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	<title>Comments on: UFC 100 proves sport is here to stay</title>
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		<title>By: Ekimoff</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ekimoff</dc:creator>
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		<description>I&#039;m glad you mentioned the Roman gladiator comparison, because there is a part of all of us that is driven by that interest. It&#039;s the same reason Bum Fights and Jackass and most competative-reality-celebrity-made-by-reality-show-reunion-shows are so popular. We want to see fights. Arrests. Blood. That&#039;s why I play violent video games.

I can see the draw of UFC. However, I haven&#039;t been bitten by that bug yet because I think it&#039;s too intermittent and random. Half the time I flip past it, its a rerun of some guys I&#039;ve never heard of, and the match is only a handful of minutes long. I&#039;d rather watch four hours of baseball with only one run scored than 6 minutes of guys bashing each other and Rogan&#039;s commentary for the next 30.

I don&#039;t know the answer to UFC&#039;s problems, but in your comments I see a drastic parallel. I promise you I&#039;ve never googled UFC Interview before this morning. Yes, it is a draw. But where can they draw the line between UFC and WCW? Yes, the act is interesting and the reaction sincere, but when does that sincerity wear off and become like Andre the Giant before it?f

That&#039;s probably why I&#039;ll never watch it. Sure, if its on and everyone&#039;s going to hang out and watch, then I won&#039;t say no, but getting into something so rare and sparse in continued action is beyond my peon brain.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m glad you mentioned the Roman gladiator comparison, because there is a part of all of us that is driven by that interest. It&#8217;s the same reason Bum Fights and Jackass and most competative-reality-celebrity-made-by-reality-show-reunion-shows are so popular. We want to see fights. Arrests. Blood. That&#8217;s why I play violent video games.</p>
<p>I can see the draw of UFC. However, I haven&#8217;t been bitten by that bug yet because I think it&#8217;s too intermittent and random. Half the time I flip past it, its a rerun of some guys I&#8217;ve never heard of, and the match is only a handful of minutes long. I&#8217;d rather watch four hours of baseball with only one run scored than 6 minutes of guys bashing each other and Rogan&#8217;s commentary for the next 30.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t know the answer to UFC&#8217;s problems, but in your comments I see a drastic parallel. I promise you I&#8217;ve never googled UFC Interview before this morning. Yes, it is a draw. But where can they draw the line between UFC and WCW? Yes, the act is interesting and the reaction sincere, but when does that sincerity wear off and become like Andre the Giant before it?f</p>
<p>That&#8217;s probably why I&#8217;ll never watch it. Sure, if its on and everyone&#8217;s going to hang out and watch, then I won&#8217;t say no, but getting into something so rare and sparse in continued action is beyond my peon brain.</p>
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