CBS wrong in choosing to air MMA?
A friend suggested an article about M.M.A. he thought I might be interested in reading.It just so happened that the article was from a Utah newspaper, (where I live)The Deseret News.
The article titled "CBS gets it wrong in deciding to air MMA" was published May 30, 2008 by Scott D. Pierce.I am going to post the article, followed by my response to it.
I would be interested in hearing more opinions, so if you have one, feel free to leave a comment.
CBS is the home of NFL football. The NCAA men's basketball tournament. SEC football. U.S. Open tennis. Golf tournaments like The Masters and the PGA Championship.And, as of Saturday night, CBS is also the home of mixed martial arts. The one-time "Tiffany network" airs the first "EliteXC Saturday Night Fights" (8 p.m., Ch. 2).I know this will get me hate mail (because it's happened before), but mixed martial arts is more like the Christians vs. the lions in the Roman Coliseum than a legitimate sporting event. Mixed martial arts is a euphemism for guys beating each other into a bloody pulp.That's not an exaggeration. The object is for the combatants to beat each other into submission. To knock them unconscious. If there's blood, broken bones, concussions — well, that's entertainment!Boxing looks tame by comparison.If what's going to happen on CBS on Saturday night were to happen out on the playground, somebody would be jailed before the night was over.An article in ESPN The Magazine that's overwhelmingly favorable about MMA describes it as "human cockfighting."You go to jail if you're caught being involved in cockfighting. It's a crime.There's no doubt that this kind of stuff is becoming increasingly popular. It's done well on cable and in syndication, but CBS signing on to telecast EliteXC adds an air of legitimacy to an event that's questionable at best.Questionable seems too mild a description. Reprehensible is more accurate.CBS should be ashamed.Parents, be warned. This is not something any child should be exposed to.Let the hate mail begin ...
I actually wrote 2 responses to this article because I thought the first one might have been a little too racy for the Deseret News. I am not sure if either will be posted.
Here is one of them,
Those who practice Mixed Martial Arts are some of the most talented and diciplined people I have ever come across.I would rather my children watch those athletes and the sport of M.M.A., than some of the other crap that is available to see everyday on public television. Do I really want my child watching a talk show where the topic is something to the effect of "I have been with 20 guys! Please tell me which one is the father of my baby."I think not.You are entitled to your own opinion, as I am entitled to mine. I am also entitled to watch any program on T.V. that I choose, as are you.Here is the solution.....If you don't like it, don't watch it.
Pretty simple, don't you think?
Saturday, May 31, 2008
MMA BLOG
M.M.A. BLOG
Wednesday May 28 2008
I decided to create a new blog about my favorite thing.....M.M.A. of course! I have posted some of my older blogs, in case anyone would care to read them. Hopefully I will be adding links to fighter websites soon, it will make it a lot easier on me, rather than having to look them up.Anyone who wishes to comment on any of my posts please feel free to do so, I always welcome a different point of view or opinion.Any cool fight pics, video's, or stories are always fun as well, just give me the info.I guess we will see how this goes.........
Wednesday May 28 2008
I decided to create a new blog about my favorite thing.....M.M.A. of course! I have posted some of my older blogs, in case anyone would care to read them. Hopefully I will be adding links to fighter websites soon, it will make it a lot easier on me, rather than having to look them up.Anyone who wishes to comment on any of my posts please feel free to do so, I always welcome a different point of view or opinion.Any cool fight pics, video's, or stories are always fun as well, just give me the info.I guess we will see how this goes.........
I LOVE THIS GUY!!!!!
I LOVE THIS GUY!Saturday May 24 2008
I LOVE THIS GUY!
