Comments on: Saturday quick hits: Roger Hollett’s latest opponent announced

By: Jordan Breen

Jordan Breen — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 09:14:29 +0000

The Barrera-Pacquiao undercard was actually pretty poor on paper but they made the most of it. Forbes didn’t get screwed again, Andrade’s caveman foolishness was painless and the Luevano fight wasn’t as terrible as I thought it would be.

The larger problem however is that Forbes is still that weight range’s gatekeeper and no more, Andrade is set for a career of fringe contention while guys like Kessler blow his brains out, and Luevano is a weak titlist in P4P an extremely talented weight range. John and Linares would probably cruise by him, and those are just the two top guys in the weight class right now. I’d like to see how he fares against an Enoki or Mashaba.

By: Ivan Trembow

Ivan Trembow — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 07:35:21 +0000

Crazy fight between Samuel Peter and Jameel McCline tonight. I can’t believe Peter regained control after being in that much trouble. As for the HBO show, the main event was disappointing but a couple of the undercard bouts made up for it.

By: penxv

penxv — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 07:20:11 +0000

I had a tentative offer to fight Hollet a while back… but it was only for like 1k-1k to fight the dude in Canada… and on short notice… and up a weight class. I don’t even remember what promotion it was.

I almost did it anyway, but I let my brain get in the way of my balls.

Fucking promoters are aweful.

By: xx2000xx

xx2000xx — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 23:07:39 +0000

The new show “UFC Wired” is on and I already want to shut it off. They are piping in fake crowd noise and not only is it overpowering the announcers it’s annoying and fake as hell.

By: Jeremy (not that Jeremy)

Jeremy (not that Jeremy) — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 22:20:13 +0000

Well, they could go to two round fights like King of the Cage used to (still does?) do. Get four fights on in an hour and 15 minutes of commercials.

By: Jordan Breen

Jordan Breen — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 21:50:37 +0000

I like Monty Mosher’s claim that Lawlor “avoided” Hollett, like Mosher has any clue about anything fightsport related.

Nonetheless, I’m glad their replacement is still a stout wrestler. What is most important at this point is that Hollett get put on his back, and with this being a 25 minute fight, it’d be nice if we could see the fight go somewhere near the second half of the fight. I applaude the Titans and Hollett’s management for not getting too froggy after the Valimaki win, and trying to grab a UFC deal instantly. They have the right idea about how to develop a talent in Hollett, and we’ll see if it pays off.

Also, Leland Chapman actually fought MMA a few years ago against Lincoln Tyler, and get whupped on.

And while I’m all for the sheer inanity of the IFL Draft live on TV, 45 Huddle is (strangely) spot-on in his analysis.

By: 45 Huddle

45 Huddle — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 16:28:37 +0000

Jeremy is correct.

The IFL ratings were going downhill before MNF started. Their over 40 male demographic has been a constant since the start of the show.

The fact is that the IFL has not connected with enough fans to stay on NetworkTV. Whether the show is live or not won’t matter much. Too many eyes have already seen the show…. Not liked what they have seen…. And then changed the channel. Being live is nice, but there are three major downfalls from it.

1. Doing live shows is extremely expensive.

2. The number of people who know about the IFL being a live show are either people who already watch it or the hardcore fans. And hardcore fans are not enough to sway huge rating numbers.

3. A TWO hour live show is good. They can have 4 to 5 fights without an issue. A ONE hour live show is an impossible format for the sport of MMA. Even if they start a fight within the first 90 seconds of the show, the most we will see is 3 fights. And that will feel like a rushed presentation.

Their big shot was the first IFL Battleground show. The ratings were good, but at least something to build off of. But that show was so horribly done, that they lost fans week after week. At this point, it is just too late. Even a live show won’t save them.

By: Jeremy (not that Jeremy)

Jeremy (not that Jeremy) — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 15:49:26 +0000

That’s funny, I could have sworn that Monday night football was only on for about four months out of every year. Four months that don’t overlap significantly with the IFL’s “season.”

By: Skwirrl

Skwirrl — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 15:37:08 +0000

Hey 45 Huddle… The fact that the show is losing airtime isn’t the issue. The show has been up against Monday Night Football. WHO THE HELL WANTS TO GO UP AGAINST MNF?!? Duhhh

By: 45 Huddle

45 Huddle — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 15:23:46 +0000

If he is the Sherdog IFL guy…. I heard him on the radio show like a month back. He mine as well be on the IFL payroll, because when that person talked, it was as if he fed his family due to money Gareb gave him. I know that isn’t the case, but he sure was biased.