I don't love or hate any fighter. I'm indifferent

Kyle Stephens said:
I don't know if this thread is stupid/needless, you'll be the judge.
I really cannot understand the passionate hate or love towards fighters. Am I weird? Most of the time I'm indifferent. At the best I'll avoid interviews of a fighter that I think will say nothing interesting or will look for interview of a fighter who I know says interesting/valuable stuff consistently (very rare). 99% percent of the cases I make excuses for guys for being jerks towards one another, or being cringe or being boring inside the cage or whatever. Even if there is no apparent reason I try to defend them (in my mind) and not judge them and hate them. So and so is boring - well I'm sure he has reasons and also I can skip his/her fights if I want. So and so make a fool of himself at press conference - he made a show for clicks and to hype up the fight. I don't root against ex convicts, people with felonies, fighters close to dictators, or just malicious people. I don't care what kind of quality of people they are. For some reason I can't hate a fighter. They aren't real people to me. They are like videogame characters, like it's imaginary.

Same with loving a fighter. No matter how humble, hard working, family man etc... or genius IQ inside the cage and/or amazing wars they bring, I'm just indifferent. Don't get me wrong, I respect all of the above, but I was never a passionate fan or loving any fighter from any era. Could you say I'm a casual? Perhaps. But I'm following the sport. (The last year not so much but I'm still tuning in for the bigger cards...)

Bottom line is I'm just curious to know how a man can really hate some fighter a thousand miles away who he never interact with in person and don't really know. Or how can you love them, (not respect, but love). You don't know the guy, I mean really know him. You know the bit that is public that's it.

I don't know. That was a rant, so whatever. Mods, delete this if you think it's appropriate
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I read through this whole thread, and while there are some posts I could probably address, I'd just like to say:

I agree with you essentially to a halfway point. I would argue hatred is counterproductive and as you've argued, pretty pointless and a waste of emotion for people you don't really know. It isn't usually very good to lean into or incite hatred.

But you can certainly have "love" as a form of admiration at the least. For bringing you really great moments, or having wise and insightful interviews. Being an inspiration etc. I would unironically say there are musicians and artists I love. Universal love is okay. It's a good thing to cultivate. You can feel love for anything. It's real, it's only a feeling

So it's not that I disagree, a level of detachment is certainly good; after all you very likely have zero influence over what happens in a match. But it's also okay to turn the passion up a bit. Have you tried training or something along those lines? Maybe that'd help make it feel a bit more "real" for you (no offense of course)
 
Kyle Stephens said:
I don't know if this thread is stupid/needless, you'll be the judge.
I really cannot understand the passionate hate or love towards fighters. Am I weird? Most of the time I'm indifferent. At the best I'll avoid interviews of a fighter that I think will say nothing interesting or will look for interview of a fighter who I know says interesting/valuable stuff consistently (very rare). 99% percent of the cases I make excuses for guys for being jerks towards one another, or being cringe or being boring inside the cage or whatever. Even if there is no apparent reason I try to defend them (in my mind) and not judge them and hate them. So and so is boring - well I'm sure he has reasons and also I can skip his/her fights if I want. So and so make a fool of himself at press conference - he made a show for clicks and to hype up the fight. I don't root against ex convicts, people with felonies, fighters close to dictators, or just malicious people. I don't care what kind of quality of people they are. For some reason I can't hate a fighter. They aren't real people to me. They are like videogame characters, like it's imaginary.

Same with loving a fighter. No matter how humble, hard working, family man etc... or genius IQ inside the cage and/or amazing wars they bring, I'm just indifferent. Don't get me wrong, I respect all of the above, but I was never a passionate fan or loving any fighter from any era. Could you say I'm a casual? Perhaps. But I'm following the sport. (The last year not so much but I'm still tuning in for the bigger cards...)

Bottom line is I'm just curious to know how a man can really hate some fighter a thousand miles away who he never interact with in person and don't really know. Or how can you love them, (not respect, but love). You don't know the guy, I mean really know him. You know the bit that is public that's it.

I don't know. That was a rant, so whatever. Mods, delete this if you think it's appropriate
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I get not hating any fighters. If you ever train, however, it's damn near impossible to not be a huge fan of the fighters you train with. Even so, I guess I'm just a sucker for MMA fighters. Fighters are just damn good people -- very approachable, humble (generally speaking), etc; very relatable most the time.
 
Kyle Stephens said:
I don't know if this thread is stupid/needless, you'll be the judge.
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Kyle Stephens said:
They aren't real people to me. They are like videogame characters, like it's imaginary.
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For someone who doesn't hate fighters, that is some fucking cold shit to say.

Damn man. It's ok to not care, you didn't have to dehumanize the athletes.
 
It's called being a fan. Having an emotional connection to competitors and outcomes is at the heart of all spectator sports since the dawn of time.
 
I'm right there with ya.

Don't get me wrong, I'll cheer for one guy over another in many cases. But, all this virtue signaling crap you see a lot of here as it relates to fighters, the obsession with their personal lives and habits, and the outright hate, is beyond silly to me.

Esp the virtue signaling. These are fucking cage fighters, there should be no surprise that they're not always high class, role models, etc.
 
You sound like a nice fella Kyle, you're obviously not a judgmental person. I think I like you...
 
What does this have to do with UFC ?
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Why has a mod not moved this thread already?
 
Rationality said:
I've had way more rational threads than this one Wastelanded.
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Once posted a Khabib article (from front page of MMAweekly)
and it ended up in the great beyond in minutes.
Legit, a fuckin' Khabib article.
Mind boggling.

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Who in the actual fuck gives a shit if TS is indifferent.

Main character syndrome.
 
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