MMA still has a way to go

[DPino51]

i prefer the sport growing and having higher quality fighters over being able to feel "cool" because i like an "underground" sport....

for me it's not about feeling "cool" it's about not hearing the words ultimate fighting used in place of mixed martial arts and I don't want to have a conversation with some random guy that only knows the champs because they've been on t.v. every week because I'm wearing one of my Clinch Gear shirts

i dunno... it's an "underground" or "fringe" sport right now and the majority of people at the bars watching the fights still don't really know anybody other then the top guys. yes, the more mainstream the sport goes the more casual fans, but that also means there will be more knowledgeable fans as well. seems to me that the ratio of "knowledgeable" fans to "casual" fans stays about the same regardless of how popular the sport is.

[KingJoe]

Thanksgiving is gonna be awesome at the Jones house one son plays for the Pats and another plays for the Ravens

[DPino51]

Thanksgiving is gonna be awesome at the Jones house one son plays for the Pats and another plays for the Ravens

i knew they were playing each other, i had no idea it was on thanksgiving though that's intense. Zuffa should have jon jones headline a fight that Saturday just to drive home how much more athletic the Jones family is then anybody elses .

[IKnowuWannaBeMe]

The Jones family is trying to be like the Manning family!

[Thespecialist]

whatever dude. it's just kind of sad that MMA isn't to the point where they would mention that a guy is the younger brother of the best American mixed martial artist. i mean it'd be one thing if jon wasn't there, but he was being shown on camera and they didn't say anything, it was weird. i mean they even mentioned his older brother arthur, who is a BACKUP on the ravens, yet didnt bring up that his other brother was one of the best martial artists on the planet.[/quote]
most people still look at MMA like UFC 1 type shit[/quote]

yea, i know. like i said, MMA still has a ways to go before it's an accepted mainstream sport.[/quote]
true but the longer the better[/quote]

true dat. Although it had better get massive sooner or later as I keep telling everyone that it will be the world's number 2 sport. WHICH IT WILL, but I don't have to tell you guys that...

[LiamHillen]

Ow no! Jones didnt get anymore ass kissing!!!

Bout time

[LiamHillen]

i prefer the sport growing and having higher quality fighters over being able to feel "cool" because i like an "underground" sport....

for me it's not about feeling "cool" it's about not hearing the words ultimate fighting used in place of mixed martial arts and I don't want to have a conversation with some random guy that only knows the champs because they've been on t.v. every week because I'm wearing one of my Clinch Gear shirts

i dunno... it's an "underground" or "fringe" sport right now and the majority of people at the bars watching the fights still don't really know anybody other then the top guys. yes, the more mainstream the sport goes the more casual fans, but that also means there will be more knowledgeable fans as well. seems to me that the ratio of "knowledgeable" fans to "casual" fans stays about the same regardless of how popular the sport is.

Your probably right DPino

[jjmmajkd]

Thanksgiving is gonna be awesome at the Jones house one son plays for the Pats and another plays for the Ravens

i knew they were playing each other, i had no idea it was on thanksgiving though that's intense. Zuffa should have jon jones headline a fight that Saturday just to drive home how much more athletic the Jones family is then anybody elses .

XD sounds like another game in the back yard for them jones buys

[kingomegared]

the general public is still racist against the UFC.

[pithikos]

seems to me that the ratio of "knowledgeable" fans to "casual" fans stays about the same regardless of how popular the sport is.

Thats the most intelligent post I ve read today.

[AXEMELL]

It's pretty evident that ESPN hates MMA. Most other news covers it as least a little. Even newspapers up here in Canada have results and stories on some bigger and local fighters.

[gunswordfist]

i prefer the sport growing and having higher quality fighters over being able to feel "cool" because i like an "underground" sport....

Amen.

[mrbwo]

I totally agree with the threadstarter. Imagine if that was Mayweather's little brother. They would have made sure people knew the relation. But hey that's what makes us better than the casual fan. We are the diehards.

[doyousukadaweena]

It's pretty evident that ESPN hates MMA. Most other news covers it as least a little. Even newspapers up here in Canada have results and stories on some bigger and local fighters.

I do sense some negativity from ESPN. I recall not all that long ago they had their not top 10 list as they sometimes do from time to time and it was a clip of the fight where they forgot to lock the cage and both fighters fell out and got KO'd. They said it was UFC fighting when in reality it was just some farm league. I wonder if there is some history with ESPN and the UFC??

[mrbwo]

It's pretty evident that ESPN hates MMA. Most other news covers it as least a little. Even newspapers up here in Canada have results and stories on some bigger and local fighters.

I do sense some negativity from ESPN. I recall not all that long ago they had their not top 10 list as they sometimes do from time to time and it was a clip of the fight where they forgot to lock the cage and both fighters fell out and got KO'd. They said it was UFC fighting when in reality it was just some farm league. I wonder if there is some history with ESPN and the UFC??

Once ESPN realizes the money that can be made off of MMA like "soccer" aka futbol, they will respect MMA more. MMA is still a toddler compared to every other sport. Money rules all business.