How do you feel about MMA as a sport and the UFC as a company?

My friends and I used to watch the PPVs when we were actively doing Brazilian Jujutsu. But at some point it felt like it transitioned into WWE and less about watching a really good martial arts.

I like the JiuJitsu but there's plenty of competition for that without the repeated concussive trauma of striking. I don't like seeing people getting concussion for sport.

I'd agree jujitsu can be fun to watch, but really only if you know what you're looking at. You see a punch land you know damage just occurred, the untrained eye sees a wrist/arm in the wrong place has no idea how close a sub may be. I hear you on the concussion aspect and it is an unfortunate reality of the sport. I wish more money was being spent on research into CTE and treatments.

I don't see the appeal of watching two guys beat each other up. But if it keeps them from raping and pillaging then I guess knock yourselves out.

Is that the one with the overdramatic acting?

No, thats soccer and basketball.

The UFC is in bed with inhuman American right-wing imperialists but MMA is cool af, and perhaps the only sport my hyperactive and inattentive brain can watch without getting bored 3 mins in, lol.

Yeah I'd agree with both parts of that haha. Unfortunately most organizations have had shitty ties in the past. Whether that be to corruption, organized crime or our current president.

I appreciate the skill/technicalities of the sport and that it’s not simply two people beating each other up. However, there’s a pretty large chunk of fans that are basically toxic masculinity and incels. And the UFC organization is shitty.

I agree.

I side-eye vocal fans of UFC like I do owners of pit bulls. I see a strong correlation between UFC fans and assholes with warped machismo. Many are delightful, but there's an overrepresentation of not-delightful and potentially dangerous with no regard for other people. My guard is up until I know which a person is.

The most annoying part about that is those shit heads are usually casual fans who cant name more than 3 or 4 fighters. I hear you though.

MMA's had a great impact on traditional martial arts. It made people think about what to do if you come across a grappler, and specifically a ground-fighting specialist. Previously, among the major TMAs only judo really thought about it. The dishonest dojos will say something like: I just won't let them get that close. Which is BS. The more honest dojos will say something like: that's not really our focus, but we sometimes have a visitor do a seminar on that.

Plus, didn't it reveal taichi to be a load of bollocks? Or was that some other martial art?
- It unmasked a ton of charlatans in the martial arts space.

Dana White is a pile of shit, with that said. MMA is awesome.

Pretty spot on my guy.

I don't, personally

Nice

Is that a typo? Do you mean MMOs? I love World of Warcraft personally.

Never got into MMOs I'm a single player rpg boy.
- This is the way
- No worries! When I pay MMOs, it's pretty much single player anyway.
- Then you want star wars the old Republic. Assuming it's still a thing.

I'm old enough to remember the days of Royce Gracie and Ken Shamrock. I liked UFC back then. But then somewhere along the way, it changed. It changed into who was the most entertaining fighter instead of who was the most skilled. Sure, some of those early fights weren't were chess matches, but that was the sport. The fighters today still have skill, don't get me wrong. The fans have also changed...I mean booing two jiu jitsu fighters in a bold is just weird and disrespectful to me. I wonder how many fighters don't make it in the UFC just because they're "boring."

I don't care for it now. I haven't watched it in many years. I think Frank Mir was the last fighter I really followed. I've tried watching Pride, but it's been hard for me to find.

I understand the appeal, even though it doesn't appeal to me. As a business it's pure marketing genius. That dude took it from a shunned nothing to the entertainment money printing apparatus that it is now. Which makes me even less interested. I don't hate popular things for being popular. But that tier of money printing makes everyone at or near the top an evil asshole.

Dana definitely is a terrible guy and the best promoter of all time.

other the barbaric nonsense, I have no input. this applies to all sports when watching them as 'entertainment'

participating in sports is a different thing altogether.

I don't really get what you mean.
- watching sports and cheering for 'sides' is barbaric and not worth the time. the countless riots over winning, or losing also backs up my claims

I don't watch so I have no options on the matter.

Sweet