SB Nation User Blog: prideUFCfan

Affliction needs to get PPV via internet stream.

prideUFCfan — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:53:27 -0000

I am not sure how much money Affliction missed out on last night but I know they didn't get my 39.99 which I would have paid twice to see the full event. I watched the Fedor / Sylvia fight on dailymotion but I would have enjoyed sitting back last night to watch the full event. I went for the free UFC stream with OnDemand but would have chosen Affliction first were the option available to me. I believe that Japan, my home, would have been a very significant amount of revenue for Affliction's event but it just wasn't available. I thought Donald Trump was a genius when it comes to making money. What were they thinking? The issue of unprotected stream is moot since people get the videos from Youtube and Dailymotion anyway. Most people will just pay the 40 dollars and this includes so many other countries besides Japan. Affliction needs to offer the PPV via internet stream for their second event. If they do not then I may have to fly back home to Canada to watch I guess. I have faith that this will be remedied for Affliction 2 but this thread is my "heads up!" call to the new dog in town. Cheers.

Fedor as a learning experience when dealing with Randy.

prideUFCfan — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:04:25 -0000

I am a huge UFC fan and I was quite upset when they could not sign Fedor. You have to respect the business sense of the M-1 Global team when it comes to the potential $$$$ as a result of their flexibility. Fedor fought only one Sambo match in the tournament...the one that the UFC was unable to allow for in a tentative contract with Fedor. Now M-1 has lent Fedor to another event and will make a killing. The UFC lost huge PPV potential earnings due to its inflexibility. M-1 has capitalized through flexibility.

...I hope that Dana has learned from this mistake when dealing with Randy next week. Randy = $$$$. Keep him happy.

I am really torn regarding the Okami / MacDonald fight.

prideUFCfan — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 07:00:07 -0000

I am a Canadian living in Kanagawa, Japan so I am torn between national pride ( MacDonald beats Okami ) and my understanding of the Japanese mindset and how dedicated to perfection most Japanese fighters truly are. I love Okami's style too but I don't want to see Jason MacDonald lose either. It is a little like how I might feel if Fedor and Randy were to, by some miacle, get a chance to face each other. I love both fighters so I just don't know how happy I will be at the end of the fight. Anyway...just my two yen worth. Cheers and enjoy UFC 77.

Ranking Fighters

prideUFCfan — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:23:28 -0000

Everyone loses a fight if they stay in the game of MMA long enough. This is a sport of match-ups and styles. I would like to see your number one ranked fighter...pound for pound...not by weight class. This is a difficult, if not impossible, thing to prove with the weight class system so just have fun with this one. Here I go:

Fedor has unbelievable balance, great striking on his feet and on the ground, as well as unbelievable submissions. He is my pick for number one. He has lost one fight and it was due to a stoppage from an illegal headbutt. Because it was an elimination tournament...he had to be given the loss so that their could be a tournament champion.

What is the big deal about Fedor also fighting Sambo on the side?

prideUFCfan — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:03:24 -0000

Sign him for four fights and make your money back immediately, and then some, after the first bell. Let him fight in Sambo tournaments between making the UFC millions of dollars when he does fight for them. Couture versus Fedor would be the biggest UFC in its growing history of unbelievably huge events. PayPerView would gross more than they can imagine because of both Fedor`s popularity in Japan and Europe and Randy Couture`s popularity as well. My two favourite HW MMA fighters should meet soon...I just don`t think I will be able to feel totally happy after the fight because one will be de-throned. Still, the fight has to happen. Sign Fedor now!