Comments on: The UFC’s “Biggest” Problem http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/01/22/the-ufcs-biggest-problem/ Your Destination for Insider MMA News and Opinion Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:21:14 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: d2tmfg http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/01/22/the-ufcs-biggest-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-13507 d2tmfg Fri, 01 Feb 2008 05:59:26 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/01/22/the-ufcs-biggest-problem/#comment-13507 Sorry for the miss spelled words guy's, I was getting passionate about the subject. Sorry for the miss spelled words guy’s, I was getting passionate about the subject.

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]]> By: d2tmfg http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/01/22/the-ufcs-biggest-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-13506 d2tmfg Fri, 01 Feb 2008 05:56:58 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/01/22/the-ufcs-biggest-problem/#comment-13506 Pay the fighters, not the establishment. I don't care if the cage/octagon/ring says UFC OR TNN for that matter, pay the fighters! After an MMA fighter becomes a champ, or a big name in the sport, they should be compensated like boxers. How many boxing matches have you seen fighters get millions? Now, haw many MMA fighters get that same respect? These fighters are estblished as fighters, heroes, and products by name. The shirts should have the fighter pic on the front and back with little tiny letters that say ufc on a sleave or somthing. The UFC needs to stop premoting itself so dang much and start promoting the reason whey we watch,,,,,,,,,the fighters. Once they figure this out, they will have plenty of big names in the buisness. How many times have you seen the name "DON King" on a boxing ring floor or on a tee shirt? Does the name "Golden boy productions" mean anything to you Dana? This is the road MMA fighters are soon to go with in the future. Then, the UFC will have to deal with managers of the fighters for the big names. PAY THE FIGHTERS! Just like entertainment wrestling back in the Hulkamania day's, can you come up with a dream MMA fight in you mind? It can happen Dana, if you "PAY THE FIGHTERS!" UFC endorsments, 7 figure pay, a % in DVD sales and rights to all footage that containes the fighters fight's, Action figure dolls, bonus for PPV events, $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ then I can guarantee you could get Tito, Frank, Cung Lee, Tank, Pedro, Nick Diaz, hell even Royce for that matter. You can have the glory days of the UFC back like when you had the Lions Den, Gracie Jujitsu, and the up and comming styles all being put to the test. The fans should be supporting there favorite fighters, not there favorite promoter! The big names are still active, but they fight for other promoters, who in fact promote the fighters! Now if you will excuse me Dana, I need to find my SHOWTIME T-Shirt before I watch the may weather fight to show "Pretty Boy Floyd" my support.......O yea! They don't make one! Pay the fighters, not the establishment. I don’t care if the cage/octagon/ring says UFC OR TNN for that matter, pay the fighters! After an MMA fighter becomes a champ, or a big name in the sport, they should be compensated like boxers. How many boxing matches have you seen fighters get millions? Now, haw many MMA fighters get that same respect? These fighters are estblished as fighters, heroes, and products by name. The shirts should have the fighter pic on the front and back with little tiny letters that say ufc on a sleave or somthing. The UFC needs to stop premoting itself so dang much and start promoting the reason whey we watch,,,,,,,,,the fighters. Once they figure this out, they will have plenty of big names in the buisness. How many times have you seen the name “DON King” on a boxing ring floor or on a tee shirt? Does the name “Golden boy productions” mean anything to you Dana? This is the road MMA fighters are soon to go with in the future. Then, the UFC will have to deal with managers of the fighters for the big names. PAY THE FIGHTERS! Just like entertainment wrestling back in the Hulkamania day’s, can you come up with a dream MMA fight in you mind? It can happen Dana, if you “PAY THE FIGHTERS!” UFC endorsments, 7 figure pay, a % in DVD sales and rights to all footage that containes the fighters fight’s, Action figure dolls, bonus for PPV events, $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ then I can guarantee you could get Tito, Frank, Cung Lee, Tank, Pedro, Nick Diaz, hell even Royce for that matter. You can have the glory days of the UFC back like when you had the Lions Den, Gracie Jujitsu, and the up and comming styles all being put to the test. The fans should be supporting there favorite fighters, not there favorite promoter! The big names are still active, but they fight for other promoters, who in fact promote the fighters! Now if you will excuse me Dana, I need to find my SHOWTIME T-Shirt before I watch the may weather fight to show “Pretty Boy Floyd” my support…….O yea! They don’t make one!

