It seems that in the US today, all we here about is violence and killing and such. Every single day you here about people getting shot and killed. With the huge anti-violence movement sweeping through the established social channels, UFC, Pride and the like are going to have a very difficult time keeping out of the bad spotlight.
WE all know the difference between killing somone and a good ol' fashioned but whoopin', but do you think that the 280 million people in the US actually understand?
So many times I've watched a match and people start complaining how "stupid" and "boring" everything is.... unless they are standing toe to toe.
I think that if the UFC wants to hit it bigtime for TV, then they have to glamorize and go WWF style to draw crowds of people who really don't understand the fights. They also had to water down the rules so that the chance of people getting hurt is smaller, to please the anti-violence groups.
Just my opinion, but I don't think it's going to get huge. And truly, I hope it doesn't. If it does, then it will lose it's purity of what the sport is all about. Look at football and the salary cap....
What do you think?
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