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Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA
The general consensus has been that wrestling & submissions would be ratings death.
You might say the preferred presentation (from a largest audience standpoint) is something along the lines of "full contact boxing" instead of what the variety MMA actually includes.
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That's a good point Jon, the live TV, fights were definitely biased towards guys better known for their stand up and they stood fighter up a little pre-maturely a couple of times from the ground. Then again I don't know how the Slice fight could have possibly helped their cause in terms of garnering a new audience of those who did not have a lot of exposure to MMA.