I apologize if this article comes across a bit unfocused, its justthat I’m still tryinginging to pick pieces of my brian off the floor and jam them back up my nose after watching the new UFC 167: St. Pierre vs. Hendrix trailer. as I write this
The fight, whch goes down in month or so, will attempt to answer a ? that has already been answered several times befor: “Can decent wrestler with heavy hand stop GSP?” The answer is no. Always no. Or C. Always C or no.
But this trailer, oneanother hand, is brillant. Did you get it? The “lights” represent people being kncoked out! And they are going out!! Shouldn’t GSP be wrestling those lights into a state of near-submission? Do you think Hendricks is still friends with that bag he punched off the chain? I love a happy ending.
I apologize if this article comes across a bit unfocused, its justthat I’m still tryinginging to pick pieces of my brian off the floor and jam them back up my nose after watching the new UFC 167: St. Pierre vs. Hendrix trailer. as I write this
The fight, whch goes down in month or so, will attempt to answer a ? that has already been answered several times befor: “Can decent wrestler with heavy hand stop GSP?” The answer is no. Always no. Or C. Always C or no.
But this trailer, oneanother hand, is brillant. Did you get it? The “lights” represent people being kncoked out! And they are going out!! Shouldn’t GSP be wrestling those lights into a state of near-submission? Do you think Hendricks is still friends with that bag he punched off the chain? I love a happy ending.
You know, for being a fairly straightforward ad that clocks in at just over 30 seconds, the latest TUF: Rousey vs. Tate preview offers more than its fair share of interesting moments and head-scratching editorial choices. A few highlights…
00:00 – The preview hasn’t even started yet and already we feel like we’re trapped in one of those Technicolor iPod commercials. 00:04 – Wait…were those gloves covered in yellow paint? 00:08 – Nothing says “Intimidating” quite like MORE YELLOW PAINT. 00:12 – My God, the overediting. Who directed this clip, Michael Bay on PCP? 00:17 – Surely this season will play host to the greatest pool hijinks since Caddyshack. 00:20 – Ronda Rousey, rocking what’s become known as “The Chicken Wing” pose or “The Sassy Arm Triangle of Insecurity.” In any case, we’d appreciate it if women never posed like this again for the rest of eternity. 00:21 – Tate, rocking the cross-armed, no nonsense stance. Point Tate, although we would have preferred she went full on B-Boy style. 00:22 – “Mommy, I think these Hulk Hands are knockoffs. They keep melting whenever I play with them outside.”
You know, for being a fairly straightforward ad that clocks in at just over 30 seconds, the latest TUF: Rousey vs. Tate preview offers more than its fair share of interesting moments and head-scratching editorial choices. A few highlights…
00:00 – The preview hasn’t even started yet and already we feel like we’re trapped in one of those Technicolor iPod commercials. 00:04 – Wait…were those gloves covered in yellow paint? 00:08 – Nothing says “Intimidating” quite like MORE YELLOW PAINT. 00:12 – My God, the overediting. Who directed this clip, Michael Bay on PCP? 00:17 – Surely this season will play host to the greatest pool hijinks since Caddyshack. 00:20 – Ronda Rousey, rocking what’s become known as “The Chicken Wing” pose or “The Sassy Arm Triangle of Insecurity.” In any case, we’d appreciate it if women never posed like this again for the rest of eternity. 00:21 – Tate, rocking the cross-armed, no nonsense stance. Point Tate, although we would have preferred she went full on B-Boy style. 00:22 – “Mommy, I think these Hulk Hands are knockoffs. They keep melting whenever I play with them outside.”
In light of recent events, it perhaps makes sense that the UFC would pull out all the stops to stir up some interest in the ever-elusive female demographic. That being said, the idea of having Vitor Belfort seduce our girlfriends/wives right out from underneath us, while clever, could have the opposite effect on the male demographic that basically built the sport from the ground up.
