UFC 109, and Opinions in General
Okay, so you’ll forgive me for just spouting for a moment about the UFC in general, and UFC 109 in specific.
Let’s start wit UFC 109:
First off, I gotta tell ya, that I really like Randy Couture, and that (unlike some folks) I actually like Joe Rogan’s commentary. But this weekend I felt like I was being sold a bill of goods. Coleman and Couture throw down. I think it probably went about how most of us thought it would: Randy and Coleman, still really tough guys, but no longer in their prime. Randy pounded on Colemen for a while, leaned him into the fence, and ended up beating him until they had to stop the fight.
I could have told you it would go that way.
So what bothered me is this: Joe Rogan is trying to tell us during the fight that he has never seen Couture’s striking so good. WTF?! Sure, couture is a star. But we all get old. Couture is no where near where he was when he beat Liddell, our Tim Sylvia. I don’t blame him. Hell, he’s a rockstar. But please, don’t assume we’re all so stupid that we don’t see that he is past his prime.
Couture has two more fights on his contract. Good for him, I’m sure he’ll do well. But this bullshit commentary about how amazing the fight was, just to make sure we all tune in to watch really bothered me.
So now on the the UFC in general:
Okay, so we have the UFC, and we have the WEC. The same folks own them bot, and thus far it’s been sorta like the minors and the majors (or whatever similar comparison you want to draw.) But the last several UFC cards have been pretty weak. Sure they have amazing talent like Brock, Anderson, Lyoto, Penn, GSP, etc. But they don’t have many guys to put against them that are good enough. The result is some shameful cards.
And this is happening while we are seeing some really impressive talent develop down in the WEC. So why keep them separate? Many of these guys are good enough for the UFC. Case in point: Chael Sonnen from UFC 109. He beat the hell out of Marquardt.
Additionally, some of these guys have some real charisma and draw (e.g. Urijah Faber.)
Basically, I’m tired of paying fifty bucks for weak PPV cards, and having WEC reruns of the fight with Faber’s hands broken run every week. Let’s give these guys some exposure, and turn out a stronger PPV card.
Thoughts? Is it just me?
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