Just wondering if anyone watched UFC last night on Bravo at 9pm. Great show, much better than all the fake wrestleing thats on TV today, dont you think?

Yes, I enjoyed it. It was a good show. I would have preferred it to be championship length though.

Props to Bravo for successfully screening this.

Yea, it was a great show but the only thing that got slightly annoying was all the adverts and talking in between fights, and the 2 minute fights!

Still, cant wait for the next show :thumbsup: :clap:

I watched it!
I've never seen UFC before and I thought it was great.

To say its real-life, it was a bit of a weird ending with Tito Ortiz challenging everyone ala WWE.

Good to see Ken Shamrock though.

Your right about that. It does have a WWF element to it. And I think alot of that is just tongue in cheek, trying to big up the matches and sell them out.

I was cringing a bit when I say one bloke getting absolutely pasted on the floor... I was thinking bloody hell.

Its like sheffield on a friday or saturday night all over again.

there have been absolutely loads of UFC's now and most (all?) are available on DVD. If you're just looking for highlights, UFC Hits (1 & 2) and Ultimate Knockouts (1,2 & 3) are VERY entertaining LOL

There's also a good book called 'No Holds Barred' by Clyde Gentry that's about the history of the UFC and similar competitions.

Does anyone have any favourite fighters/fighters they prefer to watch?

I LOVE UFC, its absolutely amazing, although I agree it does seem to be going the way of WWE :(

When it first started it used to be better. UFC 1 - 10 are amazing. Royce Gracie was good to watch, albeit a little boring when he just holds the opponent for 10 minutes.

I love it when they are both on their feet throwing punches and kicks.

Royce was just too good in those early events.

I love to see Vitor Belfort when he's on form- is first few appearances were awesome. Bas Rutten was also very good and he's a great character. i have a few of his DVDs etc. and he comes across really well.

My fella banged on about it quite a lot. Wasn't as violent as he made out when I watched it, but more realistic and better than all the other rubbish on Sky!!!!

Originally posted by Clare85
My fella banged on about it quite a lot. Wasn't as violent as he made out when I watched it, but more realistic and better than all the other rubbish on Sky!!!!

It's undergone several rule changes since its inception, mainly to satisfy pro-boxing, anti-anything else senators in the states who thought it was too violent.

MMA or Ultimate Fighting has a great safety record and is an awesome sport. There have ben quite a few shows in Sheffield too, with 1 show on Saturday Night

i'm resurrecting this thread to add Genki Sudo to my list of NHB fighters - what an entertainer that guy was! another hero!

Some of my faves....

Chuck Liddell
Randy Couture
Michael Bisping
'Cabbage' Correira
Mike Zambidis
Kimbo Slice (Just because..)
Chris Leben
Rashad Evans

Jeff Monson is a monster.

Watch out for Cheick Kongo.
An undisputed champion in the making.

There is an interesting article in this week's Boxing News saying that, over time, UFC and other Cage fighters are increasingly realising that stand up blows, based on boxing, are overall more effective than wrestling moves, etc. Don't know if this is the case, have any UFC fans observed such a development?

There is an interesting article in this week's Boxing News saying that, over time, UFC and other Cage fighters are increasingly realising that stand up blows, based on boxing, are overall more effective than wrestling moves, etc. Don't know if this is the case, have any UFC fans observed such a development?

I think it's a bit more complex than that...

Initially, strikers were taken to the ground quite easily in MMA, and as such they were reluctant to fully commit to their strikes, however, as strikers have become increasingly able on the ground, it's meant they can commit to their punches and kicks and not worry about being demolished on the ground should their strikes not be effective. A pure striker pitted against a pure grappler still stands little chance though (IMO). An example would be Ramon Dekker, a legendary muay thia fighter who had no ground skills, and was taken to the ground and submitted by Genki Sudo (who, although good, had not reached the same heights in MMA as Dekker had in muay thai). Similarly, Genki Sudo (170lbs) took the former heavyweight boxer Butterbean (300lbs) to the ground and submitted him.

Top MMA fighters are skilled in 3 areas of combat - striking (e.g. boxing, muay thai), clinchwork (usually wrestling but also things like judo), and groundwork (BJJ, shootfighting). It's the prescence of all these skills that makes a fighter effective - without good clinchwork and groundwork, a striker is seldom effective in MMA (although there will always be exceptions).