It would partially explain the obsession with graphics and all things production

Anibal Alejandro Jaramilla…in defense of those who worked on that show – and I don’t know any of them – is that sometimes in television, the result of a production doesn’t reflect how hard those individuals worked to make that show happen.

Sometimes, talented folks aren’t given the proper tools to execute a show properly, whether it’s because of lack of budget or whatever. Other times, the crew just isn’t good, end of story.

For the purpose of these columns, I prefer to not know any inside information about budgets, crew, etc. It’s a bottom line thing for me: was the show good or not from a production point of view.

For me, fights are the most important thing, but at the same time, good production can make me enjoy it more (which don’t really works other way – if the production really sucks, it doesn’t really destroy the enjoynment for me but it could be better). I agree that things like statistics, interesting facts and storylines are a great asset and made a lot of difference.

I would also like to see have their commentating team either changed or filled with some new staff. As much as I like Bas, he really repeats himself a lot (when you saw a few events, it doesn’t matter that much, but if you saw a lot of them, it is being very obvious. He knows what is he talking about, but at the same time, he is not really good as a comentator, because he fails at communicating his wisdom… It is mostly about cliches, propagating body blows and so. I don’t have a big issue with that, but still, I would prefer to see also other teams in work. Ron Kruck wasn’t that bad when he filled for a Kenny of Bas…

BTW: Quality of the picture… Well, I’m not American and I don’t really have a possibility to view PPV’s or other broadcasts legally, so I download everything from internet Bonus is, that I download practically everything, from UFC to smallest shows that make it to the TV. From this POV, HDNet are gods, because everything that is broadcasted sooner or later can be viewed also by me At the same time, when I compare rips of normal UFC show and HDNet broadcasts, HDNet broadcast is picture-quality wise several class higher… And I’m talking about ripped video, not real thing.

Fightwise, it was a average event – quite a lot of fights unfortunately ended on the ground with not too good groungame – no subs whatsoever. Smith-Martin was good (although short), Couture-Kvokov a mismatch and other three bouts were average. I’m not complaining though, this is noone’s fault, things like that just happen.

LEE: I would also like to see your PFTC on some of the smaller HDNet broadcast, for example 5.12. – MFC 19

Some who are commenting are conveniently forgetting the point of this particular column, which is to focus on the PRODUCTION VALUE of these televised events…not the fights themselves. There are other articles on this very site that give that angle. While I have given my opinion on a card’s fights before, it is not the focus of this column.

Plus, it’s the fighters who execute the fights, not the people producing the card for TV. Those producing the telecast are responsible for everything but the outcome of the fights. Thanks for the comments, positive or negative.

Who gives a rats arse about all that stuff. i mean to a degree it’s important, but come on…MMA fans care about THE FIGHTS and the fights WERE GREAT.

How the F**** could you enjoy anything when your critiquing the lighting and all other stuff. Geez man……

you take up a whole article saying what’s wrong with the production and barely mention the fights……..

Also, HDNet is not free to most viewers. For me to get it, it is part of an HD package that I have to pay for. So, if it’s part of an exclusive package, yeah, I wouldn’t mind seeing some quality out of it. Especially from a network that sells itself on bringing high definition mixed martial arts programming into our homes.

and the fights were all pretty bad on top of that…. but i was nice to see scott smith get a win.

The production wasn’t great but who cares? I had no problem understanding what was going on in the cage and really that’s what matters to me. With the exception of the Kim Couture “fight” I actually enjoyed the bouts. I don’t mind early KO’s and you can’t really put the blame for a cut stoppage on Strikeforce.

If you dislike Strikeforce so much, don’t watch it! They simply don’t have the resources or experience to put on shows with the UFC’s level of production. But as long as they are showing good fights, it just doesn’t bother me much, MMA is about the fights not the camera angles.

And no comment on Scott Smith’s comments after his win!! I was quite surprised with his reference to Tom Attasio, was it known that he “had a life partner named Lance”. I don’t think Scott was “outting” Tom, and in my opinion it doesn’t matter to me, but i know not everyone feels that way. Will this be a big deal? And i don’t think Dana would stoop to using it for one of his rants, and let’s hope he doesn’t

Also, ekc nailed it. There were other things that I also noticed last night that were a bit more on the technical side, but not really worth going into, because it would lose those who read this. But, I think ekc would agree with me when I say that if you worked on that production last night, there is no way you walk out of that show and say, “Stellar show, guys and gals.”

Thanks for the comments, keep them coming.

I am a fan of Bas Rutten. When he and Quadros did Pride FC’s commentary, I enjoyed it. Whenever Rampage was in the mix it was gold. Good times man. I don’t see Bas to much anymore . Practice makes perfect, isn’t that what we strive for anyways?