Comments on: Review of last night’s WEC show on Versus

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bubbafat — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 22:01:26 +0000

Frank Mir knows his stuff, but , shouldn’t be doing the post-fights. His knowledge base is an asset as is, and his play by play should only improve. Lil’Evil should have a bigger role to play regardless of whether his move down works or not. And I don’t think Mayhem is overrated he’s just a better ww than a mw.

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MoreThanUFC — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 07:43:51 +0000

Doerkson is no slouch by any measure, it’s just the WEC doesnt have anyone to challenge a top 4 MW. And yup, Condit is that good. Filho by TKO, and Condit by sub? Who’da thunk it.
The info Mir puts out is great, he just sounds awkward with it. Pulver could be the Couture of the WEC if someone wises up.
No problem with Vs on DirecTV for me.
And Mayhem is overrated.

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Mon, 06 Aug 2007 16:57:19 +0000

Other than during his pre-fight on-camera stuff, I actually thought Mir did a better job during this live event than the previous one on Vs. I think given a year or so of experience that Mir will be a damn fine MMA analyst (which isn’t something I thought I’d be saying a few months ago).

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Jeremy — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 16:30:29 +0000

Personally for me last night I thought the show was good, and considering I got Condit, Filho, Larson and El Dirte all for free it was perfect. But of course things can always be better. I totally agree with Zach’s comments on Mir pre-fight, anyone notice his weird shaking when he talked, perhaps nerves or something caused it but it was distracting and taking me away from what he was saying. Also I wish he would stop predicting when a fight is going to end, because most of the time he is wrong. And please use another word to describe moves besides “phenominal” and no phenominally doesn’t count Frank. He can analyze the moves and positions very well but other stuff like I mentioned I don’t think he does so well yet, but it will probably come in time.

For me on Time Warner Cable Versus is actually well located on Ch.75, which is right next to MSG and near the Yes network and SNY, which are all sports networks as well. So i actually see it alot and have no problem with where it’s located.

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Sam Caplan — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 16:06:57 +0000

Right, and that is why I said at least comment on it. Try and have Mayhem say on camera and say that to his knowledge, the report might not be correct because he hasn’t been offered the fight. Then ask him if he’d be interested. The Fight Network is reputable and put the story out there so its noteworthy. It got people talking about the WEC. Capitalize on the attention by trying to own the story, even it’s only to debunk it.

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Gygax — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 16:03:10 +0000

I agree, getting a better channel coverage is a key to the WEC. I bet ESPN is the one that ends up with it. The WWE will do an awful lot to make sure a Zuffa show doesn’t show up on the USA network.

Maybe the reason why the WEC didn’t promote the Riggs-Mayhem fight is that it might not be happening. While Riggs claims it is, Mayhem said he’s never heard about it.

http://www.thefightnetwork.com/news_detail.php?nid=4484

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Zack — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 15:20:18 +0000

Sam – I agree with a lot of your comments. It’s too bad Vs is buried on your provider. It has a great slot on Verizon fios here in Texas, within a few channels of Spike, ESPN, and Fox Sports.

My thoughts
1) I like Mir as a commentator during the fights (although every choke is in “Deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep”) but when they show him in the pre-show standups he is so awkward its hard to watch. The lead broadcaster also might consider not telling the audience that every fight is likely “not going to make it out of the first round”.
2) The overall brand strategy of the WEC is starting to get lost (at least on me). At first I thought it was going to feature the lighter weights, but last night’s show featured two potential fighters in WW and MW that will likely have no legit challengers for some time. If they bring in top outside talent, why feature them in the WEC and not the UFC?