RavishingRickRudo

And are they seriously trying to make Sylar someone to cheer?

"I know you can heal Claire, but I never want to see you hurt"??? Are you fucking kidding me. That, and the Katrina footage made this show a bit heavy-handed. The Parkman reveal was alright.

My main gripe with outrageous fighter pay comes from me wanting to see fighters fight more often. What is and isn't "fair" to them doesn't really make much of a difference to me as long as they fight to the best of their abilities. I'd rather see lower ticket and ppv price than higher fighter pay, because that is what benefits me. However, nobody puts the time Dana White puts in to the UFC, and no one invested as much money as the Fertittas. Simply put, they are the main reason why MMA is where it is at today. The profit the UFC makes generally gets reinvested into the company. Global shows, more shows, more fighters, increase in production values, etc. You know, stuff that benefits us, the fans. Since I don't want to see Dana or Lorenzo fight, I don't really care about moneys effect on them and them pulling stunts like holding out on fights. They've earned enough goodwill with me that I trust they do generally what is best for fans. Bringing 155 back, setting up some big time fights, bringing in name fighters, and bringing back talented fighters. I could name a dozen things that piss me off about them and the shit they do off the top of my head, but the good far exceeds the bad, in my view.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=21...h&plindex=0 Jeff Curran vs. Krazy Horse, featuring one of my favourite sequences ever.

Watching the commentary on the 5 years later/string theory episode and to hear parkmans/hrg/sureshes reaction to the Sylar reveal is hilarious. Like a bunch of X-Games commentators.

The appropriate cake would be one in the shape of a knee, with brown frosting.

To be fair, if you asked Nick, that would be an 8-0 record.

Nick "Real Chocolate" Diaz is the best nickname ever. He makes a fair point about fighters over-training. "Now that we’re the talk of the town and on TV they love it. That kind of makes me sick." - probably my favourite Nick Diaz quote.

Which was caused by retarded demands in contract negotiations.

Watching some vids on UFC.com and the thought occurred to me "why haven't we seen Brandon Vera fight in a while?". We've been deprived of seeing a very talented fighter compete because of ridiculous contract demands. I don't know how that makes some of you guys happy, but whatever floats your boat...

Meeting weight is certainly part of a contact, since it is a key element stated in the contract, but that has little to do with fight preparation/training if the fighter is fighting at his natural weight class or the possibility of a fighter slacking off pre-fight. Fighters are independent contractors, and by definition, can't be told how to prepare for the job they are being paid for. Nor can you qualify/quantify job performance in MMA and directly relate it to preparation. I bet Rich Franklin trained hard to fight Anderson Silva, since that's his rep, but it didn't show in his fight. Meanwhile, Matt Hughes was notorious for under-preparing for most of his fights, usually putting in 2-3 weeks max, but you couldn't tell given his dominance.

Is it, or is it not, possible for a fighter to sign a contract and do absolutely no training leading up to a fight and still get paid for the little work he actually did in the ring? The fact is, fighters don't make money for training, they make it for fighting. I doubt there is anything in the contract that guarantees a certain level of shape or conditioning, as it is the fighters' choice to work retarded training schedules, or to conversely go out every night and party it up and at the end of the day still make more than a police officer, a fireman, or anyone else who could actually save a life and do something relevant. Seriously, most of what you call "pre-fight preparation" is, in reality, just "exercise".

250,000 for what could amount to 1 minute of work is pretty much the max I think fighters should make. Doctors, who invest more time and money into their education, who have far more important jobs, who work way more hours make less than that. The day we see a fighter sign a one fight contract for a million dollars is the day we see this sport begin to suck. Why would anyone care about how fighters spend their post-fight days? Do you seriously want to see people retire in their mid 30's, for what would ultimately be living off a few hours of actual paid work? Making your living as a fighter is a luxury fer chrissakes.

I am amazed by how many people care about how many cars a fighter has than wanting to see that fighter fight. Who cares about great fights, Titos gotshimself a big ol house~! Here's what a fighter is going to do once he gets big money. Spend it. Spend more of it. And then will fight when he runs out of it. Small money fighters fight more than Big Money fighters. I am sure this is a fact but am too lazy to research it. In one year, coming up on his fight with Guida, Roger Huerta will have fought 5 times. That is only half of what Tito Ortiz has done in 5 times as much time. Tito probably makes 20 times as much as Roger does. Pure coincidence, I am sure.

I would rather see fighters get paid pennies to fight 3 times a year than get paid millions to fight once and end up holding out for more money when it's most advantageous, thus delay fighting even more. But then again, I like watching fights, not episodes of cribs.

A genuine fan complaint would be that since the UFC makes so much money that doesn't go to the fighters, then things like ticket prices and ppvs should be cheaper. Fighter greed, OTOH, fucks fans over the most.

And fuck people who want fighters to make tons of money. That does not, in any way, benefit me, or you, or them, as fans. The last thing I need are fighters who get millions and don't feel the need to fight more than once a year, if that. Fuck that. Pay em just enough to keep em hungry.

Public Contract Negotiations. Randy asks for more money, Dana says no, Couture quits, Dana says he doesn't care. Dana calls up Randy after a few weeks with a new offer, Randy says he'll think about it, Dana says "why you gotta be like that", Randy says "Be like what?", Dana says "You know", and Randy says "...Uh... No... I don't... What am I "like"...?" and Dana says "You know, a cunt" and Randy says "Fuck you" and Dana says "You know you need me, baby" and Randy hangs up. Meanwhile, Tito is listening in and jackin it to the possibility of tag teaming EXC with Randy in regards to a superfight.

The hand gag at the end was funny.

Man, the fucking shit with the fucking dude and his dog at the end there. What fucking shit. What manipulative pap is t.. Yeah I cried, fuck you.

I liked this. Funny stuff. Can't last.

I think Claire reacted in a way most people would, it is one thing to do shit to adults it is a whole new ballgame if you are fucking around with kids or young teenagers. Speaking of Claire's car, in a development that I totally missed, the wonder twins and that guy are driving around in Claire's stolen Nissan. You know, HRG was fucking around with Claires "mother". Making her completely lose her mind. But now Mr. Kissyface got probed and she has fits about it.

Any flying scene is straight out of superman, though. Seriously, though, how can Claire be upset at HRG after all the shit she knows he has done? "Clairebear, how many times do we have to go over this? I *WAS* bad. I am good *NOW*. Sheesh, I bought you are car for fucksake and didn't even get angry when your dumbass lost it, gimmie a break."

Pancrase, mid 90's, bitches. Frank and Ken Shamrock, Bas Rutten, Guy Mezger, Vern, Funaki, Suzuki, Kondo. On and On. Shinguards 4 Life.

I'd like to think she was a fat man. It gives the character more subtext. People saying the season is moving too slowly are annoying. There are developments in every episode that push the story forward. If they front loaded the season with pay-offs, we'd be left with what 24 was last season.