Atleast 5 of my coworkers think Bellator is the UFC

[Nihongi]

Buddy of mine at the job was like "going to the UFC fights in Vegas this weekend"

There wasn't a UFC event in Vegas that weekend...

 

[Mikeyz]

No.

 

[JudoThrowFiasco]

Are you sure your co-workers are not confusing UFC for the generic name for MMA?

Like how all kleenex are tissues but not all tissues are kleenex.

 

[GearSolidMetal]

And alot of our parents think UFC is professional wrestling.

 

[RandomForumUser]

I think it's still pretty common for casual fans to think that MMA is called UFC. The UFC was the only really visible promotion in America for a long time and is still pretty much the only that will be reported on by major sports media.

 

[Mikedh]

When I went to Bellator events in the past there were fans behind me that thought it was an official minor league to the UFC.

I even took some fans that watch maybe 3-5 fights a year (the BIG guys) to Strikeforce : Fedor vs. Rogers and they still refer to it as a UFC event they went to.

I RARELY hear non-fans refer to MMA as "MMA". Mostly it's "Ultimate Fighting" or "UFC". I hear people mistake it more for professional wrestling than call it MMA.

 

[OAR]

how can you confuse mma for pro wrestling?

humans can't decifer when someone is getting beat up for real? pretty easy to tell by body mannerisms

 

[SalvadorAllende]

Happens here in Argentina, were nobody knows what mma is and they think mma is ufc and you can only see bellator on tv

Yeah.. I

 

[campbecc]

lots of people just say UFC when they mean MMA. It's like when people use xerox to mean photocopier.

 

[Post Crisis]

Yeah, they get them mixed up constantly. That's part of Bellator's plan though.

 

[Blanqa Blanqua]

Yeah, as if casuals care! KO's is KO's to them!

 

[Goodfella86]

my cousin moved to texas. he said that when they order a soda down there, they ask for "a coke," even if they want a Dr. Pepper or root beer. the worker will then ask "what kind?" The UFC is indeed the Coca Cola of MMA.

 

[Gritz**]

Yea I was watching the bellator ppv at my house and my brother was like "you know they're coming out with a video game, right?"

 

[Cptn1NSAN0]

My coworker thinks Bellator has been around for 30 years and predates the UFC.

 

[Arista]

Sounds about right. The average person doesn't even know what MMA is. But if I specify "UFC", most (not all) seem to understand.

 

[BoooooooM]

"i want to start trainning ufc"

 

[DhakaMMA]

idgaf.

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[MajJ]

I have a lady friend who calls it 'UMA', a mixture of UFC and MMA

 

[mutombo]

The PPV mixup aint that bad, but I think they are gonna be pretty darn annoyed when they realise they been training Bellator and not UFC all this time too.

 

[TheKnightMare]

That's good for Bellator. If people think it's UFC they'll watch.