what would sherdoggers consider the golden age of the ufc?

[SeattleFightFan]

agreed. i was also trying to pinpoint the exact time when they the increased frequency of events but each event was so watered down or fighters started to pull out due to injuries that it was no longer as exciting to have a huge card come up that people were counting down for.

watering down started in TUF. it went from ~12/yr --> ~24/yr --> 32/yr --> 40/yr --> 45/yr in about 5 years, if i remember correctly (too lazy to do a simple wiki search & basic arithmetic)

i think 2012 was the year most famous for injuries cancelling fights.

 

[esum80]

watering down started in TUF. it went from ~12/yr --> ~24/yr --> 32/yr --> 40/yr --> 45/yr in about 5 years, if i remember correctly (too lazy to do a simple wiki search & basic arithmetic)

i think 2012 was the year most famous for injuries cancelling fights.

1993 - 1 event (obvs....UFC 1)
1994 - 3
1995 - 4
1996 - 5
1997 - 5
1998 - 3
1999 - 6
2000 - 6
2001 - 5
2002 - 7
2003 - 5
2004 - 5
2005 - 10 (2 FN, 2 TUF finales)
2006 - 18 (6 FN, 2 TUF)
2007 - 19 (4 FN, 2 TUF)
2008 - 20 (5 FN, 2 TUF)
2009 - 20 (3 FN, 2 TUF)
2010 - 24 (5 FN/Live/Versus, 2 TUF)
2011 - 27 (8 FN/Fox/Versus, 2 TUF)
2012 - 32* (16 FN/Fox/Versus, 2 TUF) * - 1 cancelled, Jones refused to fight Sonnen at UFC 151
2013 - 33 (18 FN/Fox/Fuel/Versus, 2 TUF)
2014 - 46* (32 FN/Fox, 2 TUF) * - 1 cancelled, Aldo pulled out because of injury at UFC 176
2015 - 41 (26 FN/Fox, 2 TUF)
2016 - 41* (26 FN/Fox, 2 TUF) * - 1 cancelled, BJ pulled out because of injury for FN Lamas vs. Penn
2017 - 30 took place so far (20 FN/Fox, 1 TUF); 9 (5 FN/Fox, 1 TUF) more events scheduled from November to December

 

[SeattleFightFan]

1993 - 1 event (obvs....UFC 1)
1994 - 3
1995 - 4
1996 - 5
1997 - 5
1998 - 3
1999 - 6
2000 - 6
2001 - 5
2002 - 7
2003 - 5
2004 - 5
2005 - 10 (2 FN, 2 TUF finales)
2006 - 18 (6 FN, 2 TUF)
2007 - 19 (4 FN, 2 TUF)
2008 - 20 (5 FN, 2 TUF)
2009 - 20 (3 FN, 2 TUF)
2010 - 24 (5 FN/Live/Versus, 2 TUF)
2011 - 27 (8 FN/Fox/Versus, 2 TUF)
2012 - 32* (16 FN/Fox/Versus, 2 TUF) * - 1 cancelled, Jones refused to fight Sonnen at UFC 151
2013 - 33 (18 FN/Fox/Fuel/Versus, 2 TUF)
2014 - 46* (32 FN/Fox, 2 TUF) * - 1 cancelled, Aldo pulled out because of injury at UFC 176
2015 - 41 (26 FN/Fox, 2 TUF)
2016 - 41* (26 FN/Fox, 2 TUF) * - 1 cancelled, BJ pulled out because of injury for FN Lamas vs. Penn
2017 - 30 took place so far (20 FN/Fox, 1 TUF); 9 (5 FN/Fox, 1 TUF) more events scheduled from November to December

well, i was way fucking off lol nice work. i didn't think they held so steady from 2006-2009.

 

[esum80]

well, i was way fucking off lol nice work

lol. i looked them up on wikipedia. i hope the numbers are complete.

 

[Chomsky Honk]

My favorite times was like 09 era but honestly it might just be that high school nostalgia cause I think MMA is pretty cool right now

 

[chubbman]

ufc 1-14, when it was still pure.

 

[esum80]

watering down started in TUF. it went from ~12/yr --> ~24/yr --> 32/yr --> 40/yr --> 45/yr in about 5 years, if i remember correctly (too lazy to do a simple wiki search & basic arithmetic)

i think 2012 was the year most famous for injuries cancelling fights.

right, 2012 was the year that jon jones forced dana to cancel a PPV when he refused to fight sonnen after hendo got injured.

 

[TheAmericanGazelle]

Out of those options, the post-pride period for me

When GSP, Anderson, and BJ were all at the top of their game, with what we thought would be the Cain/JDS era of HWs...plus Brock.

Good times.

 

[esum80]

Out of those options, the post-pride period for me

When GSP, Anderson, and BJ were all at the top of their game, with what we thought would be the Cain/JDS era of HWs...plus Brock.

Good times.

that was definitely an exciting time and for most people, their favourite period. that was also probably when zuffa picked up steam and started adding more events per year so a lot more people started watching. but i think the dawn of the casuals happened around the intro of wmma with the hype surronding ronda. mcgregor's surge in popularity that time brought in new fans and even more casuals.

 

[orca]

2008-2009 the machida era

 

[UhHuhSure]

Dark Ages for me

 

[Clear Winner]

2006 to 2013. So many great fights and fighters fought who they were told to.

 

[Mask Of Winters]

Pre-Conor.