MMA is the only major sport whose fandom hates the athletes as a class of people

[barillas]

I'm a fighter.

Oh fuck. Did I just create a paradox that will malfunction this npcs programming?

Also, thanks for putting your American education on display by equating liberalism with socialism.

So, you're a fighter complaining about money to the fans, why don't you just share your paypal account so we can send you some cash and get you out whining on the internet?

Also, please share me you sherdog record so I can watch your next fight and get very excited when you get KTFO

 

[barillas]

You just said unequivocally that fighters are true males.
I'm a fighter. Therefore, by your own logic, I'm a true male.

If you're not a fighter, you're not a true male. So go sit in your corner and cry and let the true males speak, beta.

That's how this works, right Grug?

What a retard, can't recognize generalizations.

I'm the beta and you're the alpha crying for welfare

 

[barillas]

Being able to care about sometching only if it directly affects you is a sign that you might be a sociopath

Good luck caring about all the world's problems

 

[blackheart]

So, you're a fighter complaining about money to the fans, why don't you just share your paypal account so we can send you some cash and get you out whining on the internet?

Also, please share me you sherdog record so I can watch your next fight and get very excited when you get KTFO

Nah, I'm good on that.

I don't feel any need to trade my anonymity for Sherdog-cred, harassment and possible stalking.

Also, here is your logic translated to another profession -
"So, you're a carpenter complaining about unfair compensation and practices in your industry and advocating for better compensation for all carpenters? Here why don't you take these handouts so that you personally are ok and I dont have to listen to you advocate for the betterment of all workers in your industry"

Some of you really just love shouting to the rest of us about what a sociopath you are, how you love being a sociopath, how being a sociopath is good. Its so weird.

 

[barillas]

I'm completely disgusted by TS retarded mind, make me wanna puke. Blocked

 

[blackheart]

What a retard, can't recognize generalizations.

I'm the beta and you're the alpha crying for welfare

Wait....you think welfare is when you get to keep a higher portion of the money that your labor generates?

So I guess at your next salary review, you won't be asking for a raise right? That would be welfare. You wouldn't want to be a soyboy beta cuck and go on welfare by getting a raise, now would you?

 

[barillas]

It's politics bro, the MMA fan base overwhelmingly leans right.

fighters certainly do, i'm not so sure about fans, specially here

 

[MixMartialFarts]

MMA fans are mostly fat and insecure. A large chunk of them could never do what the fighters they watch on TV do and they know it but it makes them feel better about themselves when they see how little the fighters get paid.

 

[blackheart]

I'm completely disgusted by TS retarded mind, make me wanna puke. Blocked

>voluntarily enters thread
>gets triggered
>declares he's leaving and never talking to OP again

no one cared and no one asked

 

[Frank Kain]

I'm completely disgusted by TS retarded mind, make me wanna puke. Blocked

hey, can you ignore or block me too? I have thoughts on MMA that will probably hurt your feelings. Thanks in advance, haha.

 

[Fjord]

By hate, I don't mean fans dislike specific fighters for particular reasons.
I mean hate as in like, as a category of people.

Yesterday we had a thread about a massively positive development for the well-being of fighters - California has passed legislation to take a tiny % of MMA ticket sales, and put it in a retirement fund for fighters.

Surely this development was met by fans with cheers and celebrations right? Fighters getting benefits? These people who destroy their bodies and brains for our entertainment getting a tiny semblance of long-term security?

WRONG

It's "woke california bs"
It's "libtards gonna libtard"
It's "big gubbmint takin' our money again"

.

This is more of a revulsion for California and CA politics than a "hate for MMA athletes" thread. If you've ever lived in or have an understanding of California politics, you'd understand why people reacted the way and said the things they did in your quotes.

 

[Eater of Souls]

Pretty much. So many posts here are just endless whining about fighters to the point where I wonder why some people follow the sport at all. There is plenty to bitch about elsewhere.

 

[Qays Stetkevich]

The fact that random people online don’t care about the salary of other people shouldn’t surprise you.

You’re right, I don’t care what Khamzat Chimaev gets paid this Saturday. And Khamzat also doesn’t give a shit what I get paid at my job.

it doesn’t impact us. The weirdos are the guys who have made it their life goal to complain about fighter pay on the internet. It’s not helpful. You are just sad, strange little men.

Disingenuous
Reductionist

 

[WoozyFailGuy]

LARPers arguing with LARPers: The Thread

 

[Mr Fahrenheit]

By hate, I don't mean fans dislike specific fighters for particular reasons.
I mean hate as in like, as a category of people.

Yesterday we had a thread about a massively positive development for the well-being of fighters - California has passed legislation to take a tiny % of MMA ticket sales, and put it in a retirement fund for fighters.