Regardless, the new trailer for UFC on FX 7: Belfort vs. Bisping — which goes down on January 19th in Sao Paulo, Brazil — forgoes the typical knockout-heavy highlight reels in favor of Belfort, a flamenco guitar, and a voice that will turn your woman’s pantalones into the Typhoon Lagoon at DisneyWorld. We’ll give them props for originality, but at the same time, they better deliver Ronda Rousey on a stripper pole when the UFC 157 promos start rolling out or there are going to be some serious problems.
We hear they shot a similar promo featuring Michael Bispinggoing apeshit on a turntable while “Ooonts! Ooonts! Ooonts!” blared in the background, but it was later scrapped for being — as the head of the UFC’s marketing department put it — “Way too Goddamned douchey.”
In light of recent events, it perhaps makes sense that the UFC would pull out all the stops to stir up some interest in the ever-elusive female demographic. That being said, the idea of having Vitor Belfort seduce our girlfriends/wives right out from underneath us, while clever, could have the opposite effect on the male demographic that basically built the sport from the ground up.
Regardless, the new trailer for UFC on FX 7: Belfort vs. Bisping – which goes down on January 19th in Sao Paulo, Brazil – forgoes the typical knockout-heavy highlight reels in favor of Belfort, a flamenco guitar, and a voice that will turn your woman’s pantalones into the Typhoon Lagoon at DisneyWorld. We’ll give them props for originality, but at the same time, they better deliver Ronda Rousey on a stripper pole when the UFC 157 promos start rolling out or there are going to be some serious problems.
We hear they shot a similar promo featuring Michael Bispinggoing apeshit on a turntable while “Ooonts! Ooonts! Ooonts!” blared in the background, but it was later scrapped for being — as the head of the UFC’s marketing department put it — “Way too Goddamned douchey.”
I just watched the first official trailer for UFC 153: Silva vs. Bonnar and I’m stoked, Nation. Not because the brief montage of fight film, music and narration fooled me into thinking that Stephan Bonnar somehow isn’t a gigantic underdog against Anderson Silva, but rather because the trailer is so honest about his chances and what we’re likely to see. It’s a nice change of pace.
Check it out above and see what I mean. After injuries jacked up UFC 153’s main event twice as well as the originally scheduled co-main, the UFC did the best they could by getting the world’s best fighter on the card and throwing a fearless, aggressive, entertaining fighter at him. The trailer serves as a reflection of this, as it basically tell fans, “Look, Anderson Silva is probably going to knock Bonnar out and we all know whenever ‘The Spider’ does that it’s hella exciting. But if somehow that doesn’t happen, and Bonnar wins, well that would be as big of an upset as we’ve ever seen, and dang, wouldn’t that be exciting, too? Please watch us. It’s been a rough year.”
I just watched the first official trailer for UFC 153: Silva vs. Bonnar and I’m stoked, Nation. Not because the brief montage of fight film, music and narration fooled me into thinking that Stephan Bonnar somehow isn’t a gigantic underdog against Anderson Silva, but rather because the trailer is so honest about his chances and what we’re likely to see. It’s a nice change of pace.
Check it out above and see what I mean. After injuries jacked up UFC 153′s main event twice as well as the originally scheduled co-main, the UFC did the best they could by getting the world’s best fighter on the card and throwing a fearless, aggressive, entertaining fighter at him. The trailer serves as a reflection of this, as it basically tell fans, “Look, Anderson Silva is probably going to knock Bonnar out and we all know whenever ‘The Spider’ does that it’s hella exciting. But if somehow that doesn’t happen, and Bonnar wins, well that would be as big of an upset as we’ve ever seen, and dang, wouldn’t that be exciting, too? Please watch us. It’s been a rough year.”
