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In the nfl,or any team sport, you root for the team. Stars come and go but your fandom stays the same for that team. In MMA our favorites retire and there is quite a void left behind. If you are relatively new to mma, than most likely you have not experienced this yet.
It’s kind of cool though because realizing you like a fighter(or how much) can be fun. Often times it’s an emotional reaction to something in the cage. Some of my original favorites are guys like Igor,rampage,Hughes and there’s others...but they are gone.
Don’t get me wrong I still have some old school favorites left(Robbie Anderson and others),and I do have current favorites but it goes from one guy to maybe a group of guys.
So what happens next is odd, and hard to explain. You are often late to the hype train on guys because you were busy being a fan of whoever it may be. I will try to give you an example.
For me it was Max Holloway. I always “liked” him. He’s a fighters fighter, and kind of a throw back in a lot of ways. When he first fought Conor I was indifferent, or even rooting for conor, but not a huge fan of either guy. As time went on, max developed and It started with me not wanting to miss a fight of his. To Then suddenly I found my self pulling for him vs aldo in my heart, and I’m a fucking aldo fan. That shit can make you feel kind of like a casual because you change your stance durring a fight or the build up.
That day I realized he’s one of my new favorites,but I still didn’t grasp how much that was the case. Fight day vs Ortega I woke up and it clicked to me for some reason. “He’s going to fucking destroy slow,plodding Ortega” so I dropped a bet on max to win by tko.Fight night comes and my legs are flooded with adrenaline durring buffers introductions. Even before the end of round 1 I said out loud.. “holy shit max is my favorite fighter”! So watching that fight was amazing for me, what a performance.
He gave me “the feels” like when
Matt Hughes survived bj’s triangle in the rematch.
Rampage vs wand 3
Silva vs Belfort.
So I guess after that long,stoned rambling rant, my questions are..Do you older mma fans find it odd transitioning from the old guard to the new? Do you have a group of guys, or any one in particular? Do you haven any similar stories where you realize you are a die hard fan of a fighter?
It’s kind of cool though because realizing you like a fighter(or how much) can be fun. Often times it’s an emotional reaction to something in the cage. Some of my original favorites are guys like Igor,rampage,Hughes and there’s others...but they are gone.
Don’t get me wrong I still have some old school favorites left(Robbie Anderson and others),and I do have current favorites but it goes from one guy to maybe a group of guys.
So what happens next is odd, and hard to explain. You are often late to the hype train on guys because you were busy being a fan of whoever it may be. I will try to give you an example.
For me it was Max Holloway. I always “liked” him. He’s a fighters fighter, and kind of a throw back in a lot of ways. When he first fought Conor I was indifferent, or even rooting for conor, but not a huge fan of either guy. As time went on, max developed and It started with me not wanting to miss a fight of his. To Then suddenly I found my self pulling for him vs aldo in my heart, and I’m a fucking aldo fan. That shit can make you feel kind of like a casual because you change your stance durring a fight or the build up.
That day I realized he’s one of my new favorites,but I still didn’t grasp how much that was the case. Fight day vs Ortega I woke up and it clicked to me for some reason. “He’s going to fucking destroy slow,plodding Ortega” so I dropped a bet on max to win by tko.Fight night comes and my legs are flooded with adrenaline durring buffers introductions. Even before the end of round 1 I said out loud.. “holy shit max is my favorite fighter”! So watching that fight was amazing for me, what a performance.
He gave me “the feels” like when
Matt Hughes survived bj’s triangle in the rematch.
Rampage vs wand 3
Silva vs Belfort.
So I guess after that long,stoned rambling rant, my questions are..Do you older mma fans find it odd transitioning from the old guard to the new? Do you have a group of guys, or any one in particular? Do you haven any similar stories where you realize you are a die hard fan of a fighter?
