About a week a go I started a thread about the fact that anytime you tie "pro" to sports it becomes entertainment. Most people smugly answered that this is obvious. If they knew it was obvious why ae they now so outraged and surprised about the Conor -Diaz rematch? Entertainment over sport means it;s all bout money- not purity of sport. This isn't going to get any better for the purity. The UFC is in business to make as much money as possible even at the expense if the integrity of the sport. It's not even a title match and they're talking about making i the main event!
It might surprise you that pro wrestling started out as legit sport. the promoters changed it to a work after 20 or 30 years when they discovered they could draw bigger audiences to worked fights than shoot fights. The pendulum just swung back again when the UFC started and for about 23 years they've been having legitimate fights for the most part but soon just like pro wrestling promoters before them, they will discover there is more money in storylines, emphasizing promos, and having fights with more and more action even if it means starting to work fights. The UFC is nothing more than the pro wrestling if this century.
It might surprise you that pro wrestling started out as legit sport. the promoters changed it to a work after 20 or 30 years when they discovered they could draw bigger audiences to worked fights than shoot fights. The pendulum just swung back again when the UFC started and for about 23 years they've been having legitimate fights for the most part but soon just like pro wrestling promoters before them, they will discover there is more money in storylines, emphasizing promos, and having fights with more and more action even if it means starting to work fights. The UFC is nothing more than the pro wrestling if this century.
