Rate The Noche UFC Sphere Show *Poll*

[Pequeño Corey]

Set aside the fight card and rate the show 0-10. If the Noche UFC "movie" were presented to you on a television or computer monitor without the context of a UFC event in the sphere, how would you feel about it?

My personal thoughts:

-The enormity and scale of the sphere amplified what was an otherwise average CGI short movie.

-Cormier remarked that someone should be getting an Emmy award for the graphics. If I were to compare the Noche UFC movie to something of a high bar in the CGI realm, like say, an avatar movie or a modern game like Cyberpunk 2077, it looks average (at best) in comparison. At times, I'd even say it looked amateurish.

I appreciate the effort and the UFC trying to do something different, but I wasn't really blown away by the show/ story as viewed from my living room. It's basically some CGI imagery of Mayan/ Aztec architecture with torches, Mexican warriors, statues of boxers, and a starry night sky. At one point, it looked like anime portraying the Mexican-American war, but it was a bunch still shots compiled as a collage. Then there was this graphic of some girl flying through the air. At the end, there were some floating "plus" signs that were supposed to be UFO's (I think?) It really was bush league looking at certain points. I expected a more polished presentation or something that really showed off the capability of the sphere.

 

[TCE]

I loved it. 8 / 10. Thought the show looked amazing. Also, aside from the last 2 fights and Rosas fight, I thought all other fights delivered. There was some great scraps.

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

I have it at 4/10 with points subtracted for Rosas being on the card, Stallchenko, bantamweight main event, and annoying LNP fanboys.

 

[I.Broke.The.Bat!]

The CGI/ animation between fights were sooo 2010. Ugly and old. Couples of good fight. Others are meh. 6/10

 

[chinarice]

Looked nicer than their usual garbage looking production. Some fights were good. The main 2 were not.

 

[Sonny Qc]

Didn't watch

was busy jerking off to chinese cartoon

 

[smiles mma]

Card was cool and the videos between fights was different. They weren't too long so I didn't mind them. The ring girls were insane, that was different. They should do an annual sphere show.
Brazil, Netherlands, Thailand, Russia ECT themed.
I want to see a Halloween themed show there now.
Over all the fights were amazing as well. The first fight on the main card should have been a draw, that kid almost got finished twice in the first round and should have been a 10-8 at least. Glad he won, kept my parlay alive until the next fight when bahamondas lost.

 

[Pequeño Corey]

I loved it. 8 / 10. Thought the show looked amazing. Also, aside from the last 2 fights and Rosas fight, I thought all other fights delivered. There was some great scraps.

Agree with the part about the card. I wanted Val and Merab to win, so I didn't find either of those fights boring.

 

[Pequeño Corey]

Card was cool and the videos between fights was different. They weren't too long so I didn't mind them. The ring girls were insane, that was different. They should do an annual sphere show.
Brazil, Netherlands, Thailand, Russia ECT themed.
I want to see a Halloween themed show there now.
Over all the fights were amazing as well. The first fight on the main card should have been a draw, that kid almost got finished twice in the first round and should have been a 10-8 at least. Glad he won, kept my parlay alive until the next fight when bahamondas lost.

That's a great idea, actually. I was trying to think of what other themes they could do. Despite the graphics being cheesy, I would definitely go to Vegas just to see a sphere show.

 

[Chubi]

I kinda liked the mexican theme ring girls outfits. Was like going to Disneyland in the Coco restaurant.

 

[honzo]

That's a great idea, actually. I was trying to think of what other themes they could do. Despite the graphics being cheesy, I would definitely go to Vegas just to see a sphere show.

4th of July?

 

[Leviticus]

Yeah tbh the fights were complete garbage, the visual show was great though!

 

[Kenny Powerth]

6

 

[Pequeño Corey]

4th of July?

Why not? You would think that a July 4th show would be a given.

 

[TempleoftheDog]

I gave it a 9.

I’m not going to critique the thing like some failed chef turned asshole food critic. Unfortunately, SD is full of failed chefs.

It was really cool. I can only imagine what it was like live. But I’ve seen some amazing stage shows from the biggest hard rock bands from the late 70s. Right up to 2020, and Covid.

So instead of ripping the shit out of what may not have worked so well. I’m rating it on the experience. The fights were good until the co-main.

If they ever do this again. They won’t be starting from scratch. And I’m sure it would only get better. People here are so jaded they’d rather tear something down. Rather than trying to improve it overall.

I think they’ll do another one. Maybe not for a few years. But I’ll watch to see what they did learn. Who knows, I hope to back living in the US, soon. If I am, I’ll probably go to the next one. But I’ll be going to some wicked concert at the Sphere, for sure.

I really enjoyed the card.

 

[BJJ4Tone]

Set aside the fight card and rate the show 0-10

The card was magnificently MID....
But yeah, the show itself was pretty fuckin cool.
I can't even imagine how awesome it was in person.




RAAAAAAAARE Dana W.

 

[Streeter]

Arena a 10. Card a 3

 

[El Fernas]

7-8, the production was great even for TV viewing, fights, not so much, my fellow Mexicans lost all night.

 

[Pequeño Corey]

I gave it a 9.

I’m not going to critique the thing like some failed chef turned asshole food critic. Unfortunately, SD is full of failed chefs.

It was really cool. I can only imagine what it was like live. But I’ve seen some amazing stage shows from the biggest hard rock bands from the late 70s. Right up to 2020, and Covid.

So instead of ripping the shit out of what may not have worked so well. I’m rating it on the experience. The fights were good until the co-main.

If they ever do this again. They won’t be starting from scratch. And I’m sure it would only get better. People here are so jaded they’d rather tear something down. Rather than trying to improve it overall.

I think they’ll do another one. Maybe not for a few years. But I’ll watch to see what they did learn. Who knows, I hope to back living in the US, soon. If I am, I’ll probably go to the next one. But I’ll be going to some wicked concert at the Sphere, for sure.

I really enjoyed the card.

I liked the concept. I think we all knew going into this that it wasn't going to be the greatest sporting event of all time as Dana had claimed. I kept an open mind, and wasn't hoping for it to be some massive flop. I heard tell that they hired Taylor Swift's production guy and a crack team of experts. I think it's fair to acknowledge that the graphics weren't all that great considering the money and resources that Dana put into it. We've all seen better CGI in your average video game. The temple looked really cool, and the night sky was brilliant. I was expecting things to ramp up as the show progressed, but it seemed like they ran out of ideas. The flying girl and the "UFO" stuff were cheesy looking. I don't believe they really tapped into the potential of what those screens can do. I watched some footage of the Grateful Dead show and it was absolutely bonkers.

All that said, I'm sure if you were there in person, it would be much more entertaining. If they announce another one, I'm seriously considering going.

Would love to see a band there. U2 would have been a good one. Bono is a douche, but Joshua Tree was a great album. The Eagles are actually playing in a few weeks. I have too much going on, but that would have been something. I saw them in Raleigh a few years ago and they crushed.

 

[Qays Stetkevich]

The visuals and vibe harkened back to Pride's glory days in the Saitama Super Arena. . . and the CGI looked dated to around then as well.

But I thought it was still a much cooler atmosphere than regular UFC events have, so I'm all for it. I could do with less ethnic wanking cultural superiority in the clips between fights, though. That shit's for low IQ mouth-breathers wherever you're from.