UFC is not a Sport its Entertainment
All sports are entertainment
Stripping is entertainment you consider that a sport?
sports = entertainment
stripping = entertainment
entertainment =/= sports
nice try though
I was making the comparison of a president of a company giving a title shot (to someone who has a mass media of wwe followers ) to fight for the heavyweight belt with a mma record of 2-1-0. Or having a lw fight a champion ww when there were plenty of ww next in line just to show "What if Entertainment." Or having GSP vs Anderson just because he wants to see a "what if Entertainment." when they clearly are in diff weight class, have nothing to prove in a diff weight class. Tell me what sport does all that in NFL, Soccer, or Basketball. You don't have one basketball team play another basketball team just because they look good but have no rank to do it.
Thats the camparison I made with entertainment and sport.
if you havent noticed, theres not a very large field of heavyweight fighters. who else would have fought? theres like 5 heavy weight fighters in the ufc.
if someone can cut or gain to the next weight class then how do you figure its not thier "weight class" as far as im concerned it is. its not like they are taking a 205 guy and having him weigh in at 205 but fight a guy who weighs in at 170. dont be an idiot.
there is not just five heavyweight figthers in the ufc
brock lesnar only had 3 fights which one of them he lost
Courture was gone for a year(he was the heavyweight champ by beating sylvia) and came back but his first fight was with Brock
before brock came to the ufc Nog was clearly next in line and so was mir.
But they didn't get there title shot he gave it to brock because he new it would draw in money.
Shane carwin should have had the title for the belt since his apperance in UFC 84 he is undefeated
Kongo should have a shot at the title before brock since he went on a 3 fight winning streak after his defeat from Herring
Here the list of UFC heavyweights and records
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira 31-5
Frank Mir 12-4
Shane Carwin 11-0
Cain Velazquez 6-0
Junior Dos Santos 8-1
Barry Pat 3-1
Gonzaga Gabriel 10-4
Hardonk Antoni 8-5
Herring Heath 28-14
Kongo Cheick 20-5
McCully Justin 9-4
Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovik 25-6-2 (now with the UFC)
That doesn't look like five to me. But im the idiot. I can clearly list 8 heavyweights with their record and streak of wins who clearly deserve the title shot before Brock lesnar. Pat barry was a well know kick boxer just enter the UFC and got a 3 fight streak and he didn't get the type of attention Brock Lesnar did when he enter the ufc. Shane Carwin been amazing the past few fights but didn't get the attention Lesnar did either and he is also undefeated. Along with Cain Velasquez, Gonzago Gabriel, and Dos Santos.
BROCK HAS ONLY BEEN IN THE UFC SINCE FEB 2008 AND HIS RECORD IS 4-1
The reason he got the title was because of his fanbase, entertaiment, and money making value. That is it... MONEY AND ENTERTAINMENT.
You want another example?
Lyoto Machida( he is the Champion now) has been dominating opponents since his first debut in UFC 67. Undefeated with a record of 15-0. Everyone who is a fan of MA and MMA knew he was long overdue for a title shot. Matter of fact, he wasn't even suppose to face Rashad Evans..Rampage Jackson was. He only got a chance at the title shot because he was injured and Dana gave it to Lyoto. It clearly shows Lyoto didn't get the shot because people consider him boring and didn't like his style
Shit Dana stated for the TUF season it would consist of Lyoto and Rampage but gave it to Evans because it would draw in more entertainment.
Dana White clearly just wants to make money, bring in more people by displaying "What if Entertainment." If you draw a big crowd of people wanting to see exicting fights he doesn't care about the sportman fair value.
I understand that all sport is for your entertainment. But there is a clear sign when something that suppose to be sportman like is not clearly in that catergory and is just for the entertainment factor for our eyes. (that why i brought the comparison of stripping)
The definition of a sport is Sport is an activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively. Sport is commonly defined as an organized, competitive and skillful physical activity requiring commitment and fair play.Thats why i don't consider it a sport. I understand you watch it and might know a little about MA or MMA but you don't know enough. You are clearly just going by what you see and just the entertainment of it.
And about the cut and whatever point you were getting at with weight class..wtf are you talking about?
I was making a point on how he is having other fighter in diff division who are dominating in that weight class fight someone else just to see a good fight.