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]]> By: Jj http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/01/22/the-ufcs-biggest-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-12462 Jj Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:47:23 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/01/22/the-ufcs-biggest-problem/#comment-12462 "Jake O’Brien hasn’t beaten anyone of note and is as boring as bat shit" "When Eddie Sanchez is being talked about as a prospect there is definitely a problem." I 100% agree with both of these statements, I about shit when I saw that Sanchez made the main card at 79. I don't know if your right about Lesnar though, and I really don't understand why you don't think athletic commissions won't sanction him? You think that because he is a NCAA champion he is not on the same skill level? “Smarten the fuck up” Thank you Mayor Of Grammar. then I read that quote and I think it is the best of them all. Keep up the good work Mr. Cupitt. I love the content and am usually interested enough in the article to not overly criticize minor spelling errors. “Jake O’Brien hasn’t beaten anyone of note and is as boring as bat shit”

“When Eddie Sanchez is being talked about as a prospect there is definitely a problem.”

I 100% agree with both of these statements, I about shit when I saw that Sanchez made the main card at 79. I don’t know if your right about Lesnar though, and I really don’t understand why you don’t think athletic commissions won’t sanction him? You think that because he is a NCAA champion he is not on the same skill level?

“Smarten the fuck up”

Thank you Mayor Of Grammar.

then I read that quote and I think it is the best of them all.

Keep up the good work Mr. Cupitt. I love the content and am usually interested enough in the article to not overly criticize minor spelling errors.

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]]> By: MoreThanUFC http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/01/22/the-ufcs-biggest-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-12450 MoreThanUFC Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:08:36 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/01/22/the-ufcs-biggest-problem/#comment-12450 Where can I watch the two fights where Fedor demolishes Nog? Where can I watch the two fights where Fedor demolishes Nog?

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]]> By: Andy http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/01/22/the-ufcs-biggest-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-12448 Andy Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:58:44 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/01/22/the-ufcs-biggest-problem/#comment-12448 Well…other than the HW division he pretty much has them all(top fighters)…save Gomi, Mach, Shields, Melendez, Fedor, Barnett, Alexander E., Overeem…and maybe a few others… Thats a lot of fighters! No he does not pretty much have them all. The UFC has most of the top fighters, but look at the world lightweight rankings, I can see 2 ufc fighters ranked, the rest are fighting in other organizations or are in Japan probably going to sign with M1 (thats just my opinion). Look at Andre and Tito, two big name fighters probably going somewhere else. Isn't Arlovski from Belarus, former Soviet Union? I think Andre vs. Fedor would be an awesome fight and UFC will never do that one. No Dana you're not gonna get them all! You never will! There are too many good fighters! If the UFC had them all we would only see our favorite fighters fight once a year because every fighter needs their turn to fight. This sport is just too big for one organization so stop hating on all your competition because UFC is the biggest. Well…other than the HW division he pretty much has them all(top fighters)…save Gomi, Mach, Shields, Melendez, Fedor, Barnett, Alexander E., Overeem…and maybe a few others…

Thats a lot of fighters! No he does not pretty much have them all. The UFC has most of the top fighters, but look at the world lightweight rankings, I can see 2 ufc fighters ranked, the rest are fighting in other organizations or are in Japan probably going to sign with M1 (thats just my opinion). Look at Andre and Tito, two big name fighters probably going somewhere else. Isn’t Arlovski from Belarus, former Soviet Union? I think Andre vs. Fedor would be an awesome fight and UFC will never do that one.
No Dana you’re not gonna get them all! You never will! There are too many good fighters! If the UFC had them all we would only see our favorite fighters fight once a year because every fighter needs their turn to fight. This sport is just too big for one organization so stop hating on all your competition because UFC is the biggest.

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]]> By: Luis http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/01/22/the-ufcs-biggest-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-12391 Luis Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:37:02 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/01/22/the-ufcs-biggest-problem/#comment-12391 Your tone is very negative and you fail to pose a real solution. "crown an interim champion on February 2nd they should delay any challenges for a period of time to give the division time to come up with a few more names" Instead of disparaging every heavyweight in the UFC, how about you sit long and hard and think of a real solution instead of being such a hater? Every fighter is marketable. Anything can be marketed. The whole art of marketing is based on perception. Why would it be so hard to create fiction? And why build an entire division on one guy? A great 45 year old fighter? Your tone is very negative and you fail to pose a real solution.

