Mixed Martial Arts is a seemingly simple competition, two fighters get into a ring or cage and one leaves the victor, the other beaten and bloodly. And to the general public the fans seem to be an even simpler breed of human. The Budweiser chugging, street fighting, and “just bleed” body paint wearing brand of simple. Go to almost any fight and you will see and hear an abundance of belligerent and boisterous spectators screaming such phrases as, “knock him out”, “stand them up”, and synchronized chants of “U-S-A, U-S-A.” A very flattering image for the sport to say the least, but that is only from a passing glance, a superficial judgment of the sport’s fan base.
If you look deeper, past the violent exterior you will also see another kind of fan, a kind that the very notion of them being at a “cage fight” perplexes you. You’d think these individuals are there watching a different sport. They are seemingly intelligent, quietly and patiently studying every slight movement in the ring. They don’t boo after thirteen seconds of jockeying for dominant position on the mat. In fact they study even closer. They become anxious as blows are traded and the fight gets imminently closer to ending. They aren’t there for the violence, or to see somebody get hurt, they are there to watch a meticulous and complex human chess match to a simple and completely unwavering end. And many times that’s what they get.
All of the people in the arena and watching on television, all saw the same fight but these people saw it differently than the rest. These people are in a state of euphoria post-fight, because they know they saw a great scrap. They can distinguish a good fight from bad, and remembering all the awful ones makes this outstanding fight even greater. They know why it was so mesmerizing. Mixed martial arts is a contest that can only be truly enjoyed when you grasp that not only was it a great fight, but why.
Paragraphs you faggot bitch.
LOL @ the quick re-format.
It's a good post, but also a bit of self-stroking, imo.
my sincere apologies
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I'd like to see something like that appear in a newspaper write-up, instead of the human cockfighting, "where is our society headed" articles.
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