media studio known for its humorous, nigh absurdist take on current events.
Instead of generic, “bad ass” rock music and B-roll footage, this trailer offers us over-the-top visuals like Anderson Silva bench-pressing minivans and literally turning into a spider—all in the polygonal splendor of 1990s computer graphics.
We don’t want to spoil it for you, so just take our word for it; watching this is worth the one minute 30 seconds.
Georges St-Pierre’s official documentary, The DNA of GSP, isn’t scheduled to hit the screen until this coming October. But if you simply can’t wait to see the welterweight champ in front of the camera, don’t fret, because NOS energy has come to the rescue. You’ll recognize NOS as the company that launched this advertisement, which […]
Georges St-Pierre’s official documentary, The DNA of GSP, isn’t scheduled to hit the screen until this coming October. But if you simply can’t wait to see the welterweight champ in front of the camera, don’t fret, because NOS energy has come to the rescue. You’ll recognize NOS as the company that launched this advertisement, which […]
With recent events involving a UFC fighter and alcohol grabbing the spotlight, we at CP figured we’d lighten the mood a tad with this new Budweiser commercial. From a stare down between Anderson Silva and Steven Seagal to Lyoto Machida making a cameo as he flees the scene, this commercial has it all. When I say it has it all, I mean they also mixed in a midget little person as well as Bruce Buffer and Dan Miragliotta. Much to the surprise of Chael Sonnen (because, we assume, he was unaware that the country has such technological advances like television), it has been rumored that the commercial will only air in Brazil.
With recent events involving a UFC fighter and alcohol grabbing the spotlight, we at CP figured we’d lighten the mood a tad with this new Budweiser commercial. From a stare down between Anderson Silva and Steven Seagal to Lyoto Machida making a cameo as he flees the scene, this commercial has it all. When I say it has it all, I mean they also mixed in a midget little person as well as Bruce Buffer and Dan Miragliotta. Much to the surprise of Chael Sonnen (because, we assume, he was unaware that the country has such technological advances like television), it has been rumored that the commercial will only air in Brazil.
Since becoming a sponsor of the UFC, the Anheuser-Busch conglomerate has seen their fair share of controversy stemming from the octagon. There was Brock Lesnar giving Bud-Light a giant middle finger during a post fight interview and there was also a warning issued to the UFC for their fighter’s behavior by Anheuser-Busch. Now that Jon Jones has been arrested under the suspicion of DUI, what is the UFC’s star sponsor going to do since he was featured in a previous Bud Light commercial?
But enough of the serious stuff, right?
I say we raise a glass and toast Budweiser for the excellence that is this commercial. Just remember, if you decide to have more than a few glasses, don’t drive your Bentley home.
While neither competitor has any intention of facing each other in the Octagon, outside of the eight-sided cage, it seems that anything goes. Anderson Silva and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira seem to be competing for more than just a UFC title in a bra…
While neither competitor has any intention of facing each other in the Octagon, outside of the eight-sided cage, it seems that anything goes. Anderson Silva and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira seem to be competing for more than just a UFC title in a brand new commercial. The two Brazilians are seen shopping for a new Honda […]
Birds chirp, Anderson Silva sings and Burger King smiles. Burger King recently kicked off their campaign starring the UFC middleweight champion, and the first commercial was released on Wednesday. In the video above, fans get to see “The Spider&#…
Birds chirp, Anderson Silva sings and Burger King smiles. Burger King recently kicked off their campaign starring the UFC middleweight champion, and the first commercial was released on Wednesday. In the video above, fans get to see “The Spider” lip syncing as he honors a BK stacker with the soothing tunes of Minnie Riperton’s Loving […]
After a second fight with diverticulitis, former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar declares “he’s back,” according to the latest Fusion Ammunition commercial. Lesnar has been a spokesperson for the company before, a…
After a second fight with diverticulitis, former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar declares “he’s back,” according to the latest Fusion Ammunition commercial. Lesnar has been a spokesperson for the company before, and he used the opportunity to go out and do some prairie dog hunting before he begins training for his highly anticipated return to the Octagon either […]
