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... The "gay illuminati" era?
What were the pressers like?
They sucked
... The "gay illuminati" era?
What were the pressers like?
Sounds like a conspiracyThey sucked
Do you miss meaningful title pictures?
Lineups that led to title shots?
Belt lineages that made sense, champs who defended titles without crazy delays, they did it without having to be "asked", they weren't fucking around outside the sport with a belt on ice, which would have been seen as fucking absurd and an embarrassment?
Don't some of you mma fans miss the UFC?
Do you miss meaningful title pictures?
Lineups that led to title shots?
Belt lineages that made sense, champs who defended titles without crazy delays, they did it without having to be "asked", they weren't fucking around outside the sport with a belt on ice, which would have been seen as fucking absurd and an embarrassment?
Don't some of you mma fans miss the UFC?
Bellator the place where faded stars go for their last hoorah.Bellator is the new UFC
It used to be far more often sensible than not.When was this?
Under the Fertittas, people got title shots coming off losses, and Belfort and Lesnar got use exemptions. Fighter pay sucked, just like now.
The only difference with WME is they've quadrupled the UFC's debt, so more of their money is going toward interest/principal payments.
It used to be far more often sensible than not.
Now it's far more often whatever makes the most money and fuck what makes sense.
Phil DavisBellator the place where faded stars go for their last hoorah.
I can agree with this.Granted, they're cutting their operation to ribbons to pay their debt from the buyout. Granted, their cards are generally lousy, many fighters are getting tossed out, and all the rest.
But under the Fertittas, Dana ran the UFC like a boxing promotion. They had freak shows (like signing CM Punk,) questionable use exemptions (like Belfort) and people getting title shots for no apparent reason.
I love the sport of MMA, and I love the fighters who dedicte so much to it. But then and now, the UFC has been run like a high-school popularity contest.