The Moment the UFC Lost Me

[EdFetish]

Being unable to tell the difference between Frankie Edgar and Tyson whatever his name is lost me

[bigraydaddy111]

@TeenageMutantLesnarTurtle

were accepted as an established sport rather than the young outsider sport it had been before.

This

The mainstream killed it for me

[Gartlin]

To be fair, the crowd behind them seems to be reacting very similarly.

[White347lx]

@Miller

The sport is no longer about who is the best. Its about who can score the most points in a decision.

It’s been that way for quite while but hopefully that white house card was a sign of things to come and they’re motivating fighters to finish fights instead of winning decisions. The sport has evolved from tough guys to athletes to now a lot of “moneyball” type fighters who know how to outpoint opponents over however many rounds. UFC has to make finishing a fight the biggest pay and fighters will chase the money, imo.

[citizen1]

I saw that but ended up thinking they were reacting to what Rogan and the other announcers were doing.

[Larold]

@EdFetish

Tyson whatever his name

Griffen

[FETT_Loadin76_CTT]

when they got rid of these intros lol

UFC 87 Intro

[PeruvianNecktiez]

Rogan has been watching a completely different fight high on DMT since GSP vs Mayhem

[citizen1]

I remember way back how disappointed everyone was when they removed the walk out ramp.

[Sensei_Milla_209TT]

When Greg Jackson changed the primary goal of winning the fight to winning the match

[pendulum]

when chuck shot a takedown on wanderlei to win a decision

[Nakedyoga420]

When they did a Black History spot on Micheal Chandler owning 2 Black kids.

[onepunchJD]

@Sensei_Milla_209TT

When Greg Jackson changed the primary goal of winning the fight to winning the match

I’ve always said, MMA should be more fight than sport.

[MrBean]

Dana and his fake training to fight Tito documentary was pretty cringe.

The Ultimate Fighter ‘reality’ bullshit.

[Homeslice]

@Nakedyoga420

When they did a Black History spot in Micheal Chandler owning 2 Black kids.

LOL “owning”!!!

[liyon]

The Reebok deal was simply how can we enrich ourselves while screwing over the fighters the best we can.

If a union/association wasn’t formed over that, then nothing will.

Then the UFC gets $7.7 billion and still no word on a union/association.

[SmilinLikeRashad]

@AltamateWarrior

When Izzy throws a feint.

That shit was hilarious…Izzy was getting smoked every round and all Joe could talk about was his feints…

[SmilinLikeRashad]

@jlk

Combination of ESPN and when the increased the PPV to 70 bucks.

Plus Reebok

[SmilinLikeRashad]

@Miller

I started watching the UFC when I got a vhs copy of UFC2 from Suncoast. From there i was hooked. I remember calling the UFC hotline for results instead of waiting for black belt magazine. I remember getting Directv specifically for the UFC. Ufc6 was my first and still favorite. I got every mna ppv whether it was battlecade, ufc, Pancrase, k1, shidokan, sabaki challenge, WVC, Contenders,etc. I had every issue of Fighting Sports Newsletter and Full Contact Fighter. At one point I had over 6000 events on tape. I remember when there were only 4 UFC events a year. I remember when there internet went public and you could learn about events like Hook N Shoot from mma forums. I remember thinking I would be a fan forever. I remember seeing Pat Miletich win his first UFC because he was a hero to every Midwest fighter. I remember the Coleman Era, the hype of Young Vitor, Tanks suspension, the Tito era, Chuck’s fight with Noe,Gumby almost beating Frank,etc

Then Zuffa oversaturated the market. I went to prison. I watched the UFC and bellator every week of Fuel and then Fox Sports. I got out on March 19th 2015. I watched the UFC in the halfway house. I would even do extra maintenance work to get to stay up later like painting walls or shampoo carpets. I got out and got cable to see Cruz and Garbrant. I saw Rhonda get kicked in the head. I violated my supervision and went back twice. I got ESPN to watch the UFC. But I wasn’t going to pay for ESPN and another 80 for every ppv. So id watch highlights on YouTube and catch the free replay in two weeks. Then they went to Paramount which I got just for theUFC. But I dont care anymore. Most of these cards are shit. They’re full of foreigners I could not care less about. I didn’t watch it last week. I watched a video of every finish on YouTube. Im not watching tonight’s card either.

I was excited for the last two Gaethe fights. Max and Connor. Maybe a couple more. Im now the guy that watches the really big cards now and dont give a shit about the rest of them. Id rather watch BKFC. The sport is no longer about who is the best. Its about who can score the most points in a decision. Not every fight is Hendo vs Shogun. Most of them look like Shamrock vs Gracie2. We used to tell these guys they just didn’t understand grappling. But i do understand grappling. I enjoy it. But it’s not exciting to watch. Its like watching Golf, bowling tennis and spelling bees. Those are interesting if that’s your sport, but if it’s not it’s just fucking boring. Mma these days is oversaturated and boring.

You had FuelTV and Fox Sports 1 in prison?

[ReedRothchild]

The fighters in the fight kits look like a police line up