I have a feeling that CBS's ratings for Saturday night's EliteXC show are going to be fairly disappointing, mostly because not many people know the fighters on Saturday's card. But I have to say, this is a very good way to let people know about the fighters:
That's a video EliteXC produced to introduce fans to Jake Shields, who's fighting Nick Thompson for the welterweight title. I think it does an excellent job of using the types of personal elements that will attract casual fans.
Shields is a better fighter than he gets credit for -- I have him in my MMA top 25, but few people outside the most hard-core of MMA fans have heard of him. His fight with Thompson should be just the kind of thing that turns casual MMA fans into serious MMA fans.
Meet Jake Shields, EliteXC Welterweight
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7/23/2008 8:10 PM ET By Michael David Smith
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I will watch because I am an mma fan
but I kind of like this card Elite Xc does not have too many top fighters thats unfortunate since they got a TV deal
but there are 3 fights I want to see