Big reason UFC is losing steam

It seems like the guys that are top challengers will fight with almost any injury because they dont wanna miss out on a title shot.

Then,as soon as someone wins the title they get surgery, let all injuries that have been nagging them for a while heal up, and are out for over a year. Which, is not anything against any of the champs, but it is taking interest away from each of those division titles.

Velasquez, Shogun both will go over a year before their first title defenses. Bones Jones pulled out of the Shogun fight and will now defend against Rampage instead. GSP just wont fight often

It just frustrates me when I have to wait that long for big title fights

 Minor correction: GSP just won't fight ever.

Dude they gotta heal sometime and once champs when's a better time. Think about it. It's logical Phone Post

 

The UFC isn't losing steam, it's getting very popular VERY fast... Phone Post

I'm almost completely disinterested at this point. Enough is enough.

Too many subpar cards and oversaturation of the PPV market. It is their own fault if it fails now.

They really shouldn't be having more than one ppv every 6 months - with a bunch of free shows in between.
 

jjj2121 -  Minor correction: GSP just won't fight ever.



Troll troll troll your boat......



suess in 3...2...1...

 

EDIT: Damn it, suess...you're just too fast!

"Velasquez, Shogun both will go over a year before their first title defenses. Bones Jones pulled out of the Shogun fight and will now defend against Rampage instead." wha? Phone Post

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jjj2121 -  Minor correction: GSP just won't fight ever.



Troll troll troll your boat......



suess in 3...2...1...

You need to be quicker on the trigger to be counting down suess son.

 

suess - 
jjj2121 -  Minor correction: GSP just won't fight ever.

he would rape your face

 


 Has the definition of rape been changed to mean jab, leg kick, and lay on top of?  If so...agreed.

jjj2121 - 
Bat21 - 
jjj2121 -  Minor correction: GSP just won't fight ever.



Troll troll troll your boat......



suess in 3...2...1...

You need to be quicker on the trigger to be counting down suess son.

 


 I see that now.....must train harder.....must become faster.....time for my power walk walks to the fridge for another PowerAde


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jjj2121 - 
Bat21 - 
jjj2121 -  Minor correction: GSP just won't fight ever.



Troll troll troll your boat......



suess in 3...2...1...

You need to be quicker on the trigger to be counting down suess son.

 


 I see that now.....must train harder.....must become faster.....time for my power walk walks to the fridge for another PowerAde



Haha, I like this guy.

 

jjj, you spew the same shit daily. yaaawn.

GSP one of the 2 best MMArtists on the planet currently.

Complete dominance over the best competition in MMA (much higher than Anderson's competition) entertains the hell out of me.

Not your thing, fine go youtube some street fights. This is a sport.

Oh, and he slapped BJ 'til he quit. Phone Post

Bas1 - Should create more titles. Like the Intercontinental Title


Tag team matches would be fun as well.

STEROIDS

i think jjj is completely wrong on his GSP opinion, but since he's right about almost everything else, I can let it slide.

Who says the UFC is losing steam? Financially and popularity wise it's chuggin' right along just fine.

inf0 - <p>I'm almost completely disinterested at this point. Enough is enough.

Too many subpar cards and oversaturation of the PPV market. It is their own fault if it fails now.

They really shouldn't be having more than one ppv every 6 months - with a bunch of free shows in between.
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i agree. only s few cards are interesting.

Chris Power - 

Who says the UFC is losing steam? Financially and popularity wise it's chuggin' right along just fine.




They are spending major money to acquire Strikeforce and the cable channel. It might work out, it might not be a good move spending all that cash.

TUF is getting bad ratings. Lesnar was supposed to deliver and instead this season was a disaster.

you know, I have to say something about this whole topic.

The problem here for the non-noob tuf crowd, is that they're just spoiled.

these cards have just as good of fights as they ever have (there are always exceptions). but the cards come up so quick now, it's very different.

Before this all started getting popular an event would build steam for months. there was no other MMA to see on TV and those events are all that was talked about for a couple months. when it finally came up that momentum got everyone excited.

but now with 54235 events per year on TV/PPV there is very little time to get momentum.

I think this will also be the eventual downfall of the PPV model, but it doesn't mean the events are shitty, or weaker than before. They're just so often nobody gets that kind of momentum except extremely high profile fights.