Has anyone else lost interest in UFC/MMA , possible to regain it?

[empsim]

I never really lost interest, but starting training myself a few years back let me appreciate it more and made it more exciting to watch.

Knowing what it feels like to just have someone in heavy side on top of you or getting hit by weak looking punches with those thin gloves or leg kicks, changes everything.

 

[facePuncher7]

I remember getting into MMA when it was still gaining hype in 2009 with the video game. I became addicted to watching the spike events and learning about the fighters from Pride, strikeforce, and later DREAM. I got friends into it whenever there was a fight to watch.

Fast forward a few years and Zuffa sold the UFC, all of my favs from UFC/Strikeforce are old or retired. The ufc puts on so many cards, i barely know any of the fighters. My hands used sweat when the main card started now its like ''who is the champion again?''

I feel my lost of interest is due to life changes personally but also how UFC adapted the Boxing model. There doesnt need to be 400 fighters on the roster, and their doesnt need to be 4 fights a month. I want to get back into it but man its hard.

Provide some insight if you faced this or are facing this.

I rode the Pride wave, I remember the terrifying reigns of Chute Boxe Wand and Fedor as they happened.

It comes and goes for me, a couple of years on, a couple of years off. You may be the same and just need more time to realise it.

 

[KBE6EKCTAH_CCP]

I remember getting into MMA when it was still gaining hype in 2009 with the video game. I became addicted to watching the spike events and learning about the fighters from Pride, strikeforce, and later DREAM. I got friends into it whenever there was a fight to watch.

Fast forward a few years and Zuffa sold the UFC, all of my favs from UFC/Strikeforce are old or retired. The ufc puts on so many cards, i barely know any of the fighters. My hands used sweat when the main card started now its like ''who is the champion again?''

I feel my lost of interest is due to life changes personally but also how UFC adapted the Boxing model. There doesnt need to be 400 fighters on the roster, and their doesnt need to be 4 fights a month. I want to get back into it but man its hard.

Provide some insight if you faced this or are facing this.

Of course it is a watered-down trash circus now, miles away from 2010 MMA. I just "snipe", now, i.e. just watch a restricted amount of fighters.

It's impossible to stay tuned now as a hard-core viewer with all this shit-tier WMMA and no-names cards, the Tweets during the fights, the fake drama, etc.

I think it would be too bad to discard the UFC because we have top-tier fighters now, especially in the younger cohort, but no you can't consume it all as it is totally watered down.

 

[ShinkanPo]

I started losing interest during the Conor Era. The promotion became to childish over the top trash talk and gifted title shots. Too many fighters geting suspended and Kabhib going all Jihadi


Oh and that Rhonda nonesense

 

[Provocateur]

I used to get pumped for the one good card a month. Massive oversaturation of shit cards kind of ruined it for me.

 

[Philo-Publius]

I remember getting into MMA when it was still gaining hype in 2009 with the video game. I became addicted to watching the spike events and learning about the fighters from Pride, strikeforce, and later DREAM. I got friends into it whenever there was a fight to watch.

Fast forward a few years and Zuffa sold the UFC, all of my favs from UFC/Strikeforce are old or retired. The ufc puts on so many cards, i barely know any of the fighters. My hands used sweat when the main card started now its like ''who is the champion again?''

I feel my lost of interest is due to life changes personally but also how UFC adapted the Boxing model. There doesnt need to be 400 fighters on the roster, and their doesnt need to be 4 fights a month. I want to get back into it but man its hard.

Provide some insight if you faced this or are facing this.

Every now and again there is a fight I really want to catch, but MMA today will never recapture the magic of the old days for multiple reasons:

1. The days of matching one martial art against another are long gone. Almost every fighter is cross trained on the same mix of striking, wrestling, and submissions, which makes the fights more homogeneous and predictable.
2. Most fighters don't come into the cage balls out, ready to bang like they used to do. Fighters today take less chances and more often fight to a decision than they used to do. Taking a more conservative approach may work for the fighters, but it doesn't work as well for the consumer that is tuning in to see an exciting fight.

