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Submitted By	:	red_ink
Date	:	11-19-2008

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MMA Needs Legit Oversight Rankings Committee, story by Kal Thompson

The world needs a contender. A solid contender. The MMA fighter who the entire world knows is the next man up for the belt. Boxing had their Frazier. We need ours. When title shots are placed in the hands of the specific fight companies, funny things tend to happen. After a championship loss, even be it a valiant effort, the losing competitor is more often thrown to the back of the pack. Unless, the beaten fighter happens to be a poster boy whose image sells t-shirts. Ya dig?

I call for an independent ranking organization who ranks the fighters at each weight class within each fight company. In this manner, since title belt for title belt unification matches will never happen due to a lack of adult communication between the fight companies, at least each company would have a top 10 list per weight class that is not soiled in politics or favoritism. A separate oversight committee would be a God-send. Let’s make it happen. Let's do this for the integrity of MMA. As a fight fan who pays these fight organizations' bills, make your voice be heard.

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mu_shin

49 days ago	Flag as : spam / abuse / offensive

Excellent idea Kal. Now come up with the logic that will appeal to the UFC and the other business fiefdoms that comprise modern MMA as to why they should give such a program the time of day.

I agree with you that we don't want to see MMA descend into the rediculously fractured multi-organizational cluster@#$ hat is boxing, with so many pretenders to the throne, and fights like Holyfield/Valuev being put forth as some version of the heavyweight championship of the world.

The current business model that is seeing the most success however is the UFC, where a strict policy of exclusive contracts and non-cooperation with any of their rivals continues to maintain them on the top of the financial heap, while at the same time garnering the UFC what most would agree to be the deepest talent roster in MMA in every weight division. What would possibly be their motivation, other than pleasing their fans, to acknowledge an independent ranking system? They're king of the hill, and we all know it's good to be king...

red_ink

48 days ago	Flag as : spam / abuse / offensive

mu shin,
very true, but in the end...the fans are all that matter. It make take years for such an epiphany to occur...but trust me, for the sport to survive as sport....the sport itself must exceded any brand.

red_ink

48 days ago	Flag as : spam / abuse / offensive

self correction: exceed.

red_ink

48 days ago	Flag as : spam / abuse / offensive

As in the words of Shoeless Joe Jackson, I just love to play baseball.
In the same sense, I truly love the sport of MMA. While I don't have the charts to entice a money-making business model to take me up on my ideals. I do wish they would. I can still dream. :)

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