Out of all Tito's T-shirt messages, I think this one has got to be my favorite!As this will be Tito Ortiz's last fight for the UFC, strangely enough it has nothing to do with his opponent Lyoto Machita. It is just to bad for him that he is caught in the middle of an ongoing war between his opponent Tito Ortiz and the UFC's president Dana White.Tito's message to Dana is loud and clear! And I for one, totally agree!This will probably be the only way Tito can get his point across. As I am sure Dana won't let the former champ have his say after the fight. Not like any of us would be surprised by this right? We all know what happens when Dana can't have his way......Andrei Arlovski probably knows better than anyone.I hope Tito proves his point in the octagon, too bad it won't be the UFC president in there with him!ROCK ON TITO!!!!!!
UFC 84 FIGHT PICKS
UFC 84 FIGHT PICKS
Tuesday May 20 2008
I am very excited for UFC 84!!!! I was actually supposed to be there, but as circumstances are.......I won't be going. Still working on tickets for the fights in July!
Here are my picks for UFC 84.
B.J. Penn over Sean Steroid Sherk
Wanderlei Silva over Keith Jardine (I would love to see Jardine win though)
Wilson Gouveia over Goran Reljic (not familiar with Reljic)
Tito Ortiz over Lyoto Machita (anyone care to speculate what will happen after this fight? Will Tito get a chance to say his piece??? we will see!)
I guess that is all. I am not too familiar about some of the others opponents.
Anyway, just got finished watching the countdown.....even more exciting now!!
Tuesday May 20 2008
I am very excited for UFC 84!!!! I was actually supposed to be there, but as circumstances are.......I won't be going. Still working on tickets for the fights in July!
Here are my picks for UFC 84.
B.J. Penn over Sean Steroid Sherk
Wanderlei Silva over Keith Jardine (I would love to see Jardine win though)
Wilson Gouveia over Goran Reljic (not familiar with Reljic)
Tito Ortiz over Lyoto Machita (anyone care to speculate what will happen after this fight? Will Tito get a chance to say his piece??? we will see!)
I guess that is all. I am not too familiar about some of the others opponents.
Anyway, just got finished watching the countdown.....even more exciting now!!
UFC 83 FIGHT PICKS
UFC 83 FIGHT PICKS
Tuesday April 15 2008
UFC 83 FIGHT Picks! Current mood: impatient
My picks are as follows......
I am taking GSP over Serra
Travis Lutter over Rich Franklin
Nate Quarry over Kalib Starnes
Michael Bisping over Charles McCarthy
Mac Danzig over Mark Bocek
Jason MacDonald over Joe Doerksen
Alan Belcher over Jason Day ( only cause I am not familiar with Day)
Demian Maia over Ed Herman (once again I am not familiar with Maia, but I will cheer on anyone who beats Herman down!)
Sam Stout over Rich Clementi
I will take Cain Velasquez over Brad Morris (not familiar with either fighter)
Jonathan Goulet over Kuniyoshi Hironaka
So all of my MMA fan friends, I am eager to hear what you think!!!! Let me know!!!!!
Tuesday April 15 2008
UFC 83 FIGHT Picks! Current mood: impatient
My picks are as follows......
I am taking GSP over Serra
Travis Lutter over Rich Franklin
Nate Quarry over Kalib Starnes
Michael Bisping over Charles McCarthy
Mac Danzig over Mark Bocek
Jason MacDonald over Joe Doerksen
Alan Belcher over Jason Day ( only cause I am not familiar with Day)
Demian Maia over Ed Herman (once again I am not familiar with Maia, but I will cheer on anyone who beats Herman down!)
Sam Stout over Rich Clementi
I will take Cain Velasquez over Brad Morris (not familiar with either fighter)
Jonathan Goulet over Kuniyoshi Hironaka
So all of my MMA fan friends, I am eager to hear what you think!!!! Let me know!!!!!
