UFC coming to Vancouver. Many opposed.

[Sainters7]

Originally Posted by Cowboy89

Lol, I have a buddy who seems convinced that the 'Affliction t-shirt' wearers are the non-######bags and the 'Tapout' t-shirt wearers are the real problem.

Ya when did those explode so much down in C-town? I was down there last month and couldn't believe how much "Tapout" paraphanalia I saw people wearing. That's way bigger down there than it is up here in stinktown.

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by Sainters7

Ya when did those explode so much down in C-town? I was down there last month and couldn't believe how much "Tapout" paraphanalia I saw people wearing. That's way bigger down there than it is up here in stinktown.

I think it's pretty funny how oblivious most of these guys are when it comes to their rankings on the ######ometer.

Dear Tough Guys,

Nobody is afraid of you. We're all laughing at you because you look like a tool.

[Agamemnon]

Originally Posted by BlackArcher101

I really don't get their point of view... while I'm not entirely a fan (just haven't had time to watch it), I wouldn't go out of my way to denounce it and/or sabotage it. I mean, why? There's no reason to. There's really nothing wrong with UFC. These aren't cockfights here.

Unfortunately there's a lot of very uneducated people out there when it comes to MMA... ironically these same people often tolerate boxing (like my ex-girlfriend), but think MMA is... I'm not sure, but somehow 'worse than boxing'.

I'd loooove to read a convincing argument as to why "UFC is similar to human cockfighting'. Seriously, bring it out.

[HOOT]

Originally Posted by rubecube

It's B.C. Unless it's an event where people can get together in tie dye shirts and stick needles in their arms, people are going to be opposed.

That is completely false! We don't stick needles in our arms we pass the bong around. Geeez some people just don't know anything.

[blankall]

Originally Posted by hmmhmmcamo

What I think will end up happening is people who want tickets to the Vancouver UFC will need to register for a UFC Fight Club membership in order to buy tickets before they go on sale to the public. I'm pretty sure the Montreal shows were pretty much sold out to fight club members before tickets went on sale to the public. The tickets they held back for the public sold out in a minute or so.

The cost for a fight club membership is $75 a year. When you add that to the expected high ticket prices, I think that will price out a lot of the typical F.V. BC Lion crowd that some people are worried will cause problems.

Hmm... a lot of the people you really have to worry about have lots of illegal sources of income.

You won't see the toothless burnt out abbotsford rowdy, but you will see the roided up affliction t-shirt wearing abbotsford rowdy out in force. If they can afford to spend hundreds of dollars a month on roids, they can afford the UFC tickets.

[GreenTeaFrapp]

Originally Posted by HOOT

That is completely false! We don't stick needles in our arms we pass the bong around. Geeez some people just don't know anything.

The bong is the gateway to the needle and the crackpipe. You're just developmentally delayed or you'd be on to the hard stuff by now!

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by HOOT

That is completely false! We don't stick needles in our arms we pass the bong around. Geeez some people just don't know anything.

You obviously havn't been down to Discovery & Government at the right time of day.

Actually, I find it kind of funny that Vancouver has banned MMA events, but fogey town here just had a big MMA event two weekends ago at Bear Mountain.

[Superflyer]

Originally Posted by MelBridgeman

The sand castle festival was cancelled in BC due to an over abundance of violence..it is a way of life there

http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-64633836.html

Man I know this have nothing to do with UFC and stuff but I laughed so hard at this fact. How the hell is there rioting at a sand castle contest?

[HOOT]

Originally Posted by Superflyer

Man I know this have nothing to do with UFC and stuff but I laughed so hard at this fact. How the hell is there rioting at a sand castle contest?

No one but families go for the sand castles. The rest go to get drunk and jump on the sand castles.

[EVERLAST]

Originally Posted by Cowboy89

If you want to know why residents in BC oppose it, then wait out in the parking lot at a well attended bar that plays the UFC pay per views after the event. Then multiply the ######baggery that ensues with 50 people by 400 and you get the security concerns that would be needed to host an event at GM Place.

this is different from a Canuck fan in WHAT way??????

[EVERLAST]

Originally Posted by Superflyer

Man I know this have nothing to do with UFC and stuff but I laughed so hard at this fact. How the hell is there rioting at a sand castle contest?

Canucks fans attend these in droves

[DOK]

I personally meant as in another way to say ###### to be perfectly honest. That was me being funny, not actually comparing it to chickens poking each others eyes out to the death.

[Rhetts_the_Best]

Originally Posted by rubecube

It's B.C. Unless it's an event where people can get together in tie dye shirts and stick needles in their arms, people are going to be opposed.

That sounds more like Hawaii

[d_phaneuf]

Originally Posted by Rhetts_the_Best

That sounds more like Hawaii

no its definitely BC

the government here is so backwards that they might even make a free heroin clinic before allowing an event which would bring at least 10 million dollars to the local economy....

oh wait they all ready did the first part

[henriksedin33]

Originally Posted by HOOT

No one but families go for the sand castles. The rest go to get drunk and jump on the sand castles.

I was camping at Rathtrevor the night that happened....too bad, the festival was starting to get pretty good.

[arloiginla]

Originally Posted by burnin_vernon

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/blogs/2009/..._sparks_d.html

You know, I hate poker on TV. I despise it. But if someone brought the World Series Of Poker here, I wouldn't go around making a lot of noise opposing it. I just wouldn't have anything to do with it.

This does not seem to apply to the UFC. People are downright adamant that it shouldn't come here.

If you don't like it, don't watch it. What gives everyone the right to tell me what I should like or dislike?

Why bother bringing the UFC to Vancouver. Why not just wait until the canucks lose in the Finals again.

[GreenTeaFrapp]

Originally Posted by arloiginla

Why bother bringing the UFC to Vancouver. Why not just wait until the canucks lose in the Finals again.

Because the fighters in that case wouldn't pass a drug test.

[vicphoenix13]

Originally Posted by rubecube

It's B.C. Unless it's an event where people can get together in tie dye shirts and stick needles in their arms, people are going to be opposed.

Thanks Mr. Stereotype! You do realize that B.C. is a province of diverse opinions unlike Alberta which is dominated by Conservatives.

[Boblobla]

Originally Posted by vicphoenix13

Thanks Mr. Stereotype! You do realize that B.C. is a province of diverse opinions unlike Alberta which is dominated by Conservatives.

You do realize that the person you quoted is from BC.

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by vicphoenix13

Thanks Mr. Stereotype! You do realize that B.C. is a province of diverse opinions unlike Alberta which is dominated by Conservatives.

LOL. Pot, meet kettle. I didn't realize green text was needed in my first post.