Surely this development was met by fans with cheers and celebrations right? Fighters getting benefits? These people who destroy their bodies and brains for our entertainment getting a tiny semblance of long-term security?

WRONG

It's "woke california bs"
It's "libtards gonna libtard"
It's "big gubbmint takin' our money again"

Every time there is a big thread about a fighter's union, half (or more) of the community tears the idea down. How dare fighter's come together to try and get decent treatment and pay! How dare they try and get guaranteed medical treatment! The poor little mom and pop multinational corporation of the UFC can't possibly afford such things!

I do not know what to take away from these sorts of messages from the MMA community, other than that a significant chunk of the fandom, or a small majority, just actually hate the fighters. They want the worst for them. They don't want them to share in a fair amount of the profits that they generate. They don't want them to have medical care. They don't want them to have pensions. If you don't want these things for fighters, you just hate the fighters.

I don't know of any other sports fandom that behaves like this. I don't know of any outrage or backlash from fans, when the NBA, MLB or NFL created players unions. Whenever I see in the news that baseball, basketball or football players have negotiated for some new benefit or upgrade to their contracts, that is it. It's just a news blip announcing that. I don't see any baseball fans going "OMG! Can you believe it Frank?! The MLBPA just negotiated for minimum contracts to be 500k instead of 300k! Disgusting!! What a bunch of woke bs!!"

I just do not get it. Why do you watch a sport where you actively hate the athletes you are watching? It's caveman neanderthal type shit.

It’s valid to appreciate fighters and not think it’s the government’s job to decide who gets what it society.

 

[blackheart]

This is more of a revulsion for California and CA politics than a "hate for MMA athletes" thread. If you've ever lived in or have an understanding of California politics, you'd understand why people reacted the way and said the things they did in your quotes.

I've lived in California previously and my degree is in polisci. So I check both those criteria and those responses are still completely unhinged and make no sense at all

 

[Eric Silva 2.0]

The point of the thread is to characterize the general sentiment of the Fandom. I didn't say that there is not a single person in the Fandom that advocates for fighters well being. So the existence of threads calling out fighter pay doesn't invalidate my point.

I think the general consensus on this site is pro-fighter and against Dana/UFC when it comes to fighter pay. The casual fan may not understand the economics of the sport and how poorly fighters are paid and treated in general. I would also say that people who aren't fans of the sport are more likely to think of fighters as you are describing in your post. So I think the more knowledgeable fans become, the more they are to respect the fighters and support higher pay, benefits, pensions and healthcare for the fighters. I think this is more nuanced than your OP.

 

[FlyingDeathKick]

So many people on here say stuff like "it's not a real job" "D level athletes" so on and so forth and they hate it when fighters try to get more money. Only thing I can think of is they are jealous because they are working some shitty job they hate.

 

[PattyBates]

By hate, I don't mean fans dislike specific fighters for particular reasons.
I mean hate as in like, as a category of people.

Yesterday we had a thread about a massively positive development for the well-being of fighters - California has passed legislation to take a tiny % of MMA ticket sales, and put it in a retirement fund for fighters.

Surely this development was met by fans with cheers and celebrations right? Fighters getting benefits? These people who destroy their bodies and brains for our entertainment getting a tiny semblance of long-term security?

WRONG

It's "woke california bs"
It's "libtards gonna libtard"
It's "big gubbmint takin' our money again"

Every time there is a big thread about a fighter's union, half (or more) of the community tears the idea down. How dare fighter's come together to try and get decent treatment and pay! How dare they try and get guaranteed medical treatment! The poor little mom and pop multinational corporation of the UFC can't possibly afford such things!

I do not know what to take away from these sorts of messages from the MMA community, other than that a significant chunk of the fandom, or a small majority, just actually hate the fighters. They want the worst for them. They don't want them to share in a fair amount of the profits that they generate. They don't want them to have medical care. They don't want them to have pensions. If you don't want these things for fighters, you just hate the fighters.

I don't know of any other sports fandom that behaves like this. I don't know of any outrage or backlash from fans, when the NBA, MLB or NFL created players unions. Whenever I see in the news that baseball, basketball or football players have negotiated for some new benefit or upgrade to their contracts, that is it. It's just a news blip announcing that. I don't see any baseball fans going "OMG! Can you believe it Frank?! The MLBPA just negotiated for minimum contracts to be 500k instead of 300k! Disgusting!! What a bunch of woke bs!!"

I just do not get it. Why do you watch a sport where you actively hate the athletes you are watching? It's caveman neanderthal type shit.

I don't wish for others to make more money. UFC or not. I'm worried about myself instead of fighting on behalf of the other little men. I also don't think corporations are evil. It's just the way the world works.

 

[AstralPanda]

are you tryna cancel me and silence my freeze peach?

Frozen peaches sound delicious right now