Thread: So is MMA/UFC/Pride/blahblahblah the "new wrestling"
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Old 07-05-2007, 07:29 PM   #92
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Originally Posted by Rob
That's what I was saying. I never said anything about characters in MMA having to be fake. Tito Ortiz and Rampage are two guys who have the right personalities that people would call them "characters". Not in a fake way, in the George Constanza "you are quite a character" kinda way. And they both have picked up ways to build fights and used it as a gimmick.

Two guys just fighting doesn't sell a fight. Every top fight needs a background/storyline. Even if it's just fighter A hates fighter B.
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Originally Posted by Rob
When you see Ortiz, Liddell and Rampage, you know it's 3 different fighters. If they were wrestlers in WWE, they'd all wear the same gear, have the same haircuts, talk the same scripted promos and never get over like they could.

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