they literally try to beat other dudes out cold for money. they aint good and we are even worse for being fans of it. We're all deplorable TBH, this crap is too sanitized nowadays. Get rid of all these normie fans and bring back the just bleed guy. Let's all just agree to be scumbags. It suits us well
Great Text (as always). This shift towards even more bad behavior, may it be for show or because fighters are just assholes in general nowadays (widespread Qanon idiocy and so on makes me question the show aspect) is what made it really hard for me to root for anyone anymore and has led me to stop watching MMA altogether. Sure as you said in the text it was always a tendency but in my feeling Fighters, back when I was a self described hardcore Fan, were whacky or out there and sometimes intimidating, but in general seemed like good people (ok you had your Joe Sons and so on but you get my meaning) . Now they turned the volume button from brash or cocky to all around asshole and that’s not for me. One could say if this makes me leave behind a whole sport, says something about my love for MMA in general, but for me it was always rooting for someone (and then maybe switching mid fight), which has been made hard by the UFC especially since they got so many fighters and events you have to keep up with. And if those you do recognize come out with stuff like the shit Colby says (or the once beloved Gina Carano) it’s hard to cheer for idiots like this, he’ll even to cheer agains them.
I definitely think that's a reasonable position. It's hard to invest emotional energy into something when you secretly suspect all the people involved are wretches.
I think there are two things going on:
1. Fight culture is awash with conspiracies and rugged individualists who don't think about the world the same way a typical person does.
2. Too many people are trying to do a Conor or Chael impression to make money.
There's also ubiquitous social media, meaning we see a lot more of the Colby Covingtons on a daily basis than we ever did GSP or Don Frye.
they literally try to beat other dudes out cold for money. they aint good and we are even worse for being fans of it. We're all deplorable TBH, this crap is too sanitized nowadays. Get rid of all these normie fans and bring back the just bleed guy. Let's all just agree to be scumbags. It suits us well
Great Text (as always). This shift towards even more bad behavior, may it be for show or because fighters are just assholes in general nowadays (widespread Qanon idiocy and so on makes me question the show aspect) is what made it really hard for me to root for anyone anymore and has led me to stop watching MMA altogether. Sure as you said in the text it was always a tendency but in my feeling Fighters, back when I was a self described hardcore Fan, were whacky or out there and sometimes intimidating, but in general seemed like good people (ok you had your Joe Sons and so on but you get my meaning) . Now they turned the volume button from brash or cocky to all around asshole and that’s not for me. One could say if this makes me leave behind a whole sport, says something about my love for MMA in general, but for me it was always rooting for someone (and then maybe switching mid fight), which has been made hard by the UFC especially since they got so many fighters and events you have to keep up with. And if those you do recognize come out with stuff like the shit Colby says (or the once beloved Gina Carano) it’s hard to cheer for idiots like this, he’ll even to cheer agains them.
But maybe that’s just me.
I definitely think that's a reasonable position. It's hard to invest emotional energy into something when you secretly suspect all the people involved are wretches.
I think there are two things going on:
1. Fight culture is awash with conspiracies and rugged individualists who don't think about the world the same way a typical person does.
2. Too many people are trying to do a Conor or Chael impression to make money.
There's also ubiquitous social media, meaning we see a lot more of the Colby Covingtons on a daily basis than we ever did GSP or Don Frye.