Starting to lose interest in MMA, Sherdog is main reason why I even watch nowadays.

[Hardkore]

Dunno if it's my approaching decrepitude, I will be 50 next month. But Sherdog and my Sherbros (you all know who you are, even the douchebags), are the main reasons why I even watch anymore.

As I'm getting older I'm more focused on my career and setting up my investments and the like. Too much drama with fighters fight picking and fake Twitter beefs. I kinda long for the old days when fighters just fought. Am I the only who feels like this?

 

[Ali Abdelaziz]

I definitely dont feel like that. Im no where near 50

 

[CerebralKnievel]

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

I'm 51 and I can't get into this whole "I'm cool because I have rainbow hair and my girlfriend fucks other guys!" and TikTok memer youth culture that has hijacked UFC. The main audience is now non-binary hipsters and feminists.

I blame Hollywood

 

[Get To Da Choppa]

What's worse is that these Twitter beef don't even produce memorable quotes. You'll be hard pressed to find any new classic beef lines like "beat you into living death" and "I'm not impressed with your performance"

 

[fortheo]

I don't pay too much attention to all that noise, but I do feel like august has been a rather uneventful month as a whole for high level MMA. My buzz is certainly killed.

 

[Wizzlebiz]

Im 41 and still look forward to and love every card.

The difference between you and me is I dont see the tweets and the social media bs.

Believe it or not if you didnt spend time on Sherdog you would see much less of the drama and just enjoy the fights.

This is self inflicted is my point.

 

[Titleboxe]

When I started watching MMA I remember hearing the boxing old timers complaining about the state of boxing and how amazing it was during the Ali days back when it was broadcast on free network TV; before PPV, Don King and an infinite amount of weightclasses and paper champions ruined everything or so they say. Now I am hearing the same thing from the MMA old timers, guess the golden age is over.

 

[HHJ]

I will never understand this "when fighters just fought" attitude.


No one says you have to check any fighters' twitter. If you just tune into the ppvs then you wont see their "twitter beefs" that are so horrible oh no!

 

[HHJ]

When I started watching MMA I remember hearing the boxing old timers complaining about the state of boxing and how amazing it was during the Ali days back when it was broadcast on free network TV; before PPV, Don King and an infinite amount of weightclasses and paper champions ruined everything or so they say. Now I am hearing the same thing from the MMA old timers, guess the golden age is over.

No those are just people who automatically bitch about whatever the current era is. People 10 yrs ago complained about that its not like the era before it.

 

[HHJ]

Im 41 and still look forward to and love every card.

The difference between you and me is I dont see the tweets and the social media bs.

Believe it or not if you didnt spend time on Sherdog you would see much less of the drama and just enjoy the fights.

This is self inflicted is my point.

 

[JustOnce]

I'm 52 and just bleed

 

[Titleboxe]

Best 'era' was Brocktober, dammit it only lasted one month but it was the pinnacle of MMA
/cuts wrists

 

[johny ringo]

I'm 51 and I can't get into this whole "I'm cool because I have rainbow hair and my girlfriend fucks other guys!" and TikTok memer youth culture that has hijacked UFC. The main audience is now non-binary hipsters and feminists.

I blame Hollywood

Get with the program Sherbro. Dye your hair and start fucking other men’s girlfriends. I’m 42 and feel like I’m in my 20’s.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

The only reason our old heroes weren't shit talking each other on social media is because it didn't exist.

 

[TARTARA]

Well said , personally i like every card,
even from small promotions !

 

[SuperNerd]

Peaks and valleys. Prize fighting goes through them faster than other sports.

Some fans wait for sports to get interesting, or playoffs to watch.

No shame in waiting for MMA to get exciting again.

 

[nik303]

Nope. Watching UFC on the weekends is just something that makes Saturday’s always more exciting

 

[HHJ]

I would LOVE to go back to the days when MMA was only one card every 2 months,and you didnt even know the full card of who was fighting until you watched it. I def miss that. I love how there was such scant media at the time that in those 2 months there wasnt a whole heck of alot to talk about,where now we have MMA news pretty much every day. Oh yeah and who needs fight pass? it was way better when pride released their dvds in the usa a FULL YEAR after it aired on ppv,and the UFC dvds at first didnt even list the full card on the back.

"Damn i want to see some fights"

WELL THAT WAS TOUGH SHIT BACK THEN

so nope never would want to go backwards. Love the constant content.

 

[RogerD]

Same. I read Sherdog more than I watch UFC/MMA nowdays.
If I miss a card, its no big deal- I'll read Sherdog forums and catch up on what happened.
Very different from 2007-2012 when I absolutely had to watch every card.