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UFC question for avid and causal followers
Posted on 1/18/16 at 9:00 pm
Posted on 1/18/16 at 9:00 pm
For the keenly enthusiastic and passionate fans, when did you get into the sport and how do you feel it is these days compared to, let's say, 2006-2009 or so.
For the casual followers, were you ever an avid fan and simply lost interest, or you've always watched the sport from a distance?
For the casual followers, were you ever an avid fan and simply lost interest, or you've always watched the sport from a distance?
Posted on 1/18/16 at 9:03 pm to Paul Allen
Hated it. Never watched a fight...got invited to my brothers for the Weidman/Silva first fight and everyone was talking about Silva being the greatest this and that.. Needless to say when the upset happened I got hooked. Been watching it since.
Posted on 1/18/16 at 9:07 pm to Paul Allen
Injuries killed it for me. It got to the point where I couldn't get excited about a card because I knew it would look totally different come fight night
Posted on 1/18/16 at 9:08 pm to Paul Allen
About a decade strong now (watching just about every event). The sport is still very raw. Crazy how much more athletic & well-rounded the fighters will be in 20 years from now. Completely different athletes will fill-out the UFC's roster. Sport will only get better with each passing year, as long as they don't pussy up the sport anymore like they continue to do in football.
Posted on 1/18/16 at 9:10 pm to Paul Allen
Used to be a huge fan. Watched every event and rented old MMA tapes. Kind of lost interest.
Posted on 1/18/16 at 9:11 pm to UFownstSECsince1950
Greg Jackson with all his lay and pray fighters was a huge blow for me as well
Posted on 1/18/16 at 9:12 pm to Paul Allen
I used to watch a great deal. It seems like there was more big name guys a few years ago. Tito, Chuck, Rampage. I loved watching all those guys. Haven't been really excited the last few years
Posted on 1/18/16 at 9:14 pm to UFownstSECsince1950
My peak was Evans vs Machida UFC 98 back in 2009. What got me into the sport was UFC 60, Matt Hughes vs Gracie. I have lost interest every year after UFC 98.
Posted on 1/18/16 at 9:15 pm to Paul Allen
I watched it when Chuck Liddell, etc were popular. Seems like after those guys left, it was just two dudes rolling on the ground. Lost interest in it.
Posted on 1/18/16 at 9:16 pm to UncleBlazer
Like who?
Other than Guida or older GSP (not sure when GSP trained with Jackson exactly). Majority of Jackson trained fighters are stand-up strikers/brawlers/knockout artists (Leonard Garcia, Cowboy, Cub, Arlovski, Rashad, JJ, Holm, Dodson, Overeem, etc.
Other than Guida or older GSP (not sure when GSP trained with Jackson exactly). Majority of Jackson trained fighters are stand-up strikers/brawlers/knockout artists (Leonard Garcia, Cowboy, Cub, Arlovski, Rashad, JJ, Holm, Dodson, Overeem, etc.
Posted on 1/18/16 at 9:29 pm to UFownstSECsince1950
Rashad is a collegiate wrestler and cowboy and cub started in BJJ. Which is Jackson's expertise! But stand up sells...So he adapted his training.. Best trainer in MMA! Him and Winkle John
Don't forget Jackson discovered John jones and Diego Sanchez.
Don't forget Jackson discovered John jones and Diego Sanchez.
Posted on 1/18/16 at 9:31 pm to Paul Allen
I got into it after I watched Chuck Lidell make Tito Ortiz his bitch the first time. Then the second time, then the third time
Posted on 1/18/16 at 9:37 pm to Paul Allen
quote:pretty sure cowboy started in kickboxing or Muay Thai. But my point remains, which Jackson fighters were boring lay n pray guys? Majority of his fighters are exciting stand-up strikers, even if their background was wrestling (i.e.: Jon Jones, Rashad Evans, John Dodson, etc).
cowboy and cub started in BJJ.
Posted on 1/18/16 at 10:20 pm to Byron Bojangles III
What's the 3rd time? A half season of the ultimate fighter?
Posted on 1/18/16 at 10:23 pm to Paul Allen
quote:Link to what?
Link?
That he started in kickboxing? Check out his Wikipedia and UFC pages.
This post was edited on 1/18/16 at 10:26 pm
Posted on 1/18/16 at 10:28 pm to Paul Allen
I got into pankration when I met a crew in Kansas City through wrestling that were training and putting on fights. We put on a ton of boxing/MMA/toughman/wrestling/pankration shows through KS/MO/AR/OK/NE and a few small ones in Colorado and Texas through affiliates. It was wildcatting days back then and not much regulation. I completely lost all interest in the UFC when I saw Ortiz/Griffin in what was a complete work. That was a fixed fight and I've never cared to watch anything Ortiz or Griffin have been involved in since.
I hated the super-juiced era of MMA, the fights were ridiculous and it felt nasty. Didn't like the undue punishment it seemed every knockout had. I started casually getting back into it about this time 3 years back and if I'm being honest the promos around McGregor/Holloway after the Brimage KO intrigued me and McGregor captivated me and I just started watching everything.
The in-game threads on here also helped pull me in and now I'm crazy hooked.
I'm probably going to be locked in for life now. UFC 200 and typically the big July cards are on the weekend around my birthday so that looks to become a tradition now.
I hated the super-juiced era of MMA, the fights were ridiculous and it felt nasty. Didn't like the undue punishment it seemed every knockout had. I started casually getting back into it about this time 3 years back and if I'm being honest the promos around McGregor/Holloway after the Brimage KO intrigued me and McGregor captivated me and I just started watching everything.
The in-game threads on here also helped pull me in and now I'm crazy hooked.
I'm probably going to be locked in for life now. UFC 200 and typically the big July cards are on the weekend around my birthday so that looks to become a tradition now.
Posted on 1/18/16 at 10:29 pm to StrongBackWeakMind
I used to watch it all the time in 2007-2009. Now, I hardly ever watch it. There are just to many water down events happening all the time. I just check their website when I think about it to see who won past events.
Posted on 1/19/16 at 7:00 am to Paul Allen
I was very into it circa 2007. I became a casual follower after getting married. I am at the point of not following any more if there is foxy boxing on the card. Women fights are pathetic to watch
Posted on 1/19/16 at 8:04 am to Paul Allen
quote:
My peak was Evans vs Machida UFC 98 back in 2009.
I think I fought on that card
I watched the early UFCs like many people from rentals at the video store
UFC 34 Hughes vs Newton when Hughes first won the title was the day I was sitting there watching and told my brother that I was going to do that. From then until 2010 I was a huge follower. Since 2010 I kinda slacked some, but of course still watch more than a casual fan. Just wouldn't consider myself a fanatic
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