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General Category => Entertainment => Topic started by: Emperor Reagan on October 25, 2009, 02:46:46 AM

Title: Machida loses...but wins?
Post by: Emperor Reagan on October 25, 2009, 02:46:46 AM: Terrible decision.

Seems to be the season for judges/refs to get things completely fucked up.
Title: Re: Machida loses...but wins?
Post by: (_)_)===D on October 26, 2009, 09:28:22 AM: I missed it :(

I can't afford the PPVs.
Title: Re: Machida loses...but wins?
Post by: Emperor Reagan on October 26, 2009, 10:19:01 AM: There's this: http://fightmetric.com/fights/Machida-Shogun.html (http://fightmetric.com/fights/Machida-Shogun.html)

In my opinion Rua won 3, Machida won 1, and one round was a draw. That's pretty close to what most commentators online seem to have said, too. I'm not sure what fight the judges were watching. I generally hate to see fights go to the judges, because I think the athletic commissions seem to do horrible jobs picking judges competent to score MMA bouts.

The only way I see fights is going places where they're showing them & I can get in for free.
Title: Re: Machida loses...but wins?
Post by: Doormouse on October 26, 2009, 12:27:18 PM: Quote from: (_)_)===D on October 26, 2009, 09:28:22 AM
I missed it :(

The neighbor I leech from can't afford the PPVs.
Same (italics added).
Title: Re: Machida loses...but wins?
Post by: FAH-Q on October 26, 2009, 03:07:20 PM: Quote from: (_)_)===D on October 26, 2009, 09:28:22 AM
I missed it :(

I can't ~~afford~~ always get the PPVs, but at least when my cable company offers them, they only about US$4
Title: Re: Machida loses...but wins?
Post by: (_)_)===D on October 26, 2009, 05:24:47 PM: Huh?
Title: Re: Machida loses...but wins?
Post by: ttfg on October 26, 2009, 05:29:44 PM: I think it's 'a fixed for his situation' quote.
Title: Re: Machida loses...but wins?
Post by: (_)_)===D on October 26, 2009, 05:31:58 PM: But I mean he can get PPV for $4???

Huh?
Title: Re: Machida loses...but wins?
Post by: ttfg on October 26, 2009, 05:40:27 PM: ah ok. Shows what I know about PPV.

carry on.
Title: Re: Machida loses...but wins?
Post by: FAH-Q on October 26, 2009, 06:32:55 PM: Quote from: (_)_)===D on October 26, 2009, 05:31:58 PM
But I mean he can get PPV for $4???

Yep.
Title: Re: Machida loses...but wins?
Post by: Emperor Reagan on October 26, 2009, 07:38:56 PM: We're lucky to get a PPV for 10 times that.

Of course, a lot of other stuff is cheaper.
Title: Re: Machida loses...but wins?
Post by: FAH-Q on October 26, 2009, 09:00:56 PM: Quote from: Emperor Reagan on October 26, 2009, 07:38:56 PM
We're lucky to get a PPV for 10 times that.

Ah, but that's because you're actually paying for the genuine PPV. My $4 goes to my cable company, who orders one $40 (or whatever) PPV and then redistributes it to the entire island at $4 a pop.
Title: Re: Machida loses...but wins?
Post by: (_)_)===D on October 27, 2009, 09:15:48 AM: Ha ha!

Silly us. We expected an Island that thrives off Internet gambling to be on the up and up when it came to cable TV!

Duh.
Title: Re: Machida loses...but wins?
Post by: (_)_)===D on October 27, 2009, 09:16:35 AM: PS: Here in the states the UFC PPVs are 50 or 55 dollars!
Title: Re: Machida loses...but wins?
Post by: ttfg on October 27, 2009, 09:34:43 AM: What do you get for that ? A whole night of fights...or just some special match up ?
Title: Re: Machida loses...but wins?
Post by: Emperor Reagan on October 27, 2009, 10:15:17 AM: Whatever fights are on the main card. It's usually 5 fights, I think. This last one had a pretty weak card and I'd be surprised if it sold well.

I would never consider paying that much to watch a fight, since there are a number of area bars where you can see it for free, a friend of a friend works for the cable company and hosts them all for free, or you can sometimes find them on the internet. And if it's really fantastic, I can rent the DVD months later and copy it.
Title: Re: Machida loses...but wins?
Post by: Doormouse on October 27, 2009, 10:40:12 AM: Have any of you guys ever been to a fight in person? I'm not sure I'd actually want to go: the view is bound to be worse and I bet the crowd is a madhouse, but I'm curious how much that would cost.
Title: Re: Machida loses...but wins?
Post by: (_)_)===D on October 27, 2009, 10:50:05 AM: Man, I'll bet going to the real thing has a horrible view like you said but it's gotta be like the best time ever... Like a wrestling show but the fights are real.

I gotta go to one of these some time.
Title: Re: Machida loses...but wins?
Post by: Emperor Reagan on October 27, 2009, 01:25:33 PM: They just had the first MMA fight in MD. It apparently went over pretty well & tickets started at $25. I'm probably going to try to go to the next one.