[Centraal] MMA topic #22 Kimbo Got Smoked

Afgezien van dat ik (nog)niet kots van Bisping, ben ik het helemaal eens wat picks betreft. (o.a. Ook geen fan van Vera nl.)

UFC 89

Jess Liaudin vs. David Bielkheden
Michael Bisping vs. Chris Leben
Sam Stout vs. Terry Etim
Paul Kelly vs. Marcus Davis
Shane Carwin vs. Neil Wain
Luiz Cane vs. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou
Dan Hardy vs. Akihiro Gono
Chris Lytle vs. Paul Taylor
Keith Jardine vs. Brandon Vera
Jim Miller vs. David Baron
Per Eklund vs. Samy Schiavo

Redelijk saai event toch, vooral door het publiek wat niets leek te waarderen behalve Bisping vs Leben.

Verder best aardige gevechten. Bisping vs Leben was erg tof

Redelijke show,

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EliteXC en ProElite zijn Failiet... end of story voor hun dus:

Solid ratings on network television were not enough to overcome an almost $60 million deficit for Pro Elite, the parent company of Elite XC and several other promotions.

MMAmania.com has been able to confirm an SI.com report that the relatively young mixed martial arts promotion is no more.

Little more than two weeks after its biggest star, Kimbo Slice, lost in just 14 seconds to replacement journeyman Seth Petruzelli in front of 4.5 million people on CBS, Elite XC has apparently been hit with a knockout blow of its own.

That’s not to say the two had anything to do with one another. It’s perhaps just an unfortunate coincidence. Regardless, there is no more Elite XC, including the November 8 “A Night of Champions” event that was looking like a great card.

One year, 10 months and six days … Elite XC was established on December 14, 2006, and pronounced dead on October 20, 2008.

The company dug a deep $60 million hole of which it was never able to climb out. Obviously, no money — investors who were supposed to keep the company alive at least until the end of the year never materialized — equals no events, especially when there’s not even a pay-per-view (PPV) deal to fall back on.

If nothing else, Elite XC can hang its hat on staging the first-ever live mixed martial arts event on network television … and the second, and the third. Not to mention the first female fight on network television … and the second, and the third.

Elite XC is also responsible for some of the best fights of the past year or so. Robbie Lawler vs. Scott Smith I and Frank Shamrock vs. Cung Le are just two examples of those. Not to mention quality performances from Jake Shields, Nick Diaz, Antonio Silva, Rafael Feijao, and plenty of other world class caliber fighters.

They gave it a good shot.

In the end, it’s just tough for a new promotion to come in and be successful in mixed martial arts. Even the UFC, which is now very profitable, lost tons of money when the Fertittas first bought it — company president Dana White often remarks that he and his high school buddies make it look easy.

It seems he’s right once again; however, that’s obviously a different story, and outcome, but you get the point.

The plan was probably more or less to gain popularity with the CBS deal and grow into a PPV juggernaut like the UFC. But that was obviously a little overzealous. The truth is that the UFC has a stranglehold on all the PPV buyers, and it’s not going to be easy for any other company to be successful.

Just ask Affliction.

The upside to this for the fans is that there’s going to be a bunch of great fighters now without a place to work. It’s going to be interesting to see how many of these guys (and gals) end up in the UFC, Strikeforce, WEC, Affliction, or any of the other organizations out there.

Expect to see these guys beefing up their rosters with names like Jake Shields, Eddie Alvarez, Nick Diaz, Antonio Silva, Rafael Feijao, Paul Daley, KJ Noons, Wilson Reis, Cyrille Diabate, and countless others.

Who knows … maybe even Kimbo Slice.

In the end, the talent was there near the top … it just wasn’t enough to compensate for all the other shortcomings and struggles that upstart mixed martial arts promotions face attempting to get off the ground.

Elite XC joins Pride FC, International Fight League (IFL) and World Fighting Alliance (WFA) as recent MMA organizations that were forced to fold. Hopefully, the list ends there.

Damn... dat is wel jammer ja.

Ik zie ook nog wel een hoop mensen richting Dream gaan. Zeker een Kimbo moet in Japan indruk maken. (wel op de verkeerde manier, maargoed)

Ja maar Maar moet Gina nou heen

Als ze bekend is en geld wilt hebben, gaat ze naar Affliction...Anders is er de AFL nog, want we weten niet of Affliction zo happig is op W(omen)MMA.

Ik ben heel erg benieuwd wie er allemaal naar Affliction en DREAM zullen vertrekken. Dit zijn de buitenkansjes waar beiden veel profijt van kunnen hebben.

Stel Affliction krijgt Diaz. Komt er dan een Diaz - Gomi II ? Want wilt Sengoku uberhaubt met DREAM samenwerken?

Het ergste van dit alles vind ik nog dat Marloes Koenen recentelijk getekend had bij ProElite...

Ik denk dat het drie enorm spannende potten worden met een 5-round war voor Griffin vs Evans

Damn, wat een card zeg

Wand - Rampage belooft vuurwerk te worden. En ik hoop op Mr. Wanderlei Silvaaaaaaaaaa
(Pride announce lady style )
Nog zou in principe van Mir moeten kunnen winnen. Enige manier waarop Nog zou kunnen verliezen is decision. No way dat Mir hem subt of TKO'd. On the other hand: Mir submitten? Nog via decision dan maar.
Rashad zou Forrest KO moeten slaan. Maar goed...

Enige voordeel is wel dat Wanderlei - Rampage lekker vroeg in de broadcast zit

In Dream CroCop - Alistair en ons weekend kan al niet meer stuk zo!

helaas dat krav maga geen enkele nut heeft in MMA, alle effectieve technieken voor "op straat" mogen niet in de ring

Hier voor de liefhebbers nog even wat wallpapers (13 stuks) van Gina Carano! http://rapidshare.com/files/140733306/Gina_Carano.rar.html

Graag gedaan

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Op dinsdag 21 oktober 2008 18:46 schreef Tazmaniac het volgende:
Als je naar Sengoku gaat ben je echt gek.. wat een bagger matches elke keer

wel leuk dat Gomi weer in actie te zien zal zijn

Hoe zat het trouwens met hun ratings? Nog altijd beter dan die van DREAM?