Comments on: Steve Cofield and his rebuttal to Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk

By: 45 Huddle

45 Huddle — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:08:37 +0000

He was on his honeymoon with his second wife.

By: Pierre-Luc Allie

Pierre-Luc Allie — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 21:41:27 +0000

The last time the french-canadian media reported on Gatti, he was facing assault charge by his “ex”.

And now we are hearing that it was his wife that found him dead…

She must be one of the suspect.

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 21:38:10 +0000

And I remember a few months ago Zach was asking for idea for publicity for FightOpinion. Apparently, go pay some hot chick to get filmed being sexually harassed by a MMA fighter.

Maybe you can make Erin’s Andrei Arlovski dreams come true?

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 21:32:05 +0000

Yeah this is crazy. If an NFL player dry humped a female reporter it would be battling Michael Jackson coverage as the top news story of the month. But luckily for the UFC it hasn’t gone past viral video status.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 21:29:31 +0000

Here’s some breaking news. Arturo Gatti was found dead in a beach side flat in Brazil. His wife found his body with a head injury. The police consider the death and circumstances as being suspicion. Shit…

By: Michaelthebox

Michaelthebox — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:55:54 +0000

Are you blaming McNair for being killed? Thats kind of low.

By: Ivan Trembow

Ivan Trembow — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:28:27 +0000

Another great “disciplinary ruling” (to use Steve Cofield’s words) from the UFC: Quinton Jackson dry-humps female interviewer Heather Nichols, then continues dry-humping her even after she repeatedly says to stop.

And Dana White’s “disciplinary ruling” on the matter (from the Observer’s recap of his Michael Landsberg interview): “White was ‘horrified’ by the Rampage Jackson interview incident with Heather Nichols, but also won’t talk to Jackson about it.”

By: Alan Conceicao

Alan Conceicao — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:26:56 +0000

Yeah, when 45 is making a more sensible statement than you, you know something’s wrong with your argument. He’s right: Judging the success of the UFC as being greater than pretty much…god, any of the three major stick and ball sports here in the US when it comes to international reach is crazy talk. Can we wait a few years before we start talking about the UFC’s big inroads in countries they’ve barely been on TV in, much less run shows?

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:18:33 +0000

Since size is so important in football, it will always be an American-only sport. There’s 7 footers all over the world, but healthy 300 pounders who can run the 40 without gassing 25 in are strictly American. USA! USA! USA!

By: 45 Huddle

45 Huddle — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:37:10 +0000

It is proven that the NFL is only an American Sport. There is little to no interest outside the 50 states.

Baseball is strong in Latin America and Asia. Basketball is strong in Europe.

So of the 3 Major American Sports, American Football is the only one who can’t really find success abroad.

With that said, it’s still pretty darn early to tell how the UFC will do internationally. Fertitta is definitly working on building the infostructure, but it’s still a ways off. My guess is that it could be 5 to 10 years before we see how successful everything Feritta is doing today. Getting on TV in other countries is absolutely the first step. And I doubt they will start off on the biggest channels. They need to work their way into each culture. Of course, having fighters from those countries will also help.