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GenThePerservering

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34. I used to box and we'd go to the local MMA

Tue May 26, 2026, 08:56 PM

17 hrs ago

Fights put on by the local club - some very good talent and even some state and national ranked fighters- nothing fancy, held in the local community college gym, people cheering on their friends, all ages. It was great fun, good fighters and real respect. I miss those.

UFC is just a hot mess - the participants are real athletes, but it's just theatre.

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So, Has Anyone Gone to a UFC Event? [View all] MineralMan Yesterday OP

You'd have to pay my survivors and accompany my remains... hlthe2b Yesterday #1

Thanks for correctly calling it UFC Just_Vote_Dem Yesterday #2

So, it's a fake fight for a fake 'Resident... sheshe2 22 hrs ago #22

It's not fake. bottomofthehill 17 hrs ago #32

Wrestling is not choreographef GenThePerservering 17 hrs ago #33

I wouldn't go to one of these train wrecks if you paid me to do it. calimary Yesterday #3

If you've ever been to a monster truck rally or a dwarf-toss or a hot-dog eating contest Ocelot II Yesterday #4

I don't go to any of those things. MineralMan 23 hrs ago #12

I was pretty sure you didn't attend such events, but we all have our secrets.... Ocelot II 20 hrs ago #25

I'm secretly a Juggalo. MineralMan 18 hrs ago #31

No. H2O Man Yesterday #5

I would have been right with you. Lochloosa 23 hrs ago #10

January 6th Johnny2X2X Yesterday #6

Seems likely. MineralMan 23 hrs ago #13

Not my jam fujiyamasan Yesterday #7

Nope. anciano Yesterday #8

I can't stand intentional violence. Diamond_Dog 23 hrs ago #9

Noooooo! cksmithy 23 hrs ago #11

Not a UFC event, but I've gone to a couple of MMA events EdmondDantes_ 23 hrs ago #14

Are football players who are celebrated for hitting other players hard being celebrated for violence? SamuelTheThird 22 hrs ago #17

That's my point. EdmondDantes_ 22 hrs ago #23

It's not the fighters that bother me. MineralMan 22 hrs ago #18

They fight in Europe at soccer matches. Melon 22 hrs ago #20

I used to box and we'd go to the local MMA GenThePerservering 17 hrs ago #34

I think fighting in general has always had a level of rigged matches Melon 16 hrs ago #36

Football (real football, not American gridiron style) violence here in Europe (and globally) is far more common amongst Celerity 11 hrs ago #39

Then the problem isn't the UFC audience. EdmondDantes_ 22 hrs ago #24

Jet Engine Tractor Pull & Monster Truck duckworth969 23 hrs ago #15

the attendants will be the same people fantase56 22 hrs ago #16

I heard it was unsafe to have an event like this without a ginormous bunker-ballroom struggle4progress 22 hrs ago #19

I used to like UFC when it started Johonny 22 hrs ago #21

Yes, it was more interesting when actual traditional martial artists competed. oberle 8 hrs ago #40

Only if *rump is in the ring/cage, but this UFC crap is just him tapping his inner Commodus Uncle Joe 20 hrs ago #26

I was a huge MMA fan until the fighters all became MAGA obamanut2012 20 hrs ago #27

I never was into UFC AZProgressive 20 hrs ago #28

There is a very fine line between this type of sport and bloodlust. taxi 19 hrs ago #29

This is going to be limited to 5k guests and invitees of Dana White and flvegan 19 hrs ago #30

The audience will be as much of a cartoon GenThePerservering 17 hrs ago #35

Pretty Sure You Answered Your Own Questions! ColoringFool 16 hrs ago #37

Would it surprise anyone if they left it all in place BlueSpot 16 hrs ago #38

How are black flies around this time? purr-rat beauty 6 hrs ago #41

UFC fan since Spike days yellowdogdemocrat1 5 hrs ago #42