Biggest thing that grinds your gears from casuals?

[jooohnmatrix]

Hate when a fighter goes mainstream and all of a sudden we’re brigaded with new fans who only support one fighter. The McGregor era was the worse for that.

 

[dildos]

Hate when a fighter goes mainstream and all of a sudden we’re brigaded with new fans who only support one fighter. The McGregor era was the worse for that.

@loisestrad you just gonna let this guy talk shit on you like that!?

 

[markg171]

The problem with trying to handwave away later career losses is that you have guys like Jones, GSP, and Mighty Mouse without them.

So they actually are a very good metric for separating GOATs.

 

[BFoe]

The problem with trying to handwave away later career losses is that you have guys like Jones, GSP, and Mighty Mouse without them.

So they actually are a very good metric for separating GOATs.

I think that’s too superficial of an analysis though. GSP walked away at age 32 and only returned once, to fight Bisping. MM fought until he was 37 or so, but from age 33-37 was fighting lesser competition, and ended his career fighting the same guy 3x in a row.

Aldo is apparently still fighting, at age 39. Fedor fought until he was 48. Of course they have late career losses.

 

[sdpdude9]

Prioritizing narratives, beefs, and money fights driving the sport further away from legit sport and closer to sports entertainment. We’ve gone away from best of the best in favor of storylines.

 

[deman]

Prioritizing narratives, beefs, and money fights driving the sport further away from legit sport and closer to sports entertainment. We’ve gone away from best of the best in favor of storylines.

We don't even have that anymore. This is my problem with the current era, its neither exciting nor does it feel like you're watching the best of the best. Ngannou left with the belt. McGregor and Khabib walked away. GSP, Rousey walked away. Jones hasnt fought properly for years.

Strickland vs DDP was an embarrassment of a title fight; I genuinely started questioning the skill of what I was watching at that point.

 

[puppybird]

i've been watching hard for 20+ years but i dropped to casual status the last 5. diluted cards, i barely know the current roster or upcoming talent.

If you are still a hardcore fan in 2025, you are an incel

 

[Qays Stetkevich]

Casuals….

Random comment: After winning my first ammy fight (forever ago) by submission, my coach and I walked past Ken Shamrock, the guest of honor at that particular fight night. Ken literally did the HHH dismissive hand gesture to me when I went to shake his hand. And he wasn't even busy or talking to anyone.

 

[Thai Domi]

 

[traditionally_irreverent]

Random comment: After winning my first ammy fight (forever ago) by submission, my coach and I walked past Ken Shamrock, the guest of honor at that particular fight night. Ken literally did the HHH dismissive hand gesture to me when I went to shake his hand. And he wasn't even busy or talking to anyone.

I sat next to him at an LFA event in Houston a few years ago and he was cool. Took pictures and chatted it up.

 

[TimeToTrain]

Casuals: “Jon Jones is the . Tom Aspinall didn’t prove enough to deserve a match against Jon.”

Also casuals: “Steroids had nothing to do with Jones performance. Steroids don’t make you a better fighter.”

 

[AmonTobin]

I’m slapping myself on the wrist for ever categorizing anyone as a point fighter. Time and time again, Eevery point fighter I ever named has shown they can go life and death when the right opponent pushes them balls to the wall.

 

[Deceasedxo]

Try hard 'real' fans piss me off more than casuals. Casuals just watch if it's a good card. 'real' fans have to post about the ufc dying every week.

 

[AmonTobin]

Casuals: “Jon Jones is the . Tom Aspinall didn’t prove enough to deserve a match against Jon.”

Also casuals: “Steroids had nothing to do with Jones performance. Steroids don’t make you a better fighter.”

That’s not a casual, just a stupid person. Lol

 

[Kevster]

The hardcore, hipster squad are infinitely worse, collect their farts in jars that lot.

 

[haj02]

Most sherdoggers don't even watch MMA anymore lol

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

"Wrestlers are boring!"

Mind you, I have never wrestled in my entire life but this is MMA and I appreciate the skill required to TD and control the opponent. Groundwork is a chess game and that is exciting as well, if you put some time into understanding what's going on.

So if one knew about all the chemical reactions involved in paint drying, would it suddenly become exciting?

 

[Gamer2k4]

The notion that beating a GOAT automatically makes you a GOAT, as if legacy, title defenses, tenure, etc. didn't matter.

 

[Qays Stetkevich]

I sat next to him at an LFA event in Houston a few years ago and he was cool. Took pictures and chatted it up.

I'll trade experiences -_-

(er...with Ken, that is. Not wining my first ammy fight!

 

[dipstickjimmy]

People upset with Khamzat were fighters who have bad wrestling, wanted DDP to win, or are casual fans.

Isn't it possible to be upset with Khamzat for being so vastly superior but not making any effort to get a finish? There was very little risk for Khamzat that he could have tried for a sub or throwing some GnP that mattered. Does this look like the face of someone who received a record number of strikes? Khamzat landed 529 strikes but in this era of everything being counted as a "Significant Strike" he was credited with 37. Less than 7% of what he threw was of any significance.