UFC 124: St. Pierre vs. Koscheck Opening Video
by Anton Tabuena on Dec 11, 2010 12:12 PM EST
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PrintThe UFC posted the first few minutes of their UFC 124 pay per view broadcast. Dana White comments:
In 10 years I have never let anyone see this before a fight but had to show you this one.
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The viral marketing for this fight is kicking. Hopefully the UFC.com stream is good for the prelims.
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by Kaleb Kelchner on Dec 11, 2010 12:16 PM EST reply actions
words cannot describe how much i hate those scripted 'I'M GOING TO RIP HIS HEART OUT' "Interviews" at the beginning
jesus fucking christ. it’s always an ordeal to sit through them until the highlight reels begin.
Go big red!
The Machida/Shogun 2 one was pretty epic
by Rob Young on Dec 11, 2010 3:06 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
this whole spiel just gets kind of retarded when you can tell that the one guy needed 25 takes for his spontanous outburst of i’ma-kick-his-assery because he had to get his accent under control and the other guy is bad at acting to an extend that he can’t even believably come across like an asshole.
Go big red!
uhhh Did I miss what was so special about it outside more UFC hyping? Wasn’t anything different than usual.
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by ImmortalTechnique92 on Dec 11, 2010 12:17 PM EST reply actions 10 recs
+1 i watched it a few times to make sure i didnt miss anything special
…same old “gladiator” shit
by sittingbull on Dec 11, 2010 12:19 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
I agree. They’ve had that darn intro for years and I didn’t notice a single beat that was different from normal.
by Who Raw on Dec 11, 2010 12:23 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Yea, same old nu metal cheesy gladiator intro. Now I secretly don’t mind nu metal, but it’s getting old and it feels lame.
by ThomasJ92 on Dec 11, 2010 12:26 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Yeah. They make the most money but are the cheapest too. Showtime and CBS owns them. Remember the Mousasi King Mo intro? I cant find it anywhere but it was epic.
1:30 Is the intro to the show they always use. IMO its better than numetal crap =/
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xc3pmg_strikeforce-intro_sport
King/Mo Feijao
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8tonZVCB38
Fedor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lD9AvwRKeLc
Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."
by xFenixKnightx on Dec 11, 2010 12:38 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
+1
The UFC intro’s are too predictable. Even the Dream promo’s and posters beat the UFC hands down.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtVHa2Twda4
Artistic talent is not the same as marketing savvy though (not too mention the fighting talent on display).
I logged in just to say that very same thing.
"We have all had to watch Brock Lesnar fart around. That guy is an embarrassment. God damn, you get to hand pick his opponents for him for a while then someone who is a half way decent athlete comes along and hits him once and he pisses his pants and runs. If he wasn't in a cage he would still be running."
-Don Frye
Still have no idea why Alves/Howard isn't the co-main event.
Goldberg: "He's got him in some kind of strange choke I've never seen before!"
Rogan: "That's a rear naked choke."
They probably WANTED it to be, but couldn’t do it because Alves ran the risk of making weight and had to prove himself this time…didn’t want the co-main to get muffed up because of a repeat offender.
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by Kaleb Kelchner on Dec 11, 2010 12:22 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
I said I have no idea, the moment I posted I thought to myself “Well, if Alves didn’t make weight they’d have to switch around making Struve/McCorkle look an EVEN WORSE, co-main”. So i suppose we’re in agreement, lol. That was the only thing I could come up with.
Goldberg: "He's got him in some kind of strange choke I've never seen before!"
Rogan: "That's a rear naked choke."
i hope gsp gives kos another lazy eye
by sittingbull on Dec 11, 2010 12:26 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
He has a lazy eye?
Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."
by xFenixKnightx on Dec 11, 2010 12:45 PM EST up reply actions
More like an ADD eye, really
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by CasualMMAFan on Dec 11, 2010 1:45 PM EST up reply actions
I thought it was McCorkle’s fighter profile pic.
