Well it looks like the German government has gotten what they wanted in part at least, and that is banning people from attending the UFC 99 card in June. The city council and some national newspapers are really against the UFC coming to Germany and they scored a minor victory in getting the event to be 18 and over only. Ideally what they wanted was the whole event to be cancelled but it looks like the two sides are meeting in the middle.
Honestly, I am not as upset about that as some people are. The UFC is aimed at males between 18 and 35. yes I'm sure there were a couple hundred tickets sold to people under the age of 18 and those will have to be refunded. But high school kids are not the target demographic of the UFC and it will not cost them all that much money. I realize that this ban is a result of some very high powered people getting wrong information. Apparently they believed that the UFC only banned biting and eye poking. Of course the UFC has had unified rules since UFC 28.
Some people are just not fans of MMA and there is very little that can be done to change that. Everyone has there own favorites and MMA is obviously not for everybody as it is a violent sport. However the days of having to fight on indian reservations and in illegal underground shows. The UFC is borderline mainstream and the UFC has done a very good job of changing perception on the sport of MMA. Unfortunately, they apparently did not do a good enough job in Germany. The expansion of the UFC worldwide will have to be done slower and more carefully in the future. Germany is not a huge mma country and the UFC was hoping to make it one. But by the looks of things, they still have a long way to go.
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