I guess my thing is that if they don’t want to embrace the house drama and shenanigans, at least be better at the vibe they’re going for.
If they want this to be an educational/insightful show, gives us more about the training, weight cuts etc. get into the technical stuff. Tell us more about fight prep. I could get behind that. Show me Brian Ortega coaching these guys in BJJ. Show me volk explaining pressure fighting to a young up and comer, and show me how he processes it and applies it. I’d be SO down for that.
Instead they shifted from “jersey shore” to “America’s got talent” and the other corny shows like American ninja warrior. You know, those shows that try to pray on emotions.
What’s crazy is we used to say that with contender series and TUF both running the talent level was too thin. Some of these guys are decent. I think the ufc is just not doing a great job with the show.