Five ways to improve MMA Live

MMA Live could be a great promotional tool for the sport and a conveniant way for ESPN to not have to cover it on SportsCenter. However, it hasn't matured enough to break away from its internet television status. This is mainly because it is unappealing to all but the most devote fans, and even they may find it a tad boring.

Here are some easy ways to improve the show:

Have Molly Qerim do something else

Cruncing Numbers and The Pulse both seem like filler, and that's because they are. They are so drawn out that Molly's hyperbole seems to bore even her. Molly is obviously not a hardcore fan, but she has some on-camera talent. An easy fit for her would be to have her do what Ariel Helwani has been doing for the WEC: going around and interviewing fighters. MMA Live's budget may not be huge, but they can start with fighters that are within driving distance of Connecticut, and then move out as ESPN embraces the show. Matt Serra is only a few hours drive away and gives entertaining interviews, so that would be a great start.

Bring back MMA for Dummies

While it's clear that Kenny wants to show how important nutrition is to the modern MMA fighter, MMA Round table is boring. This isn't a cooking show, it's an MMA show. There are enough events going on that they could easily take a submission from one each week and have Kenny/Frank Mir/Torres show how it is done. The inverted triangle would have be a great thing to demonstrate, especially since it just happened.

Be an impartial MMA news source

I'm mainly talking about MMA Live's current embrace of WAMMA and their rankings. WAMMA is not the impartial sanctioning body that it claims to be, and MMA Live should realize this. The real problem here is not that they are covering WAMMA's rankings and their "champions," but that they are failing to show the other side of the coin: that WAMMA uses its rankings and belts for its own gain.

Get on TV

The only way that MMA Live is going to reach more viewers is by graduating to television. Even if its time slot is 3AM and it's on the least popular ESPN channel, it will still get more views than it is getting now, especially from the non-hardcore fans.

Nix The 411

If a really big matchup has been announced, then it obviously needs to be mentioned. However, nobody really cares that Nick Cantone and Mark Munoz have been confirmed for UFC 102. Again, this follows the same line of thought as before, less filler and more original content.