Frazier vs Holyfield In a bout billed the immovable object vs the irresistible force, Joe Frazier proved to be both, as he dispatched of Evander Holyfield, in 4 punishing rounds of pugilism, winning by TKO with 15 seconds remaining in the fourth round. Everyone has a plan until they get hit, Evander Holyfield had a plan, it involved a stiff left jab and lots of lateral movement, and that plan won him the first round on all three judges score cards. It was what happened in the second round at 2:43 of that round to be precise, Smokin Joe Frazier began a left hook in Philadelphia, and landed it on the strip, in Las Vegas Nevada. After controlling the opening round with superior boxing skills, Evander Holyfield abandoned his cerebral approach to the game he loves, and began fighting with Frazier blow for blow; Holyfield’s change of strategy spoke volumes about the man. Joe Frazier had hurt him, now he needed desperately to even the score Punch stats will show Holyfield landed more power punches then Frazier from beginning to end. Frazier's brutal left hook from hell was the difference. 'I hit the man with good, hard shots, his power just stopped me Holyfield said. Stopped him indeed, including what looked like a swollen jaw, and a couple of cracked ribs, Frazier gave Holyfield, the worst beating of his career. Frazier spoke about his advisory, Evander is a warrior, everyone knows that, but I'm a warrior too, and I had too much power in my shots, the hook busted him up, really bad, I hope he's OK, he's a great fighter, were Frazier's words. Once hurt in the 2nd round Holyfield began a brilliant display of combination's, many of which landed squarely, on his shorter foes head, and body, but Frazier was never seriously hurt, and seemed intent on landing that left hook from hell, as often as possible. Holyfield was hurt badly in the third, from a left hook to the temple, but was saved by the bell. The 4th round was shear brutality Holyfield never stopped firing punches which kept the fight from being stopped. but Frazier's onslaught of left hooks to the body, doubling and tripling that devastating punch, was to much for any human to withstand. Frazier slammed a left hook to Holyfield's jaw towards the end of round 4, stunning Evander badly, leaving him virtually defenseless, against the ropes. Frazier seemed to halt the action even before the referee could intervene. This has been Fantasy Fight Report. Be well.
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An alternative to 50 dollar UFC Pay Per Views
Recently the UFC has been in the headlines pursuing piracy on the Internet.
They're currently pressuring Justin TV and Ustream websites for the names and IP numbers of those members who've illegily broadcast UFC PPV events on those websites.
UFC president Dana White was quoted as saying "this is one fight we will not lose"
With all due respect Mr White, you've picked a fight you can't possibly win, but more importantly, a fight you need not engage in.
The UFC has a business model in place that says, watch the fight with your friends or at an establishment that charges a cover of normally 5-10 bucks. Whether you watch it with 10 friends or head out to a bar, the model is the avg person pays around 5-7 dollars on avg per event.
Now consider the millions of UFC fans who either do not have 10 friends to party with, or would rather not watch the fights with a screaming crowd, it's just a preference many fans share.
50 dollars is a ridiculous price for those folks watching alone or with a single friend or spouse, and those same people who probably have at least one subscription based channel or package of channels, will now steal or pass the UFC event entirely, in either case the UFC receives zero from an army of fans, who would be more then willing to pay 10-15 bucks a month for a dedicated UFC channel that carries all PPV events.
Trying to jail your fans is barbaric and extremely ineffective, finding the right price point for your product would mean additional revenue, not less.
Average people can always rationalize an extra 10-15 bucks a month for something they enjoy as much as the UFC, asking those same folks to spend 50 dollars in today's economy turns loyal fans away or in to Internet thieves.
If you can get a million people to pay 50 bucks, you can easily get 5 million to pay 10 dollars each month. Television reception is much better then pirated internet connections, it's not close to the same experience, UFC fans would be happy to pay a monthly fee, that large chunk of change you now request, is becoming too much for more and more fans these days.
HBO has over 40 million subscribers, the UFC could easily attract an 1/8 of that audience, probably more, 10 bucks a month is 120 hard earned dollars a year, money UFC fans would be happy to pay, but ask these hurting people to pay 50 bucks for each event, and you end up in court suing fans instead of promoting a great product.
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The man who beat the man Who beat the man, who beat the man, and so on. For the last 130 years or so the heavyweight Boxing Champion has retained the worlds toughest man crown. After Randy dismantles James Toney, the Heavyweight boxing champion will no longer be considered by fringe observers, as the worlds toughest man. For all it's shortcomings, boxing can trace this mythical crown from John L Sullivan to Vitaly Klitschko. Today's current top heavyweight who beat the man is Fabricio Werdum, not competing against the best for a few years is not reason enough to be stripped of the mythical crown, just ask Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, Larry Holmes, or Vitaly, for this reason Fedor had retained this crown by beating the best and winning the championship in Japan, he held this crown until his last visit to Northern California where Werdum must now be considered the man who beat the man. This is exclusive to heavyweight fighters, and far outweighs rankings or titles from any publication or promotion, this is the title handed down by the fans, the title that can only be won in a ring against the man. No disrespect to Brock, but he needed to beat Fedor, not Randy to win the this title, like it or not Fabricio is the Man. Our first champion was Royce Gracie, beaten in the ring by Sakarabu, beaten by Ivor Vovchanchyn, beaten by Mark Coleman, beaten by Big Nog, beaten by Fedor, beaten by Fabricio. We may not like it, but tradition matters Werdum beat the man.
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