What would everyone be saying today if the first ever nationally televised MMA event would have been the WEC? Would everyone be praising it as a huge success and a defining moment in the rise of MMA? Yea, I think so. Instead we got the EliteXC joke put on by CBS. Don't forget that CBS had final say in all aspect of the broadcast. That's one reason why you haven't seen the UFC or WEC on national TV. True MMA fans can watch the CBS debacle and know what is going down. What about the viewers that were tuning in to watch their first ever MMA event? I wonder what they're thinking today? WWE...WWE....WWE....WWE....WWE...WWE....that's what they're thinking. Why wouldn't they? Pyro entrances, dancing strippers, Phil Baroni making a fool of himself, bad officiating, fighters not making weight, Kimbo Slice.

One of the things I've always liked about MMA events is the constant fights. Within five minutes of the WEC broadcast there was a fight. It took 30 minutes for EliteCBS to show their first bout. I also love they way the fighters enter the cage through the crowd on WEC/UFC. I don't need the pyro and dancing strippers and Baroni getting his shirt torn off. That is stupid. MMA sells it's self and doesn't need the flash. What about the quality of fights? Not even close, WEC wins this one hands down.  Miguel Torres Vs. Yoshiro Maeda was an instant classic and a better fight with a better ending than Robbie Lawler Vs. Scott Smith. The main event between Urijah Faber Vs. Jens Pulver was more than just a legit main event. It was a battle between one of the pound for pound top fighters in the world in Faber and the first ever lightweight UFC champion Pulver. I wish Pulver would have let his hands go a little bit more, but otherwise it was a very entertaining five round battle.  It's to bad the nation didn't get to witness true MMA and not EliteCBS.