What were the most amusing opinions you had as a newer viewer?

[Fight To Win]

I remember watching guys like Jake Shields and Josh Koscheck fight - specifically Shields in the Mayhem fight lol - and thinking "Why is the guy even wearing gloves lol? This is basically a formality. He's just holding him down."

What are the most amusing viewpoints - in hindsight - that you had back when you first started watching?

 

[AceCooch]

Why can't he break the other guys fingers when he gets put in a choke?

 

[charalsias]

For a long time i didn't understand what the pressure point in a triangle choke was.

 

[csroster]

This Mike Golberg guy will really know his stuff in a few years!

 

[Clippy]

I thought Gonzega was going to destroy everyone when I saw him kill Crocop as the first UFC I watched.

 

[Reach4theSky]

Not amusing. But I remember thinking ''So this is what a REAL fight looks like". I had been so brainwashed by movies and other fake forms of fighting that I thought thats what a fight looked like.

 

[ortizgnp]

I felt connected to Tito right away because we both have extraordinary heads and both are bosses.

But yeah, first time watching 2 grapplers go at it was like

 

[vigneshm1995]

Bisping vs Hendo

"What the fuck? Someone check if he's breathing"

 

[Chris Gaines]

I felt connected to Tito right away because we both have extraordinary heads and both are bosses.

But yeah, first time watching 2 grapplers go at it was like

 

[EndlessCritic]

I thought BJJ was the be all end all, and that Rickson was the greatest fighter ever.

 

[TheBulletwithWings]

Thought Vitor was invincible until randy beat him down.

 

[LEWIS540]

Late 90s

Pedro Rizzo was the best fighter in the world. Even in about 2004 I thought he had a decent style to beat Fedor.

 

[Hans Gercmiov]

I really didn't understand at all what was going on on the ground for a long time. Now I understand a lot of it. Still learning all the time though.

 

[gspieler]

I thought Tito Ortiz was elite.

 

[Venom]

I mentally jacked off my confirmation bias by searching for Pride/Strikeforce Vids of styles like muaythai and sambo "beating" BJJ practitioners cause I hated the Gracies.

Needless to say I was humbled eventually.

 

[lostdog000]

when severn made his debut and "discipline: wrestling" i lol'd. my thoughts: wrestling isnt a martial art, whats he gonna do, pin him?

 

[Ever Watchful]

I thought Fedor was the best ever

 

[MikeyCanFly]

1st event i ever saw i witnessed Frank Mir break Timmays arm, so i thought that was cool.

 

[The ScorpioN]

At the time I thought Shammy would wreck Tito.

I was so clueless.

I thought AA was unbeatable after him first Timmy fight.

 

[billharford]

My first exposure was a CroCop highlight reel. I thought it was impossible that anyone could beat him and all he had to do was land a single kick. Basically the Mike Tyson of MMA.