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Author:  jnrpepaseed [ Sat Sep 04, 2010 7:51 am ]
Post subject:  No MMA in olympics..No probs UFC international tourney??
For years, many mixed martial arts fans have wondered aloud why their favorite sport isn't a part of the Olympic Games.

After all, with boxing, judo, wrestling and tae kwon do already slated as modern Olympic events, what's the problem with adding the arts together?

That's an argument for another time and place. UFC president Dana White has far more pressing concerns on his mind. And besides, he envisions an international tournament staged far more frequently than every Olympiad.

"What we're starting to do now is we're working on ways to get 'The Ultimate Fighter' in other countries," White said. "We're going to start getting 'The Ultimate Fighter' in each of these different countries and try to figure out how when we do the finales, the finale would be all the countries come together and everybody fights."

White has long discussed the plan for international versions of the long-running Spike TV series "The Ultimate Fighter." Canada and the Middle East have been tagged as frontrunners, though the UFC's recent expansion into China has also opened up another potential market.

White said he envisions a system in which the multiple versions of the show can run simultaneously and culminate in a massive international finale. And while there was some initial concern that fans would fans it difficult to track the results of the international versions of "The Ultimate Fighter," White said as the promotion expands, company officials are actively seeking out ways to broadcast the fights around the globe.

"Technology is our friend," White said. "There's more ways to watch this stuff. People will be able to watch the 'The Ultimate Fighter' from other countries online or however. That's our long-term goal and what we're working on and trying to figure out how to do it."

White has admitted in the past that as the company visits foreign lands, the prized recruits will likely be found in the sport's smaller divisions. As such, he sees WEC-focused versions of "The Ultimate Fighter" on the horizon, and he still sees the flyweight division as part of the sister promotion's future.

"As we continue to do more fights and continue to travel around, we need more weight divisions," White said. "So we're going to be adding weight divisions and getting those lighter weights in there."

With the UFC already operating at a breakneck speed, it's hard to imagine the promotion's activities multiplied exponentially on a global scale, but White seems to think it's possible.

And while some fans are concerned the quality of the sport may be diluted over time, White has no such fears.

"It's scary how many fights (we're going to do)," White said. We just did four fights last month. As this thing continues to open up to different places, and as long as we can keep putting on great cards, we're just going to keep popping out fights left and right.

"People always ask, 'Are you over-saturating?' Are there too many football games on? Are there too many baseball games on? As long as we're putting on great fights, we're going to keep doing it.
Author:  Naeblis [ Sat Sep 04, 2010 9:16 am ]
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That would be awesome if they can achieve a World Cup of UFC ;-)
Author:  res0r9lm [ Tue Sep 07, 2010 1:18 pm ]
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UFC would fight MMA in Olympics tooth and nail where they have no control.
Author:  gilligan [ Wed Sep 08, 2010 1:40 am ]
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GLOBAL DOMINATION nah its top idea,
Author:  Dent [ Thu Sep 09, 2010 12:13 am ]
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Yeah i thought about this too. Its complicated but Im sure it will be done some day. Its really more an olympic sport then 90% of the olympic sports we have today. Curling for example Im sure they played a lot in ancient greece :mrgreen: nah but seriously it sounds right to me. MMA in Olympics is a must!
Author:  JonnyMuzz [ Fri Sep 10, 2010 11:06 am ]
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I personally would prefer a yearly or bi-yearly MMA tournament as four years is a very long time in combat sports.

If you look at chuck's reign as UFC champ with a four year system it could be possible for him to have only been world champ one time.

Just a thought.
Author:  GeNioS [ Fri Sep 10, 2010 3:56 pm ]
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I don't see mma in the olympics, at least nothing like it's current form. The martial arts in the olympics are strictly contolled. I'd let my 4 year old fight in the olympic judo competition. In boxing, a solid blow will garner a standing 8 count even if the fighter wasn't hurt, while three or four solid blows in a row will stop the fight.

I can see submission wrestling much like the ADCC, but any sport that involves striking is heavily controlled. You just won't see guys bleeding all over the place in a fighting sport in the olympics. Half the world still thinks the sport is barbaric as it is (glad they weren't there at the beginning). And given the audience that watches the olypmics, which half of the world do you think would be watching. MMA in the olympics would only set the sport back.
Author:  Dent [ Sun Sep 12, 2010 4:59 pm ]
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You are probably right. The world isnt ready for MMA yet. But in a longer perspective things and attitudes might and probably will change. You have a good point but I hope that one day people will embrace MMA and look at it the same way as they look at any other mainstream sport.
Author:  DasGuntLord01 [ Tue Sep 14, 2010 5:59 pm ]
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I agree, they'd never let MMA in the Olympics, and I'm not even convinced that it should be. The UFC (indeed any promotion) could put on much more accessable and much more exciting global competition much more often.

I'd like to see Jiu-Jitsu and No-Gi Submission Grappling in the olympics first. Even then, the ADCC already does what the olympics would for Submission Grappling, and every two years instead of 4.
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