Be a man, not a child-Phil Anselmo
by ANance on Dec 11, 2010 2:58 PM EST via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
Guys it's not a matter of it not being special
What is special is that they’re releasing the opening montage early. But at this point it really needs to be updated. I know this has been used since at least UFC 52 which is crazy.
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how are you even still concious, i thought lokos had a habit of rendering their opponents unconcious within a few rounds
my buddy drank six and woke up naked on his porch
they hit you like a brick wall
by sittingbull on Dec 11, 2010 12:39 PM EST up reply actions
How do you even choke down 6 of those?
Way too sweet. The first one isn’t bad, the 2nd one is brutal……how do you even get past 3? It’s like trying to drink honey.
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I woke up at 9am...fucking dickhead friends wanting to hangout today.
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by Matthew Roth on Dec 11, 2010 1:03 PM EST up reply actions
They were supposed to come over for 124
I told them not happening. Not cause I’m mad but cause I’m pretty sure I’m gonna fall asleep.
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by Matthew Roth on Dec 11, 2010 1:12 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah...
I woke up at 8. Babies don’t give a shit about BE Night Crew.
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by Applejack McNeil on Dec 11, 2010 1:44 PM EST up reply actions
Stupid fucking kids
Buncha assholes.
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by Matthew Roth on Dec 11, 2010 2:10 PM EST up reply actions
I cant stand the gladiator chants they use in this. Especially during the Tale of the Tape. I feel like I’m watching an old 90’s clip or something with the outdated music and screaming ladies.
Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."
I don't understand all the shit that the gladiator opening intro gets.
Changing stuff just to change it seems like a bad idea to me, especially if you are trying to push and cement a brand. Right now, when you hear the start of that segment, or see that gladiator appear, you know what you are going to get. It is a part of the UFC identity. Improving the quality of the segment, I can understand, but to just get rid of it would be pretty stupid at this point in time.
Guillotine.
Banned
Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."
by xFenixKnightx on Dec 11, 2010 12:49 PM EST up reply actions
I just think it needs updating. New music. It sounds cheap IMO and doesn’t give that real sporting event vibe.
Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."
by xFenixKnightx on Dec 11, 2010 12:52 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
the Nu Metal really fucking irks me
:)
by KingAtRock on Dec 11, 2010 12:54 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Lets be real, I really doubt they would lose fans over changing it. I actually think they stand to gain some fans by upping the quality and perception that hey, this is a real sporting event. To us it is, but to the casual out there they see WWE. Im always talking MMA at work and get people telling me its like wrestling or some freak stuff. =(
Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."
by xFenixKnightx on Dec 11, 2010 12:55 PM EST up reply actions
Let HBO or the goddamn WWE get their hands on a UFC intro and you'll be thinking this current..
“Gladiator” is utter crap and ridiculously outdated.
It’s like the UFC is stuck in the 1940’s and they refuse to evolve.
by TooLegitToQuit on Dec 11, 2010 1:13 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Check out my thought in the fanposts. http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2010/12/11/1869935/updating-the-ufc-production
Note: I suck at writing. Sorry.
Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."
by xFenixKnightx on Dec 11, 2010 1:17 PM EST up reply actions
Changing stuff just to change it seems like a bad idea to me
They’d be changing it because it sucks
Even GSP can't make the Princeton Tiger less of a sissy...
by Anthony Pace on Dec 11, 2010 2:46 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
No matter what they do, someone is going to think it sucks. Changing the intro is a huge deal, and doing that in the middle of aggressive expansion would be a bad idea. So the best idea is to keep the same intro, which is iconic for the UFC.
Guillotine.
It’s tacky and outdated. They’re promoting these huge fights with top athletes and it just comes across as bland and repetitive. They need something epic, not a montage of gladiators set to generic nu-metal.
by Jessica Rabbit on Dec 11, 2010 4:04 PM EST up reply actions
How come Miller and Olivera aren't in the credits?
