I have read this entire thread and would like to weigh in as a producer. Now as many of you know BaeFight is much more known for our scripted fights, that's what 95% of our films are. Probably 4% are competitive wrestling (it's real but has many rules, the baes win by pinning or submitting with leg scissors; it looks a lot like unskilled high school wrestling), and 1% real catfights.
I also want to say that I am a fan of combat sports--I wrote a thesis paper in college on boxing. I watched the first 15 or so UFC's live and even attended one of their single digit events.
BaeFight is a bit over 4 years old. For real fights, we produced Gia Love vs Vanessa, Paris vs Alexa Brooke, and just last week Scarlett vs Anastasia. Next week we will be putting on Gia Love vs Kilo.
As a producer, there is only so much we have control over. The matchup, of course, the rules, and attire; though all this also requires great input from the fighters.
I'm always taken aback when I get questions like, "Will they strip each other? Will they twist nipples?" and so forth. My answer is, "I have no idea. It's a real fight." I mean, sometimes you pay your money and get Ali-Frazier (a classic), sometimes it's Tyson-Spinks (a 91 second knockout), and sometimes it's Tyson-Bonecrusher Smith (a snooze fest). Point is, (and I'm sorry, I know those references are quite dated, lol) it's real and anyone would be remiss were they to say in advance what will happen.
That is, of course, if it is actually real and not fixed and fixed doesn't necessarily mean scripted or pre-determined who wins. Fixed can be simply someone is encouraging the participants to do something in particular, like strip their opponent or to be sure to grab her pussy, whatever it may be. Some producers, I believe do coach the girls to do certain things.
At BaeFight, we do not. We encourage them to fight hard and try to win. It is also important to note that nobody wants anyone to be injured, their safety is in each other's hands. Even when there is animosity between the two, they must not cross the line from trying to get a submission to trying to injure. Fight hard and try to win.
I take this very seriously. All of it. Starting with the matchup. Our first two, we got right. Both were good, competitive matches. Last week's was not. One of the fighters had never worked with us. She was referred to us by a fighter that we have great respect for. This girl talked the talk and we bought it, thinking that as the sizes of the two were perfect and they were both talking a great game, that the fight would be fair. It was not. Anastasia was clearly no match for Scarlett. Doing scripted matches does give you great insight as to who would be good in a real fight or not. Some have great instincts and others have no clue. Had we shot a fake match with Anastasia, we'd have realized she had no clue. Scarlett, on the other hand is a real fighter.
That fight was hard to watch and I have to admit, we considered stopping it. Anastasia was so brave and wouldn't submit despite getting pummeled. Every time we asked her, she wanted to keep going. She said she felt if she didn't submit, she could win. This made Scarlett, who I believe realized right away the mismatch and sort of took it a bit easy in the 1st round, to go even harder as she was determined to win the prize money. As we went to the 3rd round at 0-0, Scarlett made sure she beat at least one submission out of Anastasia.
For Monday's fight, Gia vs Kilo, I believe we will have a great fight. Gia is bigger and is experienced in this type of catfighting. Kilo is taller, strong, and fit. She is also a street fighter, she has had numerous fights. From her scripted ones, it's clear she knows what she's doing. I truly think this will be a crazy good fight. But it might not be, who knows? All I can guarantee is that it will be real.
I guess I got a little off topic there but as a producer, there are so many things to think of. We have done so few because they are so hard to put on. It's a very scary thing. Number one will always be safety. Fortunately we have not had any that got out of hand. Hopefully that will remain the case and we will always see the fight go the full-time.
For me, what I don't like, is if a real one simply isn't real. If the fighters don't give full effort from the start. I mean, they may quickly realize they're over their head and that changes everything. But what I want is effort, try to win. Sure things like someone talking or coaching can be annoying though I know we did a bit last fight, letting Anastasia know that she could tap out anytime, maybe even encouraging her to do so. But if a fight is short, if neither can win (due to an even matchup and not that they aren't trying hard), if they don't end up naked, or particular holds or moves aren't used--none of that bothers me as longs it's a real, honest effort. That's the beauty of a fight, it is unpredictable. You should never know what you're about to get. Sure, you may have a great idea of who will win but it is simply the idea that you just don't know what will happen that makes watching a fight so exciting for me.
Sorry to be so long winded and I'm not even sure I said what I had set out to say, lol. Thanks for your time.
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