BShow ASSAULT: MMA Review and Anaylsis: hourlong MMA

Monday, May 24, 2010

hourlong MMA

The TV world has forced some strange things to exist. Among them include compilation shows and "weekly programming" from nobody promotions. As you'll see with some regularity in coming posts, I have a lot of these to watch from M-1's short lived syndicated US TV program (not M-1 Challenge, believe it or not) as well as Bodog and NAAFS.

To clarify, I will review the fights and programs, and since there are no episode numbers, I'm just gonna have to guess using dates of events and what "volume" something may be. In some cases, its pointless to do "fight of the night" when there are only 2 fights shown, and so I won't. I also won't do a "D&R Rating", since its too easy to get a monster number with a comp show.

And now on with another review.

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D&R RATING SYSTEM

I don't rate fights based on the action in them alone. What matters to me in reviewing these first and foremost are how relevant the bouts are to the overall sport. The ratings reflect that.

0: Fights of no value. Feature no one who went anywhere or will go anywhere. Had no real skill. Apathy is as bad as being actively awful.

1: Fights of minimal value. Fun but brief fights between nobodies and early and nonessential fights from fringe contenders and future/past reality stars who never really rise above that platform.

2: Fights of some substantial value: Fights featuring legitimate top 40-50 contenders at any stage of their career. Also, prospects deemed ones to “watch out for”. Also, all out wars featuring technical skill between fighters of any level.

3: Fights of major value: Entertaining fights between top 40-50 contenders at any stage of their alloted career. Early/developmental fights for elite talent.

4: Fights of critical value: On a KOTC level, think Jorge Santiago/Diego Sanchez.

5: The absolute best. Stuff that not only reaches the skill levels seen in the top 4 promotions (UFC, EliteXC, DREAM, K-1), but that often exceeds it. In recent history, Miguel Torres/Yoshiro Maeda or, going backwards, Joachim Hansen fighting Gomi and JZ Calvan in Shooto.