Things in MMA that have/will age poorly

[jitzmonkey]

I’m sure Paddy Pimbletts legacy will be the folk lore people write songs about in the future

TLDR at the bottom
I’d argue that anything that brings in more casuals is a good thing.
The more fans, the more (presumed) opportunity for the fighters to market themselves, or make a name off the big stars, etc…
Conor’s a perfect example.
He basically made Nate Diaz (for the fans who aren’t as passionate about the sport,) Khabib, Dustin, etc…
We maybe been fans; but most of the world gave 2 sh-ts about any of them before they Conor.
Jared Gordon would’ve probably gotten the respect (from the wider sporting community) that he deserved had the judges not F’d that one up.
The only reason that anyone cares about that Jackson guy (who got smacked around by Jake Shields) is that he beat CM Punk.

Colby’s kind of another one; but he’s actually a good and well rounded competitor.

Arguably, Ali brought garnered attention from non-boxing fans; while Tyson brought in viewers who just wanted to see him ‘kill’ someone; especially after Cus D’Amato died and he went all ‘I’ll F—- you til you love me, Imma each his kids, praise to Allah…’ (the last being antithetical to the former two sir course.)

TLDR: More hyped bombastic stars (even if they’re not great fighters) bring in casuals.
A couple of them will become “hardcore” fans which grows the sport giving us more events (including free ones) so that users here can kvetch about having too much to watch.

 

[Megatronlee]

YouTube decided to toss the ufc 194 weigh in video into my feed and I had like almost forgotten we used to put these guys on stage dehydrated out there minds and get them to square off:

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What other things have or will in future age very poorly in MMA?

Right now I’d say:

- No drug testing era
- The rocks shoes
- Prime
- Fighter Pay
- Dana White

I miss actual weigh ins tbh

 

[AmonTobin]

Also the shitty twitter window polluting the bottom left side of our screens.

 

[doggo]

Pay issues fade very quickly. Lockouts in major sports don't have much effect.

I fear it will be MMA itself. There may become a point where governments step in and ban the sports if new medical data comes out showing effects of head trauma. If the NFL is scared what might happen, then boxing/MMA should be too.

A couple of things I would list:
-UFC NFCs
-UFC hot dog brander
-Crypto.com sponsorship
-Venum sponsorship
-Condom branding on almost every fighter of classic era
-Current UFC fighters, post fight criminal issues

The ortiz XXL, for extra huge heads.

 

[Grill master]

Also the shitty twitter window polluting the bottom left side of our screens.

Amen to that!!

 

[rear-naked-poke]

The absolute garbage,generic Reebok fight gear.

 

[ilfirin]

Dana and fighter pay for sure. His greed is already disgusting, and it's not going to look any prettier in the future.

 

[CrimsomSky]

That's simply not true. If you were following MMA in the early to mid 2000s, you'd know steroids were a much bigger deal then that they are now.

As I often point out, nowadays your average MMA fan believes that about 90% of pros are roiding
Back then, it was maybe 10%?
Read steroid threads from the mid-2000s PRIDE days (when UFC was Bellator), it will refresh your memory (I assume you've been a long time fan if you were around for no-USADA)

Pissing hot then was a death sentence when it came to popularity and credibility. No one would put a steroid cheat in any kind of top P4P list
Nowadays we have no choice since both Jon Jones and Anderson Silva pissed hot multiple times (I had forgotten that AS also pissed hot for the Gastelum fight, hence why Bisping took the fight on 2 weeks notice, so Dana would take care of him after this final fight...)
and they are half the current consensus GOAT top 4
(yeah, we can't ever agree on a fifth somehow... Barao & Aldo were almost it, Usman too, Mighty Mouse as well, even Izzy and Conor for a short while, now it's Volk...)

Anyway, the easy answer is Dana White.
When more and more scandals start popping out, future fans will wonder how we let this dumbass be president for so long.

Remember when Barnett tested hot after the randy fight? He went to japan after that.

 

[Richard Fannin]

Remember when Barnett tested hot after the randy fight? He went to japan after that.

Indeed, I do. Not saying that to be a dick, but what's the point you're making? I'm sorry if it was obvious & went over my head...

When it comes to Barnett, he also pissed hot right before the Couture fight, at UFC 34 against Bobby Hoffman... but he only received a slap on the wrist and a "stern warning" because it was a mere post-fight test, and was still cleared to fight "The Natural" 4 months later. he also pissed hot after the fight, and at that point even the UFC had to do something...

Then he pissed hot against Fedor, and a year later he was a Strikeforce regular and his events all took place in the US. (and was later brought back to the UFC for that Frank Mir dreamfight of ours)

Barnett is still a favorite of mine, I don't really care if fighters roid.

I mainly use failed tests to tease Anderson fans

 

[OneOfOne]

Khabib's GOAT status has to be up there

 

[Zebra Cheeks]

Honestly I am ashamed to even admit to people how much I love MMA which is a damn shame because it's an incredible sport.

It’s kind of like being obsessed with a certain video game. I don’t lead in a conversation with it and try to downplay it just a little cause I know realistically there’s almost 0 chance a normal dude will be able to talk to me about it.

I had a co worker tell me he thinks jones is the goat because he’s clean unlike GSP. Except he wasn’t trolling. He had no idea Jones tested positive, and thought GSP left the sport due to a positive test.

I had to just be like “oh yeah I get that” lol.

 

[Bork Neslar]

Conor fanboys.

 

[SkinnyClaw]

They will find a good replacement for Rogan, and after a while people will wonder how they ever put up with that little twerp

 

[Rio Ferdinand]

It’s kind of like being obsessed with a certain video game. I don’t lead in a conversation with it and try to downplay it just a little cause I know realistically there’s almost 0 chance a normal dude will be able to talk to me about it.

I had a co worker tell me he thinks jones is the goat because he’s clean unlike GSP. Except he wasn’t trolling. He had no idea Jones tested positive, and thought GSP left the sport due to a positive test.

I had to just be like “oh yeah I get that” lol.

Fucking casuals. Pfft.

 

[IndyCovaHart]

“PRIDE is coming to take over now!!!11111”

c.f., Mirko’s leg folded underneath him

 

[Zebra Cheeks]

Fucking casuals. Pfft.

Right?

 

[Duck Dodgers]

 

[goOb]

 

[Casio Bioassay]

Fighters.

/thread

 

[Tank_Kam]

Hopefully the random tweets popping up during a fight.

IE: "Stipe's new hair has given me WAP" - Cardi B.