If Rumored Matchups Are True, UFC 100 Needs To Be 4 Hours Long

by mmafiend on Mar 14, 2009 3:20 PM EDT

Here is the rumored card for UFC 100:

*Georges St. Pierre vs. Thiago Alves
*Frank Mir vs. Brock Lesnar
*Dan Henderson vs. Michael Bisping
*Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Alan Belcher
*Jon Jones vs. Jake O’Brien
*Stephan Bonnar vs. Mark Coleman
*Jon Fitch vs Paulo Thiago
*Dong Hyun Kim vs. Jonathan Goulet
*C.B. Dollaway vs. TBA
*Matt Grice vs. Shannon Gugerty

Right of the bat it is pretty clear that if this card pans out, it might be the best MMA card on paper ever. GSP/Alves, Mir/Lesnar, Hendo/Bisping, Akiyama/Belcher, Jones/O’Brien, Bonnar/Coleman, and Fitch/Thiago are all must see fights in my opinion, and there is little chance for all seven of them to fit into the standard 3 hour timeslot. Sure, a lot of times we get to see seven, even eight fights during the broadcast (as was the case with UFC 96), but the only way to guarantee that we get to see all of the best fights on the card would be to extend the normal broadcast time from three hours to four. That way fans get to see more fights, and the UFC gets to toss in more ads and interviews with Kevin James about whatever retarded movie he is doing at the time. It’s a win/win.

And in light of the significance of this being the hundredth UFC, it makes sense. But hey, what do I know, I am just some chump running a preschool blog.

HT: The MMA Fiend

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UFC 100

If that’s the card then i’ll place my order right now.

by TERRENCEFROMSOUTHEAST on Mar 14, 2009 3:37 PM EDT reply actions

CB Dollaway

vs. Rousimar Palhares…please

Also, how about adding Marquardt vs. Maia to this card, Mr Silva? As if it wasn’t awesome enough. ;)

by Scott Haber on Mar 14, 2009 4:28 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

CB is not ready for Toquinho

That shit would be ugly.

"I hit [Evensen], and you could just see it in his head. He went, 'Oh, man. We don't have to do this anymore. I'm good. Thanks for having me. I'm going to go home now." -Pat "The Real Techno Viking" Berry

by Blackout612 on Mar 14, 2009 4:43 PM EDT up reply actions

Thus my fervent desire to see it happen – the Stump deserves a victim.

by Derek Suboticki on Mar 14, 2009 4:48 PM EDT up reply actions

That shit would be ugly.

this

by mmafiend on Mar 14, 2009 4:56 PM EDT up reply actions

He would take C.B.’s arm home with him as a trophy

"Japan is half-Machida" - iiowyn

by Day Man on Mar 14, 2009 5:07 PM EDT up reply actions

He'd be all like

by mmafiend on Mar 14, 2009 5:24 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs

Why do some fighters think they can get away with tapping just once? I’ve never understood that.

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. -Samuel Beckett

by Scott C. Broussard on Mar 14, 2009 6:27 PM EDT up reply actions

I think he would have to pay Amir a royalty on that.

A man should never waste an opportunity to keep his mouth shut.

by iiowyn on Mar 14, 2009 6:24 PM EDT up reply actions

Rec'd

I hope they do this.

by Derek Suboticki on Mar 14, 2009 4:49 PM EDT reply actions

Because Kevin James gets interviewed all the time..

by Simco on Mar 14, 2009 5:27 PM EDT reply actions

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by mmafiend on Mar 14, 2009 5:41 PM EDT up reply actions

If they do a 4 hour telecast do you guys think they might put more fights on the card instead of the usual 10.

by The Legend on Mar 14, 2009 6:15 PM EDT reply actions

there is 12 fights on ufc 97 in april…..

by Annie83 on Mar 14, 2009 7:39 PM EDT reply actions

Fight Night 18 is 12 fights also.

I think.

Are they going to 12 fight cards?

by mattman73 on Mar 15, 2009 11:54 AM EDT up reply actions

UFC 99

also has 12 fights currently rumored.

by Scott Haber on Mar 15, 2009 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions

I think it’s because of a couple of reasons.