Listen, I’m a Pride FC head, so I don’t need much convincing to get into crazy cool freak show match ups. In fact, I spend hours every Sunday morning scouring the Interwebs for tapes of Fedor fighting Zulu Jr., Cro Cop kicking Dos Caras’ mask off, and things of that nature, so you’re darn tooting I’ll watch Silva challenge himself at a higher weight class against a guy who’s beaten, barely lost to, or at least survived against the best the light heavyweight division has offered him over the last seven years.
I know “The American Pyscho” is just a nick name, but there really is something off about that Stephan Bonnar character. He’s a smart, educated guy that doesn’t mind throwing both of those things out the window in an instant for the sake of a good scrap. Blood doesn’t faze him and he may think that he’s a Samurai. Put it this way, here in Chicago we’re pretty certain that the Honey Badger stopped giving a fuck after rooming with Bonnar at Purdue University freshman year.
Not to come off sounding like a bunch of know-it-alls, but we’re pretty sure we’ve figured out the formula to make the perfect trailer for any upcoming UFC event. It’s simple really:
1. Pick out the best highlights of the champion destroying his former opponents, preferably in slow-mo
2. Insert Joe Rogan quote, something about said champ being “untouchable” or “the greatest”
3. Fade in “Lux Aeterna” by Clint Mansell, usually the orchestral Lord of the Rings version
4. BIG, BOLD TEXT DECLARING THAT THE CHALLENGER IS AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT BREED OF ANIMAL
5. As the song enters its second half, cut to several clips of the challenger destroying his former opponents, now in real or even sped up time.
6. Mike Goldberg yelling “Oh my” or “It is all over!”
7. Close on a dramatic, sudden cut to the event text/details.
The marketing department behind the UFC 151 promo clearly adhered to this formula, resulting in a trailer that will undoubtedly get your panties, your wife’s panties, and your slutty mistresses crotchless panties all bunched up in anticipation for the blood-soaked throwdown that will be Jones vs. Henderson on September 1st.
Check it out after the jump.
Not to come off sounding like a bunch of know-it-alls, but we’re pretty sure we’ve figured out the formula to make the perfect trailer for any upcoming UFC event. It’s simple really:
1. Pick out the best highlights of the champion destroying his former opponents, preferably in slow-mo
2. Insert Joe Rogan quote, something about said champ being “untouchable” or “the greatest”
3. Fade in “Lux Aeterna” by Clint Mansell, usually the orchestral Lord of the Rings version
4. BIG, BOLD TEXT DECLARING THAT THE CHALLENGER IS AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT BREED OF ANIMAL
5. As the song enters its second half, cut to several clips of the challenger destroying his former opponents, now in real or even sped up time.
6. Mike Goldberg yelling “Oh my” or “It is all over!”
7. Close on a dramatic, sudden cut to the event text/details.
The marketing department behind the UFC 151 promo clearly adhered to this formula, resulting in a trailer that will undoubtedly get your panties, your wife’s panties, and your slutty mistresses crotchless panties all bunched up in anticipation for the blood-soaked throwdown that will be Jones vs. Henderson on September 1st.
Check it out below.
Seemingly not content with the plethora of awesome knockouts and background music that makes you want to grab your ten closest friends and go drive-by hardcore dancing, the editor of the trailer opted to dub over a Hendo scream at the 52 second mark (which was likely inaudible when he originally did it) with the roar of the shark in Jaws 4. Although the sound was completely off-putting in both instances, it was easily more successful here.
But the question still remains: Will Hendo be able to land one of his patented H-bombs, or will Bones’ dominance continue?
The UFC has released the first official preview trailer for UFC 148, which is specifically tailored around the main event: Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen II. With an incredible UFC record of 14-0 with nine successful UFC middleweight title defen…
The UFC has released the first official preview trailer for UFC 148, which is specifically tailored around the main event: Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen II. With an incredible UFC record of 14-0 with nine successful UFC middleweight title defenses, Silva has only seen a true challenge inside the Octagon from his arch nemesis: Chael […]
