Is that the one with the overdramatic acting?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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 don’t, personally

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

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.

I like the sport but hate the fans. One of the main things improved by covid.

I would never pay a cent to watch it. I’m perfectly fine not watching it.

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

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.