Misfit
11-10-2009, 03:30 AM
And no, this isn't me.
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"Angry Rantings (from a guy with a cold and a cavity) About Fedor"
DISCLAIMER: This column is really, really vulgar. Easily the most vulgar thing I've ever written. It's hate-filled, childish, and takes numerous, unwarranted pot-shots at a number of people who probably have nice mothers. Whatever.
Fedor fought. Great. I was there, I saw it, it was cool. This was the third time I've seen him live and he keeps on winning. Yippee. My friend had a suite, so I didn't bother going as press. I tried to convince myself I'd do a "amongst the people" story or something, but that's a lie. Mostly, I wanted to enjoy chocolate mousse, chocolate cookies, and other assorted chocolate things. It was really, really grand. I also had (and still have) a nasty virus (pig flu?), so ... actually, maybe I should've sat with the press guys, getting them all sick and such. Hey, they've made me sick with all their bullshit coverage of the fight (what a shit, shit, shit joke). For fuck's sake, you'd think Jesus rose (came back? I'm not exactly sure what happens - sorry, Sister Mary) and fought Ghandi while Abe Lincoln reffed. I like Fedor. He's a great, great fighter. He legitimately can be called the greatest heavyweight of all time, but I hope he goes away. I want him to lose in an embarrassing fashion, knocked out by, well, a Brett Rogers or someone else who kinda sucks so I can stop hearing about him, and all these assfucks who are so transparently anti-UFC it's laughable can find someone else to lie about. Maybe Alistair Overeem.
Here's how this will go (some of it has already started). The ratings come out. They aren't that great, but they're not the worst ratings of all time (thank you Jake Shields and Robbie Lawler - forever setting the bar low). However, it's Fedor, so this is automatically spun as the biggest positive of all time. Remember how Affliction would draw about 35 PPV buys, but everyone acted like this was HUGE business and that Affliction was JUST about to challenge the UFC? This will be that and then some. If the UFC makes $20 million on a show instead of $25 million, it's a failure. But if Affliction/EXC/Strikeforce/bodogFIGHT lose $5 million, well, they're just investing for the future. Money marks have burned more money trying to "beat" the UFC than Japan spends on national defense. For the record, fucking reruns of Law and Order and an airing of COPS (fucking COPS, of all shows - I swear, I had no idea that show was still on) did better ratings than Strikeforce. Why do I feel like if the UFC was beat by an airing of COPS that Sherdog and Co. would never let us hear the end of it?
It WAS really nice out, at least here in Chicago. One of the nicest November days I can ever recall. Maybe everyone was too busy barbecuing to watch. Or maybe Russian-Americans have an ideological beef with Nielsen.
Rest of story - http://www.f4wonline.com/content/view/11271/124/
http://mmamania.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/fedorafflictionpic.jpg
"Angry Rantings (from a guy with a cold and a cavity) About Fedor"
DISCLAIMER: This column is really, really vulgar. Easily the most vulgar thing I've ever written. It's hate-filled, childish, and takes numerous, unwarranted pot-shots at a number of people who probably have nice mothers. Whatever.
Fedor fought. Great. I was there, I saw it, it was cool. This was the third time I've seen him live and he keeps on winning. Yippee. My friend had a suite, so I didn't bother going as press. I tried to convince myself I'd do a "amongst the people" story or something, but that's a lie. Mostly, I wanted to enjoy chocolate mousse, chocolate cookies, and other assorted chocolate things. It was really, really grand. I also had (and still have) a nasty virus (pig flu?), so ... actually, maybe I should've sat with the press guys, getting them all sick and such. Hey, they've made me sick with all their bullshit coverage of the fight (what a shit, shit, shit joke). For fuck's sake, you'd think Jesus rose (came back? I'm not exactly sure what happens - sorry, Sister Mary) and fought Ghandi while Abe Lincoln reffed. I like Fedor. He's a great, great fighter. He legitimately can be called the greatest heavyweight of all time, but I hope he goes away. I want him to lose in an embarrassing fashion, knocked out by, well, a Brett Rogers or someone else who kinda sucks so I can stop hearing about him, and all these assfucks who are so transparently anti-UFC it's laughable can find someone else to lie about. Maybe Alistair Overeem.
Here's how this will go (some of it has already started). The ratings come out. They aren't that great, but they're not the worst ratings of all time (thank you Jake Shields and Robbie Lawler - forever setting the bar low). However, it's Fedor, so this is automatically spun as the biggest positive of all time. Remember how Affliction would draw about 35 PPV buys, but everyone acted like this was HUGE business and that Affliction was JUST about to challenge the UFC? This will be that and then some. If the UFC makes $20 million on a show instead of $25 million, it's a failure. But if Affliction/EXC/Strikeforce/bodogFIGHT lose $5 million, well, they're just investing for the future. Money marks have burned more money trying to "beat" the UFC than Japan spends on national defense. For the record, fucking reruns of Law and Order and an airing of COPS (fucking COPS, of all shows - I swear, I had no idea that show was still on) did better ratings than Strikeforce. Why do I feel like if the UFC was beat by an airing of COPS that Sherdog and Co. would never let us hear the end of it?
It WAS really nice out, at least here in Chicago. One of the nicest November days I can ever recall. Maybe everyone was too busy barbecuing to watch. Or maybe Russian-Americans have an ideological beef with Nielsen.
Rest of story - http://www.f4wonline.com/content/view/11271/124/