General Discussion

I’ve watched UFC for about 25 years, maybe longer, since they were on a little channel called Spike and their first event in Denver. Before I begin it is sad what has happened to the UFC, because of Dana White, and there is a reason why this decade long fan doesn’t watch a lot of fights anymore.

I was always, and still am, happy that the UFC and MMA exist. Kids that wrestled in high school now have somewhere they can continue their skills after high school or college. Young men and women who have practiced disciplines such as Kung Fu, Karate, Judo, Jui-Jitso, muay thai, etc., now can compete at a sport (yes, it is a sport and not violence), can continue to work towards a job, yes a job, that can pay them and they can have fun, compete, and might end up being millionaires just by being competent at what they do.

There are rounds, just like boxing, weight classes, and referees who stop the rounds.

What has the changed is the hoopla around the sport. Long ago, Dana White, couldn’t find anyone who would allow him to have matches in Las Vegas. He talked to Donald Trump, and he said sure, you can do that in my hotels. This is where his loyalty began. Trump would sit by Dana and ask him questions, such as, “How did that man become so large”, “How can he fight like that?”, just silly questions that a young boy would ask, even though he wasn’t a young man.

As the UFC grew, stars appeared, and the absolute worst and best was Connor McGreggor. His mouth and rhetoric changed the UFC into what it is today. Everyone wanted to be famous like him, and now most of the UFC fighters spew so much sh…t, that a lot of people can’t listen to them. The fights are still good, just not the circus around them.

MMA is a sport and might someday be in the Olympics, just like boxing.

And by the way, I am a very liberal OLD woman.

But I will not be watching the white house spectacle. He has literally almost ruined this sport for me and that can be blamed on Dana White, the man who built up this sport and now is ruining it for many lifelong fans.