More excited for BAMMA 5 or UFC 127?

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Paul Daley HL

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John Fitch HL

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[Warner2BruceTD]

I'm not excited for either.

Not paying for UFC and BAMMA isnt a very deep show.

creative Fitch shot you took there

 

[Liquidrob]

just like I thought, BAMMA 5 is shutting UFC 127 out

 

[CrimsonGhost56]

please.. its Daley then a list of bums. at least 127 has a few decent matchups

 

[Steel Mamba]

127 has the names, but that doesn't mean anything if the fights are boring. The main and co-main for BAMMA should be more fun to watch compared to the UFC's.

 

[CrimsonGhost56]

do people not care about BJ anymore, or do they just hate Fitch that much?

 

[Steel Mamba]

Penn is one of those guys that the fans are always going to care about, but styles make fights so it's not about being a fan favorite or not. Caring about Penn isn't going to make me spend $50 on what's likely to turn out to be a rather boring fight. Which is why I don't get how hype, personality or trash talk can suddenly peak someones interest in a fight. None of that stuff matters once the cage closes and does nothing to make the fight itself (come Sat night) any more or less entertaining. Rampage vs Rashad perfect example, great hype, shitty fight.

To take it even further, the UFC is over-rated in terms of delivering good fights. How many great $50 worthy main events have they had in the past couple years? Edgar vs Maynard, Rampage vs Machida, Silva vs Sonnen, Edgar vs Penn 2, Chuck vs Franklin, and that's about it for me going all the way back to 105. So about 5 or 6 great main events in the past 20+ PPVs.

StrikeForce has been way more consistent at delivering great matchups that lived up to the hype, plus it's free and they have half the roster that the UFC does yet they still outperform them.

 

[SHOGUN]

do people not care about BJ anymore, or do they just hate Fitch that much?

It's hard to remain emotionally invested in someone who's temperament changes seemingly every other fight.

 

[Kuzzy Powers]

If the BAMMA show was deeper id vote for it.. UFC 127 looks like a snorefest but theres still some appealing fights there.

 

[JeremyHight]

George ftw!

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Penn is one of those guys that the fans are always going to care about, but styles make fights so it's not about being a fan favorite or not. Caring about Penn isn't going to make me spend $50 on what's likely to turn out to be a rather boring fight. Which is why I don't get how hype, personality or trash talk can suddenly peak someones interest in a fight. None of that stuff matters once the cage closes and does nothing to make the fight itself (come Sat night) any more or less entertaining. Rampage vs Rashad perfect example, great hype, shitty fight.

To take it even further, the UFC is over-rated in terms of delivering good fights. How many great $50 worthy main events have they had in the past couple years? Edgar vs Maynard, Rampage vs Machida, Silva vs Sonnen, Edgar vs Penn 2, Chuck vs Franklin, and that's about it for me going all the way back to 105. So about 5 or 6 great main events in the past 20+ PPVs.

StrikeForce has been way more consistent at delivering great matchups that lived up to the hype, plus it's free and they have half the roster that the UFC does yet they still outperform them.

I used to buy every UFC PPV years ago, now I hardly ever buy one.

2010 I paid for two UFC shows, and I did make a last minute impulse buy for Silva/Belfort because I was channel flipping and had nothing else going on that night.

The fact is, and i've talked about this for the last few years, all of the free MMA these days makes it hard to get $60 out of me. Strikeforce almost always delivers, and gives you the big stars for free. Bellator runs every week, and even UFC gives you enough free stuff that you can follow them without paying for it. Fight Night, prelims, UFC on Versus, TUF Finale's, free Euro PPV's.

It's hard to sell me on paying for MMA in 2011.

 

[EmpireWF]

the only PPVs I even consider buying feature Anderson Silva, Brock Lesnar and Wrestlemania

And even WM, that's usually a group of people...so really, the only draws who may get me to plunk down money are Silva and Brock.