It’s going to be a while before sports are a thing again, which likely explains why I’m hearing my father yell a lot less about the ref not knowing what he’s talking about with the leg before wicket rule whenever his favourite football team takes to the NASCAR pitch. I…I really don’t know sports. One sport that is easy to understand, will always be mixed martial arts.
There’s no shortage of the stuff, from Bellator to local products such as EFC, but the cream of the crop will always be the UFC. What began with Royce Gracie’s unstoppable hug attacks way back in the early 1990s has evolved into a more visceral and punishing game of face-rearranging devastation that plays out weekly across the world. Or it used to, before UFC fighters realised that the safe zone for social distancing meant that their Superman punches were now easier to avoid.
Arenas are empty, fighters have nothing to connect their fists to and armchair critics are dying for new content that they can rip apart and tell you exactly how a fight should go according to them if they were younger, fitter and could shrug off multiple blows to the face. What’s a fight promoter to do? Hold a tournament away from the more populated sections on the planet and on a private island instead.
https://twitter.com/espnmma/status/1247382362306084864
Taking a page from Enter the Dragon and the 1995 Mortal Kombat film, UFC big boss Dana White has apparently managed to rent an island according to Kotaku, one that he will fill with all manner of fighters as soon as he can figure out how to legally transport them there. White is hoping that once the UFC roster and technical crew have made it to the mystery island, they’ll be able to spend the next two months filming weekly fights and broadcasting them to an audience dying for new fisticuffs action.
It may just be the maddest plan ever, and while I’m secretly hoping that White is figuring out how to attach two extra arms to Brock Lesnar, I’m waiting with baited breath to see if this ballsy plan can actually be realised. Not the Mortal Kombat film I was hoping for, but I’ll gladly devour take it in these dire times.
Last Updated: April 7, 2020
McGafter
April 7, 2020 at 16:42
Anybody else thinks we need more UFC coverage on the site?
Like with the WWE updates?
The D
April 7, 2020 at 17:42
You’d have to ask Kervyn about that. I know next to nothing about UFC. Nothing! 😀
Skyblue
April 8, 2020 at 18:39
That’s because it’s a real sport Darryn.
Kervyn Cloete
April 8, 2020 at 08:23
I have genuinely given it a fair bit of thought as I follow the UFC closely and watch all the events. The problem is time. When I had all the time to do the coverage properly, there was still no legal way to watch UFC in SA and we did not want to promote piracy. Now that we can watch it legally, I don’t have the time to cover it properly. Sigh.
Skyblue
April 8, 2020 at 18:58
As a tech and entertainment website I think that WWE qualifies whereas UFC is an actual sport. I love MMA (and despise WWE) but follow it on other sites as the sheer amount of information is better suited to dedicated sites. I do the same with gaming and entertainment but have been a long time follower of Lagz and I enjoy the local commentary (mostly).
Original Heretic
April 7, 2020 at 15:48
Now if only we could get to see Khabib Vs Ferguson… I’m…I’m nearly sobbing….
McGafter
April 7, 2020 at 16:42
me too
Skyblue
April 8, 2020 at 18:39
Feels like I’ve been ready five times over for this fight already.
Skyblue
April 8, 2020 at 18:58
Semi-confirmed to be an Indian Reservation casino in Northern California now. Dana doing what he does best, full steam ahead and fuck the iceberg. Not a fan of this idea but as the only live sport available you better believe it will pull a lot of interest.
Kervyn Cloete
April 9, 2020 at 09:12
Yeah it’s happening at Tachi Palace which is where the WEC started out. And it’s all through legal loopholes.