Comments on: CBS & EliteXC’s ‘Saturday Night Fights’ to begin May 31

By: toby

toby — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:43:25 +0000

The fights were awesome and alot better than I thought they would be. I’m a huge UFC fan and if Kimbo wouldn’t had that fight in the UFC it wouldn’t been fixed. Thompson, did get hit alot but he was still fighting when the ref stopped the fight. The fight should of been stopped when Thompson had Kimbo down for almost 2:00 in the 2nd round and Kimbo did knothing. Their should be a rematch!!!!!!!!!!!!That is bull@#$%!!!!

By: Daren

Daren — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:03:57 +0000

“And the most common day for UFC events . . . To me, the more the the better ya know. But to Dana, probably plans on putting the most packed cards of the year on the same saturdays as EliteXC’s events, just give em no ratings whatsoever ya know. If Danas smart thats what he’ll do.”

Except that national prime time coverage on broadcast television is far better for the sport than White’s attempts to monopolize it. SpikeTV hits a lot of cable HHs, but CBS reaches every TV in America. If he cares about MMA at all, he should let CBS attract more people to the sport. It’s not like EliteXC is going to hurt UFC’s credibility.

By: UFC-Forums.com

UFC-Forums.com — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 06:16:26 +0000

All they have to do now is put together a stacked fightcard.

By: john

john — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:00:06 +0000

[quote comment=”376756″][quote comment=”375464″]BREAKING NEWS!!

Diego Sanchez vs. Luigi Fioravanti will be the main event of the TUF finale on June 21.

This will be an entertaining fight.[/quote]

WHAT?!!!!???!!??! Luigi Fioravanti in a Main Event?? Get the hell out of here! That dude does not deserve to be in a main event of a TUF finale or UFN or even televised on a PPV. That matchup is a disgrace. Luigi is not a well rounded fighter and is known for his standup. Diego is just going to take him down to the ground and pound him out. Luigi looked good against a waaaaay past his prime Dave Menne and then Luigi lost to Fitch, lost to Forrest PETZ and is now coming off of a decision win against Luke Cummo on the undercard of the last PPV. Is that what it takes to headline a TUF Finale? Last season’s headliner was Roger Huerta vs Clay Guida. Now THAT was a fight.[/quote]

U may be right. This fight may not be main event worthy. At first I liked it because they are 2 scrappy guys, but thinking about the way their styles will match up, Diego is basically being fed a tailor made opponent for his style. In Diego last couple of fights, as soon as the fight starts he shoots for the takedown, if he doe this to luigi, the fight will be over quick, because Diego may have the best ground game in the division.

By: ViolentMike

ViolentMike — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:33:44 +0000

[quote comment=”375464″]BREAKING NEWS!!

Diego Sanchez vs. Luigi Fioravanti will be the main event of the TUF finale on June 21.

This will be an entertaining fight.[/quote]

By: Wesley

Wesley — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:24:03 +0000

This is being made into a bigger deal than it actually is. Anyone who is a fan of MMA has cable television and has been able to watch fights on Spike TV for several years. CBS putting these shows on Saturday night is great for the sport but they will not see the numbers they may expect to.

ONLY the UFC brings the numbers.

By: john

john — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:00:50 +0000

[quote comment=”375790″][quote comment=”375657″][quote comment=”375464″]BREAKING NEWS!!

Diego Sanchez vs. Luigi Fioravanti will be the main event of the TUF finale on June 21.

This will be an entertaining fight.[/quote]

2 guys who lost to J.Fitch dont deserve main event status even on a fight night on spiketv.the real main event will be the guys fighting for a contract.if it was a rematch with koscheck then yeah that would have been worthy of main event.i hope that Diegio and Kos have a rematch down the road.

as for luigi hes been in a couple of decent fights but i dont see him being able to win this fight. the NIGHTMARE will win by GnP.[/quote]
Diego only lost by split decision due to lay ‘n pray. He’s going to tear Luigi to pieces.[/quote]

Regardless of there status in the welterweight division, this will be an exciting fight, and I dont have a problem with it headlining a free event. I actually like the fact that this fight makes sense. Diego lost 2 in a row, then he had to fight Beilkheden, and now he has to fight Luigi, andf then he can work his way back up the division. This is how it should be as a fighter, you loose, you start all over, starting from the bottom of the division!

By: Cool Hand Chad

Cool Hand Chad — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 06:33:45 +0000

Good for EliteXC. Hopefully the show’s production value is up to par, and they bring some quality fights and don’t just rely on the hype of Kimbo Slice.

Can’t wait to see the card.

Kimbo would get tore apart by a real BJJ artist. Stop putting him in there with cans and put him against a real threat!!! He just reminds me of another Bob Sapp, but from the “streets”.

By: PW

PW — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 03:24:20 +0000

[quote comment=”375657″][quote comment=”375464″]BREAKING NEWS!!

Diego Sanchez vs. Luigi Fioravanti will be the main event of the TUF finale on June 21.

This will be an entertaining fight.[/quote]

By: Canadian Fighter

Canadian Fighter — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 02:13:50 +0000

and if Lesnar would have won the write ups about “Frank Mir is washed up, Its because of the motorcycle accident, Lesnar is the future of the HW Division!” would have been pouring in… respect the guys who actually get in the cage