Chula Vista

Tried getting into Maniac but I was not in the mood for such a slow start. Will give it another go when I'm less tired.

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on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away
and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

BassoonPlatoon

Been starting to watch Wrestling, Boxing, MMA/UFC matches a lot lately.

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What MMA have you been getting in to? Any specific fighters or promotions that you've taken a shine to?

I barely watch pro wrestling any more.

BassoonPlatoon

I try to just watch the pro wrestling matches. I usually skip the talking stuff, but will have it on in the background sometimes if I feel like it.

Outside of UFC, only PFL. I'm still relatively new in my interest in it.

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PFL has an interesting structure, staging seasons and awarding fighters points based on their fights, and the fighters with the most points receiving a cash prize. The promotion used to be called "The World Series Of Fightng." It is owned [or at least presided over] by Ray Sefo, a former fighter, so he knows how to do things, unlike that clown Dana White in the UFC who only cares about money.

Bellator MMA is a great promotion. They get a lot of the UFC rejects and people who get fed up with Dana White's bull$hit. You can watch the fights for free in the U.S. on the Paramount network [formerly Spike TV, formerly TNN]. They are at the end of a heavyweight tournament, with the finals being in January I believe. Fedor Emelainenko [former PRDIE heavyweight champ] vs Ryan Bader [former UFC light heavyweight].

Keep your eye on ONE FC out of Singapore. They have some good funding behind them. You can watch their fights for free on an app as well. Eddie Alvarez just signed with them. They have Brandon Vera and Ben Askren as well. They have a good business model and are [I think] the largest promotion in Asia, which is nothing to scoff at.

BassoonPlatoon

Let's take it easy on Dana White.

I have heard of and seen some Bellator as well, forgot about that one. Just getting really into it for the first time the only people I really know are Kimbo Slice and any wrestlers that have tried their hand at it. I'll have to check out this Singapore league though, the international events are usually really good.

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Dude, The UFC is corporatism at it's worst, and Dana White spear heads that $hit like a MF'er. They screw fighters left and right.

Kimbo is dead LOL [R.I.P.]. Check out https://www.MMAJunkie.com it's my favorite MMA site.

BassoonPlatoon

Dude, it's his company and he can do what he wants with it.

When did I ever say he was alive? LOL

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Is it his company? The Fertitas owned like 99% and recently sold that to a pool of buyers. Dana owns like 1% as far as I remember. I could be wrong. I will look it up.

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Dana White has a 9% stake in the ownership of the UFC. He is the President of the company.