Quote Originally Posted by bobsticks
Y'know what I miss? The old K-1 tournies...no wieght classes, baby. I can think of more than a handful of heavies that would potentially be put down by Anderson. 'Member them ol' UFCs back in the day. A one night, no-weight class, dealio would be more interesting than 99% of the matches that Dana could put together right now.
There was talk of putting on a tournament style king of the octagon type event, but it's unlikely to happen for a lot of reasons.

Fist, sanctioning and the perception that MMA is a sport, not barbaric - those tourney's have the potential for some ugly scenes that could hurt the sport's image.

Second - ego - a lot of fighters have more to lose than gain by entering that now. So the purse would have to be huge, or the card would be mostly mid-level talent.

That would still be interesting though...I'd pay to watch that.

Joe Ferraro of Sportsnet.ca had an interesting comment about weight classes in today's UFC...

...at 145 pounds, how would Urijah Faber do against a 205-pounder like Forrest Griffin, Rashad Evans, Quinton (Rampage) Jackson, Wanderlei Silva or even Chuck Liddell?

I asked Dana White this very question while he visited the Sportsnet studio on Tuesday and his response was obvious. "He'd get killed. What's your point?"

I explained to White, my point was simple: the difference in weight between Faber and the light-heavyweights was similar to what Randy Couture experienced vs. Brock Lesnar.