UFC 100 Making History
Medium: DVD, Blu-Ray Disc
Release Date: October 20, 2009, Original Airdate July 11, 2009
UFC 100 marked a landmark for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, marking the hundredth pay-per-view extravaganza.  In order to get the biggest buzz for the event, UFC placed two title fights, Brock Lesnar Vs. Frank Mir (Heavyweight) and George St. Pierre Vs. Thiago Alvez (Welterweight), and a grudge match between two the coaches from the last The Ultimate Fighter - Team US Vs. Team UK (Dan Henderson Vs. Michael Bisping), where the UK swept the US team.  The pay-per-view itself was very exciting to watch, and when I found out that the event was getting Blu-ray love, I immediate went for it.  What I got…was not quite what I remembered.
The phrase above is meant both positively and negatively. First off, we get the preliminary fights that were not aired on the pay-per-view.  These six fights were actually fantastic, with a few quick wins and a couple of fights that went almost all three rounds.  It also answered the question, “Where’d all the blood come from?” as the canvas was fairly crimson by the time the first televised fight of the night started.  The Blu-ray disc also has an exclusive feature for those who own one of Apple’s multi-purpose devices (this doesn’t come on the DVD version).  However, since I do not own an Apple Game System or an Apple Game System Plus Phone, I could not test this feature.  The picture is very crisp, just the way I remember it on the high definition pay-per-view that I overpaid for.  So in terms of the content and the picture, I like the disc.
However, I don’t like the presentation of the disc-based version.  I’m not a big fan of cutting out the whole experience, and after watching the fights on Blu-ray, having seen the live show, I’m sure I’m missing something.  The biggest difference was the Jon Fitch/Paulo Thiago fight, which took place at the END of the pay-per-view, but was placed as the fight after the Adam Belcher/Yoshihiro Akiyama bout on the disc.  I also found it odd that most of the fights didn’t even have their entrances.  When it did show the fighters’ entrances, the music was overlayed with what sounded like in-house recorded rock music, even though you could hear the music actually played in the arena if you listen closely.  This may be due to copyright issues, but I would think an organization like UFC would be able to negotiate SOMETHING.  Some of the interviews are also edit-hacked, to the point where it’s way too obvious that something was cut.  Now I know about Brock Lesnar’s jab at Anheuser-Busch, and that doesn’t sit well with advertising, but other interviews were hacked just as equally.