“crown an interim champion on February 2nd they should delay any challenges for a period of time to give the division time to come up with a few more names”

Instead of disparaging every heavyweight in the UFC, how about you sit long and hard and think of a real solution instead of being such a hater? Every fighter is marketable. Anything can be marketed. The whole art of marketing is based on perception. Why would it be so hard to create fiction?

And why build an entire division on one guy? A great 45 year old fighter?

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]]> By: Sam Caplan http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/01/22/the-ufcs-biggest-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-12384 Sam Caplan Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:33:41 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/01/22/the-ufcs-biggest-problem/#comment-12384 Apology accepted. Let's move on. Apology accepted. Let’s move on.

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]]> By: Sam Cupitt http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/01/22/the-ufcs-biggest-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-12383 Sam Cupitt Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:32:38 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/01/22/the-ufcs-biggest-problem/#comment-12383 Also if you were writing for Five Ounces of Pain, you would realise that when you are writing a post like I just wrote... which was huge, you make errors. Then you would also realise that you are using Wordpress, which possesses the shittiest grammar and spell checker known to man. I did use the spell check I did, and it highlighted nearly every word I wrote in red. Even words like end, and if were highlighted. So I went through and changed all the ones that stuck out. If I missed one I am human, if you want to point that out to me fine. If you tell me to smarten the fuck up while you do it and mock my education, I will tell you to get the fuck down from your high horse and shove your grammatical lessons up your arse. You sir, are a grammar Nazi. Also if you were writing for Five Ounces of Pain, you would realise that when you are writing a post like I just wrote… which was huge, you make errors. Then you would also realise that you are using Wordpress, which possesses the shittiest grammar and spell checker known to man.

I did use the spell check I did, and it highlighted nearly every word I wrote in red. Even words like end, and if were highlighted. So I went through and changed all the ones that stuck out. If I missed one I am human, if you want to point that out to me fine. If you tell me to smarten the fuck up while you do it and mock my education, I will tell you to get the fuck down from your high horse and shove your grammatical lessons up your arse.

You sir, are a grammar Nazi.

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]]> By: Sam Cupitt http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/01/22/the-ufcs-biggest-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-12382 Sam Cupitt Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:26:54 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/01/22/the-ufcs-biggest-problem/#comment-12382 It's not incorrect grammar, I said thank you Mayor of Grammar because you said that you "might of come off a bit too sarcastic" and because of that you didn't want to sound like the Mayor of Grammar. I was just calling you Mayor Of Grammar because you obviously had every intention of saying what you said, so I gave you the title you obviously wanted. It’s not incorrect grammar, I said thank you Mayor of Grammar because you said that you “might of come off a bit too sarcastic” and because of that you didn’t want to sound like the Mayor of Grammar. I was just calling you Mayor Of Grammar because you obviously had every intention of saying what you said, so I gave you the title you obviously wanted.

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]]> By: andrew http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/01/22/the-ufcs-biggest-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-12381 andrew Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:08:04 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/01/22/the-ufcs-biggest-problem/#comment-12381 sam, honestly, i do respect your site! this is why i've said what i've said. i sincerely apologized earlier for my initial sarcasm, (tried to be funny...failed) and i tried to tone it down again later in a third post, but i think that when sam took a shot at me, i had to respond, so i did. as i've said, i have great respect for the amount of work everyone puts into this site. i know it's very difficult, and things happen on the fly. i tried to make a point being a bit sarcastic, and it didn't work, i apologize again. sam,
honestly, i do respect your site! this is why i’ve said what i’ve said.
i sincerely apologized earlier for my initial sarcasm, (tried to be funny…failed) and i tried to tone it down again later in a third post, but i think that when sam took a shot at me, i had to respond, so i did.

as i’ve said, i have great respect for the amount of work everyone puts into this site. i know it’s very difficult, and things happen on the fly. i tried to make a point being a bit sarcastic, and it didn’t work, i apologize again.

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