Originally posted by: callithowyouseeit
Date: July 18, 2013 at 04:19 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/which-upcoming-title-fight-should-have-a-primetime.56490/
abc0331 said:
The combat sports world really takes center stage to the rest of the world when the heavies are fighting.
This trilogy is the first credible HW rivalry in the UFC organization. Sure Andrei/Tim and Mo' Smith/Mark Coleman and maybe even Brock/Mir were notable ones, but not exactly totally credible. (With maybe the exception of Smith/Coleman in their respective era.)
Cain is a real world champion.
Dos Santos is a real world champion.
Both have beaten each other.
Both are head and shoulders above the rest of the competition, they are clear number 1 and number 2 to the rest of the division.
Both represent different demographics significant in MMA community, Cain the from southern California mixing-pot and JDS the Brazilian and because of this they both create emotions of regional alliances and is a culmination of not only fighters, but two of the most significant groups within MMA.
It is a great story with two great individual competitors at the center of it. You are happy for who ever wins the fight, and sad for whoever loses the fight because they are both classy representatives of the sport. And lead ups to the fight will only highlight those aspects and make people emotionally attached to the fighters.
-I've seen GSP countless times on these things, he is a nice guy, so is Hendrix, but frankly, they are both boring. I do not think the fight will be. But the primetime will be.
-Henderson/Pettis II as a WEC fan was a wet dream when I saw how this fight took shape. Personally, I do not need a single thing to hype this fight because the first one was probably one of the most competitive fights in the history of the sport. Maybe the added attention to the two would be great, especially those that did not watch them develop in the WEC.
-Jones/Gust. would be cool I guess but even though this might be one of the better match-ups, to me it is kind of getting overshadowed in all of the other major title announcements.
-Silva/Weidman. Silva needs to go home, shut the hell up, and get a little serious again. No cameras, no super fights, he needs to go back and just fight his opponent again. Weidman needs to thank his lucky stars that he was able to out think and one up Silva and hope to god that Silva does not get serious again.
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The only downfall, is that they already did a Cain/Dos Santos Primetime special.
