So this Tapout thing is heating up. I first posted on this back on June 18th. http://hampton.wordpress.com/2007/06/08/tapout-guys-what-the/ I saw the show and posted my thoughts. Wow. . .2,700 views and several very passionate comments later I thought I’d jump in and leave an updated post on this topic.
Here’s the deal, I like the show. I like what the guys are doing for these young fighters and I like the way the show tells their story. As a businessman, I like the way Mask runs his business. The whole “If I’m not having fun I’m not going to play, Jimmy Hendrix wants to play his music not BB King stuff” I like that and couldn’t agree more with how he runs his business. I also really like Punkass. I think he’s a cool dude and has his head on straight. I really don’t need to comment on Skyscrape b/c nobody can really take him serious.
That being said, I still think they are bad for MMA. It’s the XFL of the NFL. The XFL failed b/c we want serious fights not fluff. We don’t need a circus freakin’ sideshow. You cannot seriously believe that this is where we want MMA to go. With animated cartoon graphics and facepaint. What’s next? Masked fighters and camel clutches???
I think Charles (Mask) is probably a pretty good guy. I like his commitment. He is, however, hurting the sport with this show. A new viewer cannot think this is serious.
Welcome back Jocko !!!
Great post man! Keep ‘em coming!
It’s time to come back. Not for the “google juice”, not for the daily stats, just blog. There’s a lot going on that would make for great blog topics… So what do you say? Time to re-engage?