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BET's 'Iron Ring' Debuts on March 18th

The trailer for BET's new reality show starring celebrity-owned fight teams (Ludacris, Nelly, Floyd Mayweather, T.I., Lil Jon and Dipset) competing in an urban-style UFC/mixed martial arts fight tournament:

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Re: BET's 'Iron Ring' Debuts on March 18th
Apocalyse.  This is actually more of what of I thought the future would hold.  The idiocy of "dominant champs sell well" and "we can get the boxing crowd" are almost too funny to even laugh at.  This right here is exactly where we are headed if our "blood-sport" seeks to be mainstream.

Very soon, all of us hardcores will be right back watching Japanese MMA, longing for the days of the UFC.  "Very soon" to the average idiot American = 4-5 years.  

If this sport "blows up", it will be "Thug" and little else.  This is the crowd that will be buying tickets, thirsty for more violence.  

True MMA is hardly violent, via my definition of two men ( or women ) enter an arena of combat and engaging in a challenging sport voluntarily.

Soon it will be hardly more than legalized street fights.  BJJ is dying, as is pure wrestling.  You think CBS getting in on the act is a good thing?  They will sell to the least common denominator every time.  

WE started in Vale Tudo, and we will end in Vale Tudo.  Wheels within wheels in a spiral array, a pattern so grand and complex, time after time we lose sight of the way, our causes cant see their affects.

Wheels, or circles, they are the way of life.  We started there, we will end there.

by MoreThanUFC on Mar 7, 2008 8:52 PM EST reply actions  

Re: BET's 'Iron Ring' Debuts on March 18th
I agree, this looks like total garbage. Those rappers couldn't give a damn about MMA or even know what MMA is. Whats gonna happen is that trash is gonna fall flat on its face because its just not good. Hey and MoreThanUFC, I've met plenty of "idiots" where you are from plenty, so heres a tissue, quit crying and get the hell over it already and go draw a circle on a piece of papper or something.

by bigdr2k on Mar 8, 2008 3:27 AM EST reply actions  

Re: BET's 'Iron Ring' Debuts on March 18th
I know no one has seen the show, but I have, and the difference between the Iron RIng and the UFC is best described as college basketball and Pro basketball.  In the Iron Ring the fighters give their all 100% of the time and leave it all in the ring.  Whether the Iron Ring is a sport or violence or a violent sport the fights are some of the most entertaining fights you are ever going to see.  

Some of the celebs such as luda do know about MMA and not to mention floyd Mayweather's knowledge of contact and his future in the mixed martial arts.  

The celebs who didn't know mma picked great coaches such as shonie carter and jermaine Andre.

The person who invented the UFC created this show, and if you are wondering how i saw the show 10 days before it was aired, the guy who created this show and the UFC is my father, Campbell McLaren, look him.  

by soup91 on Mar 8, 2008 6:56 PM EST reply actions  

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