I miss the good ole days of MMA when the people involved loved fighting for the love of fighting and were not some desperate attention seeking weirdos. That and back in the day, fighters and trainers were life long martial artist, wrestlers, judokas who actually loved the subtle aspects of fighting from technique and footwork.
Modern fighters inherited the best techniques and skillsets that the old school generation had to experiment on and sacrificed themselves to uncover and everyone is a fame whore.
I will forever be grateful that I got to be part of the circa early to mid-2000s MMA culture even if it was for brief moment as a sparring partner. Thankfully, boxing has decent subculture and I am happy as hell to be involved in that.