Any sport that has "pro" tied to it is entertainment

[Blackjack]

If it weren't entertainment, they wouldn't fill arenas with spectators.

 

[TheRuthlessOne]

Cool

 

[raconnor]

when has anyone said the sport wasn't entertaining?

 

[BisexualMMA]

Okay...

 

[MarloStanfield]

would read again

 

[MarloStanfield]

If it weren't entertainment, they wouldn't fill arenas with spectators.

MM empties arenas, whats with that bra

 

[ChildoftheCorn]

Love the thread. It it should be stickied.

 

[Blackjack]

MM empties arenas, whats with that bra

What Is "MM"?

 

[TheVenom]

Wow, you opened my eyes.

 

[LukeSkyRutten]

Any sport with pro tied to it is a sport where all the best do steroids.

 

[Blackjack]

when has anyone said the sport wasn't entertaining?

I'm sure plenty of people have said it's not emetertaining because it's not their thing. But, many people have said that unlike pro wrestling, MMA is pure sport. If it were amateur it could be called a pure sport but at the professional level of MMA, the most important thing is how entertaining they can make it so that profits are maximized - not the purity of the sport. If it were pure sport and not a mixture of sport and entertainment, you would;t see more and more fighters resorting to "trash talk" to try to increase revenues. If the purity of the sport were the most important thing, they would have a standard system of awarding title fights to the #1 contender in the division - not to the fighter who will sell the most PPVs.

 

[MarloStanfield]

What Is "MM"?

sorry i really have no idea what i was on about

 

[RNC&Poke]

Any sport with pro tied to it is a sport where all the best do steroids.

Now I understand why all the members of the PGA are so ripped, thanks for enlightening me smh.

 

[MarloStanfield]

 

[MarloStanfield]

Now I understand why all the members of the PGA are so ripped, thanks for enlightening me smh.

you should see the pro darts players, theyre like a walking pharmacy

 

[raconnor]

many people

who are "people"? i think you're just making up a bunch of conjecture in a weird thread. i don't know anyone who considers mma purely a sport with no entertainment aspect

 

[Leinster Rugby]

Had to read your replies to figure out what thread is about as the title and op are very unclear. Agree though.

 

[RJK]

who are "people"? i think you're just making up a bunch of conjecture in a weird thread. i don't know anyone who considers mma purely a sport with no entertainment aspect

There's a lot of people in these forums who have a rose-tinted view of MMA as something that used to be about "respect", "honour" etc. They want MMA to be pure, and so resent fighters earning fights based on their ability to self-promote and generate interest in the sport.

They all forget Royce breaking Delucia's arm well after he'd tapped in one of the early UFCs, and wearing the gi but refusing Ken his wrestling gear. They forget Keith Hackney pounding on Joe Son's balls, and Mark Kerr subbing Dan Bobish with a chin-to-eye sub, and Tank Abbot mimicking that guy's seizure after he was KOd.

 

[Blackjack]

Had to read your replies to figure out what thread is about as the title and op are very unclear. Agree though.

I'm saying that the entertainment aspect of pro MMA is more important to promoters than preserving the purity of the sport. It is entertainment first and foremost that just happens to be in the form of a sport.

 

[CoffeeAndBeer]

If it weren't entertainment, they wouldn't fill arenas with spectators.

You've made no point.

Sport is entertainment.
Entertainment isn't sport.

WWfake crap is not a sport. And it's for little kids.