UFC: The Rise And Fall....And Rise Again

[fortknox]

[Muskrat]

I am so not watching that video, dude lost me immediately, but since Sen. McCain campaigned against the sport in like 1998 has there really been a fall? TUF happened, UFC exploded, kept getting more popular and ?

[lucas_lee]

Mar 16, 2024 11:05:47 GMT -5 Muskrat said:

I am so not watching that video, dude lost me immediately, but since Sen. McCain campaigned against the sport in like 1998 has there really been a fall? TUF happened, UFC exploded, kept getting more popular and ?

Oh yeah they were on the verge of bankruptcy and was about to be sold off. Shane actually was asking Vince to buy it in 2001 but Vince said no.

[ianriccaboni]

Mar 16, 2024 11:05:47 GMT -5 Muskrat said:

I am so not watching that video, dude lost me immediately, but since Sen. McCain campaigned against the sport in like 1998 has there really been a fall? TUF happened, UFC exploded, kept getting more popular and ?

As someone else pointed out, yes UFC was in danger of bankruptcy at one point and their turnaround and subsequent explosion is truly impressive.

That said, I used to enjoy this fellow's videos a lot until his WCW video which had some factual errors and now I wonder how many of his other videos have these types of large errors also.

[lucas_lee]

Mar 16, 2024 21:09:32 GMT -5 ianriccaboni said:

Mar 16, 2024 11:05:47 GMT -5 Muskrat said:

I am so not watching that video, dude lost me immediately, but since Sen. McCain campaigned against the sport in like 1998 has there really been a fall? TUF happened, UFC exploded, kept getting more popular and ?

As someone else pointed out, yes UFC was in danger of bankruptcy at one point and their turnaround and subsequent explosion is truly impressive.

That said, I used to enjoy this fellow's videos a lot until his WCW video which had some factual errors and now I wonder how many of his other videos have these types of large errors also.

I have to watch and see, maybe he'll James Somerton some of Napoleon Blownaparts stuff.

[Muskrat]

Mar 16, 2024 21:09:32 GMT -5 ianriccaboni said:

Mar 16, 2024 11:05:47 GMT -5 Muskrat said:

I am so not watching that video, dude lost me immediately, but since Sen. McCain campaigned against the sport in like 1998 has there really been a fall? TUF happened, UFC exploded, kept getting more popular and ?

As someone else pointed out, yes UFC was in danger of bankruptcy at one point and their turnaround and subsequent explosion is truly impressive.

That said, I used to enjoy this fellow's videos a lot until his WCW video which had some factual errors and now I wonder how many of his other videos have these types of large errors also.

Yeah, I kinda undersold their struggles in 2000/2001. And the complete debacle of the first Zuffa PPV

[Glitch]

Mar 16, 2024 21:09:32 GMT -5 ianriccaboni said:

Mar 16, 2024 11:05:47 GMT -5 Muskrat said:

I am so not watching that video, dude lost me immediately, but since Sen. McCain campaigned against the sport in like 1998 has there really been a fall? TUF happened, UFC exploded, kept getting more popular and ?

As someone else pointed out, yes UFC was in danger of bankruptcy at one point and their turnaround and subsequent explosion is truly impressive.

That said, I used to enjoy this fellow's videos a lot until his WCW video which had some factual errors and now I wonder how many of his other videos have these types of large errors also.

For me it was his video on MTV. Where he responded to any criticism of current mtv by basically saying "it's because you're old, and mtv doesn't market to you anymore". Which shows that he doesn't know what he's talking about because young people today don't watch mtv either. it's basically a tiny shell of it's former self, and in no way the cultural force it used to be. Mainly because it's a dumpster fire of mostly reality shows.

[This Player Hating Mothman]

So this guy is iiluminaughtii for dudes, then?