This is what you said:
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The UFC is what it is because they were the first... there is nothing more to it then that.
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Anybody with a brain knows there was more to it than that. Your statement says flat out that the only reason the UFC is as successful as it is is because it is first, and that is poppycock. Yes, poppycock.
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If Stikeforce had made a reality TV show, free fights on Spike, and created hype by constantly putting down pro-football and pro-boxing it still wouldn't be nearly as popular as the UFC is.
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Yes they would, b/c for that scenario to have unfolded would have meant the UFC wouldn't have done those things, meaning they would be bankrupt by now. Strikeforce would be the big org right now if they had done that, and the UFC would have died.
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As far as cleaning up the sport with legitimate rules to make the sport more pallatable to the masses, it wasn't Dana or the Fertitta's that were responsible even though they claim they were
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I don't even know why you brought this up. Doesn't really have anything to do with what we are talking about.