Will modern UFC fans ever be as passionate as Pride Fans?

DGT4NOW said:
The hardcore fans are the most vocal of the fighter 'haters'
Look at how they hate any new popular fighter UFC has.
Newer fans are far more open to liking fighters IMO

The difference is the fact that a lot of hardcores hate anything Dana/Zuffa & if they see a fighter like Conor or Ronda break through, they have to hate them because it fits the anti-Zuffa agenda they have.
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Fair point dude. A lot of the guys here are in that ship for sure.

But I think more of it has to do with overhyping, or overreaching with their marketing.

Call Conor a great up-n-comer with mad prospect. Yea we're all gonna get behind him. But then book him against Poirier who was magically promoted to #5, when he never beat anyone in the top10 himself, or how Siver also crept up the rankings to #9 to fight Conor.

You know all that shady shit that the UFC does. Then they're talking like Conor's the best thing ever in mma. I'm so glad he beat Mendes. The UFC was trying to take a shortcut and if Conor actually got KOd by Aldo, it would have sucked for MMA on the whole since the UFC's credibility was at stake.

I know they wanted him to be Aldo's Sonnen, but man the dude is a draw- you cant deny that. At least now that he beat Mendes and answered a lot of our questions regarding fighting a top guy... He'll be around for a long time. Good for him. He earned it.

Now if his fans can just admit that he has a lot of room for improvements, like any other 27 year old martial artist, it would be great. If you mention Conor's takedown defense - BOOM Conor Fans come through splitting wigs mad quick.
 
There are some wh*te trash ones that will.
 
PRIDE had a level of production and mystique that the UFC has not even considered touching. PRIDE events hyped you up and made you feel like these were more than just men fighting. They were living legends. The UFC does not do that. I'm not even sure they could if they tired.
 
Conor is the last thing of passion left in MMA
 
Pride was the best production, best tournaments, and best fighters.. The UFC is Dana White and Joe Rogans schtick, with finally some production improvements and other moves in the right direction over the last few years. Dana White and Joes schtick compared to the anticipation of a Pride GP opening or second round, or final four, well it's just not the same lol. UFC puts on some great cards, some honestly underrated cards at times. People actually knight the crappy UFC cards and don't give enough props to the really good ones. UFC fan is pretty rough.
 
613 said:
If Pride were around and alone at the top today there would be tons of people complaining about freak show fights, champs never defending their belts, no testing etc...
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True. Also, it's easy to idolize something from the past, glossing over the bad parts and only remembering the highlights.
 
HaulParris said:
True. Also, it's easy to idolize something from the past, glossing over the bad parts and only remembering the highlights.
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Well you don't see people talking about Chuck, Tito, or Randy the way they do about Fedor.

actually no one talks about them at all.
 
The passionate fans that abandoned the sport
 
Cooliox said:
Well you don't see people talking about Chuck, Tito, or Randy the way they do about Fedor.

actually no one talks about them at all.
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A group on the internet talks about Fedor. His worldwide appeal is a bit overstated though.

He wasn't really that popular in the states and not nearly as popular as a lot of other gaijin during the big jmma boom. Antonio Inoki could not even sell his fight with Satoshi Ishii (a Japanese gold medalist in Judo) to Japanese TV. He wasn't nearly as popular as guys like Frye, Sapp, JLB, Cro Cop, etc over there.
 
Mikedh said:
A group on the internet talks about Fedor. His worldwide appeal is a bit overstated though.

He wasn't really that popular in the states and not nearly as popular as a lot of other gaijin during the big jmma boom. Antonio Inoki could not even sell his fight with Satoshi Ishii (a Japanese gold medalist in Judo) to Japanese TV.
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With the UFC's recent struggle in their ratings after signing with VGTRK in Russia earlier this year, signing Fedor could really boost their presence in the market and help work towards that big renewal deal like they did with Globo in Brazil- going from $9mil a year to $60mil a year.
 
Mikedh said:
A group on the internet talks about Fedor. His worldwide appeal is a bit overstated though.

He wasn't really that popular in the states and not nearly as popular as a lot of other gaijin during the big jmma boom. Antonio Inoki could not even sell his fight with Satoshi Ishii (a Japanese gold medalist in Judo) to Japanese TV. He wasn't nearly as popular as guys like Frye, Sapp, JLB, Cro Cop, etc over there.
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by what measurement do you use for your scale of ''popularity''?
 
MacDuffle said:
TS is trying to say "VHS tapes shared across gyms and/or/plus fans who weren't blogging on laptops"
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TS meant exactly what he said, passionate fans.


WARNING: Not for the weak of heart
 
Who said UFC fans aren't passionate?
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The best way I can sum it up is "Pride was a fight organization and a business that happened to make money, UFC is a money making business that happens to be a fight organization", see the difference?
 
Jesus fucking christ the end of the video is insane, Fedor and CC huging it out in the dark... I got very emotional :D
 
Generally, the golden age of anything is JUST before it turns mainstream and money comes flowing into it to capitalise on its burgeoning popularity.

Happens with games, tv, movies, etc
 
Pride was the golden age, ufc is cookie for all casual reality tv watching fucks.
 
Benoitthegr8 said:
The best way I can sum it up is "Pride was a fight organization and a business that happened to make money, UFC is a money making business that happens to be a fight organization", see the difference?
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this.

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