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I'm basing that opinion on the only combat sport that has a history or generating billions of dollars.

And that is exactly where you are going wrong. You are trying to equate boxing with MMA, a totally different animal. If you say dominance is what sells in boxing, I'll take your word for it since I give a less about boxing and don't follow it at all. But to claim this is the case in MMA in asinine.

Where do you come up with this? Please support your argument, because didn't just recently the UFC brought Royce Gracie out of retirment?

Support my argument? Sure, since you didn't support yours. You couldn't provide me with one specific example of MMA popularity taking a dive because a dominant fighter was defeated. I'll provide you with several dominant fighters being defeated, and the sport still growing in popularity. The 1st example that comes to mind is Matt Hughes. He is one of the most dominant champs in MMA history. When he was defeated by GSP, the UFC's revenues and popularity kept growing to record numbers. When Rich Franklin lost his belt to Anderson Silva, did that hurt MMA's popularity? No.

You're telling me that Royce Gracie came out of retirement as a dominant fighter to face Hughes? A guy who demands speacial rules for himself at every bout? A guy who has fought 6 times in the last 6 years to only have 2 wins? That's dominant? Royce drew attention because he was the first champ of the UFC, but hardly anyone gave him a chance against Hughes. Royce was annihilated by Hughes. The sport certainly didn't suffer after that.

About your question of GSP being marketable...yes, he is just as marketable. In Matt Serra's post fight interview, he even referred to GSP as being the future of the sport. MMA fans know that a fighter can have an off night and get defeated. It doesn't mean that fans will stop caring about MMA just because their favorite fighter happens to lose a bout or two.

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And that is exactly where you are going wrong. You are trying to equate boxing with MMA, a totally different animal. If you say dominance is what sells in boxing, I'll take your word for it since I give a less about boxing and don't follow it at all. But to claim this is the case in MMA in asinine.






Support my argument? Sure, since you didn't support yours. You couldn't provide me with one specific example of MMA popularity taking a dive because a dominant fighter was defeated. I'll provide you with several dominant fighters being defeated, and the sport still growing in popularity. The 1st example that comes to mind is Matt Hughes. He is one of the most dominant champs in MMA history. When he was defeated by GSP, the UFC's revenues and popularity kept growing to record numbers. When Rich Franklin lost his belt to Anderson Silva, did that hurt MMA's popularity? No.

You're telling me that Royce Gracie came out of retirement as a dominant fighter to face Hughes? A guy who demands speacial rules for himself at every bout? A guy who has fought 6 times in the last 6 years to only have 2 wins? That's dominant? Royce drew attention because he was the first champ of the UFC, but hardly anyone gave him a chance against Hughes. Royce was annihilated by Hughes. The sport certainly didn't suffer after that.

About your question of GSP being marketable...yes, he is just as marketable. In Matt Serra's post fight interview, he even referred to GSP as being the future of the sport. MMA fans know that a fighter can have an off night and get defeated. It doesn't mean that fans will stop caring about MMA just because their favorite fighter happens to lose a bout or two.

Great post IX, my favorite fighter (behind Barnett), has always been Arlovsky, and still is even after his past couple of crappy fights, you gots to stick with your guys

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Great post IX, my favorite fighter (behind Barnett), has always been Arlovsky, and still is even after his past couple of crappy fights, you gots to stick with your guys

I really like watching Arlovski fight. Arlovski give Sylvia way too much respect and could have taken him down and submitted him at any time. His fight with Werdum shoould be awesome. It should be the fight of the night.