Criticism Continues To Mount For The UFC

[MJ406]

"There's been too many meaningless events. The catchweight fights with Rich Franklin. Now a TUF with Tito and Chuck??"

exactly good point man. stuff like the above for example ^

I mean cuauhtemoc1496: you can either cover your ears and act like those are worthless complaints

or recognize that other people are making legit gripes about Franlkin fighting at a catchweight

and Liddell vs Ortiz yet again.

I understand that some of the problems are out of their control .. such as injuries + dominant fighters

but the UFC still has done the occasional poor matchmaking

[rskumm21]

Thus begins the slow decline of the UFC.

[MJ406]

ever so slowly.

even my own friends who are strictly UFC/MMA fans have been pretty disappointed in the last 2 months of shows we've seen

[pugilistfan]

Dana is just a huge hyprocrite. What he is doing right now is 10x worse than what any boxing promoter does. Its pathetic he has the nerve to criticize boxing for its business practices when hes putting on absolute **** cards on a monthly basis.

Tito-Liddell is an absolute joke and Dana should be absolutely ashamed of himself.

[MBL]

I used to like MMA, watched it since 1998 but now the UFC has gotten boring as hell and theres no Pride Fc I dont even watch it now. sometimes I read the results but thats it
kimbo slice? lol classy
Boxing has made a comeback, I enjoy watching boxing more now

heres some other problems I think the UFC has:
Commentators - they suck, really bad
Lighting - looks like the WWE did back in 2000
Matchmaking - why is Brock the HW champ? I know he beat Randy but why did he get a chance? and yeah Tito/Chuck III when are we gonna get a Shamrock/Tito rematch?
socially ******ed fighters doing interviews - have you seen Rampage talk before? the dude is a classless idiot, same as Lesner
and ofcourse Dana White - Noone likes this guy

[prinzmanspoper]

Unfortunately MMA fans tend to be bitter and rather defensive when anyone but their own comment on their sport.

I do believe that MMA is a dying sport and it's peak already three years old.Many within the MMA community were so loud and confident in the rise of their sport and the decline of boxing,but within the last year there has been great shift.While boxing has limited it's ppv outlets,the UFC has continued theirs with an increased number of events been added through the year.


The future is bright for the sport of boxing and the future of MMA certainly looks bleak with the supposed best fighter in the world ducking top competition,a freak show internet star who was met with nothing but criticism from the man who now happily promotes him,and now two washed up stars who are no longer relevant in the sport receiving more exposure than they deserve being the feature attraction of a show which is supposed to showcase the fighters competing for a contract.


This really is a a bite on the backside for the fans of MMA.

[TheNegation]

Thus begins the slow decline of the UFC.

Not really. It's not going to die, nor is boxing. The UFC brass is just needs to realize that quantity doesn't equal quality.

Also because of injuries piling up at such a fast rate, things "seem" really ****tier than they really are.

I mean lets look at this

Brock is out with a hole in his intestine
Carwin is out or was out with a broken nose
Nogueria has staph
GSP was out for a while with the groin injury
Anderson Silva is out with Elbow Surgery
Machida is out with hand surgery
Condit just pulled out with an injury
Swick was out with a neck injury
Sherk is out with a shoulder injury
Wanderlei has been out with facial reconstructive surgery
Rampage is making a movie...

I'm pretty sure I'm missing some more as well.

So there really isn't really too much reason to say the UFC or MMA is declining. I mean that's 4 out of 5 champions that are gone and a few contenders.

[The Realist]

I used to like MMA, watched it since 1998 but now the UFC has gotten boring as hell and theres no Pride Fc I dont even watch it now. sometimes I read the results but thats it
kimbo slice? lol classy
Boxing has made a comeback, I enjoy watching boxing more now

heres some other problems I think the UFC has:
Commentators - they suck, really bad
Lighting - looks like the WWE did back in 2000
Matchmaking - why is Brock the HW champ? I know he beat Randy but why did he get a chance? and yeah Tito/Chuck III when are we gonna get a Shamrock/Tito rematch?
socially ******ed fighters doing interviews - have you seen Rampage talk before? the dude is a classless idiot, same as Lesner
and ofcourse Dana White - Noone likes this guy

Yep.

Have you noticed that during almost every highlight reel for almost every fighter before their respective match, you hear the line, "in UFC history!", lol.

And that almost every ko/submission has an exclamation put on it with a "WOW!" from Joe Rogan.

I went off the rails a few years ago and started watching MMA exclusively, but have since been turned off as the UFC hype machine continues to sell us bull****.

[Drunken Cat]

Not really. It's not going to die, nor is boxing.

That comparison is a complete non-starter. Boxing is a sport whereas the UFC is a promotional company. There is no reason that the UFC couldn't go belly up, just like any company. Boxing or MMA are not going to die. There is no reason that a company, such as the UFC can't, however.

Just saying.

[Spartacus Sully]

Rampage is making a movie...

a ****ty movie at that "Death Warrior" its even got a ****ty name, besides that i dont even think hes in the movie for more then 20 mins.......