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Russ · 13-07-2009, 11:24

UFC matches can be boring - the 1st round of Lesner/Mir is a good example. In other matches, get a good shot in early and the fight is over. If I watch something like that I want to be entertained too. In pro-wrestling you're getting that.

In 99% of UFC matches, with the build-up there's always 'trash talk' between the fighters but as the match starts they touch gloves, and hug afterwards. OK that's sportsmanship and I can respect that but it makes all the trash-talk mean nothing. I want emotional attachment to a UFC fight. I want to know that the 2 guys genuinely hate each other.

I've never seen that in a UFC match - except in Lesnar/Mir. OK I don't think Lesnar hates mir but he hated the fact that Mir won their first encounter. Lesnar admits to being a bad loser. In all the build-up mir BS'd about all these technical moves that Brock couldn't do, even going as far as saying once he beats him he'll explain the move to him after the match.

Well Mir was right, Lesnar didn't do anything technical, he just held him down and pounded the brown stuff out of him.

OK in WWE the guys don't (usually) really hate each other but if they're professional enough they'll make you think they do. There's a reason why these 2 guys are fighting, it's not just something thrown together to make money. The crowd have a reason to pay to be there. Again, there's an emotional attachment. There might be an element to it in UFC matches but nowhere near the same level as in pro-wrestling.

13-07-2009, 11:24	#84
Russ cf.mega poster Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Half in the corporeal, half in the etheral Posts: 37,181	Re: The UFC thread. UFC matches can be boring - the 1st round of Lesner/Mir is a good example. In other matches, get a good shot in early and the fight is over. If I watch something like that I want to be entertained too. In pro-wrestling you're getting that. In 99% of UFC matches, with the build-up there's always 'trash talk' between the fighters but as the match starts they touch gloves, and hug afterwards. OK that's sportsmanship and I can respect that but it makes all the trash-talk mean nothing. I want emotional attachment to a UFC fight. I want to know that the 2 guys genuinely hate each other. I've never seen that in a UFC match - except in Lesnar/Mir. OK I don't think Lesnar hates mir but he hated the fact that Mir won their first encounter. Lesnar admits to being a bad loser. In all the build-up mir BS'd about all these technical moves that Brock couldn't do, even going as far as saying once he beats him he'll explain the move to him after the match. Well Mir was right, Lesnar didn't do anything technical, he just held him down and pounded the brown stuff out of him. OK in WWE the guys don't (usually) really hate each other but if they're professional enough they'll make you think they do. There's a reason why these 2 guys are fighting, it's not just something thrown together to make money. The crowd have a reason to pay to be there. Again, there's an emotional attachment. There might be an element to it in UFC matches but nowhere near the same level as in pro-wrestling. __________________ From Jim Cornette: “Ty, Fy, bye”