manschesthair_utd wrote:(edit:just realised how long this post is....damn.)
what the hell is going on in here??
Raiden is leaving?? shame to lose a member, but if you can't handle someone disagreeing with you, then you shouldn't be posting on internet forums!
anyway, there are some good points to make about Lesnar's performance. I think he has a fantastic top game, albeit against a gassed wrestler/brawler, but he also showed it against Mir.
he seems to be able to take a punch without getting knocked out, although that certainly does not mean he is comfortable taking punches. hell no.
he turned and ran for his life! what should he have done? clinched up? dropped for a leg when his opponent was coming forward? thrown back?
anyway, ive said the negative things about that main event already on the first page, so i'm not going to repeat himself.
(just a couple of thoughts:
has brock got the worst striking in the division?...and is Carwin the evolution of the heavyweight division....or a buff Tank Abbott?)
On to the UFC vs the rest debate, i'm going to post some of the reasons why i will support the rivals of the UFC.
Here are some facts first:
1. The UFC is the biggest MMA promotion in the world, by a distance.
2. They have the highest level of fighters, in general.
Some of the way that they run the promotion is disgusting to me, these are some problems that other promotions don't have.
Firstly we have the figure head (biggest knobhead) of the promotion, Dana fuckin White.
This guy is a two faces, dishonest, greedy, lying piece of shit.
NOTHING he said can be taken in earnest, if it isn't lining his pockets, he shits all over it.
When the UFC were trying to sign Fedor he said (paraphrasing)
"I am doing everything i can to get the best heavyweight in the world, Fedor to fight in the octagon"
this week he said:
"Fedor Emelianenko is a fake, a phony and a farce, even when you put him against cans he can't win."
he also told the lie "we don't sign fighters coming of a loss"
the reason he said this things is not because he beleives them, but because Fedor is a man who will not suck up to Dana White, he will not be controlled by him, he is a man who doesn't buy into the UFC hype machine that you must be in the UFC if you want to succeed as a fighter, and therefore will not "sell his soul" to ZUFFA. Dana hates this.
I think Dana could be the reign holding MMA back. This guy is a foul mouthed fake hard man, as what is effectively the figurehead of MMA. Is that really the image we want for MMA?
You can say certain things about how he made the sport bigger, but what i said is totally true.
Other things i don't like about the UFC is the way they promote MMA. To me when i watch the UFC, with all the nu-metal music,
everyone has a skull somewhere on their clothing, the fighters, their coaching teams, at the weigh ins even Bruce buffer has it....that fucking Gladiator!!!! he pisses me off....this isn't a blood sport, no-one is fighting to the death here...they don't use swords!
It perpetuates the wrong image, i despise it.....and then there is the cage, the perfect fighting arena to go along with this created image that the sport has in the west. Its a cage!!! Chickens fight in cages.
the KSW and M1 promoters have said they will never go near a cage because it is not acceptable in Europe, this speaks volumes.
The cage is a gimmick for UFC 1, they used it because the crocodile filled moat idea was too far fetched.
then there is the match making.
Karlos Vermola vs Jon Madsen.
why??
Vermola is one of the most aggressive fighters ever, and he is matched up to one of the most notorious blankets in the UFC.
most of the matchups make no sense to me.
anyway all this ranting i have gassed out.
I will just say that Strikeforce promoting in a similar fashion to the boxing...which is almost completely accepted in the mainstream, is good for MMA.
And DREAM promoting a more family friendly entertainment package (minimal blood) compared with the UFC is also good for MMA.
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. Fair do's for Lesnar's chin, to keep going under that punishment and still have the brain cells to remember what an arm triangle is is good going 
