New season of 'The Contender' on Versus to feature cruiserweights

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Originally Posted by PRIDE OF BOSTON

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Originally Posted by amat

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Originally Posted by PRIDE OF BOSTON

And the Ultimate fighter is good TV?:rolleyes: I'd rather cut myself then watch that garbage.

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The Ultimate Fighter is much better then the Contender. For one they train like a normal fighter would. They don't compete in sledgehammer contests to win a brand new Toyota Tundra. That stuff is garbage.

And secondly, they show the fight! No highlight videos, no music, no annoying crowd, no family members, no commentary, just the fight. That's how it should be done.

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Clearly you haven't seen it past the first season... They turned it from a reality show feel to real boxing... The fighters train normally and compete just like the Ultimate fighter...

They also showed the whole fights after the show was aired so you could see it in it's entirety...

They can show a whole Ultimate fighter fight cuz it lasts at the most a few rounds...

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I have seen past the first season in fact I watched the first season less then any other one probably. I don't care if I see a fight months after the show I want to see it then when it still has some drama to it.

3 5 minutes rounds is 15 minutes the same amount of time a 5 round Contender fight takes. It's an hour long show there is no excuse for not showing the entire fight.

I think they should get rid of all the family storylines, put the guys in seclusion and focus on the fighting and the training. That's the way to do it.

That being said, hopefully Versus will completely revamp the show and show the fights, there is some really good talent rumored, it could be a good show. But if it follows the same format as NBC and ESPN (whom I can't believe didn't show the fights) then I really doubt I'll watch. Will read to see how Williams did but that's about it.

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Originally Posted by amat

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Originally Posted by PRIDE OF BOSTON

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Originally Posted by amat

The Ultimate Fighter is much better then the Contender. For one they train like a normal fighter would. They don't compete in sledgehammer contests to win a brand new Toyota Tundra. That stuff is garbage.

And secondly, they show the fight! No highlight videos, no music, no annoying crowd, no family members, no commentary, just the fight. That's how it should be done.

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Clearly you haven't seen it past the first season... They turned it from a reality show feel to real boxing... The fighters train normally and compete just like the Ultimate fighter...

They also showed the whole fights after the show was aired so you could see it in it's entirety...

They can show a whole Ultimate fighter fight cuz it lasts at the most a few rounds...

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I have seen past the first season in fact I watched the first season less then any other one probably. I don't care if I see a fight months after the show I want to see it then when it still has some drama to it.

3 5 minutes rounds is 15 minutes the same amount of time a 5 round Contender fight takes. It's an hour long show there is no excuse for not showing the entire fight.

I think they should get rid of all the family storylines, put the guys in seclusion and focus on the fighting and the training. That's the way to do it.

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I hear ya... The full fights were aired the next day at 10. But I get your points... Williams will be fun. Love Godfrey and Flores should be a treat aswell.;)

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Originally Posted by Bilbo

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Good Info....Not to soil on the new carpet But I wish this 'show' would go away.....How about they just double up there efforts in full card promotions and put these guys on the air in solid 10 rounders minus the mellow dramatic sound effects and plastic feel ;D....guess that answers it self :-X

Bell quits vs.Adamek and he's the most prominate one ?

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I'm exactly like you! I know Sergio has done well but the rest of the bunch have lagerly turned out to be an embarrassment.

Manfredo, Gomez, Brinkley, Gomez, Bika, Codrington, they are just fish food for hungry sharks.

Plus playing an orchestral score whilst these plodders heave themselves around the ring makes the action taking place inside the ropes just look ridiculous.

It's like watching some fat minger in a club trying to seduce you by dancing to Britney's 'I'm a slave 4 you'.

Inside you feel nothing but contempt and disgust for the ugly fat mess but you're drunk so you fuck her anyway, I feel exactly the same with the Contender, it's shit, the fighters suck and it bores me, but I'll still watch because it's boxing :-\

But ideally I wish Ray Leonard would take this show and shove it up his ass.

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Now that scares the hell out of me....;D Honestly though,my main point is more directed at the Networks and how they sort of "cheapen" some of the fighters Imo.Look,I have no quams with some of the also ran fighters getting some career bump out of this,Cannot really blame them.But to believe this really represents the totality of the sport/fighters is faulty thinking Imo..It is waaay over edited and plays to the simplicity of the same prime time part time viewers that still believe Tyson can fight :-X.

Heres an Insane Idea......why not take the very same fighters mentioned in the possible Cruiser weight season and ohhh I dont know....say, enter them in an actual network championship tournament in actual 10-12 round main events with some dignity as opposed to dumbed down,abbreviated highlight packaged fights??Networks used to do this allll the time.

I am all for bringing new fans into the game,letting some of the fighters "get some" in other wise under the radar careers,but Im all about the Networks putting there capital into full length Boxing cards and leaving the gimmicks for the other thousands of over dolled up "reality" shows....All that said though.....Its ultimatly about the Boxing so......:peeker: see ya ringside :-X.

Wait.
There's gonna be a Contender Muay Thai!? Oh shit. Stop the presses!