[Maluco]

I was thinking about his today and wondering if it’s just the volume of shows that is making WWE so difficult to write for. I have basically switched WWE out as a hobby and replaced it completely with MMA. While I enjoy the fights, recently, they have been able to generate great stories and massive intrigue around fights...

Mike Perry vs “Cowboy” Donald Cerrone

In this one, Cerrone is a long time vet of the UFC, slowly creeping up on the record for the most wins, although his best days are now behind him. He was matched up with young, talented Mike Perry who represents younger crowd, always on instagram and a world away from Cerrones personality. He chose to come and train at Cerrone’s gym and when he complained about it, suggesting it would be a conflict of interests, the gym held a meeting and decided to basically keep Perry and basically (summarizing) chose him over Cerrone. Since then, all sorts of details have come out and the fight has this fascinating backstory going into it. Each man is real, but they have their own characters and personalities and the story arch makes the fight extremely interesting.

Tyron Woodley vs Dana White

Dana White is the owner of the UFC and was hyping up young, loud Liverpudlian Darren Till to take the title off Eoodley. Leaks suggest that they see him as difficult to work with and too demanding a personality. Woodley had also been criticized by fans because of boring fights and focusing on other ventures in the past. Come fight time, he annihilates Till, winning over fans and a disgusted White leaves the event without doing media duty. He is in the process of setting up yet another young, controversial grappler, in Colby Covington, to try to take Woodley down.

Khabib vs Connor

Khabib Nurmagomedov is an undefeated Russian grappler, known for his wrestling and sambo (who does that remind you of?). His father made him wrestle bears as a youngster and he is as serious a personality as they come. Tensions between him and the increasingly volatile McGregor cane to a head after a UFC event when McGregor threw a gurney through a bus window to try to intimidate Khabib into getting off the bus, injuring other fighters in the process. The recent presser was done with no fans because of security issues and had a tense and overly excited McGregor having people question possible drug use and his mental state before the biggest fight of his career. It’s a cold, serious wrestler vs a volatile, badtempered striker. Two men who clearly hate each other and it’s probably going to be the biggest selling event in UFC

The tale of Francis Ngannou

Ngannou exploded onto the scene with a series of highlight reel finishes culminating in almost sending Alistair Overeem into orbit before getting a heavyweight title fight. The much hyped Ngannou lost amid rumors about his ego and lack of preparation for the fight. In his comeback fight, commentators watched in stunned silence as he barely through any offense for 3 rounds in one of the most bizarre fights in the history of the company. Afterwards he admitted that “the fear” had gotten him. Where does he go from here and can he overcome “the fear”?


A lot probably won’t read that but it got me thinking about how the intrigue and stories not only build up excitement for the fight, but also create new names and promote the fighters, creating constant new stars in the process. With every big card, we are seeing fighters being proactive and calling out other fighters in a competitive rankings system where every fight means something and has worth

Basically, UFC has..,

- Big Personalities
- Rivalries
- Intriguing Stories
- Found an easy way for all matches to have importance

It seems to me like what should be WWE’s biggest strength (control), has become their biggest weakness, as no one can be an individual and they exert too much control on stories, forcing fan opinion rather than just letting things happen