Comments on: 5 Oz. of Pain on CBS: Why You Should Be Watching the WEC

By: bashyourfaceforcash

bashyourfaceforcash — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:55:15 +0000

Yes bantom weight has a home, yes the anouncing of mir is a 1st hand almost inside the cage feel and perspective. I believe everyone here concur’s with me that WEC and UFC are the 2 top pragmatic names in MMA.

By: Nate

Nate — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:39:46 +0000

How do you watch WEC at work?

I would like to watch WEC, but I can only watch online…. any options available?

By: Grape Knee High

Grape Knee High — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 20:35:26 +0000

Sam, like you, I am also a big fan of the WEC.

However, when I see the entire production plastered with the cheesy tribal tattoo visual theme, the last thing in my mind is that it is a “classy production”.

By: Zack

Zack — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 17:57:54 +0000

Amen. The only knock on the WEC is that they don’t hold enough cards!

By: AG Silver

AG Silver — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 17:52:35 +0000

You know what makes WEC more bearable than EliteXC for me?

Intelligent, non-self-serving announcing. I feel Frank Mir provides much more depth to the WEC broadcasts than Goldberg (who always finds new and creative ways to abandon journalistic, announcing impartiality) or even Mauro Rabello (too many corny one-liners that go over about as well as dead baby jokes at an abortion clinic).

I shudder to think how the CBS broadcast will go but I started watching WEC at the insistence of a good friend of mine (who is a HUGE MMA fan) and have fallen in love with the product. This was without the bias of knowing it was Zuffa owned.

Now knowing that, I can see that the WEC presentation is a similar model to the UFC’s but still light years ahead of EliteXC. Hopefully, EliteXC won’t tank on CBS but I’m keeping my fingers crossed anyway… just in case.

By: Pontus

Pontus — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 16:01:28 +0000

I think you forgot the most important reason why the WEC is so good.

It’s that they gave featherweights and bantamweights a place to shine.

By: Barry

Barry — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:29:11 +0000

Sam, I gotta say I agree 100%. Great ‘show’ and usually great fights. And why Uriah Faber isn’t on more ‘top 10′ lists I have no idea.

By: mike wolfe

mike wolfe — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:26:23 +0000

IMO, part of the WEC’s increasing success is its addition, development and retention of new, upcoming talent. UFC also did this, at least until recently. Orgs. that are built with fighters who have moved over from other orgs don’t have the success in terms of good cards/good fights. It’s somewhat similar to baseball, in my mind. Clubs that have built true dynasties have solid farm teams, too.

WEC and UFC set the standard by which other orgs are judged. Circumstances can change over time, but I don’t see that happening any time soon.

By: Mike C.

Mike C. — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:52:15 +0000

I love the WEC. I just got two friends hooked the other night. I had the last event Tivo’s and then we watched the new one. At first they weren’t interested for one of the reasons listed. They didn’t know anyone on the card.

As you said, the matchmaking is usually fantastic. Cannot wait for June 1st. I would pay for Pulver-Faber and Tapia-Torres and we get it free.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:38:14 +0000

Must say I totally agree Sam. I usually watch the WEC cards at work, since they are on during the week and I work a 3 to 12 shift. I went from watching the WEC cards by myself to slowly having 2 or 3 other guys watching as well. The non-stop action of the show keeps them there the whole time. When Spike has a UFC card on there is always time for them to walk away for a while and it just doesn’t give them the same intensity. I still enjoy both cards, but the casual fans that I watch with enjoy the WEC cards more.

The matchups they make are fantastic as well. Every time they make a card people are always talking about how they would love to see the whole card or would pay money to see it because of the depth of matchups. Luckily we get it for free though!