"Someone should make a UFC/MMA thread"

[Raistlin]

So a couple of years ago, I was talking to this guy. I don't want to give you his real name so he won't be embarrassed, but let's call him "DK." Now DK was extremely retarded. Seriously, the guy could barely dress himself and constantly was coming out of his room wearing shirts as pants. And he hated the UFC and Mixed Martial Arts in general (completely unrelated, of course). He yelled about how "gay" and boring it was for one guy to hump the other guy on the ground for 15 minutes (paraphrasing). I argued with him a bit, but it soon became evident that talking with a mentally disabled person was pointless.

But then, earlier this summer, I happen to be talking to this DK fellow again, and he told me to get a game called UFC Undisputed and how much he'd been watching UFC lately. "What the hell," I ask, "you hate the UFC!" His response was "no way, man, UFC is totally awesome!" I realized that DK had been watching it very regularly for the past while. His mental affliction had mysteriously gone away as well.

This story is simply to segue into the question: Do you watch UFC/MMA? Discuss other related things: favorite fighter, fight, style of fighting, etc.

[SomethingBig]

I was once a wussy boy who wore thick glasses, had buck teeth, and put pens in my shirt pocket. But then I started watching UFC and I became a REAL man!

I've only actually seen a few fights. My brother's way into it and we watched a PPV for his birthday a few weeks ago. It was where Brock Lesnar dominated some guy to retain the title. I also saw Kimbo Slice's laughable 15 second loss to Seth Petruzelli. If had the time, I'd definitely watch more of it.

[DK]

If you're gonna blame anyone, blame Rashad Evans. My first dealings with the UFC where back when Rashad didn't know jack and did Lay and Pray for 15 minutes on people because he didn't know how to do anything else. It was the most boring and awful crap ever. If someone had shown me Wanderlei Silva stomping on peoples faces in Pride I probably would have liked it a whole lot more.

anyway I would like to rave moar but busy playing Fallout 3 so yeah. Just like to say I'm already preparing to mourn for Randy Couture, 'cause Big Nog is gonna kill him.

[Raistlin]

You know I love you, Dan.

It was where Brock Lesnar dominated some guy to retain the title.

Brock Lesnar is a huge scary beast.

Anyway, not really anymore, but I used to like Matt Hughes a lot, but only because Hughes vs. Trigg #2, which I saw when I was first getting into UFC, was ridiculously amazing. Seriously, biggest comeback I've ever seen in a fight. I still do love watching GSP, because he's probably the best athlete I've ever seen in MMA. All of the typical stand-up fighters are generally entertaining as well (Lesnar, Liddell, etc.).

[krissy]

i think it kind of fell apart for me when i realized st. pierre had his own line of t-shirts
like who in k1 has their own t shirts

edit: to be fair i will watch it at a bar if im there an it's on

[Raistlin]

i think it kind of fell apart for me when i realized st. pierre had his own line of t-shirts
like who in k1 has their own t shirts

I'm pretty sure that every major figure in UFC has t-shirts and 9804385043 sponsors and all sorts of crap. And UFC is now more popular than K1 ever was, I'm pretty sure.

[krissy]

i watched an interview with the ceo and he seems like a cool guy
definitely smarter than what you'd expect a fighting thing ceo to be
his story of 'the rise to power' was pretty cool

ok i looked it up

YouTube - Dana White on The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos

[theundeadhero]

Watching how akward and unbalanced the first few UFC fights were amuses me. It also amuses me to remember how I got knocked unconscious in the second round of my Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu clench test and unconsciously held conversations

[DK]

k so if you can get ahold of UFC 102 do it, not even over yet but it is worth it for Nate Marquardt knocking Maia out. that was god damn brutal as .

[Psychotic]

Hahahahaha Nate smurfing killed him. It was hilarious.

[Ouch!]

I've seen a few fights. That gets brutal.

[Raistlin]

k so if you can get ahold of UFC 102 do it, not even over yet but it is worth it for Nate Marquardt knocking Maia out. that was god damn brutal as .

102 is out already? Jesus. I'll try to find it.

[Psychotic]

Watching how akward and unbalanced the first few UFC fights were amuses me.

Fred Ettish is a god.

Also yeah, Nogueira v Couture wasn't the boring hugfest I said it'd be. Still not as entertaining as watching Maia getting iced! smurf Brandon Vera though.

[DK]

I dunno, Maia getting destroyed was an awesome moment but Big Nog vs Couture was 3 rounds of sick action. Every time Big Nog waded his way into Coutures punches without his guard up I had a heart attack. But his iron head is back at full strength fgj, though gotta give major props to old man Couture for not being finished off despite how many times he got put on his ass and locked into subs. That first choke he had on him in the first round was awesome.

Demand they give Big Nog a rematch with Frank Mir now that he doesn't have Staph Infection and a ruined knee, and see what happens to him.

[Peegee]

I haven't followed UFC since UFC 80 something, I believe. I missed the entire Lesnar thing.

I should really get them. I almost exclusively watch UFC for reasons that can only be said to be 'brand loyalty'

Watching the early UFCs taught me much about fighting, or rather, how fighting isn't what we thought it was as a kid, or what we thought it was studying classic martial arts for years.