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I agree, that makes sense.
Yeah, because its new & doesn't have the history of other sports, some tools declare ownership of it.
I agree, that makes sense.
There Is some truth to that I will admit, but it’s definitely not the same. Who besides mma fans even use the word casual as an insult?
Trust me, most people who watch football (American) are “casual” fans. They watch because that’s what people do in America, not because they have any knowledge or true passion for the sport.
Check out an NFL or NBA forum. You don’t see that attitude at all.
There is clearly an element of people around here that take great pride in being more knowledgeable about the sport than others and love to point it out. MMA is clearly unique in that aspect and I’m just wondering why that is.
Well on "who other use casual as an insult" I already wrote football fans will yell "casual" to all non-hardcore supporters of the team. At least in Italy it's pretty common, and "occasionale" (which is a pretty literal traduction of casual!) is used as an insult, someone who doesn't really "suffer for the team" and only watches big games.
Don't really know mutch about NBA or NFL fandoms.
I see what you did there.Any true hardcore will vote "casual". That's how it works. And only a true casual would call themselves "hardcore"
Yeah, Horodecki was awesome. He was never the same after Shultz though. A lot of good fights back then.I loved IFL. Remember when Chris Horodecki was undefeated and smashing everyone when he was late teens/early 20’s? I lost a dinner bet when Ryan Shultz beat him in their second fight. IFL was the most underrated fight promo ever.
Same for me, fuck ball sports. MMA is the only sport, everything else is just gamesI think I'm still a hardcore.
I watch every fight of every UFC event, Bellator's main cards, PFL main cards or entire cards (when tournament started), Rizin main cards, ACA almost entire cards, KSW entire cards, Invicta entire cards, One's main and co main fights (not live), some big fights (not live) of FN, Road, RCC, BAMMA and maybe I'm missing some org.
Edit: I don't follow any other sport.
Yeah, the late 90's and early 00's the UFC almost died. Cable companies stopped showing it. John McCain was really pushing to get it banned. I went to two shows in Cedar Rapids. Was somewhere around the 6th row both times. Hardly anyone there. You could walk right up to the fighters and talk to them.I started watching when UFC 3 came to VHS. We rented 1,2, and 3 and we were all hooked. Then from about 12 to 30 (more or less, can't remember very well) events were really hard to come across for me. Then, all of a sudden, it was back on tv and video regularly.
I was a very hardcore fan from UFC 31 until about UFC 100 or so, about a core of years after we lost Pride. I've been casual since about UFC 150ish.
Too many divisions and fighters now. WMMA is fucking garbage as well. I hate all the media garbage now too.
I haven't paid for a PPV since WMMA started appearing on the cards. I had spent a couple of thousand dollars by that point.
Yeah people suck. I would always get PPV's with the promise of people chipping in. I'd buy food and booze. Everyone would show up but nobody paid. Mostly my brothers and cousin.Voted hardcore cause while how much I watch qualifies as casual(honestly can't imagine being a hardcore fan of any hobby), I despise how casuals tend to view the sport and identify with hardcore fans more cause I can enjoy tactical fights and am not obsessed with superfights, highlight reels or loud annoying clowns.
Also have been a fan for over a decade now so at some point seniority has to kick in?
Used to do PPV events at my house but people started fighting over paying so I cut that shit off and don't do that anymore.