UFC 104 Prelims on Spike
Schafer-Bader and Hardonk-Barry will be brodcast on another hour-long, commercial free block on Spike.
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Here’s hoping for a flash finish for Okami..
Kuwabara Kuwabara
by J. B. Maddox on Oct 12, 2009 9:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Great News For the UFC and Barry hope they keep this up.
I can’t help but lmao at Okami getting the shaft again…
It’s to the point now that all i can do is feel sorry for the man i mean the UFC gives him no breaks lol.
I'm not sure that we should feel sorry for Okami
Most people that have watched his fights haven’t found them particularly entertaining. And the prevailing assumption is that the UFC buries him in the prelims as a kind of punishment for being boring. But what if Okami is actually being helped by flying under the radar?
Getting on the PPV increases your exposure but only raises your stock if people like what they see. If they think your fight was boring, that exposure only hurt you. If Okami can’t finish people and can’t put on entertaining fights then maybe he’s actually better off racking up decision wins in the prelims. That way if he ever gets put back on that PPV portion they can sell him as winning X fights in a row and cherry pick some shots from his fights to make him look more exciting.
It’s to the point now that all i can do is feel sorry for the man i mean the UFC gives him no breaks lol.
I’m pretty sure SpikeTV is calling the shots on this one. This is no different than when Spike gave Nate Marquardt the cold shoulder for a year or two following the UFN 1 staring contest between Nate the Great and Ivan Salaverry.
It should come as no surprise that Spike chose a TUF champ and the leg kick Ragnarok to be on their live broadcast rather than Yushin McBathroomBreak.
Awesome
Hopefull this is gonna be for every ufc.
And I wish I could get spike tv in hd.
Okami keeps getting Okamied
he really needs to finish this fight if he wants this trend to stop, he is one of the very few really great fighters whom everyone seems to forget so easily.
"Did you feel you did well against Lindland?" "
Hell no.. I wanted to break the law"
---Rampage
Is Okamied like Munsoned?
Walla walla walla I'm an idiot.
by ufc4 on Oct 12, 2009 5:31 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 3 recs
Last time there was 4 fights on Spike, so Okami might get on air if he has a good performance
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by SouthAlaBamaRampage on Oct 12, 2009 5:06 PM EDT reply actions
Plus, it’s 2 fights fewer to compete with to get a spot on the main telecast.
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Okami won't get on the broadcast
Because the UFC doesn’t want people falling asleep before they order the PPV.
Walla walla walla I'm an idiot.
by ufc4 on Oct 12, 2009 5:33 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
If someone shows up not to fight,
Shouldn’t it be easier to finish them and look good?
"I will knock your hair black!"- Ken Shamrock to Tito Ortiz
No?
Anderson Silva vs Thales Leites, for example.
"Why am I here? Why does my mind have wings? Why do blue midgets hit me with fish?!" - The Tick
I'm so sick of the Anderson/Thales reference.
I’ve watch that fight time and time again and Anderson could have ended it on the feet whenever he wanted. He was just messing with Thales, as shown when punched him in the leg for fun, so Anderson showed up to fight, but wanted to put on a sarcastic show instead. Thales didnt show up to fight and should have been dominated.
"I will knock your hair black!"- Ken Shamrock to Tito Ortiz
by FutureChamp on Oct 12, 2009 8:32 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I'm not sure how
Every time he got within 3 feet of him, Thales fell down.
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Nice!
Hope they’re as good as last time :)
"Why am I here? Why does my mind have wings? Why do blue midgets hit me with fish?!" - The Tick
9:00 PM ET/PT?
I have a problem with that.
Don’t tape delay this for us West Coast people.
Seattle is cursed. For life.
awesome news!
and I guess I should say some blanket statement about okami getting screwed but I don’t really think he is
by cagefightonacid on Oct 12, 2009 5:56 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
blanket statement
+
okami
It works.
Keep firing Assholes!
It doesn't take rocket appliances to figure this out.
by Ubernoober on Oct 12, 2009 8:12 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
sry, couldn't resist 2 Ric Flair shoutouts in the same day
We're just a million little gods causin' rain storms, turning every good thing to rust.
by Anthony Pace on Oct 12, 2009 7:28 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
That is great. I took issue with Bader being on the un-aired prelims to begin with because he is a legit Light heavy prospect, and I felt that in order to build him up correctly, he needed exposure. With his fight airing on Spike, he will get that much needed exposure. Hardonk vs Barry shouldn’t last very long because someone is getting KOed or TKOed, and it should be a fun fight.
I honestly see NO good reason why the UFC and Spike shouldn’t do this for every PPV.
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