Chuck vs. Kimbo
Chuck vs. Kimbo
Saturday April 5 2008
Chuck and Kimbo Current mood: amused
OK people, help me out a little bit......I am a huge fan of Chuck Liddell, the man is a great fighter and his fights have been some of the most exciting that I have seen in MMA.But now he feels the need to speak out about Kimbo. I am really not understanding why. Chuck says that Kimbo doesn’t deserve the admiration that he is getting from fans and promoters.Not that it should even matter to Chuck, as long as he is under contract with the UFC, Dana won’t let him out of the house with out a check-up. Why should he be worried about Kimbo who is fighting for Elite XC?What Chuck should be more concerned with is the fact that the UFC brought in Brock Lesnar who is a WWE fighter. (in other words....FAKE!) and is being paid more than most of our favorite UFC superstars.I know all about Lesnar and his wrestling background so I don’t need anyone defending Lesnar to me. But think about this......I am sure Kimbo and his "Street Fights" are more real than anything Lesnar did previous to fighting for the UFC.I would rather watch Kimbo and his street fights than Lesnar’s fights in the WWE anyday. I know that it is hard for some people to understand, but WWE fights are FAKE people!!!!!!!!!!So while Chuck feels the need to give us all his opinion about Kimbo.....lets see what he has to say about Brock Lesnar!
Saturday April 5 2008
Chuck and Kimbo Current mood: amused
OK people, help me out a little bit......I am a huge fan of Chuck Liddell, the man is a great fighter and his fights have been some of the most exciting that I have seen in MMA.But now he feels the need to speak out about Kimbo. I am really not understanding why. Chuck says that Kimbo doesn’t deserve the admiration that he is getting from fans and promoters.Not that it should even matter to Chuck, as long as he is under contract with the UFC, Dana won’t let him out of the house with out a check-up. Why should he be worried about Kimbo who is fighting for Elite XC?What Chuck should be more concerned with is the fact that the UFC brought in Brock Lesnar who is a WWE fighter. (in other words....FAKE!) and is being paid more than most of our favorite UFC superstars.I know all about Lesnar and his wrestling background so I don’t need anyone defending Lesnar to me. But think about this......I am sure Kimbo and his "Street Fights" are more real than anything Lesnar did previous to fighting for the UFC.I would rather watch Kimbo and his street fights than Lesnar’s fights in the WWE anyday. I know that it is hard for some people to understand, but WWE fights are FAKE people!!!!!!!!!!So while Chuck feels the need to give us all his opinion about Kimbo.....lets see what he has to say about Brock Lesnar!
The Future of M.M.A.
The Future of M.M.A.
Tuesday April 1 2008
The future of MMA! Current mood: irritated
OK Peeps! I am getting a little frustrated so I think its time to write another blog!I am sure once again I will offend a few people, but I really don’t care....don’t read my blog if you can’t handle it!As a hardcore MMA fan, I am wondering what the future will hold for my favorite sport!I have always been a fan of the UFC, but lately I feel like they are making very poor decisions concerning a few different fighters.I understand that Dana White and Tito Ortiz have never seen eye to eye on a lot of their issues, so it makes sense to me why Tito will be fighting his last fight for the UFC in may.They failed to sign Fedor and they had the money to do it. That decision in my opinion, was pretty stupid. It surprised me that Dana, who has a hard time parting with his money, didn’t understand that had he signed Fedor he probably would have made more money on the Fedor/Randy fight, than he had to pay Fedor to sign with the UFC.On the other hand, I wouldn’t put it past him to lose a little money just to spite somebody. It has happened before.When Dana doesn’t get his way, he will punish the fighter until his contract is up or until he eventually get what he wants. I am not understanding what he is thinking.The UFC has the money to pay the fighters what they want or agree on a fair amount. If he did so, I think the fighters in the organization would be loyal to the UFC. Instead he is losing a lot of big name fighters to other MMA organizations. And with the fighters go their fans!I think Dana and the UFC could make even more money if they got together with other MMA organizations, and put together bigger fights. Am I wrong to think this?Like I said before, I understand Dana and Tito have their differences, but this isn’t just about Tito anymore. Now Randy is having issues, and we all saw what Dana did to Arlovski, when he didn’t sign a new contract. They didn’t even air his fight on the PPV. What the hell?????I actually thought Dana was just unhappy with Arlovski’s performance at first. But then after thinking about it I wasn’t too sure....Tim Sylvia who has never really had an exciting fight unless he was losing, has pretty much been the main event. Arlovski has not lost a fight since Sylvia, and now his fight isn’t even televised?????And as of a few days ago, the UFC has even lost Tim Sylvia!The heavyweight division is totally lacking in great fighters, I mean come on! Brock Lesnar?? what the heck was