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This was from that glorious weekend that was UFC 71 in 2006. ESPN covered UFC for days like they never did before (and have never done since) to try and eventually lure them away from Spike.
So much buzz and Chuck ends up getting knocked out so quickly.
I remember watching this live with a buddy of mine. Absolutely hilarious and why I see boxing as comparable to having a free throw contest in basketball. Free throws are a part of basketball, but there is SO much more. Boxing is a part of MMA, just a part. MMA is everything put together.
Boxing guys are too emotional about their dying sport, its quite pathetic. And boxing fans always seem to be epically ignorant towards MMA, I cant get why they cant open their minds up a bit.
Another org will get a live MMA event on ESPN before the UFC.
I disagree.
If ESPN wanted second rate MMA, they could have had it a million times. All of these groups that end up on FSN would sell their first borns to be on ESPN instead. They also could have moved Bellator up to ESPN or ESPN2 after it did pretty well on ESPN Deportes. They chose not to.
ESPN has been very careful to treat Dana well, because I believe they want UFC programming badly.
I enjoy boxing more than I enjoy MMA. I preferred the earlier UFCs since they were a lot closer to representing a street fight. For me it is more aesthetically pleasing to watch 2 of the world's best boxers than watch any MMA title fight.
Rogan is wrong about there not being a next generation of boxers though.
Chad Dawson, Andre Ward, Andre Dirrell, Paul Williams, Andre Berto, Tim Bradley, Devon Alexander, Amir Khan (sick in my mouth), Juanma Lopez, Edwin Valero (lol), Nonito Donaire are all quality boxers with years left.
Boxing guys are too emotional about their dying sport, its quite pathetic. And boxing fans always seem to be epically ignorant towards MMA, I cant get why they cant open their minds up a bit.
Hard to be open about another sport that sport's fanbase constantly makes inflammatory comments like the bolded.
"Sometimes I just want to be with my family and watch movie and eat some popcorn. But when I step on the mat I know there is no other place I'd rather be." - Marcelo Garcia
Hard to be open about another sport that sport's fanbase constantly makes inflammatory comments like the bolded.
Why? Its not MMA guys who are emotional about boxing. Most MMA fans were boxing fans originally. Comments like the bolded are based on boxing fans emotions, not vise versa. IMO you're completely off base on that. Boxing fans disliking MMA has nothing to do with me or any other fan, the whole "they're all hicks with tattoos" shit is just an excuse for losing those same fans to MMA.
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