I was thinking of starting a thread on the effects of the visual aspect/physique/image on the perception of fighters by the fans and even other fighters and the criticism they receive even for miniscule
"imperfections" on their bodies. I could understand that in areas like modelling where your looks are the basic asset (even though my personal opinion differs) but in fighting? Anyone that has trained at any
level or even just watched fighting has probably seen many fighters possess skills and conditioning without looking the part at all and well-built guys that can't even take a punch in training. Yet this mindset
is still very widespread and the "look" of fighters is talked about like a measure of their worth among "fans" that should have a basic understanding and even by other fighters that should obviously know better.
Could go on about why this might be happening but it would not be something to talk about on the Internet, on a MMA forum.
"imperfections" on their bodies. I could understand that in areas like modelling where your looks are the basic asset (even though my personal opinion differs) but in fighting? Anyone that has trained at any
level or even just watched fighting has probably seen many fighters possess skills and conditioning without looking the part at all and well-built guys that can't even take a punch in training. Yet this mindset
is still very widespread and the "look" of fighters is talked about like a measure of their worth among "fans" that should have a basic understanding and even by other fighters that should obviously know better.
Could go on about why this might be happening but it would not be something to talk about on the Internet, on a MMA forum.