Weak fights

[Afro]

Originally Posted by Rockx

It won't be boring, but it really does nothing for me and I thnk Gomi is going KO his ass.

I think Gomi wins by decision, wins the striking battles.. scores a few takedowns, and avoids Nicks Subs

[Rockx]

Gomi is a better striker, better wrestler and a lot faster than Diaz.
Diaz is fighting in the ring too, which is Gomi's arena.

Diaz has size on him and subs, but I think Gomi is just another level of Striker then what he has seen.

[Schlinks]

I agree about wanting to see the best fighters only fighting againsrt other top fighters but I can see the point of giving a top fighter a simple fight when he is coming off a defeat. MMA is a very tough sport and losing your previous fight can stay with you for quite a while affecting your performance in your next fights. So if a fighter is put up against a top opponent, straight after a loss, he is much more likely to lose than would otherwise be the case. So even if we get a boring and predictable match involving one of the top fighters on one PPV it could be good for the fighter overall giving him his mentality back and giving us a better fight to watch when he comes up against the opponent we all want him to fight.

[MichaelK]

The UFC is a company. Like any company, they want to maximize their profits. Building fighters is essential in making money. Dana White will continue to use Diego Sanchez as an UFN kind of fighter, because that is what brings in the raitings on Spike TV. Why risk throwing him in there with Hughes when it could potentially kill his drawing value? Hell, the fight with Karo was very risky. They will toss him shit fighters and build his credibility until they feel he is ready to draw big numbers at a PPV event.

To the casual fan, it doesn't matter WHO Matt Hughes is fighting, but THAT he is fighting. Same with Sylvia, Franklin, and the TUF guys especially.

Pride may seem different, they just have more depth and more talented fighters. That's all.

[ozzy2525]

Originally Posted by Afro Samurai

it bothers me that it seems to be on every PPV card, it also bugs me that the UFC has a lot of talent that people forget about cuz there on prelims or not too active IE: Roger Huerta and Tyson Griffin both prelim fights on the next card but hey! there not fighting eachother.. there fighting two no names, I dunno its getting to be very boring and predictable.

Im telling u now Frankie Edgar is no no name im picking him to beat Tyson and Ill take sig bets on it

[Ubermensch]

Originally Posted by Tokyo's bad boy

Does it bother anyone when the UFC A-listers fight less the stellar competition, even when it is for a tune up fight after a lose?

YES!!! and what ticks me off more is that Hughes asked for Dirty and UFC wouldn't give him to him. I want to see that fight way more than Lytle. These are some of the reasons I think the UFC is protecting Diego.

[supermark21]

Originally Posted by Ubermensch

YES!!! and what ticks me off more is that Hughes asked for Dirty and UFC wouldn't give him to him. I want to see that fight way more than Lytle. These are some of the reasons I think the UFC is protecting Diego.

It could be that they're protecting matt...

[neonatural45]

Originally Posted by supermark21

It could be that they're protecting matt...

no haha they are not, if diego COULD beat matt the UFC would be all over putting over diego but there not cuz matt asked to fight diego and the UFC wanted none of that.

[Ubermensch]

Originally Posted by supermark21

It could be that they're protecting matt...

I don't think so People like to hate Matt because he is a Redneck. I find him to be a preatty damn good fighter and I think he will beat Diego even though he is Diegos best chance of breaking into the top three.