Are you happy with where MMA is and going?

No, it's aggregating and depressing more than happy. For example, look no further than the Jones vs Stipe/Aspinall situation, it's all complete bullshit. Then you have weak watered down cards time after time again. It's a far cry from just 7 years ago. When people jokingly say the UFC is dying, it's kinda true now. It's not dying but it damn sure isn't as good as it use to be.

The only real bright spot is One Championship imo.
 
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I watch so much MMA so yea I'm rather happy. I can take my Fri-Sun weekend and burn it away on MMA if I have nothing on the docket. It's fucking amazing to sit through near 24 hours of MMA straight.

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Wish more Orgs were given support and love so we could have a more viable playing field for fighters but meh, not really my concern.
 
I like where the fighting is going. The business side I don't like where they're going, priority seems to go toward "barely fans" more and more. Instead of best vs best it's about who espn will push
 
wufabufa said:
The old WEC days on Versus was my preferred time in MMA. Each and every card was a banger, Joe Martinez on the mic, prime Aldo, prime Brittany Palmer.......simpler times. I looked forward to those events just as much as UFC PPVs. Strikeforce, EliteXC, WRV/Sengoku, Affliction, and DREAM were alive and well. MMA was trending up in every metric and the athletes were making good scratch because of the exposure. No USADA? No problem.

This is 100% a case of Rose tinted goggles but if you were around in the late 2000s and early 2010s MMA was pretty special during that period of time. The sport is still intriguing and I still love it but too much bullshit behind the scenes is taking place and many times it feels like a circus more than it ever has.
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The WEC and Strickforce days was a WAY better time to be an MMA fan. One example being the refs actually let dudes fight. Meaning fighters could actually make a comeback from being virtually dead and win. I've seen so many crazy comebacks that just wouldn't happen in today's mma landscape. I miss the shit outta those times.
 
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Poirierfan said:
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These guys man, wmma has more talent than ever in history. I just don't understand where these people come from. Lol
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A lot of people mistake their opinions for facts.

It may well be true that his interest in WMMA is at an all time low.
 
JustOnce said:
The year of 30th UFC anniversary is over. Time flies, especially when it comes to following MMA. It feels like just yesterday when there was this irish kid coming to UFC with nice knock out power with slick angles and precise combos, but that Irish kid is one of the biggest combat sports star of all time now. Back then, watching JMMA early in the morning was a pain in the ass, but no more do we have any orgs worth staying up for. YAMMA pit happened, but now we have even dumber PowerSlap and Bareknuckle.

There are no more PRIDE, WEC, Strikeforce, Affliction, Dream/Sengoku, K-1 Hero’s and so on. Rizin used to be decent with fighters like Jiri, Nemkov, Kape and so on, but you know, if you look at their cards, it’s unfortunate. PFL and ONEFC aren’t much better. Bellator were really the only org that carried the last torch of hope, but they got bought out by PFL this year.

UFC successfully weeded out possibly boring but excellent fighters like Shields, Fitch, Okami, Romero, Mousasi, Bader, Corey, Davis who likely have derailed exciting prospects over the years and selectively brought on board very few elite level wrestlers majority of whom seems to have gone onto Bellator. They are careful in making stars out of someone with lesser skills like O'Malley with favourable match ups all the way to the top, the fighter who would have never in his wildest dreams won the Bellator BW GP. I say this as the only guy who I know that had O'Malley as a better striker on Sherdog than Petr Yan long before that fight happened, and I lived on Sherdog for a long, long time.

Coming into this year, there aren't all that many exciting prospects to look out for. There's no more Bellator, and no more organization left that can hold a candle to UFC. MMA has fully gone mainstream, and I'm not sure if we go back 20 years ago to when first getting into MMA, if it was as mainstream as it is now, I may not have gotten into MMA at all.

I know people tend to error when looking back as if the past has been better. I don't think I am making the same error when I say the past days of MMA that will not be repeated has been the brighter one than MMA now and where it is headed.

It's a pity, but the life goes on.

And who was the genius that worked on this new Sherdog forum design? But I digress.
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Look at all the guys back in early 2000s across pride and ufc that were a big deal then and compare it to now.

There is no comparison IMO, back then was better. Pride also had a way of making everything seem way more special than ufc ever has
 
While there is a lot of content and average skill is greater than ever I find myself barely interested in the sport anymore. I used to look forward for upcoming cards but nowadays I don't even know what's going in the same week.
I don't know... maybe it's not mma, it's me.
 
Humongo said:
While there is a lot of content and average skill is greater than ever I find myself barely interested in the sport anymore. I used to look forward for upcoming cards but nowadays I don't even know what's going in the same week.
I don't know... maybe it's not mma, it's me.
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Too self-aware for Sherdog.
 
Brolypr said:
Well ONE FC is blowing up....and its kicking al lsorts of ass. I hope it keeps getting bigger and gets more exposure
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They won’t be around for too long. From what I’ve read/heard, they are pretty much bankrupt and a bunch of board members have left with more people behind the scenes leaving soon too.
 
wufabufa said:
The old WEC days on Versus was my preferred time in MMA. Each and every card was a banger, Joe Martinez on the mic, prime Aldo, prime Brittany Palmer.......simpler times. I looked forward to those events just as much as UFC PPVs. Strikeforce, EliteXC, WRV/Sengoku, Affliction, and DREAM were alive and well. MMA was trending up in every metric and the athletes were making good scratch because of the exposure. No USADA? No problem.

This is 100% a case of Rose tinted goggles but if you were around in the late 2000s and early 2010s MMA was pretty special during that period of time. The sport is still intriguing and I still love it but too much bullshit behind the scenes is taking place and many times it feels like a circus more than it ever has.
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who knew Ronda would blow up like that?

and I always thought prime Arianny goat
 
chinarice said:
Look at all the guys back in early 2000s across pride and ufc that were a big deal then and compare it to now.

There is no comparison IMO, back then was better. Pride also had a way of making everything seem way more special than ufc ever has
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still mad we never saw Fedor vs Josh bc this dummy pissed hot again
 
JustOnce said:
still mad we never saw Fedor vs Josh bc this dummy pissed hot again
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I hear ya. Barnett is one of my favorite HWs ever and I was rooting for him to beat Fedor but dummy just can't pass PED tests lol
 
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