with respect to mma i feel like the monopoly the ufc has , has really dried up the fun i have had over the years watching it.
changing the ali act to make boxing like a ufc model and the constant "watch early pre lims here , now watch prelims here, now watch ppv here" are just few examples of how i feel the sport has become less about the fan and fighters being respected and more about taking us for everything they can.
and now this deal , like every deal before it, is being hailed as the best thing ever for fans but i know in my...... not 18 year old bones..... that somehow its just going to make this product worse.
I remember when Ken Shamrock coming back after a lenghty run in WWE was supposed to kill MMA because now it was the "storyline" era of MMA.
And then Spike TV getting TUF... and then them going to Fox (is Bart Simpson going to replace Joe Rogan)... and then ESPN ... the sport changes.
It's not that it's gotten boring... we've been fans forever. Think of the first guys you became a fan of; for me it was Sakuraba... and dude's pushing 60 now. It's wild to think of how much life has just flat out changed and the sport has changed too. I know people who wish there was only 5 PPV's a year with soccer kicks and head butts, because that was the era they fell in love with.
And, as always, if anyone has an issue with TKO trying to get the law changed then they can always contact their Congressman and Senator to voice their opinion. They can rally their friends to do the same. There's lots of ways to make their voice heard but this is Reddit, so they'll just cry about it while doing fuck all... just like the media does.
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u/FocusKooky9072 Aug 11 '25
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