The last time the UFC promoted an event on FOX, it was awesome, but no-one watched it. This time, I guess they’re pulling out all the stops to make sure people are aware of what is going on with UFC on FOX 4, and they’ve put together a rather nice programme called Road to the Octagon.
It’s a pretty nifty piece of promotional material, allowing all of the fighters to chat for a bit, and not just spout the same old canned quotes that are featured in so many pre-fight packages. Also, Brandon Vera, Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua, Lyoto Machida and Ryan Bader are all shown in plenty of highlights that really show off each guy ar their best, while also pulling no punches and showing where they have stuttered in their career. If anything this allows a stronger narrative to be created as these men are show to have fought back from adversity and all that.
The whole package even had me going for a second, and made me think that the main event is a great, competitive match up. In fact, it is a poor fight, that Shogun should COMFORTABLY win, probably inflicting some serious damage on Vera, who really has not looked like a top calibre fighter since beating Frank Mir in 2006. Two thousand and six! The rest of the card is pretty good though, and should deliver some pretty good action.
If you’re as familiar with all of these fighters as I am the show starts to drag a bit (I’ve literally seen some of these highlights hundreds of times by now), but to the less initiated fan, it is essential viewing really.
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