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Main card fights were good enough to keep me interested, and at points I was reacting (I'm typically a quiet observer type at sports).
Production is good for what they are trying to do, but Strikeforce really needs work on ringwalks (I talked about this is another thread in detail).
The crowd was ok, not a dead crowd by any means, some knuckleheads boing all the groundwork, but that's unavoidable. Strikeforce should run smaller, more intimate buildings. They can sell out 8000 seat venues, and the crowd reactions would come off better. When tickets are too easy to get, it makes the product seem cold. A lot of the loud pops got lost in the giant empty building.
I had a lot of fun observing the cageside stuff, like the celebs & fighters interacting with the crowd, the tv production and how all of that was done, watching the cornermen, the stuff you don't see on tv.
Booker T, Big John, Mayhem Miller, and the Cyborgs stood out as being great to fans, but really everyone was. I didn't see anyone turned away for pics or handshakes. Very fan friendly environment.
Main card fights were good enough to keep me interested, and at points I was reacting (I'm typically a quiet observer type at sports).
Production is good for what they are trying to do, but Strikeforce really needs work on ringwalks (I talked about this is another thread in detail).
The crowd was ok, not a dead crowd by any means, some knuckleheads boing all the groundwork, but that's unavoidable. Strikeforce should run smaller, more intimate buildings. They can sell out 8000 seat venues, and the crowd reactions would come off better. When tickets are too easy to get, it makes the product seem cold. A lot of the loud pops got lost in the giant empty building.
I had a lot of fun observing the cageside stuff, like the celebs & fighters interacting with the crowd, the tv production and how all of that was done, watching the cornermen, the stuff you don't see on tv.
Booker T, Big John, Mayhem Miller, and the Cyborgs stood out as being great to fans, but really everyone was. I didn't see anyone turned away for pics or handshakes. Very fan friendly environment.
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