that??? A new way to fill Dana’s pocket? Getting WWE fans to watch? The UFC has sunk to a new level.So now I have to ask this question, are the UFC fighters having the problems? Or is it one person? Dana White!I don’t think that they realize that with these big name fighters, go their huge fan base. Do they really think they are established enough to lose all of these huge names and stay 1? I don’t think so! Real MMA fans are going to watch their favorite fighters in other organizations.I know the UFC is the most recognized MMA org. right now, but when the others organizations are getting all of the fighters Dana is screwing over, the fans are going to go elsewhere to see their favorites fight.It really says something about Dana, when this many fighters are going elsewhere. I think the UFC and Dana White are actually helping these other organizations become mainstream.And who’s bright idea was it to pass on putting fights on CBS???? Now people who are gonna watch and discover MMA, are not going to recognize the UFC as the top MMA organization. helping the other Organizations become more popular to a new fan base.It seems really sad to me that this is not about the sport anymore, its about how much money Dana can get his hands on. Instead of taking care of these fighters and staying the number 1 MMA organization, the UFC and Dana are screwing the fighters over and are in danger of losing fans to these new MMA Organizations.I have been very impressed with Elite XC. And if anyone has watched the last few fight cards, you know what I am talking about.Dana White is burning his bridges. Even if he would pay the fighters more money, are they going to even want to fight in the UFC after all the garbage he puts them through?I guess we will soon find out.....Anyone care to share their opinion???
Tuesday April 1 2008
The future of MMA! Current mood: irritated
OK Peeps! I am getting a little frustrated so I think its time to write another blog!I am sure once again I will offend a few people, but I really don’t care....don’t read my blog if you can’t handle it!As a hardcore MMA fan, I am wondering what the future will hold for my favorite sport!I have always been a fan of the UFC, but lately I feel like they are making very poor decisions concerning a few different fighters.I understand that Dana White and Tito Ortiz have never seen eye to eye on a lot of their issues, so it makes sense to me why Tito will be fighting his last fight for the UFC in may.They failed to sign Fedor and they had the money to do it. That decision in my opinion, was pretty stupid. It surprised me that Dana, who has a hard time parting with his money, didn’t understand that had he signed Fedor he probably would have made more money on the Fedor/Randy fight, than he had to pay Fedor to sign with the UFC.On the other hand, I wouldn’t put it past him to lose a little money just to spite somebody. It has happened before.When Dana doesn’t get his way, he will punish the fighter until his contract is up or until he eventually get what he wants. I am not understanding what he is thinking.The UFC has the money to pay the fighters what they want or agree on a fair amount. If he did so, I think the fighters in the organization would be loyal to the UFC. Instead he is losing a lot of big name fighters to other MMA organizations. And with the fighters go their fans!I think Dana and the UFC could make even more money if they got together with other MMA organizations, and put together bigger fights. Am I wrong to think this?Like I said before, I understand Dana and Tito have their differences, but this isn’t just about Tito anymore. Now Randy is having issues, and we all saw what Dana did to Arlovski, when he didn’t sign a new contract. They didn’t even air his fight on the PPV. What the hell?????I actually thought Dana was just unhappy with Arlovski’s performance at first. But then after thinking about it I wasn’t too sure....Tim Sylvia who has never really had an exciting fight unless he was losing, has pretty much been the main event. Arlovski has not lost a fight since Sylvia, and now his fight isn’t even televised?????And as of a few days ago, the UFC has even lost Tim Sylvia!The heavyweight division is totally lacking in great fighters, I mean come on! Brock Lesnar?? what the heck was that??? A new way to fill Dana’s pocket? Getting WWE fans to watch? The UFC has sunk to a new level.So now I have to ask this question, are the UFC fighters having the problems? Or is it one person? Dana White!I don’t think that they realize that with these big name fighters, go their huge fan base. Do they really think they are established enough to lose all of these huge names and stay 1? I don’t think so! Real MMA fans are going to watch their favorite fighters in other organizations.I know the UFC is the most recognized MMA org. right now, but when the others organizations are getting all of the fighters Dana is screwing over, the fans are going to go elsewhere to see their favorites fight.It really says something about Dana, when this many fighters are going elsewhere. I think the UFC and Dana White are actually helping these other organizations become mainstream.And who’s bright idea was it to pass on putting fights on CBS???? Now people who are gonna watch and discover MMA, are not going