ecky
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Post by ecky on Jan 22, 2015 16:02:47 GMT 1
What annoys me is that the SFS are not even shown live in any of these 30 countries, because at least then we would be able to find some kind of stream I am sure. They just film them to sell as tape delayed fights which is a HORRIBLE move.
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Post by K1power on Jan 22, 2015 16:10:21 GMT 1
This. Unless all of these 30 countries are obscure third world countries - which you couldn't make money off if you tried - we'd be able to find live streams for them.
The closest thing to a live stream of anything SFS related was the Adegbuyi VS Gerges fight getting a half-assed attempt at a live broadcast in Romania. I believe they showed rounds 2 and 3.
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kbfan
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Post by kbfan on Jan 22, 2015 17:25:58 GMT 1
The closest thing to a live stream of anything SFS related was the Adegbuyi VS Gerges fight getting a half-assed attempt at a live broadcast in Romania. I believe they showed rounds 2 and 3. actually, 12 hours delayed and not even the full match! |
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Post by K1power on Jan 22, 2015 17:45:34 GMT 1
Oh man that sounds even worse, lol
Welcome aboard, kbfan!
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Post by Kenshin (Banned) on Jan 22, 2015 17:50:05 GMT 1
Another thing that really irked me with Glory and theyr way of marketing and hype was how they didn't made good use of Petrosyan and his exellence. I know they had events in Italy, also a tournament that had the feeling to be a set up for Petrosyan to win, but all that really come off as rather meaningless. I realised that especially atter the big upset, when Ristie knocked him out. I think it was like in the middle of the card somewhere on a US event, the big, big, upset just happened and the commentator Mauro was just like "wow, what a upset. we're back after a short commercial break and then will continue with the Glory action", something to that extent. That was that. A big deal that was reduced to something almost irrelevant by Glory and Spike.
They (commentators) actually even made that comparision to Mayweather, which is actually not too far off, in my opinion. Doesn't mean anything, if you treat him like almost any other fighter on your roster. Oh well, maybe theyr weren't to fond on his marketability, didn't felt like he was really commited to the organisation, or had any other halfway logical reason. But that is just one, even though a very telling example (considering how good Petrosyan is) of Glory not being able to really hype up a fighter to something that's close to "star level".
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Post by K1power on Jan 23, 2015 19:25:14 GMT 1
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Post by K1power on Jan 27, 2015 11:38:20 GMT 1
Some quick interesting quotes from Errol Zimmerman and his trainer Nick Hemmers in a new Dutch interview by MixFight: Nick Hemmers - "Errol didn't always commit to his training in the past. This time things are different and he's in great shape." Errol Zimmerman - "Winning the tournament in Denver was my most meaningful victory, since it was in honor to Ramon Dekkers." - "This time I will show Rico what real kickboxing is. I will come out blasting." - "I trained with Team Klitschko a while ago and will probably make my debut in boxing soon to see how that goes." - "I will fight anyone under any ruleset, provided I went through proper preparation." Full Dutch Interview www.mixfight.nl/forum/showthread.php?132161-Interview-met-Errol-Zimmerman-en-Nick-Hemmers |
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Post by h on Jan 28, 2015 0:47:21 GMT 1
we shall see how that all works out. lol.
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mark
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Post by mark on Jan 28, 2015 1:05:53 GMT 1
I feel like Verhoven is fucked.
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Post by K1power on Jan 28, 2015 19:16:18 GMT 1
Same here. Rico looked like crap in his last fight and Errol seems to be ready this time.
Also, Errol 'has' to win for Glory to keep any credibility after Rico getting beaten by a 'nobody' in China.
Meanwhile Holzken is still preparing at Blackzilians and has given Belfort private lessons to tighten up his standup.
Holzken's team has announced to release a lot more footage soon.
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Post by K1power on Jan 28, 2015 19:22:30 GMT 1
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Post by roy2015 (Banned) on Jan 31, 2015 2:38:11 GMT 1
Some of Glory's contenders should be better. This limited slot will continue in 2015 so this is bad.
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Post by K1power on Jan 31, 2015 2:57:18 GMT 1
I'm not very big on Glory, but they're pretty much a ran-by-Americans organisation at this point, backed by a US TV network. How can you expect anything different than them putting their money on America?
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Post by dvewlsh on Jan 31, 2015 3:10:16 GMT 1
Their largest television contract is with Spike TV. Their biggest money sponsors are also in the US and are based on the fact that they are on a rather large cable network here in the US.
At this point all of their other TV deals and sponsorships put together can't combat the money that they are getting in America. They are selecting these weird cities in the US because booking the arenas are either free or they are paid to use the arena and basically advertise for it on Spike TV.
If Tyrone Spong and Gokhan Saki gave Spike TV Glory's lowest rating ever this gives them little incentive to want to scoop up every big name, high dollar amount per fight fighter out there. It's a sad point of economics. If Glory is going to continue operating then they need to make money, period. That might lead to Raymond Daniels being put in a tournament that he probably shouldn't be in and other kinds of misnomers, but it is what it is.
This is the strange and fragmented world of kickboxing right now where Giorgio Petrosyan lost one fight in Glory and he's no longer under contract.
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Post by K1power on Feb 6, 2015 11:48:34 GMT 1
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