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Originally Posted by Russ B
I agree he shouldn't have to do it - and in the Couture match he was totally different because he treated Brock with respect and as a professional. Take sly digs and unnecessary potshots at Lesnar and you're going to have one extremely p'd off man in the ring. Couture put over Brock's abilities yet still said he was going to beat him - that's how pros do it. But Mir took it to a different level and Lesnar responded to it.
In any case his 'heel' promo after the fight was an excellent piece of business. UFC fans now want to see someone beat him even more. That's one of the big selling points of WWE events. It might not be the best PR exercise but from a ticket-selling point of view it will do wonders for UFC. Chris Eubank and Naseem Hamed did something similar in the 90s, they might not have been popular but the buy-rates hit the roof because people wanted to see someone knock them down.
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You're looking at it from the WWE not perspective, not the UFC/sport perspective. There is always a bit of trash talk between fighters to ramp the match up. However Brock is taking it to panto levels as with his previous job. It doesn't work like that in professional sports. I'm sure someone took him to one side after the match and explained it to him. I'm guessing that refusing to touch gloves was all part of he panto in his mind, but its an extreme lack of respect. It only happens when there is extreme genuine bad blood between fighters. Its not done for fun.
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I didn't say it's boring - but it CAN be boring. Imagine you pay £50 for a ringside seat and all matches end with a knockout in the first round, you're going to feel a bit short-changed. OK it's unlikely to happen but there's no guarantee you're going to be entertained. I also think WWE guys are mentally and physically tougher than UFC fighters but that's a different story I guess.
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It depends on if you want to see entertainment or sport. I personally would rather see 6 fighters really go at it and end 3 matches in 3 mins with a knockout than watch 45 mins of people rolling around trying to submit each other without really trying with the matches going to points. BTW, the ringside seats for the UFC at the O2 in 2008 were £150
