Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Should the UFC be called the UFE?

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As fighters get championship title fights after talking their way into them a la Chael Sonnen or because the champion picked them to fight for the title even though they lost their last fight like Nick Diaz, will the UFC be forced to call themselves the UFE, Ulitmate Fighting Entertainment?  When guys are fighting for a championship not because they have won the most fights or worked their way up the rankings, but because it is the most entertaining fight or the fight fans want to see, doesn’t it the emphasis become the entertainment?  Though the outcomes are not planned like in professional wrestling, the match ups are. The NFL can’t just pick the two teams to play in the Super Bowl that they think will get the biggest ratings.  If the UFC wants to be considered a sport, like they claim they want to be, doesn’t it need to be a little more about the sport than the entertainment?     

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