Just My Thoughts: And Other’s as Well

Of course, the media loses out because we can no longer do our jobs or absorb the greatness that is virtually every single UFC event. Oh well, we’ll get along just fine. But the people who truly lose out are the fans and the fighters.

Sure, guys like Chuck Liddell (Pictures) and Randy Couture (Pictures) probably don’t need to be interviewed because they can promote a show by themselves. But what about less known guys like Marquardt or Travis Wiuff (Pictures) or anybody else who is making their UFC debut? Without the media introducing these guys to the world nobody will ever know them and when a UFC card is filled top to bottom with unknown warriors, it’s pretty obvious that pay-per-view numbers will falter.

Also, the loyal fans love seeing pre-fight videos with different points of view and love pre-fight opinions and analysis from all the MMA media outlets. Without our coverage, the fans ultimately lose out and if one thinks about it, who truly controls the fate of the UFC? The fans.

One can argue that a president of a company is the most important aspect to its success because he or she makes all the decisions. One can argue how the fighters are more important because they drive the show and entertain. But looking a bit deeper will reveal that if the fans are unhappy or if the fans don’t know what is going on and they don’t show up, nobody gets paid.

Without the fans, the sport will perish. Catering to the fans is the most important aspect of any entertainment outlet. Just ask Vince McMahon, David Stern, Bud Selig, Shigeru Mayamoto or Metallica. If fans didn’t buy into these guys’ products, we wouldn’t know who they were.

And still, “Tank on the mammoth tank to move when moving,” makes so much more sense than the media ban it’s not even funny.