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Originally Posted by KnowledgeKnown  Wedrum belongs in the UFC. I believe, and did when he left, he was in the top 5 in the UFC. He could beat Mir, if Brock took it to the ground before they got sweaty he coud certainly submit Lesnar, I don't think he could beat Carwin in a second meeting. It's A very bad match up. Depending how good JDS's td defense is would dictate how that match up would go. But like I said top 5 |
No, Werdum does not belong in the UFC, because he won't talk smack. He beat Fedor fairly and squarely and then proclaimed him the greatest fighter on the planet in his post fight interview.
That kind of thing won't fly in the UFC.
To make it in the UFC, you need to be entertaining as well as talented. If your fight style isn't entertaining, you need to talk smack, unless you have loads of fans coming in, or the natural charisma to sell PPV's without it.
It's kind of like the music industry before MTV...you could have some ugly-assed mofo who could play guitar well or sing well, and they'd sell millions...but suddenly, if they couldn't make a video, they're getting dropped by major labels. Pure talent doesn't cut it. The ability to mix entertainment with even marginal talent does, particularly when you have the hype machine turning b-level guys into the greatest thing since the discovery of penicillin.
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