Get your Mercer-Sylvia hype!
by Scott Christ on Apr 21, 2009 12:57 PM EDT
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PrintThe ad for the big MMA-boxing showdown between Tim Sylvia and Ray Mercer:
Ah, yes. Tim Sylvia: Bringing respect to MMA by beating up a man three years from his AARP membership. In theory, anyway.
This is just awful. I do hope Ray and Tim make some decent money. It's not their fault.
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If I didn't know any better
I would have figured Mercer was sponsoring an event for the Octomom with that pot belly.
"Count on us! We sponsored Margarito for several years." - CEMEX [Mexico's largest cement company.]
I know that this blog tries to bring MMA and boxing fans together, and that’s probably a good cause. But watching this seriously made me want puke. If MMA wants respect, than maybe the fans should get vocal about how stupid and sickening this fight is.
"This fight'll be the nastiest thing you'll ever see. I been sober for six weeks, and that makes me vicious."
-- Randall 'Tex' Cobb
they have
Nobody wants this fight.
"If they cut my bald head open, they will find one big boxing glove. That's all I am. I live it." -- Marvin Hagler
by Scott Christ on Apr 21, 2009 3:43 PM EDT up reply actions
“If MMA wants respect” MMA has respect from it’s fans. It’s the fastest growing sport in the country. When I first started watching MMA all I had was the Internet and some borrowed VHS tapes of fights to follow it. The People who think MMA isn’t a sport or compare it to wrestling are never going to like it.
That being said I can understand people being turned away by this fight but I will certainly be watching.
this is a serious question, not being rude at all
That being said I can understand people being turned away by this fight but I will certainly be watching.
Why?
"If they cut my bald head open, they will find one big boxing glove. That's all I am. I live it." -- Marvin Hagler
by Scott Christ on Apr 21, 2009 4:07 PM EDT up reply actions
The guy at the bottom put it best when he compared it to a car crash that you can’t look away from. That’s the best way I can put it.
that's fair
"If they cut my bald head open, they will find one big boxing glove. That's all I am. I live it." -- Marvin Hagler
by Scott Christ on Apr 21, 2009 4:14 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm not dissin' either
I watched Wargods
"If they cut my bald head open, they will find one big boxing glove. That's all I am. I live it." -- Marvin Hagler
by Scott Christ on Apr 21, 2009 4:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Look
Sylvia was the one who brought up the “respect” issue in this tragic commercial, not me. How on Earth he intends to get respect for his sport via this fight is beyond my ability to comprehend. Win or lose, he’s a disgrace.
"This fight'll be the nastiest thing you'll ever see. I been sober for six weeks, and that makes me vicious."
-- Randall 'Tex' Cobb
Well, don’t take it like he wrote the line. It’s just bullshit to get people to pay attention. Tim Sylvia knows he’s fighting a 47-year old man, believe me.
"If they cut my bald head open, they will find one big boxing glove. That's all I am. I live it." -- Marvin Hagler
by Scott Christ on Apr 21, 2009 6:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Look, I’m not naive. This spot obviously had a crack production staff all over it, manipulating everything down to the smallest detail.
But seriously, I know that somone “wrote the line,” given that Tim delivers it like a pizza delivery man about to service a lonely housewife. But Tim still said it. We are still accountable for the things that come out of our mouth. Or, at least, I think we should be.
"This fight'll be the nastiest thing you'll ever see. I been sober for six weeks, and that makes me vicious."
-- Randall 'Tex' Cobb
Also
Ray’s 48, not 47. I know, I know… what’s the difference at this point. A travesty is a travesty, but we might as well say his real age. I am not even going to guess his weight at this point.
"This fight'll be the nastiest thing you'll ever see. I been sober for six weeks, and that makes me vicious."
-- Randall 'Tex' Cobb
oh jeez he had a birthday since I last cared
"If they cut my bald head open, they will find one big boxing glove. That's all I am. I live it." -- Marvin Hagler
by Scott Christ on Apr 22, 2009 1:53 AM EDT up reply actions
Wow, what a piece of crap.
Brad Ziegler had a scoreless inning streak. Brad Ziegler had not met BJ Upton.
Well, I actually just looked around and apparently most MMA fans also find this fight to be completely retarded. So, that’s at least a good thing.
So if boxing fans think its stupid, and MMA fans think its stupid and even g**damn recession-era Atlantic City thinks its stupid, why is it happening?
"This fight'll be the nastiest thing you'll ever see. I been sober for six weeks, and that makes me vicious."
-- Randall 'Tex' Cobb
This fight is happening because Tim Sylvia needs new underwear and Ray Mercer seems to have run out of money.
I think they’re going for a car crash type of show that you can’t look away from.
Keep firing Assholes!
Akiyama is the Japanese word for Sexify.
Bad.
Mercer! Mercer! Mercer!
"But I was going into Toshi Station to pick up some power converters"-Luke Skywalker
this will probably be the only instance in which the commercial will be better than the fight, and thats cuz this is a horrible commercial.
The Dude Abides
by battle axe of doom on Apr 21, 2009 4:49 PM EDT reply actions
You know this promotion at least works as “truth in advertising” on some level. They know the quality of their product here, and aren’t even trying to hide it. I’ve seen better production values on a used-car commercial at 3am.
It almost seems like a sort of gag commercial. Sylvia looked like he was punching underwater in his Rocky training montage, and when Ray turns to look at the camera, it feels like he’s about to try to sell you a debt-consolidation loan.
"This fight'll be the nastiest thing you'll ever see. I been sober for six weeks, and that makes me vicious."
-- Randall 'Tex' Cobb
I finally got home, where I was able to watch this
And I was laughing for like three minutes straight. I can’t imagine what the director was telling them. “Yeah, uh, hit the bag at half speed. Nah, slower. OK, now lighter.”
Charlie Zelenoff puts Ray Mercer to shame.
Vogt early, Vogt often.
“THIS SUNDAY, SUNDAY, SUNDAY! GET READY FOR TO FEEL THE SHAME-SHAME-SHAME!”
The only thing it’s really missing is a guest appearance by “Car-zilla” wrecking a line of junkyard Pintos.
"This fight'll be the nastiest thing you'll ever see. I been sober for six weeks, and that makes me vicious."
-- Randall 'Tex' Cobb
A 24-5 in MMA ex-UFC HW champ vs a 36-7-1 former Olympic gold medalist boxer. I have to say that sounds a lot better than what the commercial promises.
Being primarily a MMA fan, I still find it hard to believe that Sylvia went from fighting MMA p4p king to… this.
I was going to say “kiss your careers goodbye, gentlemen” but then again, I don’t think either of them have much of a one in any case.
by Monday Morning Martial Artist on Apr 26, 2009 2:18 PM EDT reply actions
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