# UFC 68 from Columbus, OH **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 4, 2007, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ufc-68-from-columbus-oh/394503 "2007-03-04T03:15:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ufc-68-from-columbus-oh/394503/21 "2007-03-05T17:08:13Z")
I was pulling for Randy and I thought he had a shot, but not the upper hand; I would have called it about 60% to 40% for Sylvia. I was very pleasantly surprised. He looked great, really avoided strikes well. Babalu’s loss surprised and disappointed me, too. I like Franklin and was glad to see him looking more like the Franklin we know. What really pissed me off, though, was the crowd booing the Hughes/Lytle fight. Lytle was a huge underdog and fought a close fight against one of the toughest fighters in the UFC for what could have been the fight that knocked him out of the league. He fought a great fight and had nothing to be ashamed of. Booing fans always piss me off. Get _your_ beered-up out of shape ass out there and try it and tell me if you feel like booing! ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ufc-68-from-columbus-oh/394503/22 "2007-03-05T17:21:18Z")
[QUOTE=pravnik] What really pissed me off, though, was the crowd booing the Hughes/Lytle fight. Lytle was a huge underdog and fought a close fight against one of the toughest fighters in the UFC for what could have been the fight that knocked him out of the league. He fought a great fight and had nothing to be ashamed of. Booing fans always piss me off. Get _your_ beered-up out of shape ass out there and try it and tell me if you feel like booing! [/QUOTE] I agree. Booing is almost never called for. The only cases I can think of are Sylvia/Monson when BJM had to stop them in the 5th round and say something like “Remember guys, you’re in a fight here” and one other heavyweight snoozefest - I think it was Gabriel Gonzaga Vs. Kevin Jordan but it’s hard to recall because it put me so quickly and soundly to sleep. Even in those cases I probably would not personally boo but I can understand other people doing it. I think booing should be reserved for things like extremely bad judges or ref decisions and egregiously poor sportsmanship (such as Saturday night when the Walrus said, “I thought I could fight with an injury but I guess I couldn’t.”) ---
**Author:** ![Burrido](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Burrido](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Burrido)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ufc-68-from-columbus-oh/394503/23 "2007-03-05T20:36:53Z")
Booing is one of the problems I have with UFC and hence why I don’t watch it generally. I haven’t seen all of Pride/K1 matches, but the ones I’ve seen there is no booing (I’m sure someone will prove me wrong however). In a recent K1 GP match a fighter almost fell out of the ring and was pulled back in by his rival. The crowd applauded. Of course, there’s not much UFC can do about the behavior. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ufc-68-from-columbus-oh/394503/24 "2007-03-05T21:51:56Z")
[QUOTE=Burrido] I haven’t seen all of Pride/K1 matches, but the ones I’ve seen there is no booing (I’m sure someone will prove me wrong however) [/QUOTE] Japanese fans generally do not boo. Booing can be heard when the Pride events take place in the US, though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ufc-68-from-columbus-oh/394503.md?page=1)