UFC 100....ok!

Once again UFC failed to impress me. I figured that with a lot of first time watchers UFC might put on a fantastic show. I was wrong. It was the same old UFC. But at the the end of the last fight, the Heavyweight Championship bout between Frank Mir and Brock Lesnar, something very interesting happened. Brock Lesnar won the fight than lost his frigging mind. It was not only disgusting, but also the most interesting thing that happened all night. This poses the question, is Brock Lesnar good or bad for UFC?

First I want to discuss the event itself most of the fights were relatively lack-luster. During a fight between Dan Henderson and Michael Bisping, Henderson went down on the ground to land a devastating punch to a motionless Bisping's chin. Henderson had knocked Bisping out while they were standing up, then landed the final blow "to shut Bisping up." Any event where you can punch a guy in the face, after he has been knocked out, should not be labeled a sport. But the apparent disaster for UFC was yet to come. There was a great show of mixed martial arts in a fight between Thiago Alves and George St. Pierre. St. Pierre fought a very technical fight and rendered Alves' heavy hands useless. But after that we saw a lame rematch between Frank Mir and Brock Lesnar. Mir is the only man to have beat Lesnar in the octagon. Lesnar dismantled Mir less than 2 minutes into the second round. What followed was a ridiculous display of roid rage by Lesnar. He first taunted his very classy opponent, he then went on to insult a major sponsor. He seemed to think he was playing the heel in some bizarre combat entertainment league. A ton of first time UFC viewers that I talked to have lost all interest because of the two events mentioned in this paragraph.

I did gain a lot of respect for Dana White, the President of UFC. He apparently got in the faces of both men and tried to straighten them out. White said on ESPN this morning that he "doesn't believe that all press is good press." He created the UFC to be a sport built on sportsmanship and mutual respect, so he says, and he doesn't need that kind of non-sense to sell tickets. Look I think this sport has reached it's plateau in popularity. This was the sport's chance to gain a new kind of fan and the talent might have ruined it. I think Brock Lesnar might be bad for the UFC. Live like no one is watching, and avoid being punched in the face!