6 Idiotic Reasons People Hate MMA

[MMAhole]

Thanks for the post. I couldn't agree more. As the article states, you don't have to like MMA, just don't dislike it for one of the idiotic reasons. I have heard every one of those brainless comments and just shake my head.

The point to me was not to write off the sport without giving it a chance. These are the same asshats that watch trampolining in the olympics and think that is a real sport. If someone is educated about MMA, and still doesn't like it, fine. But so far from what I have seen, that is not the case.

[POINDEXTER]

If they don't like it they can suck it.

[Badluck_33]

There is a reason why its the fastest growing sport in america and its not because of idiots who dont like it. MMA is a complex sport and its true, the worlds greatest athletes are in MMA. not nfl, not mlb, not nba and not even boxing! What requires of a mma fighter is different than what is required of the athlete in any other sport. I grew up watching this sport. I dont know what but there is something about having an opponent with in 3 lbs of pressure to breaking his arm.

[Nauner]

Originally Posted by thecoylewis

Here's one thing to remember, the guy who brought MMA to the forefront is Dana White. Everyone remember him getting ripped apart on Bill O'Reilly's show trying to explain MMA.

I just watched that the other day, I really like the guy and I don't mind him being in the spotlight either, but Rich really was a better representative on the sport. Dana just kind of made himself look like an ass with the Muhammad Ali/Parkinson's disease comments.

Good list though, I thought the writer made some really good points on each, but for most of them there could always be another side of the story. (I have a friend who gets really disturbed by violence, boxing fans who've grown up watching that sport you probably won't convert, etc.)

[gezushe77]

Interesting Read

6. Close Mindedness- The most obvious reason people don't like the sport is the same reason people can't embrace a number of things, close mindedness. I have friends that no matter what I tell them they just will not watch one single fight and they just can't understand why I'm so enthuastic when I speak about it. It goes in one ear and out the other just because its something new to their world, and that just scares close minded people off immediately.

5. The Violence- This is probably the most popular reason not to watch MMA and is absolutely absurd. Our society is a violent one, no one can deny that and thats why people watch football(the most popular sport here in America), boxing, pro wrestling, and other contact sports. Take pro wrestling, anybody who knows about pro wrestling knows that these "bumps" that wrestlers take are real and result in numorous injuries and death. Think about it would you rather have your kid mimicking MMA or pro wrestling(jumping off your roof)? Just turn on your local news channel and then talk to me about MMA violence, its a media(fox news) manufactured lie that its too "brutal", give me a break.

4. There's No Skill Involved, Its Just a Street Fight- When I hear people say this(and I have) all I can do is laugh my face off. Well if thats what you think, start an MMA organization, sign lets say Fedor Emelianenko or Anderson Silva, then find the greatest street fighter in the world(not Kimbo, he actually trains, but would still lose miserably to the aforementioned fighters), sign him, put them in the cage and prove your point. What would happen is the street fighter would likely be KO'd or submitted in under a minute with ease. Its just an outright spit in the face to any good MMA fighter to say there's no skill involved.

3. Its Boring, All They Do Is Lay on Each Other- This is a sad reason people can't embrace MMA. Often times its just rotten luck of the person who might walk-in in the middle of a boring fight and that turns them away forever. Its common knowledge among MMA fans that when bringing someone new into the sport, you show some stand-up wars first like Forrest Griffin vs Stephan Bonnar 1 or Quinton Jackson vs Chuck Liddell 1, two great fights that have little to zero ground game. Further down the road as they watch more fights its almost inevitable that they will start to appreciate a Fedor/Nog 1 or a Griffin/Edgar.

2. I'm a Boxing Fan- Utterly retarded reason for hating MMA, thats right I said it. "Duh, I like watching people get punched in the face, but only if they wear those big red shiny gloves and I know the guys names". I don't have a problem with boxing, a good boxing match is entertaining and skillful, but its not an actual fight, its a punching war. Ask a boxer like Oscar De La Hoya or Pretty Boy Floyd(who swears he could do it, LOL) and ask them to take 3-4 low leg kicks from Thiago Alves, Crocop or even a retired Bas Rutten without crying like a little girl. Better yet ask them to defend a Matt Hughes, GSP, Matt Hamill or Randy Couture takedown without having their spine rearranged. Its 2 different sports, but boxing guys like Jim Lampley have to run their mouth after every boxing event or go on ESPN/Fox to "defend" their sport. Its a ridiculous argument in which to hate MMA and they know it.

1. Ignorance is Bliss- Of course the number 1 reason is just plain old ignorance. Here's talking to you Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity, John McCain(although we've pretty much won him over), Jim Lampley, Bernard Goldberg and pretty much every old boxing enthusiast or Fox News analyst. The number 1 reason these people hate MMA is that they've never watched it! Its like saying you hate a movie without watching it. These idiots have it engrained in their little minds that this sport can have no redeeming factors, no grace, no skill, and no intelligence, the fighters are just bar room brawlers. All old time boxing enthusiasts and all Fox News analysts can stick it because believe me when I tell everyone that it is they who have no redeeming factors, no skill and most of all no intelligence.

[mmasince91]

I hate when people refer MMA as a blood sport. You can always tell the people that are new to the sport and know nothing about MMA when they call it ultimate fighting. Nothing drives me crazier!!!!!!!!!