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Originally Posted by Paq
WTF? gee, really? you mean when the heavyweight gets dropped in 10 seconds by the lighthw midcarder...
actually, i'm sad bc i just like fights
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I like fights to, but I thoroughly disliked Elite XC, I would watch them because MMA needs fans, but the way they carried themselves was pathetic.
Giving Kimbo a main event against James Thompson (who had last 8 fights prior, including one to Brett Rogers who wanted a Kimbo fight) when your HW championship is being fought for by Antonio Silva and Justin Eilers on the undercard. Paying Seth Petruzelli not to take Kimbo down. Possible fight fixing. Letting KJ Noons duck Nick Diaz. Protecting and inflating fighter records. etc...
The company was really corrupt and now I'm glad it's over. It was bad for the sport.
It sucks for some of the low level fighters though.
With UFC, WEC, Affliction, Dream, Sengoku, AFL, and Strikeforce still willing to promote all kinds of fights, I think many of the fighters will be safe.
I'm thinking something like this:
UFC: Lawler, Shields, Faijao, Pertruzelli (clearly out of spite), Nick Diaz?*
Dream: Eddie Alvarez, Vilasenor, Ninja, Baroni
Afflction: Bigfoot, Brett Rogers, Benji Raadach
AFL: Kimbo, Carano*, Cyborg*
Strikeforce: Frank Shamrock, Scott Smith, Yves Edwards
WEC: KJ Noons, Wilson Reis
* Nick Diaz is in a weird place. His stock is still fairly high with only one loss by cut in the past 2 years (All wins in big companies) but Gomi factor still hangs over his head. He beat Gomi with only the second gogoplata in MMA history but had the decision overturned because he was basically high when he fought. His marijuana advocacy is still a problem as well as his erratic behavior. He's almost a shoe-in for the UFC aside from that, so it's going to be hard to tell. I could still see Zuffa picking him up and putting him in the WEC if anything. I doubt he'd go back to Dream. They still owe him money.
* Carano and the rest of the women are in a weird place right now as well. Carano's celebrity will definitely be of some help to her though. Not many of the big shows have Women's MMA so one would think it's either back to Japan or back to the small shows. Considering AFL has a women's league and has been making power plays and going after names (Lashley, ortiz, and Tara Larossa) I can see them picking up Carano. Cyborg will follow. So will most of the women of Elite Xc, at least the ones with any exposure by fighting Carano or Cyborg. If not the AFL... Affliction does have a girl's line to: Sinful, they can easily throw some more money around and pick up 6 or 7 women to start a base for a division.
ps, there is also the possibility of Showtime/CBS trying to pick up the pieces.