Sad that no one is gonna see things like the bushido tournament or fedor fights. No Diaz-Gomi. No one will see the greatness of Igor V besides when he got highlight reeled by cro cop or smashed by coleman. No one will see one of the greatest all time fighters in Saku doing relevant fights, only when wand stomped him out. As good a news as this is, i can see a very large part of MMA history being omitted.

True. But it’s better than no exposure at all, and sooner or later most of those fights will be aired. Time heals all wounds, just ask Tito and his bitch Dana.

for me Pride was the golden age of mma! IMO, the biggest fights in mma history took place in Pride! Fedor vs. Cro cop n Nog

Well, they can only show so many “best of” containing fights of UFC-only ex-PRIDE fighters. How many permutations are there of just those guys fighting each other? Surely they’ll have some non-UFC fighters in the mix, but those dudes will be getting their butts kicked in the “best of” clips.

Come on, John. Everybody that’s been watching MMA for a year or two knows that Lesnar vs. Mir was the biggest hevyweight fight ev- Bwhahahahah! I tried, but I couldn’t complete the sentence.

Well it took them long enough to through all lawsuit and other legal crap and now we’ll finally get to see these fights. In time they’ll air all of them.

JJ- I couldn’t believe that fight was #5 in the 100 greatest fights. I fast forwarded right through it.

its just a spit in the face to fans who have stuck by mma thrughout the years and know better! when the ufc does crap like that,i honestly feel insulted

It was conveniently placed in the top 5 right as the rematch was about to take place at the main event of UFC 100. So long, integrity. We hardly knew you.

If Henderson/Franklin 2 had actually taken place, the UFC would have probably added their first fight to the top ten all-time as well. The truth-stretching of fight promoters knows no bounds.

Recreational drugs should be completely eliminated from testing. It is ridiculous. Why don’t they test them for alchohol and tobacco as well (I know the difference is that these substances are legal, but that only furthers the hypocrisy of the test).

GOOD POST jj,

dANDEMAN AND NNR: I wasnt being serious…just being biaased towards not wanting another great fight in the month of august cancelled. This month was an mma nightmare that left me with mma blue ballz! tonights frigin fights better deliver. I am drunk already! lol…if yo want my honest oppinion on this matter its something to the effect of JJ’s post. Marijuana should be eliminated from testing all together. Its just a pointless reason to keep great fights from heppening. who the hel cares if these guys smoke weed on their spare time. I wanr ro see them fight@

If it’s all about protecting fighters from themselves, they should test for McDonald’s as well. BJ would never fight again.

I agree about the but then there people who say safety first. For example Guillard busted with coke- what if the intensity of the fight causes his bloodpressure to blow out his heart? Same example can possibly be made for roids. I disagree with the performance inhancing aspects of these drugs but i have a hard time going against them from a safety standpoint. Even with that established though you can say that well – weed does nothing to people etc… which would mean CSAC would have to look at all drugs and cherrypick what’s ok and not which i don’t believe they would ever do. So it forces them to do an all or nothing rule that i can understand.

If Guillard OD’s on coke in a fight, that’s his business. A guy could have all kind of congenital ailments that would result in the same thing occuring, that’s whuy they undergo physicals and medical testing. Showing up high on coke to a fight would give the other guy an advantage, and I higly doubt that is happening.

This Big Brother stuff is a slippery slope, and the idea of “safety first” in a sport that features all-out attempts to knock your opponent unconscious seems a little hypocritical as well. Beyond rules, gloves and testing for performance-enhancers, there’s not a helluva lot left to worry about IMO.

cocaine is a hell of a drug

If their policy is “safety first” they should just cancel the fight altogether. There is nothing safe about MMA.

Brendan-

I know. It’s really for the best to never learn that firsthand.

I think they will show Fedor you guy’s? They will put him against Randleman folowed by Cro Cop against Randleman. it will show his fight against Kohsaka… hell they can show all his fights and put up his oppnents career record after just to rub in what kind of quality fighters this guys has piled up. I can totaly see them doing I can see Dana’s grin right now LMFAO.

I think Fedor has exclusive rights to his highlights and fights, but I may be mistaken. Either way, showing Fedor’s fights in an attempt to smear his accomplishments would backfire, because it would show people his talents and what the UFC fan is missing. Dana knows that. They would much prefer to continue pretending he never existed.

How can it backfire during Pride every MMA fan believed Fedor was the best it wasn’t his fault the quality of HW during that time were brutal. It would show us how the UFC turned MMA into a sport and how much improved and deep the UFC is in talent during that time Pride had the Best HW Fedor, NOG, Cro Cop & Barnett the only fighter the UFC had that was as talented was couture not to many thought Tim was a top HW even though he was the Champ and AA was just up and coming fighter with great strikes that some believed was in the same bracked but was shown to have to many weaknesses before he left the UFC. Cro Cop and NOG put up the only challenges really for Fedor and he and Barnett wouldn’t fight each other I guess you can throw Randleman in there he slammed around Fedor pretty good for a brief time and short fight. A lot of Fans now believe Fedor shouldn’t be the #1 Hw in the world and by showing him getting slammed by Randleman like a rag doll even though Fedor pulled of the submission it would make fans wonder what if that was Carwin or Brock they would destroy him if Randleman was trained better in JJ he might of beat him? Fans are very critical of Fedor and rightfully so if the UFC did it right they could add more fuel to the fire easy.