Comments on: Today’s chalkboard (5/16/08)

By: Ivan Trembow

Ivan Trembow — Sat, 17 May 2008 01:14:11 +0000

Dana White on Tito Ortiz: “”He beat Ken Shamrock three times. He fought Rashad Evans to a draw. He fought Forrest Griffin when Forrest just came out of The Ultimate Fighter and barely beat him. A lot of people think Forrest won that fight. In my opinion, the last significant fight that Tito Ortiz won was when he beat Vitor Belfort. “”

So Dana White is ripping his own #2 PPV of all time as not being a “significant” fight in the match-up that got 95% of the marketing push for that event. I’m assuming that PPV refund checks are on the way to the fans who bought the show to see such an insignificant fight.

I’m also assuming that the UFC is going to agree retro-actively to a much smaller contract with Spike TV based on TUF 3’s ratings never happening, and Ortiz-Shamrock III never happening. The huge ratings for the latter were a primary reason for Zuffa’s renewal with Spike being so lucrative, yet Ortiz and Ken Shamrock are not given any acknowledgment for the role that their huge rating played in the UFC getting a $100,000,000+ renewal (White even said that Shamrock didn’t make the UFC any money). As is often the case, the hypocrisy here is astounding.

By: klown

klown — Sat, 17 May 2008 00:14:20 +0000

FightOpinion is still the #1 location for the latest articles, intelligent analysis and decent discussion of MMA.

By: Scott White

Scott White — Fri, 16 May 2008 22:04:58 +0000

Keep up the good work Zach.

By: Michaelthebox

Michaelthebox — Fri, 16 May 2008 21:42:32 +0000

“Gina Carano wins UFC HW title against Georges St. Pierre”

By: IceMuncher

IceMuncher — Fri, 16 May 2008 18:53:14 +0000

“More Women Entering The Ring For UFC”

Wow. That headline couldn’t have more mistakes if they tried.

By: Jeremy (not that Jeremy)

Jeremy (not that Jeremy) — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:23:55 +0000

Schultz was embarrassingly bad. As a Boston guy it was more painful to see him hauled back into the house after being summarily dispatched than it was to see him lose in the first place, especially with his Pollyanna attitude.

He didn’t represent the city or his studio well at all. One can only hope that in season eight we’re going to see some guys who will bring a better sense of what we have to offer here in terms of training etc.