UFC is unflavored sh*t right now (another rant)

[Ivancho]

The worst part? They’re prob still selling like crazy, even while pushing this low quality product. Let’s be real this isn’t a sport. It’s entertainment. And ever since they started trying to make it look like a real sport, that’s when everything started going downhill. Now it's just soulless...but people keep buying it anyway.

They put out way too many events, and people have started to normalize these garbage cards...like UFC 315, and even UFC 314 was bad. Don’t be a Dana White fanboy. This year, I haven’t watched a single full card from the prelims to the main event.

And it's not just about the downgrade in the fights..everything feels off now. Even the ceremonial weigh-ins have gone downhill. They replaced those epic soundtracks from a couple of years ago with generic trash. Everything feels so bland and uninspired.

I guess they just don’t care anymore. But because they have the privilege of having no real competition in the market, they can do whatever the hell they want.

 

[svmr_db]

and even UFC 314 was bad

 

[Luthien]

@HHJ is going to have a cramp reading that

 

[Alpha_T83]

I didn't think UFC 314 was that bad? The big problem is that top fighters are now fighting less than twice a year. Randy Couture and Chuck Liddell used to fight 3 times a year 20 years ago. Now you see top fighters tending towards fighting every ~8 months.

Islam Makhachev has only fought 3 times in the last 2 years since UFC 294. Topuria immediately took 8 months between fights after winning the title, and now he's vacated due to his disinterest in staying active. Jon Jones is the worst offender with 1 title defense in over 2 years since winning the title.

The UFC needs to be able to stack cards with 2x title fights on a regular basis to make cards compelling. But in order to do that, they need their champions fighting every 6 months.

 

[b00tysweat]

I enjoy modern UFC. Maybe you should find a new viewing pleasure if you feel that strongly against it

 

[sonhow]

314 was comparable to best cards in any year in practice. Played out as good as any card can perform. Or show me a better card and I tell you why its shit. Not pride stuff as I cant bash the nostalgia in those.

If anything its a shame we cant get more of these.

 

[RockyLockridge]

and even UFC 314 was bad. Don’t be a Dana White fanboy. This year, I haven’t watched a single full card from the prelims to the main event.

this is a you problem. Generally you are right the quality of this product has degraded significantly, but 314 was atleast an okay card.

The fact you haven't watched a single card top top bottom this year probably means you're not qualified to discuss the topic

 

[EndlessCritic]

Fighting nerds are basically the spiritual successor to Chute boxe, and people still manage to complain.

 

[Fight Professor]

I expected that reaction from the upcoming UFC 315. But 314 was really solid.

 

[Bubzeh]

Branch out. There's more to the sport than the UFC.

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

The McDonald's of MMA

 

[Ivancho]

The McDonald's of MMA

You nailed it..low effort, high profit

 

[Tito Tapped]

"This product sucks and I hate it but I'm going to dedicate 6+ hours of my Saturday night to consuming it and then complain after."

 

[Kal-El]

Which are the real sports then? And which are entertainment? I don't understand how MMA isn't a sport.

 

[R.N.J.]

I agree 100% cards have been terrible for years. Now a bunch of 2016-2025 join dates can call me a noob or whatever,

 

[Ivancho]

"This product sucks and I hate it but I'm going to dedicate 6+ hours of my Saturday night to consuming it and then complain after."

still consume this crap because it’s all we’ve got, but lately even that’s happening less and less. I just keep praying for a worthy competitor to show up...though I doubt that’s gonna happen anytime soon

 

[World eater]

still consume this crap because it’s all we’ve got

False. But if I name other decent combat sports/orgs, you’ll probably call it regional crap, so there’s no point. Sorry to see you so disappointed, 314 was good.

 

[Ivancho]

Which are the real sports then? And which are entertainment? I don't understand how MMA isn't a sport.

biggest mistake was trying to force this into being a “serious sport.” In the process, they stripped away everything that made it exciting in the first place.They stopped giving fighters room to shine. No more personal sponsors.., no real personality outside the cage unless you’re a company favorite.
And the whole USADA era. Yeah, sure, clean sport...but it completely wrecked the heavyweight division, and made it harder for fighters to recover and fight more often. It didn’t make the sport safer, it just made it more boring.

What we used to have was controlled chaos. Now it’s just sanitized, corporatized, flavorless content. All to make it look like a sport, when it was always meant to be entertainment.

 

[jeskola]

What we used to have was controlled chaos. Now it’s just sanitized, corporatized, flavorless content. All to make it look like a sport, when it was always meant to be entertainment.

When it's entertainment people complain it's becoming WWE. When it's a sport people complain it's not becoming WWE. Can't please everyone all of the time.

 

[Substance Abuse]

314 was good on paper and in actuality.

Anyway, keep...