Dirty Northeners Ultimate Fighting Thread
Any fans of MMA on here? I thought id get a thread going for us to discuss Ultimate Fighting, Pride etc if theres anyone that wants to join me. Did anyone see the Ultimate Fighter that was on Bravo recently?
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I don't really watch any MMA but I do keep up with it somewhat just because I'm a Dave Meltzer mark.
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I'v only been watching more than the odd match for the past year or so, mainly Pride.
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Men and Motors have been showing the odd Pride show around midnight on Wendsays and Saturday in the last couple of months although normally a few months after the event.
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Guy I know does that cage-fighting stuff, is that what you mean?
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Ah, ok. He used to fight up at Milton Keynes. Put bets on himself to win :)
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I ocassionally watched K1 a year or two back, and have seen Pride and 'Rage in a Cage' a few times aswell.
I watched the whole of the 'Ultimate Fighter 2' over the course of a couple of weeks at the end of last year - that was entertaining. If it's on I will usually watch it, but the UFC seems a bit too gimmicky for my liking - the 'Octagon', and fighters calling out to other fighters at ringside, it'll end up like the WWF before you know it. I do like to watch a good bust up though. |
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As to Ring/Cage I preffer the former myself as even though the latter does prevent people falling out the ring it seems to lead to more fights ending up on the ground as you can trap someone agenst it. It does also look a little gimmicky I agree and brings up negative associations to sleazy bloodsport cagefighting. |
There seems to be an awful lot of MMA on Eurosport nowadays...
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I've had a bit of an illness with this for a while.
Pride and Bushido are top quality. Fedor Emelianenko is the daddy. The old UFC's were good but it's now become a bit of a gameshow (Ultimate Fighter), and all the best fighters have switched to the above mentioned. I've got a load of old Brazilian DVD's of Vale Tudo bouts. These are the most savage and bloody I've seen. There are basically no rules, clueless ref's and 1/2hr rounds. Blinding. I'm very disappointed that we get no live coverage here. I've seen the Pride GP 2005 but I think there's another 3 events only been shoen on Japanese and US pay per view. Getting snides off Ebay seems to be the only way to see the decent stuff here. Watch Bravo for any length oftime and it'll start repeating. Russian no-holds barred is worth a look. |
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I think now UFC had brought back BJ Penn and Tito Ortiz (all promotions need a good villain) and have guys like St Pierre coming through, the future is bright. Itll never catch up with Pride though as they have deeper pockets than UFC due to it being more popular over there. |
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I enjoy watching a bit of UFC, always find it entertaining.
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Does anyone want to be kept spoiler free for Prides new year's eve show or can we discuss results from that?
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