A ticket to any sporting event costs money. With that purchase of that ticket come the right to watch the fight and react how you see fit, that is within reason. That entitles you to cheer when you are elated and boo when you are agitated. But Zac Robinson of Mmamadness.com poses another opinion on booing.
Robinson claims that booing throughout a mma fight is in appropriate and states why fighters shouldn’t be heckled for a lack of activity. But Robinson fails to recognize is that these fighters are professionals. They are getting paid good money to put on a good show. Similarly, fans are paying good money to watch a good show. When the fighters fail to put on a good show, it is a fans deserved right to boo.
Tim Sylvia made $800,000 last weekend for thirty seconds of work. For that, he should be booed every time he walks down the street. Collegiate and high school athletes participate in sports for the sheer joy of it. Furthermore, they are merely kids. For that reason, it is those athletes who should never hear the slightest echo of boos. Yet, when you are a professional fighter, boos come with the territory.
The middle of the week has crept up like an unsuspecting left hook. As the weekend approaches, it is the EliteXC who is ready to throw the punches. But they’ll have to land some stiff shots to compete with all the hard-hitting action that took place last weekend. Let’s start swinging with the Wednesday Crunch.
So is the glory of capturing a gold medal for the red, white and blue more alluring than a future in the octagon? Never it doesn’t state anywhere that wrestlers looking to strive for Olympic gold have to choose one over the other. But given the increased competition inside the cage, it may be wiser to start on the future sooner than later.
Some of the top fighters in the world of mma come from wrestling backgrounds. It provides them with an excellent base when training for one of the most demanding sports in the world. However, it may be too extreme to contend that mixed martial arts will hurt Olympic wrestling. Yet, it is safe to say that wrestling unquestionably helps the sport of mixed martial arts.
The fighters have tipped the scales and the weights and measures were in. Affliction’s debut event won’t be short on pounds as the heavyweight division has quite a bit of representation. Fedor Emelianenko is yielding 33 pounds right off the bat to Tim Sylvia while Andrei Arlovksi is spotting Ben Rothwell 23 pounds. Only Justin Levens failed to make weight and there is now word yet whether or not his middleweight bout with Ray Lazama will still take place. Here’s a look at how all the fighters weighed in.
Main Card:
Fedor Emelianenko (230 lbs) vs. Tim Sylvia (263 lbs)
Andrei Arlovski (241 lbs) vs. Ben Rothwell (264 lbs)
Josh Barnett (256 lbs) vs. Pedro Rizzo (242 lbs)
Matt Lindland (185 lbs) vs. Fabio Negao (185 lbs)
Renato “Babalu” Sobral (201 lbs) vs. Mike Whitehead (206 lbs)
Preliminary Bouts:
Vitor Belfort (185 lbs) vs. Terry Martin (185 lbs)
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (205 lbs) vs. Edwin Dewees (205 lbs)
Mike Pyle (171 lbs) vs. J.J. Ambrose (170 lbs)
Savant Young (145 lbs) vs. Mark Hominick (144 lbs)
Justin Levens (189 lbs) vs. Ray Lazama (186 lbs)
The week is just about over and everyone can now yell out TGIF. It won’t be long until more screams fill the arenas where tomorrow’s two big events will take place. Clear your throats and get ready to shout as we get you ready for all the action with The Friday Crunch.
It was an ironic turn of events this past weekend over in the UK. It turned out that Phil “the New York bad ass” Baroni wasn’t such a bad ass after all. In fact, Baroni showed that he was the complete opposite.
Actually, it was pretty bad ass the way he put Scott Jansen to sleep with a right hook in the first round of last Saturday night’s Cage Rage. But Baroni acted like a true professional following the fight and continued to play the part of a gentleman even in the wake of his post-fight attack.
The UFC scrambled to put together UFC Fight Night 14 to coincide with Affliction’s debut event. Many of the fighters on this card weren’t given a whole lot of notice to prepare for their upcoming bouts. Anthony Johnson is among those fighters as he agreed to take on Kevin Burns. Johnson doesn’t mind scratching the UFC’s back by taking fights on such short notice. He has done it in the past and hopes that it will help his future. Johnson elaborates on this weekend’s fight in an interview with Mmarated.com.
Over the past few weeks, there has been a lot of talk about the new rules being configured by the Association of Boxing Commissions. Those rules are supposed to be a sort of a blueprint for states to regulate their rules and sanctions in the sport of mixed martial arts. But why is a boxing commission in charge of stipulating such rules?
That question may have echoed in more than a few pair of ears as a mma committee will finally be put in place to oversee the sport of mixed martial arts. It only seems fitting to have a group of qualified individuals form a collective group to oversee rule changes in their respective sport. For what could a boxing commission really know about fighting from the guard?
Moments after Phil Baroni knocked out Scott Jansen this past Saturday night at Cage Rage 27, he immediately became the target for further attacks. As Baroni walked over to investigate the condition of the fallen Jansen, one of Jansen’s associates headbutted Baroni and then fled the ring.
Following that incident, Jansen’s girlfriend launched an expletive verbal assault at Baroni. Two days later, Baroni is willing to let bygones be bygones.
Baroni told Fighters Only Magazine that he won’t press any charges and showed a lot of integrity throughout the entire ordeal. It turns out the “New York Bad Ass” may have a bit of compassion after all. Meanwhile, Cage Rage is currently re-examining its policy on permitting family and friends into the ring at the conclusion of a bout.
For Jose Canseco, the brand of shame he recently thrust upon himself and the sport of baseball just wasn’t enough. This past weekend, he stepped into the ring and embarrassed himself once more when former football player Vai Sikahema KO’d the sultan of steroids in the first round of a celebrity boxing match in Atlantic City.
Canseco previously flirted with the idea of entering the mixed martial arts circuit in some capacity. He also claimed to have a background in martial arts. But after getting flattened by Sikahema, it is quite obvious he should stick to selling books and tattle-taling on the baseball’s behemoths. Despite being 6″4 and having a tremendous size advantage over the 5″9 Sikahema, Canseco couldn’t make it out of the first round. So how on earth would ever expect to last ten seconds inside the cage? Read more…
A ticket to any sporting event costs money. With that purchase of that ticket come the right to watch the fight and react how you see fit, that is within reason. That entitles you to cheer when you are elated and boo when you are agitated. But Zac Robinson of Mmamadness.com poses another opinion on booing.
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