Watching mid- to lower-tier MMA broadcasts can often be a painful experience.
When so many viewers have become accustomed to the high-end production values of UFC pay-per-views, which operate like a well-oiled machine, slummin’ it for cards like Shine Fights: Lightweight Grand Prix or Moosin: God of War is sometimes a necessary evil for many that comes with being a fan.
Saturday’s Shark Fights 13 pay-per-view could have fallen into that category. And from a strictly visual standpoint, it often made local cable access programming look Emmy-worthy.
But Shark Fights had two superheroes come along to turn the broadcast from a car crash you couldn’t look away from into a car crash you couldn’t wait to see more of. Don Frye and Bas Rutten, the commentating duo joining Ron Kruck for the broadcast, took the pay-per-view from “just another show” status to “legendary” status.