"If I wanted to spend a half hour between two hairy legs I'd go to your mother's house." -Don Frye
Who?
Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."
by xFenixKnightx on Dec 11, 2010 12:55 PM EST up reply actions
it’s weird that they didn’t include those two, no? I’ve never seen an intro skip two of the fighters on the main card.
"If I wanted to spend a half hour between two hairy legs I'd go to your mother's house." -Don Frye
They skipped the Paulo Thiago/Diego sanchez fight at 121
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by SouthAlaBamaRampage on Dec 11, 2010 1:49 PM EST up reply actions
same awful intro that I will do my best to keep my friends from seeing. it’s embarassing.
by nastyem on Dec 11, 2010 12:55 PM EST reply actions 6 recs
Now I know how Pavlov’s dog felt when he heard the bell and got no food
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by Day Man on Dec 11, 2010 12:56 PM EST reply actions 13 recs
The Gladiator intro....
is so bad it hurts my eyes watching it. I still don’t understand why they keep this shit on the air? I thought they wanted to get away from the “human cockfighting” image? Roman Gladiators battled to the DEATH! These are trained professional athletes/martial artists’ not slaves who are forced to fight to the death for their freedom. What if (god forbid) someone died in the UFC cage? The media would be all over that shit and use that intro as ammunition in their fight to ban the sport.
Everyone tweet Dana white
And ask him to update the intro since the production hasn’t changed in the last 10 years.
by KJ Gould on Dec 11, 2010 1:12 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
I did.
Can you guys please check out my little write up on some things I think UFC could do? Maybe RT is?
http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2010/12/11/1869935/updating-the-ufc-production
Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."
by xFenixKnightx on Dec 11, 2010 1:15 PM EST up reply actions
....wow
I like what they are doing with that new gladiator intro. Production value is amazing.
by Lee Prior on Dec 11, 2010 1:42 PM EST reply actions 5 recs
Not really pumped for this card...
Am I a hater?
The Thiago fight should be fun though.
by DoubleHeadedEagle on Dec 11, 2010 1:42 PM EST reply actions
For years I have been trying to convince people
that MMA isn’t about guys beating each other to death like some ancient savage showdown. When I finally get them to watch a UFC with me, what do they see first? The fucking gladiator. For fuck’s sake, please get rid of that opening!
u guys are crazy!
That intro just pumped me up like there is no 2morrow..Cant freakin wait baby!!!! BTW If they changed the music everyone would be complaining that is worse than the one they have now… bitch , bitch , bitch… I think we tune in to watch the fights anyway.,not to listen to the intro…
They would have to try REEALLY hard
To get a replacement song that’s worse than the current one. Pretty much anything different would be an improvement, honestly.
Maybe that opening gets some people hyped up for the fights, but to me it just starts to turn me off because of how cheesy and low-budget it is.
"I want to tell me what you see, let's go ahead and see by in the fight, what you saw, in the ring." - Tito Ortiz
by CasualMMAFan on Dec 11, 2010 1:49 PM EST up reply actions
It's not that we tune into the UFC just for the intro..
it’s that the production value is LACKING big time
by TooLegitToQuit on Dec 11, 2010 1:49 PM EST up reply actions
um guess im in the minority
But is hate to see them change the opening montage unless they found something equal or better. The gladiator theme gives it an epic feel and I dont even like new metal but I could see myself listening to that song even if i wasn’t gonna watch a ufc ppv. My point is everyone has their calling card/trademark and this is the ufc’s. It’d be stupid to switch it up just for the sake of switching it up.
by liquidation247 on Dec 11, 2010 1:52 PM EST via mobile reply actions
i'm with you
this sport is totally about two guys beating each other up, and that’s why we love it and why we complain about boring decisions. this basic premise is epic, the skill just makes it the best place in the world to find it. the nu-metal could perhaps be changed if they can find some kind of epic original song, but i think the rest is great.
by Trust Doesn't Rust on Dec 11, 2010 2:34 PM EST up reply actions
stop whining ffs.
the little interviews at the very start are straight to the point and everyone’s so sickly excited. all four of the main event fighters seems fucking pumped up. i got seriously pumped up from watching this. AWESOME.
