MMA Thread

[eyedea]

No.  MMA attracts the worst kind of people.  Obviously not every MMA fan is like that.  My kids take jiu jitsu and are trained by a Brazilian Master who has also trained MMA fighters.  He's awesome, and so are a lot of the fighters we've met as a result.  I'm not sure how you can dispute that a huge portion of the fanbase is comprised if awful affliction bros.

Not disputing it, just pointing out you will find it in any sports fan base. MMA might have more then others.

Nah. I'm a season ticket holder at our local football team and as you know I regularly go to Senators games, they're nowhere to be seen (except when the Leafs are in town). This is very much a UFC thing.

Edit: it is of course possible that all the douchebros love hockey and football just as much, but I don't notice them because the crowd is sufficiently diluted by normal, pleasant, non-douche sports fans. Therefore, it might be more accurate to say that the big problem with MMA is that it's a sport that only douchebros like, and thus the douchebro-ness goes unchecked by the presence of non-douches

That's a bit of a stretch, I've been around lots of good guys that are MMA fans.

[Johnny English]

That's a bit of a stretch, I've been around lots of good guys that are MMA fans.

Maybe you just think that because you're also a douchebro.

[Miamipuck]

Maybe you just think that because you're also a douchebro.

Please edit your post, get rid of that "maybe". kthanks

[eyedea]

Maybe you just think that because you're also a douchebro.

Exactly, I have an affliction t-shirt on right now.

[eyedea]

Please edit your post, get rid of that "maybe". kthanks

Says the king shitbag 

[eyedea]

Nah. I'm a season ticket holder at our local football team and as you know I regularly go to Senators games, they're nowhere to be seen (except when the Leafs are in town). This is very much a UFC thing.

Edit: it is of course possible that all the douchebros love hockey and football just as much, but I don't notice them because the crowd is sufficiently diluted by normal, pleasant, non-douche sports fans. Therefore, it might be more accurate to say that the big problem with MMA is that it's a sport that only douchebros like, and thus the douchebro-ness goes unchecked by the presence of non-douches.

Two teams you root for does not sum up the rest of the league. Please attend a Bruins, Rangers, Devils, flyers, phillys, Eagles, capitals, ravens, steelers, browns, Giants or Yankees game and please get back to me.

[Ignatius J Reilly]

Not disputing it, just pointing out you will find it in any sports fan base. MMA might have more then others.

Ye.  Exactly what I'm saying. 

[Johnny English]

Two teams you root for does not sum up the rest of the league. Please attend a Bruins, Rangers, Devils, flyers, phillys, Eagles, capitals, ravens, steelers, browns, Giants or Yankees game and please get back to me.

Irrelevant. You posited that "those douchebros are the same douchebros causing problems at Football and Hockey games"; my town has MMA-loving douchebros, and it also has football and hockey. Those douchebros do not cause problems at football and hockey games, therefore your statement is factually incorrect.

You may have problems being caused at other teams' games, but it does not prove that they are the same people and nor does it change the overwhelming amount of evidence from around the world that most people who enjoy watching MMA are douchebags, far more so than the proportion of people who enjoy watching other sports.

[Miamipuck]

Says the king shitbag 

I prefer King poopchute but hey Shitbag works.

[eyedea]

Irrelevant. You posited that "those douchebros are the same douchebros causing problems at Football and Hockey games"; my town has MMA-loving douchebros, and it also has football and hockey. Those douchebros do not cause problems at football and hockey games, therefore your statement is factually incorrect.

You may have problems being caused at other teams' games, but it does not prove that they are the same people and nor does it change the overwhelming amount of evidence from around the world that most people who enjoy watching MMA are douchebags, far more so than the proportion of people who enjoy watching other sports.

A douchebag is a douchebag, I still stand by my statement. People follow more then one sport. 9 times out of 10, if someone is a douche MMA fan, he's a douche hockey or football fan.

[Johnny English]

A douchebag is a douchebag, I still stand by my statement. People follow more then one sport. 9 times out of 10, if someone is a douche MMA fan, he's a douche hockey or football fan.

It's possible, but as I stated earlier - some hockey or football fans are undoubtedly douchebags, but the vast majority of MMA fans are. The douchebag quotient of MMA far exceeds that of any other sport.

[eyedea]

It's possible, but as I stated earlier - some hockey or football fans are undoubtedly douchebags, but the vast majority of MMA fans are. The douchebag quotient of MMA far exceeds that of any other sport.

I see your point. The friends I watch MMA with, are like my self life long Martial Artist, so our group views it in a different way. Douchebros are only happy when someone gets hurt. They're also the same guys who pick fights in bars when you look at their girl the wrong way.

[Coach K]

either way id like to see Cormier beat Jones

[Pope]

Set up the octagon at Applebees

[SixFeetDeep]

are all patriots fans MMA fans as well?