1. Their roster of fighters warrants more fights on the card so that they can keep them active

and/or

2. They are showing too many fights on the pay-per-view, removing any need to have prelims on their website. So by adding more they can make more money…

by Sam Cupitt on Mar 15, 2009 11:47 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

So by adding more they can make more money…

you are on to something. recd.

by mmafiend on Mar 16, 2009 2:13 PM EDT up reply actions

They also need more material for UFC Unleashed on Spike. For instance, that Jon Jones victory over Andre Gusmao is a fight casual fans might want to see now that Jones is a rising star, and on UFC Unleashed it can be used to hype him up some more. At any rate I wouldn’t mind if UFC 100 was actually 14 matches.

by Chromium on Mar 16, 2009 10:43 PM EDT up reply actions

I just saw that, they usually do around 10-12

by The Legend on Mar 14, 2009 7:48 PM EDT reply actions

I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see a four hour show. You know they want to do something special for their hundredth numbered show, and an extra hour seems like a pretty simple way of doing that. Of course, it probably means they’ll charge an extra ten bucks.

by FRANKIE on Mar 14, 2009 7:55 PM EDT reply actions

Wow been reading this site for a while but never commented on anyting. One of my first thoughts for UFC 100 was that the PPV should be 4 hours long and let us see every fight, Hell of a Job on bringing up the subject man.

pitbull17

by pitbull17 on Mar 14, 2009 11:34 PM EDT reply actions

Jones v. O’Brien is an obvious set up fight. They’re thinking Jones will be able to stop the takedowns, and then he will light up Jake on his feet.

by Michael Rome on Mar 15, 2009 12:24 AM EDT reply actions

"Jones v. O’Brien is an obvious set up fight."

Without a doubt.

by mmafiend on Mar 15, 2009 12:30 AM EDT up reply actions

They’ll charge more for it. Otherwise they’d be losing money on it. This could be two solid cards, crap, make it three, two great and one medium. But I’ll definitely pay for this, and I only pay for the really good ones. The rest I go to this Italian place or I watch on the net.

by Dooda on Mar 15, 2009 1:58 AM EDT reply actions

Lose money, seriously? They are gonna sell 1.5 million buys on this show plus a live gate of $3-4 million, I agree they will probably charge more if the telecast is longer but even if they didn’t there’s no way they’d lose money.

by ufc4 on Mar 15, 2009 10:22 AM EDT up reply actions

I think the "Smarter" idea would be to...

have a 1 hour undercard special on Spike TV. That way they can hype up and roll right into the 3 hour PPV…Actually I’m surprised they haven’t used this tactic yet, it would only help to boost PPV sales.

by nitro on Mar 15, 2009 10:57 AM EDT reply actions

They probably don’t do this cause a lot of times they get to show a couple of the good undercard fights on the PPV broadcast anyway.

by ufc4 on Mar 15, 2009 11:09 AM EDT up reply actions

exactly, if they did that there would be a TON of down time during the ppv’s if there are any quick fights

by dbcb on Mar 15, 2009 11:47 AM EDT up reply actions

True. That is why they should do the show AFTER the ppv, even if it has a couple of fights from the ppv on it. Also, award the bonuses on the Spike show.

The only downside i see to doing this, is losing the revenue from selling the fights on UFC.com, but I think this would be way better.

If you're not submitting, you're just rolling around with another guy.

by BJJDenver on Mar 15, 2009 1:48 PM EDT up reply actions

They would make up lost earnings from the website with ad sales on Spike. If they announced bonuses and showed an hours worth of prelims, they would definitely get the ratings they would need for this to make sense. If the fights all went short, show me some coverage from the post fight press conference or start hyping the next fights. There are plenty of options.

by MMAcGyver on Mar 16, 2009 7:28 PM EDT up reply actions

UFC 100 will be 3 hours long, and somehow CB Dolloway will make it onto the main card for some reason.

Keep firing Assholes!

by Ubernoober on Mar 15, 2009 12:27 PM EDT reply actions

I like the Spike idea. If you have a 12 fight card, and put two fights on Spike TV along with hype for the main card, I don’t see the potential damage of running out of time. Still plenty of fights on the card to fill space. Plus, looking at it, a number of fights on that card could end up as decisions. I think you put these 2 fights on a Spike live show:

Stephan Bonnar v. Mark Coleman
Jon Jones v. Jake O’Brien

by Michael Rome on Mar 15, 2009 6:22 PM EDT reply actions