Some less significant points:

3. Rounds disrupt the action. Having guys fight without being "saved by the bell" was a little more exciting. I would probably prefer to see fighters go at it for 15 minutes non-stop than have breaks every 5 minutes. Imagine a 25 minute championship match with no rounds.
4. Guys having to fight multiple fights in one night was seriously interesting. I don't think I would prefer to see marquee fighters fight each other in a multi-fight, one night tournament (due to the potential for injuries), but it would be really cool to see newer fighters who want to break into the ranks have to go through old-style UFC tournaments.
5. Having no weight classes was also more exciting. Although, today I think weight classes are necessary, there might be some rare exceptions that would be interesting to see.

 

[fungi]

After GSP retired, Andy got popped for PEDs after Diaz fight, and Fedro got his skull rearranged for the umpteenth time, I stopped watching the fights.
I am not even a casual these days.
Only a super-fight could draw me outta woods.

 

[minute bull]

 

[avenue94]

Every now and again there is a fight I really want to catch, but MMA today will never recapture the magic of the old days for multiple reasons:

1. The days of matching one martial art against another are long gone. Almost every fighter is cross trained on the same mix of striking, wrestling, and submissions, which makes the fights more homogeneous and predictable.
2. Most fighters don't come into the cage balls out, ready to bang like they used to do. Fighters today take less chances and more often fight to a decision than they used to do. Taking a more conservative approach may work for the fighters, but it doesn't work as well for the consumer that is tuning in to see an exciting fight.

Some less significant points:

3. Rounds disrupt the action. Having guys fight without being "saved by the bell" was a little more exciting. I would probably prefer to see fighters go at it for 15 minutes non-stop than have breaks every 5 minutes. Imagine a 25 minute championship match with no rounds.
4. Guys having to fight multiple fights in one night was seriously interesting. I don't think I would prefer to see marquee fighters fight each other in a multi-fight, one night tournament (due to the potential for injuries), but it would be really cool to see newer fighters who want to break into the ranks have to go through old-style UFC tournaments.
5. Having no weight classes was also more exciting. Although, today I think weight classes are necessary, there might be some rare exceptions that would be interesting to see.

I imagined 25 min straight HW fights and died on the inside some.

 

[HUGHPHUG]

I still watch a few fighters, but not many, I certainly don't have time to watch a 6 or 7 hour event any more.

I watch more old fights than I do new, I'm always rewatching the first 10 years of K1, or Pride/UFC/WEC from the begining.
I have a pretty awesome library of events and training bids etc

 

[AnomandorousRake]

Stopped watching right around all these fucking Khabib nut huggers sprang up. The fuck out of here. When he loses you turds will move on to the next "Big" thing.

 

[Philo-Publius]

I imagined 25 min straight HW fights and died on the inside some.

But, you would watch...

 

[Swoliosis]

I had more interest in it back when I was wrestling in junior college and training BJJ. I still watch it but don't have the same excitement.

 

[avenue94]

But, you would watch...

I honestly couldn't tell you, hate watching for the lols can be fun...but every time? fuck no.

 

[Philo-Publius]

I honestly couldn't tell you, hate watching for the lols can be fun...but every time? fuck no.

It would give the fighters a different sense of urgency and would probably reduce the number of fights that go to decision.

 

[avenue94]

It would give the fighters a different sense of urgency and would probably reduce the number of fights that go to decision.

Or you end up with heavyweights gasping for air and sweating all over the cage to take a break. You might get more finishes by exhaustion though I suppose

 

[Philo-Publius]

Or you end up with heavyweights gasping for air and sweating all over the cage to take a break. You might get more finishes by exhaustion though I suppose

He who "gasps" first loses. You would probably get more knock outs. Heavyweights require more oxygen to move, but most of them are not Dada 5000 for crying out loud.

There was a time when heavyweights didn't have breaks between rounds in the UFC. It was fun.

 

[Adamant]

I definitely don't care about it like I once did. It's become too mainstream. And the US rules are bogus. And there's too many early stoppages.

I miss PRIDE.

 

[CutStryker]

No, but I’ve lost interest in all other sports except The Las Vegas RAIDERS

 

[Billthebutcher]

fighting is a part of life in many different ways. verbal fighting, physical fighting, it dont matter if its UFC, boxing, kick boxing, ju jitsu, etc. always be interested in learning new tactics and training. enjoy the sport.