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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Jan 23, 2023 21:20:56 GMT -5
Another thing that just makes this weird to me is like... Do people like Dana White? Like anybody? Even the most diehard UFC fans seem to absolutely loathe him. The general public up until the scandal with his wife loved him
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Post by Gus Richlen Was Wrong on Jan 24, 2023 1:27:33 GMT -5
There's certainly an audience for slapfighting, and I enjoy cr1t1kal's occasional analysis of it because he's such a devoted fan, but it's far, far too niche to really have any foothold in America outside of if ESPN were to ever do an Ocho presentation of Slapfight Championships or something.
And trying to sap off of something popular may have helped Uncle Dana with Ultimate Fighter back in the day, but he's not gonna have nearly that kind of luck anymore when it's open about how much of a shitbag he is.
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Post by Fundertaker on Jan 24, 2023 4:13:25 GMT -5
Next thing is going to be that telephone booth boxing thing right?
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on Jan 24, 2023 6:48:19 GMT -5
Next thing is going to be that telephone booth boxing thing right? I was thinking Chess Boxing.
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Post by Mozenrath on Jan 24, 2023 9:37:11 GMT -5
This also came to mind. You can easily concuss someone. Ok. I know this is serious and a concussion. But the way he like wobble runs away from Truth is pretty hilarious.
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Post by Savage Gambino on Jan 24, 2023 10:33:22 GMT -5
Cackling over the f***ing weight lifter powder on their hands too. Love that if I even get cut a lil bit I'm gonna have f***ing powder in my wounds that's awesome Dana White thank you so much. End of humanity type television.With all due respect to the competitors (and no due respect to Dana White), this really does look like something they'd watch on Idiocracy. This almost perfectly combines everything I hate about Dana White and everything I hate about David Zaslav.
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Post by DrBackflipsHoffman on Jan 24, 2023 11:05:37 GMT -5
This puts us way past the Running Man 'Climbing For Dollars' zone at this point. True early chapters Stephen King shit.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2023 11:26:07 GMT -5
It's stupid as shit, but for all the pearl clutching... we had this to watch literally over a decade ago.
On top of that, I once saw chess boxing on ESPN, which I think is equally as stupid.
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Post by salz4life on Jan 24, 2023 11:35:57 GMT -5
Am I incredibly stupid for thinking the Dana White slapping his wife on New Years was an incredibly stupid, "staged" attempt at trying to sell this stupid Slap Fight league? I know this goes to the entire "Is it a work" crap that everyone hates, so I apologize... but I feel like Dana is the type of person that would be willing to do it because he knows that ultimately, nothing would happen to him. Just thinking out loud...
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Post by chrom on Jan 24, 2023 11:41:13 GMT -5
It's stupid as shit, but for all the pearl clutching... we had this to watch literally over a decade ago. On top of that, I once saw chess boxing on ESPN, which I think is equally as stupid. Chess Boxing actually looks fun.
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Post by DrBackflipsHoffman on Jan 24, 2023 11:43:17 GMT -5
but for all the pearl clutching it's live consussions in front of an audience promoted by a domestic abuser, i'd say there's been a pretty muted reaction overall considering I don't think this could get stupider if it tried, maybe if it was on the wing of a moving plane or next to a blast furnace
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2023 11:51:05 GMT -5
but for all the pearl clutching it's live consussions in front of an audience promoted by a domestic abuser, i'd say there's been a pretty muted reaction overall considering I don't think this could get stupider if it tried, maybe if it was on the wing of a moving plane or next to a blast furnace
It's content that's always been there on a platform that's arguably bigger and easier to access than TBS, though.
I'm not disagreeing with you that it's a stupid as hell TV show built around grown men scrambling each other's brains for peanuts, but there has always been at least SOME audience for stupid train wreck bullshit, even before TV.. like, you know, public executions, gladiatorial fights, and all sorts of stuff that are just part of the underbelly of humanity and definitely not new.
I'm not condoning it, because, once again, I think it's stupid as f***, but there's all this "downfall of western civilization" talk about this stupid ass TV show that's just a new spin on something that's existed for thousands of years.
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Post by Fundertaker on Jan 24, 2023 13:10:36 GMT -5
Next thing is going to be that telephone booth boxing thing right? I was thinking Chess Boxing. That one's only fun when Mr. Affable himself Chris Broad f***s up his chess part by losing the queen when he had check on 2 and then wins it by time or wtv.
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Post by Loser troll. Please ban me on Jan 26, 2023 17:18:56 GMT -5
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Post by Rudy Gobert Fadeaway on Jan 26, 2023 17:45:31 GMT -5
The public wants to know -- does Slapfighting slap?
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Post by Cyno on Jan 26, 2023 17:47:05 GMT -5
I wonder if anyone has the quarter-hour breakdowns for the Concussion Fun Times Hour because I'm curious to see if the bump is entirely tied into a strong Dynamite lead-in or not.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2023 17:48:53 GMT -5
The public wants to know -- does Slapfighting slap?
Seeing as how being number 30 for the night on cable was the improvement, I would say it does not slap
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Post by Rudy Gobert Fadeaway on Jan 26, 2023 17:56:32 GMT -5
The public wants to know -- does Slapfighting slap?
Seeing as how being number 30 for the night on cable was the improvement, I would say it does not slap
WE DID IT REDDIT moment
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Jan 26, 2023 18:00:09 GMT -5
That definitely feels like it only went up due to Dynamite being up this week, though I really never understand, "Oh, well, the show I actually wanted to watch is over, I'll just watch this other thing I've never heard of rather than bother to actually look for something else to turn on!" viewing to begin with, much less when it's something this wildly stupid.
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Post by salz4life on Jan 26, 2023 18:15:14 GMT -5
Because dudebros will always dudebro.
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