UFC??? Love it or Hate it?

Question

Who watches UFC? Ive been watching it for ages now, but the UK doesnt seem to be embracing it the same as the states. I think half the problem is that most people think its like american wresting... ehhhh no!!! Watch it, its brutal. Love it.

Answer 1

I love it, been watching it a while now, and it gets better and better all the time. Dana White makes a great president, he gives the fans what they want to watch.

It has an amazingly talented group of mixed martial artists thought the different weight divisions, and literally anything can happen in a fight, anyone can be beaten if they do not bring their A game. The light heavyweight division is my favourite and always has been, Randy Couture and Chuck Liddell are brilliant champions, Ortiz to was a great champ, although I don't like him as much.

I would disagree what someone has said about saying that 90% of fights don't go to the ground, quite allot go to the ground these days. Unless you get to stand up guys in the octagon, for example at UFC66 Forrest Griffin and Keith Jardine. The only reason the Liddell v Ortiz fight didn't go to ground was because Chuck has an awesome take down defence!

I would love to see Matt Hughes regain his belt, although I don't think he can handle GSP's skills, he's a real talent, and we could be seeing a long welterweight title run with him.

I think Big John McCarthy is a great referee too, the best they have, and I think Herb Dean makes too many mistakes as a ref.

I love it, its brilliant.

Answer 2

Hitman
Has some valid points I agree with
When the first UFC appeared it was brilliant and there wasn't too many rules except for eye gouging, and it seemed a bonafide way of testing various martial arts against each other but more rules have found their way back in and takes some of the realism away I remember a Sumo wrestler taking a full on head kick when he was on the ground but the ref's are too quick to step in and prevent that these days I'm not promoting violence but its supposed to be no holds barred.

Answer 3

I find that philosophically, I am against the idea of UFC, as I cannot support it's encouragement of violence, while simultaneously providing many with false impressions as to the purpose of Martial Arts. It also seems to create many a myth about true self defense. For example, 90 percent of fights do not go to the ground, and BJJ is not an ultimate martial arts that is all encompassing, despite the claims of the Gracie family.

Every time I have watched, it seems that the fighters are not technically impressive. Most of the "superior" fighters seem to be little more than bar brawlers or wrestlers, with little grasp on true martial technique. Many of the attacks are wild flailing, and I question how long any of these UFC "Martial Artists" would last against any true Martial Artist. For example, why do so many of these "great fighters" fall to moves like the Guillotine, which is not terribly difficult to escape. How many of these "great fighters" must be taken down by a single leg takedown before realizing that you can knee them in the face. Why do so many "great UFC fighters" try to force moves that are clearly not working.

Aside from that though, I cannot help but disagree with most UFC fanatics. I personally believe that no true Martial Artist would enter into the octagon on mere principal. I know that 99% of the individuals on this site will disagree with me, but I personally don't care for it. Sorry folks, gotta keep it real.

Answer 4

I love it!!! We've been to 3 live shows (highly recommend that if you ever get the chance, it's an incredible experience) and we're going again to 68 in Ohio. It's nothing like wrestling! There's no storylines, nothing fake about it at all. I used to love wrestling until I started watching UFC.

Answer 5

I love the UFC, seen every UFC event since 1

but more importantly, I love MMA even more

Answer 6

Im in the UK and watch it religiously with my 8 year old twin sons, who also love it. I must admit though, it does cause some probs in the house. After the Liddel / Ortez fight the other week one of the boys ended up with a peach of a black eye courtesy of his brother. They had picked a man each for the fight and when Ortez lost, the argument and eventual punch up began. I will continue to let them watch UFC as its no worse than a Friday night in my street.

Answer 7

Although it's really violent, I like the respect that these guys have towards each other. Of course, there's still trash talking, machismo and pride involved. But at the end of the match you'll see that they are true sports and true gladiators: "just for the sake of the game". Kudos to the sport! However, it still needs to be accepted by the mainstream, it's been almost centuries since people last watched "real fighting" as a sport in which almost every part of the body is at extreme risk.

Answer 8

Hate it and I'll tell ya why...
The UFC was billed as the closest thing to a real street fight you could get. Fighters from a variety of styles would all come together in this no holds barred cage match and finally see which styles were best. That was the theory, and to an extent it worked in the first couple of events. I mean how often do you get to see a Sumo Wrestler square off against a Karateka?
However, after that newness wore off, it became clear that the conditions were flawed. The no holds barred, one on one core rules were skewed towards grapplers who could shoot someones legs and make it a wrestling match and not nearly so much a fight. Sure, you still see punching and some kicking but it's mostly from the "ride" position or possibly a flurry just before a fighter shoots in.
What's more, it became obvious that certain styles were going to be all but eliminated from consideration under these rules. You wouldn't see any Aikido, or Tai Chi, but some untrained powerhouses like "Tank" Abbot could compete decently well. I actually liked this because it showed that even an untrained fighter (come on, if Tank had training in his first bout it was a month's worth at most) could do some serious damage aganst competitors who had trained all their lives. However, it was no longer a "Battle of all Styles" but a battle to see who could wrestle best and make opponents tap out. It showcased grapplers- who had frankly been getting little respect for years- and who was the best GRAPPLING style.
All of a sudden grappling arts went from being a little known thing to the "perfect martial art" and if you didn't know how to wrestle, you couldn't fight. After all, these no holds barred fights were exactly like street fights and grappling arts were always winning there. Grapplers went from being under respected to being the cockiest SOBs on the planet. All other arts were now looked down upon simply because this one style of fighting is the perfect stage for a grappler.
In my opinion the rules of the UFC should be changed to better reflect a real world situation. If they are going to market it as a true no hold barred, real life street fight with a safety net, they should have all fighters enter the ring at once. Make it a brawl and the last one standing is the winner. Grappling arts would go out the window because once you start rolling around on the floor with fighter "A", fighter "B" and "C" are gonna gang up and kick your head in. This would eliminate all of that crap about grapplers being the best fighters in the world and force people to realize that grapplers are simply the best stuited for UFC style fights. This would help everything get back to seeing which styles were better suited to "real" fighting and showcase more than just a single type of fighter.
I guess it all just boils down to whether you like seeing style against style or these single-minded wrestling matches with some striking tossed in if they HAPPEN to fit. I wanna see that Aikido stylist taking on a Sumo Wrestler...not this Jiujitsu guy against that other shootfighter.

Answer 9

Sorry but it doesn't do anything for me but then again neither does street fights or bar brawls.

It's Brutal and mainly done by very large guys that don't really need to train in any martial arts other than lift weights and use body weight to win! Most of it ends up on the floor with the larger person on top who wins the match.

Yes there's some very skilled people do it but it just looks like bouncers fighting to me

Sorry

Answer 10

Tim Syliva he has to be the worst most unskilled fighter ever. Big, Slow , Dumb, No Power, No Ground Game. Bradon is going to take his title and that will be that.