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Originally Posted by punky
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 think you're missing the point - Brock wasn't hamming it up, he genuinely disliked Mir because of the way he was disrespecting Lesnar in the build-up. As I said, Couture treated him like a professional and Lesnar acted like one back.
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Originally Posted by punky
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  |
At WWE level the wrestlers don't just 'roll around'. There's an entertainment factor which cannot be guaranteed in legtimate contact sports.