To Dana:
Go ahead, switch the style up and if they hate then let them hate. Now watch the money pile up.
by Rob Young on Dec 11, 2010 1:53 PM EST via mobile reply actions 3 recs
Retweet to Dana people!
http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2010/12/11/1869935/updating-the-ufc-production
Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."
Joe Rogan wearing a sport jacket like the NFL guys? Lol
And as for prelims after the main event, I al glad I got to see Barboza vs Lullo on the last PPV. We wouldn’t have had the opportunity to see it if they didn’t show fights after the main.
by Rob Young on Dec 11, 2010 2:01 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Supposed to work and was gonna have to miss this tonight
Now it looks like we’re getting a foot of snow and people might not be able to make it in. That’s all I need for Christmas.
seriously its time to change that gladiator shit
that is too cheesy and its getting really old
i mean what does that gladiator has anything to do with UFC?
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A lot?
Two fighters in a cage in front of thousands of people all thirsting for blood?
Don’t tell me you were serious. No clue eh?
i mean i got the concept but gladiator? seriously?
thats way too cheesy. can we just go with two mixed martial artists competing or something
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If Dana wants the mainstream to look at MMA as a sport
then it’s time to update the image. Get rid of the freaking gladiator
It's cheesy but essentially true imo.
Every single person attending or watching that event would like to see one guy unconscious, face-planted, on the floor. It’s not as extreme as the old gladiator-battles of course, but the closest thing in modern society to gladiator-fighting.
I hate the “modern day gladiator” crap. Gladiators were literally slaves, usually criminals, who were put in an arena to be ripped apart my large animals or other criminals.
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or, on the rare occasion, double-crossed generals
Even GSP can't make the Princeton Tiger less of a sissy...
by Anthony Pace on Dec 11, 2010 7:14 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Maybe they could use the Baba O'Riley video?
Although I do like showing the fighters who are competing on that show, know what I mean?
That would cost them a lot.
Putting it on the DVDs would be too expensive too. Notice how they play bullshit muzak over the fighters’ walkout music on the DVD and Blu-ray releases. It’s the one thing that bothers the hell out of me on the UFC 100 Blu-ray and it’s why I won’t buy the Aldo vs Faber one.
by Rob Young on Dec 11, 2010 3:56 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I don’t understand. You won’t buy the dvd of FIGHTS, b/c the fighters’ walkout music is different?
by disinferno06 on Dec 11, 2010 5:47 PM EST up reply actions
because it's not the same as the original broadcast.
What’s not to understand? It’s all part of the experience.. It stands out like a sore thumb and if you can find the original unaltered broadcast for free online why would you want to pay for something inferior.
ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!
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by Hitmonchan on Dec 11, 2010 5:24 PM EST reply actions 3 recs
not by that video
nope
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by Cory Braiterman on Dec 11, 2010 5:58 PM EST up reply actions
Hitmonchan was a clutch early grab in Pokemon Gold
Even GSP can't make the Princeton Tiger less of a sissy...
by Anthony Pace on Dec 11, 2010 7:14 PM EST up reply actions
Even when I was a complete MMA noob I thought the Gladiator intro was a bit cheesy
After you start seeing how contrived the pre-fight dialogue is sometimes it just gets worse.
I understand us whining about it isn’t going to change it anytime soon (branding and all that) and that it’s a minor issue compared to everything else. I just use that time for last minute bathroom breaks/food runs.
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Even if they kept the gladiator theme
Update it so it at least looks bigger and better. Get Sam Raimi to do something based on Spartacus Blood & Sand, hell gives some of that Arab Money to Ridley Scott to give you some real Gladiator epicness.
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