He does it again.
For your on the job sanity. You're welcome. Justin Lovett-Blue Chad Sanders-White Greg D'Arco-Yellow Samson X-Grey
Monday, September 28, 2009
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Boxing Vs. UFC
Tonight marks the first head to head battle between popularity declining boxing and newly popular UFC. There has been a large debate about which sport has a larger following. With the decline in interest in boxing and the sudden popularity rise of UFC, the question is raised, which sport is more popular? The answer could all depend on how you define more popular. You could compare yearly pay-per-view sales. You could compare merchandise sales. For today the best comparison will be tonight’s pay-per-view sales. UFC has a card featuring Rich Franklin and the return of Vitor Belfort and boxing has a card featuring its number one fighter, Floyd Mayweather vs. Juan Marquez.
My prediction for tonight is that boxing will have higher pay-per-view ratings than UFC. Numbers don’t lie, but they can be misleading. To be honest a Floyd Mayweather fight should out sell a UFC card that doesn’t feature any of UFC’s top five fighters. Floyd is the best pound for pound fighter of this era. He has an undefeated record of 39-0 (25 KO’s), finishing every fighter put in front of him. I think most people are anticipating Mayweather to win tonight pretty easily. After all, this fight is the warm up for the fight everyone actually wants to see, Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao. So while Floyd will probably out sell UFC, it is not exactly a fair fight.
I think the numbers that people should pay attention to are UFC’s pay-per-view ratings for tonight, compared to their average pay-per-view ratings. If there is a significant decline, then boxing still has hope. But if the numbers are about the same as the average, then that leads me to believe that not even a Floyd Mayweather fight could affect UFC sales, on a mediocre card…Not good for boxing.
I guess the only question left is which pay-per-view will you be watching tonight?
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Ultimate Fight: Heavy Weights
Make sure you watch the premiere of the Ultimate Fighter: Heavy Weights. If you haven't heard already, this season will feature the Youtube phenom Kimbo Slice. On top of that the two coaches in this season are Rampage Jackson and Rashad Evans. With featured names like these, I anticipate this being one of the highest rated Ultimate Fighters, if not the highest rated. After all Kimbo Slice has two of the top three highest rated MMA fights of all time. Kind of incredible for a guy that became a star from street fighting. The show tonight comes on at 10 pm, on Spike. Like everything on Spike there will be plenty of reruns, so if you happen to miss it tonight, you can catch it later in the week.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
A Big Laugh...
As the week came to an end, I decided the joke of the week belongs to…Mr. Andre Smith.
The Cincinnati Bengals first round pick Andre Smith suffered a small fracture in his foot in a non-contract drill just two days after ending a 30-day hold out. Andre Smith has been part of a bad chain of events that started at the end of his college season, including being accused of dealing with an agent before he was eligible which resulted in his suspension from the Alabama bowl game.
Next came the much anticipated NFL combine. Smith continued to disappoint after leaving the combine without telling anyone, only to explain later that he left because he felt unprepared. After drawing negative attention to himself, he returned for the 40-yard dash. If you haven’t seen Andre Smith run the 40, please please please click this link...(Andre Smith 40 yard dash...skip to the 42 second mark in the video) If you have seen the video already, you should understand Smith did nothing but embarrass himself as he wobbled 40 yards shirtless.
At one point, Smith was regarded as the top offensive tackle in the draft. However, after the agent and combine issues, team executives decided that his talent did not outweigh the possibility of future off-field issues, and the top five teams in the draft passed on him.
While being picked 6th is still a big deal, the first offensive tackle taken, Jason Smith, was selected second. Jason Smith’s contract is for five years $62 million, with $33 million guaranteed. Andre Smith’s contract is for four years $26 million with $21 million guaranteed. His contract also has a team option in 2010, that if exercised, Andre can earn $42 million with nearly $30 million guaranteed. Andre’s contract also states he will lose half of his game check each time he weighs in over 350 lbs.
In short, I guess it is good that Andre Smith and his agent finally got a deal done, so he can catch up on the things he has missed…but he has a lot of work ahead of him before he is ready to see game time. After watching HBO’s Hardknocks, it appears that Smith will have to earn the respect of his teammates and coaches. He has a little more to prove than the average rookie.
The Cincinnati Bengals first round pick Andre Smith suffered a small fracture in his foot in a non-contract drill just two days after ending a 30-day hold out. Andre Smith has been part of a bad chain of events that started at the end of his college season, including being accused of dealing with an agent before he was eligible which resulted in his suspension from the Alabama bowl game.
Next came the much anticipated NFL combine. Smith continued to disappoint after leaving the combine without telling anyone, only to explain later that he left because he felt unprepared. After drawing negative attention to himself, he returned for the 40-yard dash. If you haven’t seen Andre Smith run the 40, please please please click this link...(Andre Smith 40 yard dash...skip to the 42 second mark in the video) If you have seen the video already, you should understand Smith did nothing but embarrass himself as he wobbled 40 yards shirtless.
At one point, Smith was regarded as the top offensive tackle in the draft. However, after the agent and combine issues, team executives decided that his talent did not outweigh the possibility of future off-field issues, and the top five teams in the draft passed on him.
While being picked 6th is still a big deal, the first offensive tackle taken, Jason Smith, was selected second. Jason Smith’s contract is for five years $62 million, with $33 million guaranteed. Andre Smith’s contract is for four years $26 million with $21 million guaranteed. His contract also has a team option in 2010, that if exercised, Andre can earn $42 million with nearly $30 million guaranteed. Andre’s contract also states he will lose half of his game check each time he weighs in over 350 lbs.
In short, I guess it is good that Andre Smith and his agent finally got a deal done, so he can catch up on the things he has missed…but he has a lot of work ahead of him before he is ready to see game time. After watching HBO’s Hardknocks, it appears that Smith will have to earn the respect of his teammates and coaches. He has a little more to prove than the average rookie.
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