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Have been going through the early days, watching plenty of awesome cards for the first time, but that's not the same as being there at the time.
To anyone around from back then: What was the story behind Tito's drop from in performance? Was his loss to Randy as big a surprise as the broadcast made it out to be? What was the talk like afterwards?
UFC v PRIDE - how easy was it to follow both organizations? When fighters moved between orgs did the fans know about it as we would now? Bustamante heading to Pride as a UFC champ - was that story publicized / when did fans know he vacated the UFC belt?
And what about keeping up with other organizations / fighters. Just watched UFC 45 with the first Hughes v Trigg fight. That was Triggs UFC debut - did the average fan have any idea who he was? Did his WFA title mean anything? How was it promoted?
It's great to look back on that era, but it seems like a totally different scene....was it really though, or does it just look that way?
To anyone around from back then: What was the story behind Tito's drop from in performance? Was his loss to Randy as big a surprise as the broadcast made it out to be? What was the talk like afterwards?
UFC v PRIDE - how easy was it to follow both organizations? When fighters moved between orgs did the fans know about it as we would now? Bustamante heading to Pride as a UFC champ - was that story publicized / when did fans know he vacated the UFC belt?
And what about keeping up with other organizations / fighters. Just watched UFC 45 with the first Hughes v Trigg fight. That was Triggs UFC debut - did the average fan have any idea who he was? Did his WFA title mean anything? How was it promoted?
It's great to look back on that era, but it seems like a totally different scene....was it really though, or does it just look that way?