This was a decent card with a great main/closing event between Tito Ortiz and Frank Shamrock. If you find/watch this online (hint: look at YouTube) just be aware that the preliminary match had some really major camera issues that - at least for me - left me wondering if I was watching an actual UFC televised eventor someone's iPhone event. Just know that the goofy camera work was ONLY for that one prelim match; once the main card got started, everything was fine. Still some audio issues that will (eventually) become a lot more professional but again, on this card, there were times the audio was just muffled/drowned out by the sound of the crowd and the ringside analysis wasn't properly isolated, so you were left listening to some muffled discussion between Jeff Blatnik and Mike Goldberg. Irritating, but it didn't take away from the quality of the matches.
Still not a fan of Jeff Blatnik or his ringside commentary: I know this was in the fledgling days of the UFC and everyone was still trying to figure out how all this was supposed to work. Even so, one would think Blatnik would have at least made an attempt to be more...what's the word?... objective in his analysis and commentary but it was almost nauseating to hear him repeatedly fawn over Frank Shamrock. Seriously, I thought the guy was going to wet his pants during/after the conclusion of the Shamrock/Ortiz match. The matches were good, however, and again, it's nice to see the UFC slowly - ever so slowly - begin to mature and take shape with an actual scoring system, rounds (as opposed to just getting in there and staggering around until someone finally drops or quits), and other changes.
It's not "streaming" anywhere, but Google this and you might just find it on a YouTube channel somewhere.
Review by ShubesBlockedParent2022-12-22T02:15:54Z
This was a decent card with a great main/closing event between Tito Ortiz and Frank Shamrock. If you find/watch this online (hint: look at YouTube) just be aware that the preliminary match had some really major camera issues that - at least for me - left me wondering if I was watching an actual UFC televised eventor someone's iPhone event. Just know that the goofy camera work was ONLY for that one prelim match; once the main card got started, everything was fine. Still some audio issues that will (eventually) become a lot more professional but again, on this card, there were times the audio was just muffled/drowned out by the sound of the crowd and the ringside analysis wasn't properly isolated, so you were left listening to some muffled discussion between Jeff Blatnik and Mike Goldberg. Irritating, but it didn't take away from the quality of the matches.
Still not a fan of Jeff Blatnik or his ringside commentary: I know this was in the fledgling days of the UFC and everyone was still trying to figure out how all this was supposed to work. Even so, one would think Blatnik would have at least made an attempt to be more...what's the word?... objective in his analysis and commentary but it was almost nauseating to hear him repeatedly fawn over Frank Shamrock. Seriously, I thought the guy was going to wet his pants during/after the conclusion of the Shamrock/Ortiz match. The matches were good, however, and again, it's nice to see the UFC slowly - ever so slowly - begin to mature and take shape with an actual scoring system, rounds (as opposed to just getting in there and staggering around until someone finally drops or quits), and other changes.
It's not "streaming" anywhere, but Google this and you might just find it on a YouTube channel somewhere.
https://youtu.be/fR_2WNMVz5E