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Perry · #11 (**permalink**) 05-19-2009, 06:23 PM

Haha.. that always makes me laugh when I see that! What a nob wearing a bloody boxing glove!!

Gracie is the man!!

J.street · #12 (**permalink**) 05-20-2009, 08:48 AM

Royce is a legend
i saw an interview with him on setanta he was calling out lesnar' silva and GSP
that boxer was a muppet wearing gloves
It is a differrent debate but at the moment i think MMA is stealing boxing fans because boxing fans are sick of the politics like the stupid amount of champions in each division.
That is why i dont think WAMMA should be aloud to hand out world titles all this does is stop the best fighting the best like Shinya Aoki B.J Penn .

Perry · #13 (**permalink**) 05-21-2009, 07:26 AM

Yeah I totally agree Joe, Boxing is losing fans left right and centre, I used to be a huge boxing fan but your right there is way to many titles in so many different weight divisions its hard to keep up with it all! I think you should just have one title for each weight. although that would still be loads but better than all the titles they have now.

Its not only this though I feel, I just find MMA much more interesting as it envolves all eliments of fighting rather than just punching. Just my opion though.

Has anyone seen or heard about the British Fighting Championship? What a great idea!! One title holder in each weight division for the whole of briton, rather than loads champions from loads of different event organisations. This is sort of what your taliking about Joe, but in MMA?

See Vid......

J.street · #14 (**permalink**) 05-21-2009, 09:53 AM

wow how good is that it would make the british scene awesome
yes you are right boxing is losing fans because of people like kelly pavlik who is champipon in a top division but yet looks for the easiest defenses possible Whereas his MMA equivlant G.S.P is fighting the toughest people he possibly can .

Your right aswell when you say MMA is more entertaining because there are so many different elements

Cobra Kai · #15 (**permalink**) 05-27-2009, 09:13 AM

Th British Fighting Championships was a great concept and would have been great for the UK MMA scene, unfortunately it has already gone tits up (See the report from MMA Weekly below)

Let's hope they find the financial investment they need and get things back up and running!

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The British Fighting Championship was all set to debut next weekend in Nottingham, England following months of turbulent business negotiations in the current economic climate. The proposition was enticing with Grand Prix tournaments in each weight class planned to run over the course of the year to determine an eventual champion in each – with it the prospects of an international springboard onto the big stage… unfortunately, as of Tuesday afternoon, the BFC is stillborn.

Speaking exclusively to MMAWeekly.com, Tony McDonagh, lead deal broker for the promotion Cage Warriors and Warrior Promotions talked about the failure to get the project off the ground, “Anybody who dares to try something out of the ordinary is bound to meet resistance, and that is exactly what we faced, but not from the usual channels. What held this back is finances pure and simple,” he explains, adding that the standards they set themselves prevented the development. “The first hit was losing the Bravo TV deal, but we tried to forge ahead anyway as the key ingredient to making this work is TV exposure in order to bring in sponsorships, endorsements, and so on to help with the funding. But the quality level required for broadcast material has a huge financial burden, and in these times of economic pressure, the key deals weren’t forthcoming or were delayed for too long.”

Television is one side of the story, but the other is being responsible to the people that actually make the BFC enticing – the fighters. “We were in a position a fortnight out of the first show where we would have purse outlays, running costs, and expenses. We could have cut the fighter salaries back for the show, but we would have faced the same problem at the next. The last two weeks have been very tough on all involved with us trying to find a way to move forward with things, but we just couldn’t find a suitable solution and pulled the plug,” offers McDonagh.

With fighters already having undergone long-distance training camps for their bouts, there will clearly be disappointment and negativity coming from the ashes, and the demise of the series leaves a big pool of fighters with fewer avenues to explore. “If you look at the shows in the U.K., they are all undergoing some form of strife. We are all feeling the pinch. It’s a bad year, but folding the series before it gets off the ground means that we can weather this storm,” explains McDonagh, adding that the process of informing all involved began Tuesday and will continue until everyone understands clearly that there were no other options.

So where does this leave Cage Warriors and its fighter promotional arm Warrior Promotions? “To all intents and purposes, Cage Warriors is now operating on a franchise basis in the U.S.A. and Canada," McDonagh explains. "We said last year as part of our business plan that we would curtail shows in the U.K. and concentrate on fighter development. To date with the (The Ultimate Fighter) exposure, Dan Hardy in the UFC, the success of the British team going 4-1 in the M-1 Challenge, we feel that we are fulfilling our promise with much more to come.”

So with Cage Warriors U.K. cards effectively being shelved, all eyes will turn to hosting a second M-1 Challenge event in September. “We are looking at two dates and two venues at the moment, September the 5th or 12th depending on the venue – which will be either London or in the North. And considering the location of the M-1 British Team participants, it will probably be the latter,” he concluded.

#16 (**permalink**) 09-16-2009, 10:20 PM

mma all dayyy!

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