to recognize the UFC as the top MMA organization. helping the other Organizations become more popular to a new fan base.It seems really sad to me that this is not about the sport anymore, its about how much money Dana can get his hands on. Instead of taking care of these fighters and staying the number 1 MMA organization, the UFC and Dana are screwing the fighters over and are in danger of losing fans to these new MMA Organizations.I have been very impressed with Elite XC. And if anyone has watched the last few fight cards, you know what I am talking about.Dana White is burning his bridges. Even if he would pay the fighters more money, are they going to even want to fight in the UFC after all the garbage he puts them through?I guess we will soon find out.....Anyone care to share their opinion???
UFC RANT
UFC RANT
Sunday January 20 2008
UFC RANT....... Current mood: annoyed
First and foremost, what I am about to say, is my opinion. I will probably offend someone but thats ok. That is what comments are for, right?? I am sure there will be others with a different opinion, but I welcome any opinions that those who read this, want to share.With that said, here goes......I am a huge fan of any, and all Mixed Martial Arts, no matter of the organization it comes from. As I was watching UFC 80 last night, something happened that I just couldn't ignore any longer. This is something that has happened in the past and I am almost certain it will happen in the future. It bothered me then, and it bothers me even more now.I will start off with a riddle, and if you are a mma fan , this shouldn't be too hard.What do Tim Sylvia and Sean Sherk have in common??????Answer: Title Holders that have had to give up their belts due to testing positive for banned substances!Giving up their belts is not what bothers me. What bothers me is the fact that after a short suspension, they are able to fight for that title upon their return to the organization. I think that it is total crap, that after getting caught, they are able to come back and have a shot at the title in their first fight after the suspension!It is not fair to the other fighters who legitimately win their fights! I am not saying that they won because of the banned substances or that the fighter who lost, would have won if their opponent wasn't using the banned substances. I am merely saying that I have no proof of knowing that the reason they hold those titles isn't because of the banned substances. Would they have the belt if they hadn't used banned substances? We don't know that, because we have no evidence how many times they fought using the illegal substances.I am not sure of the edge they get on their opponent when using the substance, and no one else can either! That is why they are illegal. small or large, they still get an edge over their opponent.I believe that if a fighter is caught using illegal substances, they need to work their way up in their weight class. Why should they get a title shot when we don't know how many of those fights were legitimately won?We don't know that had they not used banned substances, they would have won all of their fights on their way to that title. They may have won all those fights anyway, but because of the banned substances we can't know that for sure. The question will always remain in my head however, that they might have lost a few of those fights, had it not been for those banned substances. There is just no way for anyone to know the answer to that question. Whether the banned substances helped or not, who knows?If I were the opponent who lost to the title holder, whether it was their first fight or their title shot, I would always wonder if the outcome would have been the same.I really think that those fighters who are caught using the banned substance, need to fight those opponents again, legitimately.While substance abuse in any sport is negative, this is not a few people on a team doing it. This is one person who chose to cheat, to have an edge over their opponent.I also feel that the punishment for using banned substances should be harsher. These fighters know that if they get caught, they are only suspended for a year and get a title shot upon their return. The risk is not severe enough to prevent fighters from using illegal substances.Some people may argue that if athletes are punished for a more significant amount of time, there will be no one left to compete in any sport. But a harsher punishment might make it harder to take the risk.That being said, I hope BJ Penn teaches Sean Sherk a lesson! I found it humorous that after Penn's fight he said he wasn't impressed with BJ Penn, does he honestly believe that any fan is impressed by a fighter who cheats because he is afraid that he can't win on his own????? I don't know if Sherk was saying that for promotional reasons, he may have been, but it still made him look like a big joke! If a fighter feels he needs to use illegal substances to win, save it for the soap opera world of the WWE, NOTHING in that sport is real!I am finished ranting now, and like I said previously, this is MY OPINION, and if you don't like it or you are offended by it, I guess that is just too bad!I would love to hear other people's opinions, whether you agree with me or not. So feel free to leave me a comment!
