Comments on: UFC 12/10 North Carolina event results

By: Quote of the Day - Tim Leidecker on UFC’s handling of brutal knockouts | FightOpinion.com - Your Global Connection to the Fight Industry.

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 09:09:50 +0000

[...] Sports or sports entertainment?: The way the UFC handled the situation after the “Fight for the Troops” main event between Koscheck and Yoshida brought a lot of critics to the scene. Koscheck knocked out Yoshida with two crushing blows that left the 34-year-old Japanese veteran motionless on the canvas for minutes. During the remainder of the broadcast, the announcing team did not provide any updates on the condition of the fallen judoka. [...]

By: Couple of things I noticed about last night’s TUF Finale show on Spike TV… | FightOpinion.com - Your Global Connection to the Fight Industry.

Sun, 14 Dec 2008 12:33:39 +0000

[...] As far as I could tell (based on what I watched of the TUF Finale), there was no update on Yoshiyuki Yoshida at all. I bring this up because Mike Goldberg thanked the fans at the beginning of the telecast for the Fight for the Troops special, mentioned about the charity that money raised went to (brain trauma victims), and left it at that. I first thought about Yoshida when Goldberg did this intro, and was quickly reminded of it when Anthony Johnson managed to knock out Kevin Burns with a left high-kick. Thankfully for Burns, he was able to recover and stand back up for the winner’s announcement by Bruce Buffer. If Burns would have had to been stretchered out of the cage, would UFC have shown it? Not that I guess it matters, since practically no other MMA web sites even touched upon the way UFC/Spike TV covered the aftermath of Yoshida’s knockout at the hands of Josh Koscheck. [...]

By: Ivan Trembow

Ivan Trembow — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 08:54:50 +0000

lol, fair enough

By: Jeremy (not that Jeremy)

Jeremy (not that Jeremy) — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 02:23:24 +0000

Is that a crime?

By: Jeremy (not that Jeremy)

Jeremy (not that Jeremy) — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 02:23:05 +0000

No, I just like saying things that rhyme.

By: Ivan Trembow

Ivan Trembow — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 22:09:11 +0000

(because the term “conformity” generally has a negative connotation, hence the notion that the UFC’s policy on unconscious fighters is, in part, because of them being “non-conformist”)

By: Ivan Trembow

Ivan Trembow — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:20:17 +0000

What Cantwell said was completely classless as well, but that’s not something that is a company policy and that has happened a half-dozen times now. Also, lol at Jeremy attempting to make it an issue of conformity or non-conformity.

By: 45 Huddle

45 Huddle — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:01:58 +0000

dave2 is correct. and it’s just not the top guys in each division. Japan has very few Top 10 fighters in Heavyweight through Lightweight…. And they are losing ground fast in Feather & Bantam.

As for the UK coming close to Japan in a few years… I was mostly talking about the type of events being run in the country.

By: Jeremy (not that Jeremy)

Jeremy (not that Jeremy) — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:24:59 +0000

Ivan, I only watch one other sport in the United States on anything like a regular basis, and add baseball on an even more occasional basis to that, so I’ll have to take your repeated word that the way that UFC does it isn’t the normal way that things are done.

Thanks for letting us all know just how important it is to you that UFC conform to the norm though.

By: Grape Knee High

Grape Knee High — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:21:54 +0000

Ivan,

What is bad is Steve Cantwell bragging that he’s been waiting for a long time to get the chance to break someone’s arm.

Compared to this, the Yoshida thing is a non-issue.

But, of course, since Cantwell is not the evil robber baron Zuffa, Ivan lets it slide, even though in terms of PR it was 10 times worse.