Couture's defending title at UFC 46

[Guest NCJ]

Vitor Belfort. The rematch finally happens. Do you think the results will be any different?

[Your Paragon of Virtue 0]

I don't think Vitor deserves it so soon. They could make a mini-tourney thing with one PPV showcasing two matches involving the likes of Tito, Rich, Chuck and Vitor, with the two winners fighting at the next PPV over the rights to number one contender.

 

Or they could just do Vitor vs. Chuck, since Tito would probably be better off not fighting for awhile and Jim Jr. shouldn't be shot up so quickly.

 

In other words, anything but this.

[RavishingRickRudo 0]

I agree that Vitor doesn't deserve a shot...

 

..but fuck it. THIS FIGHT ROOOOOLZ!

[Guest NCJ]

I would have liked to see a tournament also as it would have given the UFC good fights to spread out, through out the year. The UFC's biggest problem is match making. I thought they were getting better at that After seeing the way the responded to the Tito hold out, but I guess I was wrong. Who do you guy think will win?

[Your Paragon of Virtue 0]

I think they're blowing their load too quickly, so to speak. Wait till we *really* find out whether or not Vitor is back, and than make the fight. It would make things much more exciting as it might be a war, and also with more buildup it could actually make some money.

[RavishingRickRudo 0]

The thing is, they can't waste time like they did last year after Tito/Shamrock - they have to capitalize from the "success" (by that I mean, more than avg viewership) of UFC 44 and 45 (given that it's promoted as the 10th year ani). They need to jump on the opportunity now and keep on rolling out these big matches.

[Your Paragon of Virtue 0]

The question than, becomes this; at this rate, will they get to the point where they have no more big matches to market? This becomes a case of TOO MUCH parity, and that's not good in an individual sport like MMA. To become successful they need a dominant champion (Tito doesn't count) and they need to build up someone who can challenge him later on. Than again, I might just be talking through my ass on the subject.