Posts Tagged ‘mark munoz’

Chris Weidman calls out Anderson Silva on UFC Fuel 4

Thursday, July 12th, 2012

Chris weidman takes out mark munoz in ufc on fuel 4

I have to say that I love having midweek UFC. Especially after UFC 148, I was still pumped up and motivated to watch some more fights.

I was pretty happy with the Chris Weidman vs. Mark Munoz fight. Weidman didn’t make Munoz tapout, but it was still a decent fight. The former Oklahoma State wrestler Mark Munoz, got caught with a Chris Weidman elbow which opened a huge gash above Munoz’s left eye. Weidman followed the elbow shot up with a combination of strikes and then the ref stepped in and called it at 1:37 of the second round.

Mark Munoz was coming off a knee injury, didn’t make any excuses and flat out admitted he got caught with an elbow and gave respect to Weidman. It’s nice to see such a classy move in this sport.

Chris Weidman immediately blew this display of sportsmanship. Weidman is a nice fighter at 9-0 and won his fifth straight in the UFC, proceeded to call out Anderson Silva. News flash Chris: you’re fighting on UFC on Fuel. Anderson Silva just fought in the biggest fight in UFC history on PPV, and pretty much took care of Chael Sonnen. In MMA there is nothing wrong with being cocky, but don’t go out there and call out the best fighter days after he won a huge fight.

This is really not the type of thing that Dana White likes to see either, and I hope he matches Weidman up against a quality fighter that humbles him a little bit. Did Chael Sonnen create this mess? Do you think that there is too much ego in MMA?

 

Jan 28 UFC on FOX 2 Draws 4.37 Million Views in Primetime Slot

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

Ufc on Fox

With the record-breaking viewer numbers of the first prime-time presentation for UFC in November 2011, fight spectators waited in anticipation for this past weekend’s UFC on Fox debut. In November, over 9 million viewers tuned in to the vastly publicized, title-baring match…all 64 seconds of it. This past weekend, while exciting for those hard-core UFC fans, was not nearly as impressive as the November ticket. There was no title to be won, no two fighters were so great a name to carry vast fan support, there was no illustrious ethnic appeal drawn in by any one fighter, & most importantly the freshness of the “first time” was no longer there. While rating numbers do not have to be as strong as those cast by the November match, anticipation for competitive ratings of the January 28th debut were high. The 2 hours of fights between 8-10pm hosted 4.37 million viewers between the ages of 18-49, easily winning the highest ratings for the hours of broadcasting.

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