Comments on: Report: Chris Leben tests positive for Stanozolol

By: MMA Gear

MMA Gear — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:55:37 +0000

That’s too bad that Leben tested positive… he looked good during that fight.

By: Jeremy (not that Jeremy)

Jeremy (not that Jeremy) — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:50:51 +0000

He comes off as more of a dandy than a poseur. Deportes is a really strange choice…is there a promotion in Mexico that I’m not aware of, or is this another situation where they’re taking content that they made for ESPN Brasil or ESPN Latin America and moving it over to ESPN Deportes?

I don’t think ESPN Brasil even covers Vale Tudo or Luta Livre.

By: dave2

dave2 — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 02:00:13 +0000

Is Roger Huerta even a proven draw for Hispanic-Americans? I’ve seen Hispanic MMA fans criticize Huerta for not speaking Spanish properly and coming off as a poseur.

By: 45 Huddle

45 Huddle — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 01:45:19 +0000

The problem is that they want to use Jorge Masvidal & Eddie Alvarez. No offense to Alvarez, but he doesn’t exactly have the hispanic feel. kind of like Roger Huerta… both feel way too American.

By: Zach Arnold

Zach Arnold — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 01:35:31 +0000

That’s actually interesting that it would be on ESPN Deportes, because UFC should and would interpret that as an attack on them in terms of the Latin market. UFC has made baby steps, but not a full leap into countries like Mexico, Puerto Rico, etc. If ESPN can make in-roads into that market without much liability, then I think UFC will pay close attention to this development.

By: 45 Huddle

45 Huddle — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 01:31:41 +0000

According to Sherdog:

1. It is ESPN Deportes, not ESPN that will have the programming.

2. The English Stations would not have any MMA.

3. Deportes only has about 4 Million Subscribers.

4. Only 13,000 of them actually understand Spanish (I made that fact up).

So much for ESPN.

By: zack

zack — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:59:21 +0000

ESPN should just show old Global & AWA tapes instead.

By: natureboy

natureboy — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:03:26 +0000

Shame on you Chris Leben.

By: 45 Huddle

45 Huddle — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:55:23 +0000

Oh, I’m not saying the idea would work. I’m just saying if they do it, there is a way to save money.

The problem is that MMA is that to get it to look good on TV, it costs a lot of money in production. The lighting as to be really good due to the ground fighting. The camera angles are hard to get with a cage. Just in general, it isn’t cheap to produce it and make it look really good.

By: cyph

cyph — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:53:25 +0000

Thanks to Chris Leben, we now know that the UFC was serious when they said they would drug test in the UK.

If ESPN is serious about getting into MMA, they will be the first truly legitimate competitor to the UFC. Unfortunately, with their track record, this sounds more like them trying to score a quick buck.