Biggest Gripe against the UFC

Pretty much what I was going to write. The guys who have a real gripe are the up and comers who get passed over in favor of TUF vets that are at a similar or even lower level. All of these guys get paid well. And Koscheck should not be on this list. He can’t win enough fights in a row to get a shot, thats his fault. What gripe does he have exactly?

obviously not as of late, but jesus so many times in the past!

somewhere out there there is one Mir fan.

Should have probably stated that I was talking about current UFC fighters. Lindland DEFINITELY has a case to be #1 on this list if we were talking about all-time. I completely disagree with you on Okami though. I used to think that was true, however, he got manhandled by Sonnen and since then I’m a little leery of his skill level

The guy was the original UFC MW/LHW champ, won 5 straight title fights, retired from the UFC undefeated. Then Zuffa takes over and blacklists him, essentially erases him from the history books and bans his name from ever being mentioned, excludes his phenomenal highlight-reel wins from UFC TOP 100 FIGHTS, and sues him for trying to use footage from his UFC fights (all pre-Zuffa), so he can never show himself holding the UFC title or beating the ever-loving shit out of Tito Ortiz.

To me, a fighter’s fight footage is his resume. I think it’s absurd that fighters can’t use film of their own fights to promote themselves. In Fedor’s CBS “Countdown” all they could do was show footage of him working out because Zuffa has bought up all the film rights to his fights. That’s just wrong.

Haha. Old school John rant. Great stuff.

There’s something very shady about that organisation and the fact that they are trying to renegotiate Fedor’s SF contract after 1 fight sums up why Zuffa won’t have anything to do with them. As great as Fedor is you have to accept that his management are not behaving ethically.

The lack of a public ranking system gives them the freedom to make exciting fights based on styles and what has the potential to be an exciting fight. They’re in the business of putting togeather the best fights they can, not match guys who are as closely ramked togeather as possible. If they did it like that we would have the same thing we have in boxing where guys who are 10-0 are still fighting bums and prospects don’t get there shot until they’re past their prime. Yeah sometimes title shots aren’t as deserving as others, but the UFC tries to make the most exciting fights they can and generate the most buzz for the sport. In truth they do put fights togeather sometimes to sell PPV, but I can’t blame them. As far as M-1 goes I support the UFC staying away from those bastards. They wan’t half the profit of the event. HALF!!! That is obsurd and not how you run a business. Plus everyone who M-1 has partnered with has gone under. In no way is it a good move for the UFC to deal with those sleazy bastards. And I’m a Fedor fan. Clearly not at the same level as you John, thank god, but a fan none the less. And plus, who stands to lose more by not making a deal? Last I checked the UFC is still doing fine and Fedor, while most of it undeserving, is losing creadibility and money.

Other names came up, hence the “other” option. And I personally agree with you about Rampage and Koscheck. But I do feel like Ace and Cain have valid reasons to be upset. You say who cares that Carwin got the bump instead of Cain? I tend to think that Cain cared. And Franklin WAS Dana’s poster boy and has since turned into his doormat to welcome Wanderlei and Vitor into their new weight classes. But like I said if you think others should be mentioned then by all means bring them up; I know I didnt include everyone

To be fair Tito still carries half of it. They lose him and it will all come crumbling down like a house of cards.

Hindsight is a bitch.