Topic: U.S. Regional MMA
Xplode Fight Series
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08.05.2015 | 9:50 PM ET
It wasn't until recently that someone broke down how scientifically awful XFS really is.
Example for the uninitiated:
From the article describing the above "fight";
The video begins with the introduction of our two combatants. In the “Liquid Nitro red corner,” we see Katie Castro. Billed as an “independent fighter”, Castro fumbles with her gloves and appears to be unfamiliar and uncomfortable with wearing them. Her black top and grey/black pants give the impression that she probably got lost on the way to her hot yoga class. She’s a mini van shy of fulfilling every possible soccer mom stereotype.
Setup to the spreadsheet <- nice to see Tapology cited as a go-to reference for accurate fighter records :)
Spreadsheet <- the 2nd tab was more useful (imho)
Suzanne Davis is the author, hit her up with a follow.
In summary:
Her excellent summary:
At best, the events that Xplode Fight Series promotes are nearly farcical and all-but-pre-scripted. (Even that is up for debate.) At worse, they’re negligent and dangerous. Yes, yes...the old adage of ”they know what could happen when they signed up for it” applies. Still, promoters and commissions are responsible for the safety those same fighters disregard.
The sport we watch finds ways to mix brutality and beauty and blood. It also mixes heart, strategy, and determination. I’d like to see them come out of the cage (or ring) as close as possible to the same way they went in.What say you Tapology?
"I have not yet begun to defile myself. "
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08.05.2015 | 10:00 PM ET
08.05.2015 | 10:29 PM ET
Another thing btw to watch out for is Gladiator Challenge that seems to be doing the exact same thing. In fact the same jobbers seem to appear in both organizations sometimes getting destroyed at Xplode first before going to Gladiator the next week and then returning to Xplode.
Some of random Xplode/Gladiator Challenge guys:
Miguelito Marti (1-18)
Jordan Delano (1-16)
Edward Darby (0-21)
Evan Barrera (0-4)
Shawn Stevenson (0-5)
Mario Casares (0-12)
Chad McEwen (0-6)
Joey Apodaca (0-9)
Anthony Moore (0-14)
Phelan Fleming (0-10)
"If the enemy rejects the ground, I would take him down by tackle. Why didn’t he [Royler] do so? May I introduce him to a good coach? His tackle was... like a girl’s one... Mr. Royler, how are you feeling?" - Kazushi Sakuraba
08.05.2015 | 11:36 PM ET
That covers hobo, Nomad, and Rappinpap. Who else? Oh yeah, Paul Harris GOAT. Now I'm on that bandwagon of **********y too. God, it's so awesome to be this awesome. You all belong to Zsasz now.
08.06.2015 | 2:08 AM ET
I have absolutely no idea what that even means, but in a sport where the fighters are what sell the cards (and of course they want to sell), not saying who's fighting is pretty shady if you ask me.
As alreaday stated in this thread, they usually have a few "in-house" fighters who are fed soccer-moms, beach bums, hobos that will almost perfectly mirror the 0-10s and 0-16s from @joe's post with 10-0s and 16-0s and about 80% of their fights are TKO1s.
"Hay lohh you Mike, ay lov you Mike. Hyou say somesing like di fo me, and naw I say you ... I LOV YOU! See you som. Boy." -- Yoel Romero, UFC 205
08.06.2015 | 2:34 AM ET
Then again, as I type this post I remind myself of the time Dana White called Greg Jackson "a ******* sport killer" in an over the phone press conference. So it's not too farfetched to have a fight promotion with a childish promoter at the helm.
I think the thing that makes this "fight promotion" really shady is the fact that the CSAC has none of XFS' events in their public records. Surely any organization that does sanctioned MMA fights in the state of California (which has an established MMA commission that has sanctions UFC events) has to have their events publicly documented by the CSAC.
* Edited at 08.06.2015, 2:35 AM ET *
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08.06.2015 | 3:37 AM ET
His answer was just pretty defensive, as if he's been through some **** and is very suspicious of anyone sniffing around XFS business.
EDIT:: Oh, and from my personal experience, a lot of the promoters are actually people who act like teenagers. Some are super cool though.
* Edited at 08.06.2015, 6:57 AM ET *
"Hay lohh you Mike, ay lov you Mike. Hyou say somesing like di fo me, and naw I say you ... I LOV YOU! See you som. Boy." -- Yoel Romero, UFC 205
08.06.2015 | 10:26 AM ET
"When a game cannot be won, change the game."
08.06.2015 | 10:50 AM ET
* Edited at 08.06.2015, 10:50 AM ET *
"“All of a sudden, he was shooting for a takedown, and I’m like, ‘Oh, you’re a wrestler now? Remember, I’m the black belt in jiu-jitsu. And you’re shooting on me now? This is a wrap." - Nate Diaz"
08.06.2015 | 10:51 AM ET
Fell free to contact the CSAC and tell how dangerous this for the fighters and bad for our sport:
(From the article)
Email: CSAC@dca.ca.gov
Phone: 916-263-2195 (Public), 916-574-8170 (Media)
California Department of Consumer Affairs: http://www.dca.ca.gov/online_services/complaints/consumer_complaint.shtml"I have not yet begun to defile myself. "
08.06.2015 | 11:04 AM ET
They give everything out when they want to sell, all info, regular updates on social media, the whole shebang, but after the event's done they have some secretary spend 20 minutes to update their site or post results and you don't hear from them until they're promoting their next card.
"Hay lohh you Mike, ay lov you Mike. Hyou say somesing like di fo me, and naw I say you ... I LOV YOU! See you som. Boy." -- Yoel Romero, UFC 205
08.06.2015 | 11:07 AM ET
Driller/SEG in my area are awesome.
Brock Larson has has a few promotions in ND/MN, and it is always radio silent. Eventually he just changes the name of the promotion.
"I have not yet begun to defile myself. "
08.06.2015 | 11:08 AM ET
"“All of a sudden, he was shooting for a takedown, and I’m like, ‘Oh, you’re a wrestler now? Remember, I’m the black belt in jiu-jitsu. And you’re shooting on me now? This is a wrap." - Nate Diaz"
08.06.2015 | 11:08 AM ET
"“All of a sudden, he was shooting for a takedown, and I’m like, ‘Oh, you’re a wrestler now? Remember, I’m the black belt in jiu-jitsu. And you’re shooting on me now? This is a wrap." - Nate Diaz"
08.06.2015 | 11:09 AM ET
"“All of a sudden, he was shooting for a takedown, and I’m like, ‘Oh, you’re a wrestler now? Remember, I’m the black belt in jiu-jitsu. And you’re shooting on me now? This is a wrap." - Nate Diaz"
08.06.2015 | 11:22 AM ET
"I have not yet begun to defile myself. "
08.06.2015 | 11:34 AM ET
"“All of a sudden, he was shooting for a takedown, and I’m like, ‘Oh, you’re a wrestler now? Remember, I’m the black belt in jiu-jitsu. And you’re shooting on me now? This is a wrap." - Nate Diaz"
08.06.2015 | 2:02 PM ET
Then there are great promotions that go out of their way to make sure you have all the info you need and its correct. AUFC out of Egypt is awesome. I hope they get big in that region because of how professional they are.
"I'd like to take this chance, to appologize. To absolutely nobody. -Connor McGreGOAT"
08.06.2015 | 2:17 PM ET
"“All of a sudden, he was shooting for a takedown, and I’m like, ‘Oh, you’re a wrestler now? Remember, I’m the black belt in jiu-jitsu. And you’re shooting on me now? This is a wrap." - Nate Diaz"