[quote]CaliforniaLaw wrote:
Donut62 wrote:
Shamrock absolutely rubs me the wrong way, and even though Baroni runs his mouth like a 3 year old for some reason he doesn’t get to me like Frank. Of course, there I sat watching him and giving him my money so I guess he’s doing something right.
You’re a sophisticated fan, so I don’t get why Shamrock “rubs you the wrong way.” Personally, I don’t care about a fighter’s attitude. Someone could come into the ring/octagon with a rose in his mouth. I wouldn’t care. I just want to see their skills.
Shamrock brings it. I doubt I would want to be friends with the guy. But this literally means nothing to me or whether I’d buy a PPV. [/quote]
I agree, but what rubs me wrong about Shamrock and his comeback is that he is trying to sell it based on his brash personality, which also seems to go against what you believe a fight should be based on. He even reiterated the point on Beatdown Radio that he has no desire to fight anyone who he think can beat him. He just wants to make money and will only fight opponents he can hand pick.
Baroni and Renzo, while definetely not cans, are fighters that Frank wanted to fight simply because he knew he could beat them based on their one dimensional nature. He then went out of his way to create some beef with them, and viola he made $1.3 million from fighting Baroni according to CSAC.
That is what bothers me about him, he plans to waste the talent he has and sell fights based on manufactured feuds. There is too much talent out there for me to waste too much time caring about Frank’s exploits unless he plans to step up.