My path into MMA began like so many other people. I had heard about the sport passed on by word of mouth and video clips. I saw some of the sport’s legends cross over to pro wrestling. However, I never really paid much attention until the first Ultimate Fighter. After a couple of viewings I was hooked. The first pay-per-view I ordered was Liddell vs Ortiz II and have ordered many more since.
I will never claim that I am an expert on MMA , but I feel I have learned to understand the finer aspects of a fight. I went from a meat head wanting to see someone just get knockout to watching Anderson Silva and GSP totally pick someone apart. This is what I hope to achieve from this column, to be able to have spirited conversations and share my ideas and opinions. I’m a regular fan. I hope I can bring fun topics to this site for everyone to discuss.
My first topic is something that I feel needs to be discussed. Within every sport you have your smart fans, that understand what is going on, and dumb fans, who can’t understand the simple things. In MMA, the smart fan understand that not every fight will end in a knock out or tap out. Some fights will go the full distance. There may not be a clear winner and may not be the greatest fight to watch.
However, they do have their place within a card. They go a long way in showing how good of a fighter a guy can be. Can a guy hang for 15 or 25 mins? Can he keep up with the pace and stay focused on what he is trying to get done? I can’t tell you how many times I have got into a fight about dirty boxing or some one’s ground game. Sometimes one fighter is just better than the other, but he just can’t put the fight away.
He may not having the knock out power, IE Chuck Liddell, or be able to submit a guy, IE Clay Guida. It just happens and we have to understand that. Oh and can the thought-process of “just because a guy gets knocked out or submits, he took a dive”. I have seen this too many times. MMA is not rigged or fixed. He didn’t give up on purpose. He was just not good enough to get the job done. There is no room for that type of stupidity.
That’s all I have for now. In my next column, I will give my opinion of the UFC Heavyweight divison and where I see it heading. I will wait until after UFC 110, that way the picture is a little more clear. Thanks and have a good one until the next time I see you in the clinch.
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