The UFC's first live event on a national sports network in the U.S., UFC on Versus 1, takes place March 21 in Broomfield, Colo. A large portion of the main card are large athletes. Check out the Countdown to UFC on Versus with the focus on the big boys...
Kimbo Slice has not drawn Frank Mir to the latest season of "The Ultimate Fighter."
In fact, he'd just as well watch the WEC.
"I don't even know what's going on, I had to turn it off," he said of the UFC's flagship reality show at a WEC Q & A last week. "I'm being serious. It was bad. Some of the fights were horrible."
The former UFC heavyweight champ praised the fights of the lighter weight organization, which, according to Dana White, won't be folded into the UFC anytime soon.
"I haven't seen any fights in the WEC that could ever amount to being that bad, because the lighter guys are just more competitive," Mir continued. "They're in shape, they're more strategic. Even when you go to a college wrestling match, typically, the heavyweights are boring to watch."
The 32-year-old Mir fights Cheick Kongo at UFC 107 on Dec. 12, though he's really jonesing for a rematch with Brock Lesnar.
But when it comes to watching MMA on TV, Mir says he'll stick to the little guys.
"I'm a heavyweight and I'm saying... (the fights are) nowhere near as exciting as the lightweights," he said.
The Countdown to UFC 99 begins tonight -- Tuesday night -- on Spike, taking an inside look at the main event between Wanderlei Silva and Rich Franklin, as well as Cain Velasquez and Cheick Kongo.
Mostapha Al Turk, who makes his UFC debut against Cheick Kongo at UFC 92, spoke with MMAWeekly.com about the demise of ProElite and subsequently, Cage Rage.
"It's always sad to see any organization sort of come to their knees. But hey, you know, there's not one person or one organization that's bigger than the sport itself. And where as one door closes, another one opens for anybody," said the former Cage Rage British heavyweight titleholder. "I'm disappointed to see that happen for Cage Rage and EliteXC, but hey, life carries on.
"Cage Rage, they're a great bunch of guys. A very professional organization. I've got nothing bad to say about the guys that ran Cage Rage and the time I've had at Cage Rage, nothing bad what so ever really. It's all been positive," added Al Turk.
"It was the main show in the U.K., so it had a massive fan base. It was huge in the U.K."
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