No Weight Classes & Freak Show Fights

[Y 2 Jake]

To gain notoriety would it be a good idea for an upstart promotion to go back to how the UFC used to be? That is no weight limits. Would having a fight between somebody with no actual talent who's huge, go against somebody with talent, but smaller, make the promotion intresting to anybody? Names are just as important as talent these days. And I'm sure it's easier to promote somebody who knocks people out with lucky punches than it is to promote a talented grappler.

Are people easily amused by just watching a big muscular guy easily destroy somebody smaller fighter?

While it wouldn't have the best effect on MMA in general. I doubt it would change the perception of people who don't watch it.

Belwo is a fight that proves that size isn't important. Possibly a bad example because of how grossly obese Emmanuel Yarborough is.

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[Mighty NorCal]

Fuck yea it would help. See, I was pissed last night. Pissed I even wasted the time ATTEMPTING to stay awake, let alone the amount of pissed I wouldve been had I stayed awake long enough to see someone get knocked out in 14 seconds. To some people, including myself, find MMA impossibly boring.

THIS though. Shit yes I would watch it. True it doesnt do ANYTHING good for MMA, trying to make it look anything more than modern day roman gladiator games. but it would sell more, assuredly. It would very much peak my interest to see a huge unskilled guy fighting a little guy who was a black belt in 4 different kinds of martial arts. That shit would own.

I dont think MMA should base whole cards off it, but freak fights should definately be intermixed, to help entertainment value.

 

[Marquis]

It would be horrible for the sport. The sport has come so far to build legit athletes and i think one freak show match is all it would take to derail everything they have done so far. I for one would not pay to see one i watch mma to see actual skilled fighters fight. Not behemoths swinging there arms around. Also i don't think many people at all would pay to see a one sided fight where they obviously know who's gonna win they pay to see good even match ups between top level skilled fighters. It's one of the main reasons the ufc is so successful cause they constantly deliver good decent fair match ups.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

Also i don't think many people at all would pay to see a one sided fight where they obviously know who's gonna

Depends. I'm sure some people watch MMA & boxing just so they can see people get knocked the fuck out. There are also plenty of one sided fights made anyway, so you may as well present some as such. Imagine if they promoted a fight where they just buried one fighter, and they ended up winning.