EliteXC, Please, Make It Stop.

So, EliteXC wants to be a player. They want to be the UFC. They want to be a premiere MMA organization. That’s fine. I’m all for more MMA org’s popping up. It’s good for the sport, as they say. And more importantly, good for the fighters. In comparison to boxing, MMA fighters are getting paid like they’re playing professional tiddlywinks–a few million a year, at the absolute top of the heap (Couture, Liddell, Ortiz), while Mayweather and the Golden Boy bring in $30 million a fight. More organizations means more money and negotiation space for the fighters. They don’t have to ’settle.’

So excellent, you are helping, EliteXC. And while there’s nothing wrong with you wanting to be on top, could you please make that yearning seem a little less desperate? Because right now, you are straight embarrassing yourselves.

First, there is your ridiculous production scheme. Did you really feel it necessary to upgrade the ‘ring girl’ concept by putting dancers on the ramp in between rounds? Sure they’re hot, but honestly during a three round fight, I want to see the corners of the fighters when they take their one minute break. Also, am I the only one who notices those girls are dancing completely out of sync? And don’t even get me started on Bill Goldberg. Literally the worst commentator in sports history. Read more