Amanda Lucas: What's in a name?
by TOHO red on Feb 20, 2012 2:59 PM EST
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Novelty is a huge selling point in Japan. This is a lesson we learned all too well from Bob Sapp. Print ads, television commercials and whatever else the Japanese can think to stick your face on can net much more profit than the fight itself ever can. So the question I know we’re all asking ourselves, is Amanda Lucas Japans next big obsession? Obviously she was initially brought over due to the fact they could use the family name as a gimmick to sell the event. We saw it with DEEP 55, the entire ad campaign was given an Indiana Jones theme along with prominently featuring “Powerhouse” although there were three championship fights on the card and her fight was the opening bout to the evening.
Gimmicks are a huge part of JMMA and the gimmick of being George Lucas’ daughter seemed to be a good enough gimmick to get her invited into JMMA’s house. But the fact of the matter is she doesn’t like using the family name as the highlight of her career. A decorated grappler with a purple belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and now add a championship in MMA to the mix and you can see that she isn’t riding the waves of her father’s career but blazing her own path to the top of WMMA. If that was the case she would have quit after losing her first fight in 2008 but that wasn’t the case, she worked harder and improved and has returned to the ring on a four fight win streak that netted her the DEEP open weight women’s belt.
I don’t know if she will ever be able to shake the monkey off her back that is STAR WARS but with every fight she gains more support and respect in the ring which has seen her fan base in Japan grow from the fanboys of CELEBRATION JAPAN to the entire JMMA fanbase and beyond. George Lucas’ name got her in the building but Amanda Lucas has made the building her own and with that I think the ability to have a Bob Sapp sized career outside of MMA in Japan is within her grasps. One thing is for sure if she decides to follow the marketing blueprint of Bob Sapp she definitely will not be following the work ethic he showed in the ring after making a couple of bucks plastering his face around Japan.
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I’m sorry, but you say she isn’t riding the waves of her fathers former success, which isn’t true and, honestly, isn’t a bad thing. It’s a combination of what you said: her surname and her work ethic. But let’s be honest, she’s not fighting the highest of competition and really should think about dropping the excess weight off and moving down a weight-class.
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by Shooto Disco: eat more veggie on Feb 20, 2012 4:57 PM EST reply actions
Yes her fathers success is what opened the door but the media and the promotions are the ones who drop her dads name left and right as publicity. Amanda Lucas personally doesn’t go around using her fathers name to further her career, it’s an unfortunate side effect that has benefited her although. As far as the weight cut she has dropped multiple weight classes since she started fighting but with women’s MMA unless your at 145 or under there’s not much competition out there that the public perceives as legit . We’ll see what direction her career takes as it moves along.
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Amanda Lucas' opponents have a combined record of 18-39
Her last opponent was 5-3 before the fight and hadn’t fought since 2000. She’s a glorified can crusher. So, yes, her name means a hell of a lot.
There really isn’t much credible competition over 135.
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by TheLastEmpress on Feb 21, 2012 10:57 AM EST up reply actions
Sure there is.
She’s just not looking for it yet.
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by McKinley B. Noble on Feb 21, 2012 11:42 AM EST up reply actions
Who?
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by TheLastEmpress on Feb 21, 2012 12:05 PM EST up reply actions
She isn't going reingnite any interest in WMMA
She’s a tattooed Amazonian looking PED user like Cristiane Cyborg Santos or an athletic pretty young kickboxer/MMA fighter like Gina Carano so beyond her name value she doesn’t have much going for her. Does this mean she isn’t skilled? No, but she isn’t a hot prospect that’s going to be doing for 155 in WMMA what Gina Carano, Cristiane Cyborg, Santos, Rhonda Rousey, or Meisha Tate have done for 145 and 135.
Wait, what? All I am saying is that all the talent is in the 135 and 125 divisions at the moment.
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by TheLastEmpress on Feb 21, 2012 12:59 PM EST up reply actions
yeah
She’s a weird attraction to women’s fighting with her family connections is all. I’m not saying I expect 155 lbs. in women’s mma to blow up or something. Maybe if she can get to 145 lbs. she can graduate to being a Cyborg Santos victim.
I don’t think she can make 145.
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by TheLastEmpress on Feb 21, 2012 7:07 PM EST up reply actions
She would have to diet.
Women can’t cut pounds days out before a fight like men can.
The key is to hit the guy in the jaw really hard before the other guy does it to you.
by FreeLightningLee on Feb 24, 2012 4:05 PM EST up reply actions
Amanda Lucas vs Bob Sapp
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by menckenstein on Feb 21, 2012 10:05 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
She looks positively absolutely delighted to be there
I’m pretty sure she has said in the past she doesn’t mind her family name if it gets her big fights, but she’s proud of the name and that she does plan to go down to 145 in the future
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by menckenstein on Feb 22, 2012 9:49 AM EST up reply actions
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