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in the past, there would be one event every 2 months with usually a title fight every event with probably your first generation of favorite fighters on the card (remember, everyones first favorite is their most favorite, and once those fighters retire, its not as easy to get behind new fighters). Everyone would get together to watch that event, and the PPV numbers would be huge, and everyone would be talking about it for months leading up to it.
Now there is an event basically every other week, sometimes weekly. There is a huge amount of MMA/UFC available now. It has sort of crossed over into the realm of regular sports, for example, you don't watch every single hockey game for every team every night, you just watch the games/teams you can/follow.
It has definitely declined from when I used to get 15-20 people at my place every event, and 10 of them didnt even follow MMA/UFC, they were just there because it was the thing to do. But the other 5 guys, we still get together to watch the PPVs and FOX cards. We just don't usually watch the Fight Night events anymore as I don't have time to follow/care about 600+ fighters.
Maybe it's part of growing up abit too. We used to go out to a bar for most of the Canuck games, and throw a party for any reason we could come up with. That doesn't happen anymore either
Yeah it's pretty much the same for me, me and my buddies will still get together for the big fights, but for the fight nights and crappy ppv's I'll just usually read the results later unless there's a fight I really wanted to see. Posted via RS Mobile
as well PVR it if its free and if you find out the card sucked u can just delete it. Times and things have changed for a lot of the people that started watching it from the beginning.
Besides over exposure and watered down cards, I think the ufc is losing the casual fan. The first time I heard "fans" booing because fighters were trying to win by points I knew mma had already peaked and was on the decline. A true mma fan would appreciate all the little things in a fight like positioning and strategy, not just a vicious ko. Posted via RS Mobile
Besides over exposure and watered down cards, I think the ufc is losing the casual fan. The first time I heard "fans" booing because fighters were trying to win by points I knew mma had already peaked and was on the decline. A true mma fan would appreciate all the little things in a fight like positioning and strategy, not just a vicious ko. Posted via RS Mobile
Thissssssss. I get together with my bro and maybe 5 friends. Order some pizza drink some beers and enjoy the once a month big fights. When I heard all the booing for them doing grappling moves and it being "boring" I was very disappointed. If you wants to watch guys constantly punch each other, watch boxing. I love seeing all the different art styles go against each other (and yes I consider it an art form) Posted via RS Mobile
i still watch the events, but not TUF... the last two TUF seaons i watched was evans/rampage and jones/sonnen...
i appreciate the technique in MMA, i like watching grappling and submission attempts...i have to admit what i really hate though is lay and pray (example bader). that's why i love seeing bader get KTFO
i agree with murd0c. if we can somehow remove the playboy pics and keep the old thread that would be ideal
and i still watch the same amount of mma as b4 but i do notice less and less activity in the rs thread if that can be used as any indication of the decline y'all are talking about