The Original UFC ... vs. ... Today's UFC ...

[Reign009]

No, I've been watching the shit, before you ever heard of it.

Lol, how is this even a relevant reply to what you quoted.

 

[HHJ]

Aljamain "won" over Sterling,

 

[mjfan23]

it's funny how you call someone a metrosexual for saying your join date doesnt matter,and just assume our of your ass when I started watching. Not that its surprisingcoming from you....just saying.

The guy can’t even name where or when he “fought before sherdog even existed”. Maybe he was Ricksons first win?

he doesn’t have a pro or am fighter tag next to him, but does have a yellow card. Maybe he was carded for pretending to be a fighter?!?

 

[mjfan23]

Lol, how is this even a relevant reply to what you quoted.

It helps with his insecurities

 

[HHJ]

You clearly had a beer or two ...

You're excited ... that's great.

It doesn't mean what I'm saying isn't real.

Aljamain "won" over Sterling, when in fact he was out-manned the first time.

On his knees, before another man, getting kneed/KO'd ...

Was that a satisfying fight to you?

As a metrosexual, you might agree.

In real life, in their first meet, had it been a street fight, Yan would have ended Aljamain's life.

That's what the UFC was originally about, before you were a smile on your daddy's face.

I think the four point attack rule is stupid,but that does not mean I agree with anything else your dumb ass is talking about. UFC's original model was very obviously unsustainable.

 

[Reign009]

You clearly had a beer or two ...

Aljamain "won" over Sterling

Lmao.





How many have you had? Lol.

 

[HHJ]

The guy can’t even name where or when he “fought before sherdog even existed”. Maybe he was Ricksons first win?

he doesn’t have a pro or am fighter tag next to him, but does have a yellow card. Maybe he was carded for pretending to be a fighter?!?

I mean the guy gets humiliated in almost all his threads,but it dont seem to discourage from goin on and on about how alpha he is and how beta everyone else is.

Like,plenty of us are from the NHB era and dont act like a wanker.

 

[mjfan23]

Where did you fight ?


There's street King on youtube or what's it called. That's something for you.

Out of a fighters perspective removing rules is terrible. Health and financially wise.

I like It being a sport.

It's always Fans who don't compete demanding harder rules. Imagine you getting elbowed to the back of the head. Fighting no time limits till one person is wrecked.

It's different to do this for a career then having had a fight here and there. Like who would fight vale tudo for a career of 30 fights.

He fought on jerry Springer back in the day

 

[runjay]

I invented ufc bro.

 

[D4C]

I'd also prefer the pride system: 10 minute + 5 minutes, judge the whole fight and not the individual rounds. And of course soccer kicks, stomps, grounded knees, etc.

 

[mjfan23]

I invented ufc bro.

You plagiarized it from TS’s autobiography, you crook!

 

[b1unt3d]

metrosexual

What a throwback.

 

[runjay]

Wuts wrong w being metro ?? My hairs fabulous and bitches lrn how to good skin from me. Jealousy’s not a purty colour bri.

 

[HHJ]

People act like if the UFC didnt change things to get regulated,that it wouldnt have happened anyway.

The sport was constantly evolving. Everywhere. PRIDE was inviting top martial artists with olympic credentials,and people were developing techniques. NSAC never told PRIDE to have rounds,they did that shit on their own,because that was where everything was going. The more the talent level grew,the more fans wanted to see a sporting contest,rather than some "death match" where guys circle each other for 17 minutes until someone trips and falls. You had legitimate elite competitors who were interested in a real competition,and had nothing to prove by doing some fight to the death. Things changed on its own. That is where it was always going. If you wanted to get ahead and be the best you had to evolve.

 

[HHJ]

I'd also prefer the pride system: 10 minute + 5 minutes, judge the whole fight and not the individual rounds. And of course soccer kicks, stomps, grounded knees, etc.

With the cage I can see them not going for the stomps. Soccer kicks and knees should be fine. If i had to pick one to keep it should be the knees.

The 10 min + 5 + 5 and the judging of the whole fight has its plus and minuses. Judging the fight as a whole just seems so much more open to interpretation.

 

[Poirierfan]

Been watching the UFC since UFC I.
Likely before 99.99% of anyone on here was even "alive" ... let alone a UFC fan.

Not sure how many realize that the original premise of the UFC was real streetfighting ,,, with minimal rules ,,, and no weight classes and ,,, no time limits.

Over time, changes were made to "fit television" ... and (IMO) they watered-down the original premise,

The only thing I agree with today (in the incremental changes) was the introduction of Weight Classes, because there are many great fighters at specific weights. Boxing has recognized this for Centuries

That said, today's UFC fights are too "sporting" ... and they have lost the essence of what the UFC was originally all about: Total Street-Fighting Excellence, NO (or minimal) RULES.

• Removing "12-6 Elbows" ...
• Removing "Kneeing downed opponents" ...
• Removing "Nutshots and headbutts" ...

I mean, WTF?

Petr Yan would have finished Aljo the first time. (No 2-year charade.)
Too many rules have ruined the chaotic element of the original UFC, in my opinion.

I do agree that eyes pokes are no good, only because of the permanent damage that could come out of it, but every other one of the "abolished techniques" should still be legal, IMO.

UFC 1 original here. I went to 3 UFC events before 1999. I was at the one below in the 4th row when Brad Kohler almost killed a guy, lol. The UFC must make some rule changes. I say it all the time, the UFC now is bland AF compared to One FC, Rizin, and the early days.

@StonedLemur , here's your vid, bro.

 

[D4C]

With the cage I can see them not going for the stomps. Soccer kicks and knees should be fine. If i had to pick one to keep it should be the knees.

I agree, grounded knees would benefit both strikers and wrestlers, defensively and offensively. Wrestlers would get punished for failed takedowns more, but they also could attack on the ground more effectively (any north to south position would be lethal as fuck so there would be a great strategic benefit in rolling for that position).

 

[Dr. Rose]

Two major problems with your thread. Nut shots can cause permanent damage. My wrestling coach lost a nut from accidently getting a knee in the gym. While it is true that UFC 1 had no time limits, it did have rounds. It was originally unlimited five minute rounds (which doesn't happen on the streets either unless you call it a round when someone punches themselves out).

 

[HHJ]

I agree, grounded knees would benefit both strikers and wrestlers, defensively and offensively. Wrestlers would get punished for failed takedowns more, but they also could attack on the ground more effectively (any north to south position would be lethal as fuck so there would be a great strategic benefit in rolling for that position).

Its the thing that interrups the flow of a fight more than anything.

 

[ChimRichalds]

No one wants to go back to that shit, TS. The shits a sport, not a street fight. Get with the times, sherbro.