Post by kevx301 on Jan 28, 2007 22:19:23 GMT -5
The sport of professional fighting has seen a growth like nothing else in this millennium. PPV buys nearly reaching the one million mark, thousands upon thousands of fans purchasing tickets to cheer on their favorites as they go for the title. Yet in the midst of this emergence, there has been a decline in respect for fighters and an increase in politics. Companies are handing off title shots to “friends” for no apparent reason while hard-working, undefeated fighters, sit on the sidelines. After training for months for a fight, after years of preparation, they might be out of work after one loss. Better yet, someone could pull off a huge upset defeat and not even get booked while the planned winner is given a main-event spot on an upcoming TV event.
When Kevx301 approached Microsoft owner Bill Gates about getting on board with a new product titled National Fighting Association, he accepted the offer without hesitation.
“This is the sport of the future, and Microsoft will be there with it,” said Gates. “There are all ready plans for a video game for every console, including the PC, based off the NFA promotion.”
The National Fighting Association respects the accomplishments of the UFC, IFL and PRIDE, but feels that all three of those companies have lost their way.
“Title shots are not being earned and big money fights are not being delivered,” Kevx added. “The NFA will feature the best fighters in the world and will cater to the fans’ needs.”
The National Fighting Association will implement a team system, much like the IFL, but teams will not be based on trainers, but rather veterans drafting whomever they opt to.
The NFA has selected eight coaches to lead teams into battle. Each coach will draft four other fighters, one from every other weight class except theirs. They will then draft between three and five other fighters, of any weight class, to compete on their team.
“We’ve assembled the best coaches in the world,” stated Kevx. “We’ve taken talent from the UFC, PRIDE and the IFL to establish the greatest pool of fighters ever. We spent six million dollars signing Chuck Liddell to an eight fight deal!”
The eight coaches are as follows: Ken Shamrock, Chuck Liddell, Royce Gracie, Matt Hughes, Wanderlei Silva, Aleksander Emelianenko, Dan Henderson and Matt Lindland.
As talented as each of those eight coaches are, the draft pool looks absolutely insane. Early names signed on with the NFA promotion include: Fedor Emelianenko, Diego Sanchez, Rashad Evans, Nick Diaz, Takanori Gomi, Frank Trigg, Josh Barnett, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, Bas Rutten, Mauricio Rua, Mark Coleman, Frank Shamrock and Alistair Overeem.
The National Fighting Association understands the financial problems of Americans that is why the NFA will only be running PPV events bi-monthly and at the small cost of $29.99.
On off-months, when the NFA is not running a PPV, we will feature a two-hour Saturday night special on ESPN.
The National Fighting Association debuts on Saturday June 23rd at 8:00 P.M. on ESPN. The first PPV event will be Saturday July 21st. Cards for these shows will be announced after the draft has taken place.
You may be wondering, why the team format? Will there be titles in each division? Yes, each division will have a champion. Each fighter on the winning team at the end of the twelve-month fight period (first period ends June 2008) will receive a $100,000 bonus.
If one fighter ends up getting an extremely dominant team one year, don’t worry, because every captain only gets to select two fighters to remain with the group every year (the championship team chooses three.) The teams will redraft right before the start of the new annual period.
So that is the National Fighting Association. The only group in the world that combines the past, present and future of Mixed-Martial-Arts together!
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The official team rosters should be up tomorrow.
ing amazing idea
