[Centraal] MMA topic #16 Mainstream MMA

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In a less-than-dreamy scenario, Fight Entertainment Group's Dream MMA brand has been ousted from primetime television on the Tokyo Broadcasting System.

The change comes after the debut edition of Dream garnered lackluster ratings in a make-or-break scenario for FEG and TBS.

The event grabbed only an 8.9 percent rating average on TBS in primetime, according to Japan's Video Research Ltd. The telecast's peak was a 12.7 for the Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic bout against Tatsuya Mizuno (Pictures), which was edited into the main event slot due to the no-contest debacle in the Shinya Aoki (Pictures)-Gesias Calvancante (Pictures) fight -- the show's true main event. TBS was fifth out of the six major Japanese networks during the time slot, besting only the perennial sixth-place finisher, TV Tokyo.

The ratings were crucial for the primetime continuation of FEG's MMA product. Rumors within the Japanese MMA community surfaced late last year suggesting that TBS could take FEG's Hero's promotion out of primetime due to sagging, lackluster ratings.

Although FEG's restructuring of its MMA program and the invention of Dream were celebrated by hardcore MMA fans, the move was not an altruistic one. Rather, it was an attempt to revitalize FEG's MMA product and ignite interest on television.

TBS is now scheduled to air the forthcoming April 29 Dream card on a week's tape delay in heavily edited one-hour installments. The broadcasts will air both in afternoon and after-midnight timeslots. However, future Dream events will air live on SkyPerfecTV pay-per-view.

The announcement is in no way a death knell for the revamped promotion. Pay-per-view is not a lucrative medium in Japan, though, as it is in North America. Being forced out of primetime does heavily slash advertising revenues for FEG, which will limit the ability for the promotion's growth in the foreseeable future.

For the time being, FEG continues to have television success with its central kickboxing brands, K-1 and K-1 Max. The April 9 K-1 Max telecast on TBS garnered a 12.4 percent rating average in primetime on TBS, and the April 13 K-1 telecast in primetime on Fuji Television scored a 12.8 percent. The only sports programming to score higher thus far in April was the April 5 Nippon Professional Baseball game between the Yomiuri Giants and Hanshin Tigers, which notched a 13.8 rating on NHK.

Despite the disappointing news, there is some measure of a silver lining for hardcore fans. With the shift to pay-per-view, Dream's future events will air unedited, in their entirety. This will resolve the usual griping regarding the heavily edited product created to air in a two-hour primetime television slot, which often leaves many fights unaired or shown only in highlight form. The April 29 Dream pay-per-view telecast is scheduled for roughly six hours of pay-per-view time, broadcasting live from 4:00 p.m. to 9:55 p.m. Tokyo time.

Also, with the shift out of primetime on TBS, the Dream pay-per-view telecast will feature the return of Daisuke Sato, the influential video director who was responsible for the much-celebrated pre-fight promo packages for Pride.

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Op vrijdag 25 april 2008 21:14 schreef roepdeman het volgende:
Vraagje: Stel je voor, je keek weleens naar K-1 en er liep een kerel rond die Jerome LeBanner heette. De finalist van 1995. Toevalligerwijs kwam ene Mirko Filipovic een jaar daarna daar ook eens rondkijken en versloeg de finalist van het jaar daarvoor gewoon in zijn eerste gevecht! de vraag nu luidt: Zou je ze nog eens tegen elkaar willen zien vechten?

Want kennelijk vechten Cro Cop en LeBanner tijdens DREAM 4 tegen elkaar, ja je leest het goed DREAM = MMA rules!

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Op vrijdag 25 april 2008 21:43 schreef Paxlie het volgende:

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mwoah, vind hem de laatste tijd ontzettend goed vechten. Het wordt een puur kickbox gevecht en ik denk dat JLB gewoon kan winnen. Zeker hoe CC de laatste tijd is.

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April 25 episode of Inside MMA, Ron Kruck announced the official partnership between HDNet and FEG to bring the DREAM series to the Western Hemisphere. With the long rumored deal now official, HDNet will be the broadcast home for the fledgling series in North America. The deal comes a shade late for HDNet to show DREAM.2 live, but fans will have a chance to catch up next weekend. DREAM.1 took place in March and will be aired next Friday, May 2 and DREAM.2, slated for next Tuesday, will be aired on Saturday, May 3. Both programs will begin at 10:30 PM EST.

The announcement comes on the heels of news that Tokyo Broadcasting System, DREAM’s TV home in Japan, has removed the series from its lineup for good. DREAM.2 will still air on TBS, but instead of the live event, the show will be edited into one-hour installments and shown in less watched afternoon and late night time slots. The rest of the series will be moved over to Japanese PPV outlet SkyPerfecTV.

The lovechild of FEG and former PRIDE staffers may still die with a whimper in the end, but partnering with HDNet will give fans a long-awaited legitimate outlet for MMA events in the far east. With four more events planned for 2008 after DREAM.2, the strenuous pace DREAM is keeping may not live to see the end of the year. A peek at what may be Japan’s most ambitious effort after the fall of PRIDE however is worth HDNet’s subscription price. Catch it while you can…

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Op dinsdag 29 april 2008 13:21 schreef Dacide het volgende:
DREAM 2 is nu bezig...

hier de uitslagen so far

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Op zaterdag 3 mei 2008 00:56 schreef Unstoppable het volgende:
Spel vandaag binnen gekregen en Rutten opgezocht

Geloof dat dit filmpje het grootste gedeelte bevat:

Bas Rutten in GTA IV

Bas

Ik heb werkelijk minutenlang me helemaal kapot gelachen. Zijn Street Fighting video was al funny, maar dit is echt ongelovelijk

Kan hier wel een zooitje quotes neerpleuren, maar er zitten echt zoveel geweldige in die 10 mins