Bellator stealing talent one by one.. UFC slowly losing their grip on the MMA throne.. they won't be the top promotion for much longer if this exodus continues..
4later
starboy - where everybody go or who is missingThere was a sizeable number of people who started to frequent the r/MMA subreddit for gifs once gifs were banned here, and a lot of them never came back.
The Reddit format suits MMA well. The Dumbass threads are downvoted to Bolivia so most of the community doesn't have to endure the non-sense, while all the interesting, thoughtful, cool, unique, etc topics are up voted so they are plainly visible. (compared to here where it's genuinely a chore to find the high quality threads amongst the low quality ones since threads are bumped based on most recent post)
Does it seem like there is a lot less posting these days? Is this the MMA world in general or just this website?
Turtle Lock -.CRE - Things will get better
Khabib vs. Ferguson, the greatest LW clash ever fell through
GSP vs. Bisping is off
Rousey is gone
MMA's biggest star Conor McGregor is a boxer now
Diaz brothers are in hiatus.
Disappointment in direction.
Everyone clamoring for money fights and looking to be McGregor-lite.
Welterweight is cooked and splintered, nobody knows who the best is anymore.
The Reebok deal has been a source of incessant complaining by fans and fighters.
The fan base being in a state of chaos is simply a reflection of the current state of affairs.
CM Punk was signed.
A massive new TV deal should be in place soon and there's no appropriate representation for the fighters that guarantees they will receive an overdue pay increase across the board.
Tony Ferguson is shelved and disparaged as "a bum" for winning 9 straight @ 155 lbs. despite being one of the best examples of a true fighter in the sport
Mike Goldberg was canned ruthlessly without so much as a sendoff
It's easy to complain as you highlighted OP, but are you sure it's the UG that has crumbled?
This is a transitional period that will lead to more growth, there is going to be some trials and tribulations.
Deal with it.
Take your fuckin medicine OP