Comments on: Hating Convention: For Those MMA Fans Who Reject the Mainstream http://www.mmaopinion.com/blog/2008/03/08/hating-convention-for-those-mma-fans-who-reject-the-mainstream/ MMA Opinion and Cheap MMA Gear Sat, 17 Mar 2012 15:45:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Brandt http://www.mmaopinion.com/blog/2008/03/08/hating-convention-for-those-mma-fans-who-reject-the-mainstream/comment-page-1/#comment-415 Brandt Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:11:49 +0000 http://www.mmaopinion.com/2008/03/08/hating-convention-for-those-mma-fans-who-reject-the-mainstream/#comment-415 The thing that differentiates MMA fighting from other trends is that the organization that started it all is still at the top and going strong. Unlike many other mainstream fads where the organization or the individual who starts the fad has fallen and a bunch of smaller groups pop up to restart the culture (i.e. punk music), the UFC is still at the top. It's hard to just start up an organization and have the best guys when you're not the only company out there. Sure, there was Pride back when the UFC was purchased by Zuffa, but the two organizations were able to split the best guys back then. Now, other bigger organizations like HDNet, IFL, and EliteXC are finding ways to pay fighters a decent sum of money for a nights worth of entertainment while putting these fights on regular television. The thing that differentiates MMA fighting from other trends is that the organization that started it all is still at the top and going strong. Unlike many other mainstream fads where the organization or the individual who starts the fad has fallen and a bunch of smaller groups pop up to restart the culture (i.e. punk music), the UFC is still at the top.

It’s hard to just start up an organization and have the best guys when you’re not the only company out there. Sure, there was Pride back when the UFC was purchased by Zuffa, but the two organizations were able to split the best guys back then. Now, other bigger organizations like HDNet, IFL, and EliteXC are finding ways to pay fighters a decent sum of money for a nights worth of entertainment while putting these fights on regular television.

]]> By: Chris http://www.mmaopinion.com/blog/2008/03/08/hating-convention-for-those-mma-fans-who-reject-the-mainstream/comment-page-1/#comment-414 Chris Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:00:25 +0000 http://www.mmaopinion.com/2008/03/08/hating-convention-for-those-mma-fans-who-reject-the-mainstream/#comment-414 I agree, I don't like the way it has been pushed in front of the mainstream fans, but I realize that it is best for the sport. The entire process, especially when the CBS/EliteXC era starts, is going to be tough. I agree, I don’t like the way it has been pushed in front of the mainstream fans, but I realize that it is best for the sport. The entire process, especially when the CBS/EliteXC era starts, is going to be tough.

]]> By: Josh "The IronMan" Stein http://www.mmaopinion.com/blog/2008/03/08/hating-convention-for-those-mma-fans-who-reject-the-mainstream/comment-page-1/#comment-413 Josh "The IronMan" Stein Sun, 09 Mar 2008 06:45:40 +0000 http://www.mmaopinion.com/2008/03/08/hating-convention-for-those-mma-fans-who-reject-the-mainstream/#comment-413 I'm a little younger than you are, Chris, and I got into the sport at UFC 36, but that was still long before it had the mainstream coverage it does now, just as it was starting to pick up steam. I'm glad the point of the article got across. I've been talking about putting together a piece on Kimbo and what exactly my problem with him is, and now that you bring it up, maybe I'll do that. (though I may wait until his next fight, so the posting is more timely) I do want to add, though, that my problem isn't with the fact that it's mainstream, it's the way its changed to accomodate mainstream fans, and I'm not sure how well that comes across. I’m a little younger than you are, Chris, and I got into the sport at UFC 36, but that was still long before it had the mainstream coverage it does now, just as it was starting to pick up steam.

I’m glad the point of the article got across.

I’ve been talking about putting together a piece on Kimbo and what exactly my problem with him is, and now that you bring it up, maybe I’ll do that. (though I may wait until his next fight, so the posting is more timely)

I do want to add, though, that my problem isn’t with the fact that it’s mainstream, it’s the way its changed to accomodate mainstream fans, and I’m not sure how well that comes across.

]]> By: Chris http://www.mmaopinion.com/blog/2008/03/08/hating-convention-for-those-mma-fans-who-reject-the-mainstream/comment-page-1/#comment-412 Chris Sun, 09 Mar 2008 06:17:45 +0000 http://www.mmaopinion.com/2008/03/08/hating-convention-for-those-mma-fans-who-reject-the-mainstream/#comment-412 Perfect article about something that is becoming so real. I got into MMA at UFC 5 and have followed the sport ever since. Since UFC began to become ever popular, Pride became my playground. Even in the last days of Pride, there still wasn't a casual fan who had even heard of it. That being said, Kimbo has multiplied the problem ten-fold. There are all these ignorant spastics who think he is the greatest fighter of all time. Don't get me started on that. Perfect article about something that is becoming so real.

I got into MMA at UFC 5 and have followed the sport ever since. Since UFC began to become ever popular, Pride became my playground. Even in the last days of Pride, there still wasn’t a casual fan who had even heard of it.

That being said, Kimbo has multiplied the problem ten-fold. There are all these ignorant spastics who think he is the greatest fighter of all time. Don’t get me started on that.

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