Tony
24-09-2009, 08:27
YouTube - DREAM.12 - PV (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r487axo8czI)
If we’ve learned anything by obsessively following MMA, it’s that a change in fighting surface (http://www.cagepotato.com/picture/6478/dream-is-seriously-switching-to-a-cage--promises-visually-stunning-totally-weird-promo-video/wp/2008/05/ifl_hex) is usually a sign that an organization is in serious trouble. So when we saw this promo video for Dream.12 promising to “appease the wrath of God in rage” by putting their October 25 event in a cage, we got a little worried. For several reasons, really. Never let it be said that the Dream art director is afraid to take risks, but we have to wonder whether the decision to switch to a cage is a) permanent, and b) a sign of desperation.
We also have to wonder what Dream’s basis is for advertising Alistair Overeem (http://wiki.cagepotato.com/index.php/Alistair_Overeem)’s participation. “The Demolition Man” is fighting in K-1 this weekend (http://www.cagepotato.com/alistair-overeem-headed-back-k-1-strikeforce-heavyweight-belt-continues-gather-dust), and then he’s rumored to be going back to Holland for the Golden Glory ten-year anniversary show on October 17. It’s hard to imagine that Overeem and his recovering hand would sign up for three fights in less than a month. If we ask ourselves which party is most likely to be knowingly misleading people about what their next event will consist of, we’re probably going to say it’s the same people who made the weird artsy promo video about a wrathful God and the ways in which an island nation might appease Him.
If we’ve learned anything by obsessively following MMA, it’s that a change in fighting surface (http://www.cagepotato.com/picture/6478/dream-is-seriously-switching-to-a-cage--promises-visually-stunning-totally-weird-promo-video/wp/2008/05/ifl_hex) is usually a sign that an organization is in serious trouble. So when we saw this promo video for Dream.12 promising to “appease the wrath of God in rage” by putting their October 25 event in a cage, we got a little worried. For several reasons, really. Never let it be said that the Dream art director is afraid to take risks, but we have to wonder whether the decision to switch to a cage is a) permanent, and b) a sign of desperation.
We also have to wonder what Dream’s basis is for advertising Alistair Overeem (http://wiki.cagepotato.com/index.php/Alistair_Overeem)’s participation. “The Demolition Man” is fighting in K-1 this weekend (http://www.cagepotato.com/alistair-overeem-headed-back-k-1-strikeforce-heavyweight-belt-continues-gather-dust), and then he’s rumored to be going back to Holland for the Golden Glory ten-year anniversary show on October 17. It’s hard to imagine that Overeem and his recovering hand would sign up for three fights in less than a month. If we ask ourselves which party is most likely to be knowingly misleading people about what their next event will consist of, we’re probably going to say it’s the same people who made the weird artsy promo video about a wrathful God and the ways in which an island nation might appease Him.