i was just trying to represent

i’ve sat here for five minutes trying to come up with a good turn of phrase to say how lame WAMMA is.

that’s five minutes more than WAMMA deserved — from anyone.

damn. who do i call to get my five minutes back???

Who’s hating on BE? We all love you guys!! I’m hyped after watching the Capoeira knockout. MMA is just so fucking awesome….

“It’s a feel-good sponsor; it’s a sponsor that’s not going to be able to be criticized by anyone,” said WAMMA Chief Operating Officer Mike Lynch. WTF? You’re joking right? You’re not even an event promotion, how do you even remotely think your fake ass belts have any credibility. Not going to be able to be criticized by anyone? Anyone who is even a remote fan of MMA can criticize a belt system that has no merit. This is only going to make MMA as a whole look like some sort of back yard fighting game to anyone not familiar with MMA. People will never take this sport seriously with this type of bullsh*t going on. I say when the sponsor is revealed, people should just boycott their products, and whoever is behind this ass backwards dumbass fake belt system. They are going to destroy everything that the real people inside MMA have been working on for years, in one fell swoop. I agree we need recognized sanctioning body for MMA as a whole, but this is ridiculous. This company is a joke, sadly a joke people will take serious if they are not fimilar with MMA.

And I’ll add this, MMA needs a body to look over it, but one that is unbiased, which the WAMMA isn’t, and includes every fighting promotion. As for putting the name of the "sponsor’ on the belt only furthers the fact that the WAMMA can’t be taken seriously. Here’s your belt, sponsored by Kool-aid. Does that sound like something anyone would take seriously. Drop the crap belts, define the fighters as fairly as possible, and for god sakes, don’t let a sponsor determine what you’re going to do.

I wasn’t aware that this was written by a WAMMA voter, strike that up for another problem with MMA journalism. Yes, as discussed in the comments on that Loretta post, I undersand that MMA is very inbred, but you should disclose when you are doing something like that. A WAMMA member writing an article about WAMMA and not disclosing it is bullshit.

And another thing,

Collaborating with WAMMA affords a sponsor the opportunity to test the MMA marketing waters with a largely independent organization, though WAMMA has partnerships in place with Affliction, M-1 and Adrenaline MMA.

I guess they’re not partners with Strikeforce as much as they’ve been putting on. It goes on to say that they hope they can make an agreement with them, but let’s face it, it looks like all they really have is Affliction. The other orgs they list there really aren’t of any consequence (I’m not counting M-1 as an org, whenver I see M-1 my brain reads “fedor”)

These journalist and sportswriters the WAMMA committee, they don’t have any kind of agenda to put WAMMA over, do they?

To give WAMMA a little credit (which I hate doing) I really don’t have a problem with them getting a sponsor for the belt. No one really has any problem with the Sprint/Winston/Nextel Cup, naming a belt isn’t really that bad of a thing.

But, saying that this will give them more credibility is pretty lame. It’s a positive step for WAMMA, but they won’t be credible until they stop talking out of their asses and crown champions in more weight classes. Especially in the MMA community. Everyone on the internet laughed when Zuffa announced the Bud Light deal, but I have a feeling that whatever WAMMA comes up with hear won’t be as significant as Bud Light.

 delcojitz on Apr 06, 2009 at 1:50 pm ET
Wow…..beautifully..stated………………lol. I actually think performity is doing an excellent job defending this article……..oh and Dana is still a douche. God I cant get over how there are still people out there who 1. Still like that pirate Dana White, and 2. Bash every other organization out there only encouraging the monopoly of first class mma in this country. If you guys keep it up ufv ppv’s will be $75 and a regualr ticket will be a $1000 all while the fighters make the same measley money….my 2cents

Those 3 points is what I wrote. Nobody has challenged them yet.

And i stand by my comments…. More so then Sherdog stands by Loretta Hunt. lol

archetypal villain . . . no. but a prominent and consistent reference we all understand.

Wow, not a lot of love for Wamma here. Are people against them because they feel their goals are unrealistic? Aren’t people interested in seeing legitimate undisputed champions crowned? Whats with the overwhelming dislike?