Sunday January 20 2008
UFC RANT....... Current mood: annoyed
First and foremost, what I am about to say, is my opinion. I will probably offend someone but thats ok. That is what comments are for, right?? I am sure there will be others with a different opinion, but I welcome any opinions that those who read this, want to share.With that said, here goes......I am a huge fan of any, and all Mixed Martial Arts, no matter of the organization it comes from. As I was watching UFC 80 last night, something happened that I just couldn't ignore any longer. This is something that has happened in the past and I am almost certain it will happen in the future. It bothered me then, and it bothers me even more now.I will start off with a riddle, and if you are a mma fan , this shouldn't be too hard.What do Tim Sylvia and Sean Sherk have in common??????Answer: Title Holders that have had to give up their belts due to testing positive for banned substances!Giving up their belts is not what bothers me. What bothers me is the fact that after a short suspension, they are able to fight for that title upon their return to the organization. I think that it is total crap, that after getting caught, they are able to come back and have a shot at the title in their first fight after the suspension!It is not fair to the other fighters who legitimately win their fights! I am not saying that they won because of the banned substances or that the fighter who lost, would have won if their opponent wasn't using the banned substances. I am merely saying that I have no proof of knowing that the reason they hold those titles isn't because of the banned substances. Would they have the belt if they hadn't used banned substances? We don't know that, because we have no evidence how many times they fought using the illegal substances.I am not sure of the edge they get on their opponent when using the substance, and no one else can either! That is why they are illegal. small or large, they still get an edge over their opponent.I believe that if a fighter is caught using illegal substances, they need to work their way up in their weight class. Why should they get a title shot when we don't know how many of those fights were legitimately won?We don't know that had they not used banned substances, they would have won all of their fights on their way to that title. They may have won all those fights anyway, but because of the banned substances we can't know that for sure. The question will always remain in my head however, that they might have lost a few of those fights, had it not been for those banned substances. There is just no way for anyone to know the answer to that question. Whether the banned substances helped or not, who knows?If I were the opponent who lost to the title holder, whether it was their first fight or their title shot, I would always wonder if the outcome would have been the same.I really think that those fighters who are caught using the banned substance, need to fight those opponents again, legitimately.While substance abuse in any sport is negative, this is not a few people on a team doing it. This is one person who chose to cheat, to have an edge over their opponent.I also feel that the punishment for using banned substances should be harsher. These fighters know that if they get caught, they are only suspended for a year and get a title shot upon their return. The risk is not severe enough to prevent fighters from using illegal substances.Some people may argue that if athletes are punished for a more significant amount of time, there will be no one left to compete in any sport. But a harsher punishment might make it harder to take the risk.That being said, I hope BJ Penn teaches Sean Sherk a lesson! I found it humorous that after Penn's fight he said he wasn't impressed with BJ Penn, does he honestly believe that any fan is impressed by a fighter who cheats because he is afraid that he can't win on his own????? I don't know if Sherk was saying that for promotional reasons, he may have been, but it still made him look like a big joke! If a fighter feels he needs to use illegal substances to win, save it for the soap opera world of the WWE, NOTHING in that sport is real!I am finished ranting now, and like I said previously, this is MY OPINION, and if you don't like it or you are offended by it, I guess that is just too bad!I would love to hear other people's opinions, whether you agree with me or not. So feel free to leave me a comment!
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