Is it Dana or is it personal taste?
it is very noticeable and a real credit to this site that they do.
if any pro fighters have an opinion then do me a favour and vote them up, as obviously it is a question that they are in the best position to answer
thank you for your contributions ppl
You mean "used to"?
joejones - Is it Dana or is it personal taste?Sherdog has degenerated into a cesspool for years now. Fighters used to post there but abandoned it (along with a lot of us) for a while now.
it is very noticeable and a real credit to this site that they do.
Even this place has dropped off in quality quite a bit and fighters have been driven away.
Fighters have better things to do than post on here I think maybe not lol.
Eventually, everywhere is more than half full o' assholes.
I think it's because the Sherdog message board has too many people, which leads to less organization and more rude posts.
ask Shane Carwin
dude shane fuckin carwin was posting here a minute ago
the last time i saw a pro on the heavy weights it was phil baroni
cool dude tho he is
Porkchop - yeah the days of real interaction with fighters are gonna start fadeing away slowly as they make more money.
btw, the real answer to your question is because the sherdog forums are shit. this is the only MMA forum that matters. all the rest are simply places for the outcasts from here. We're like the UFC and the other forums are like strikeforce and dream. pickin up the scraps....
they do dwarf this place in terms of users tho
thats why its a relevant comparison
The Sherdog forums are just terrible. Full of nonsense.
You guys should have seen this place back in the day...
The fighter/fan interaction was awesome and this site literally carried the sport.
I know a number of oldschoolers who don't even come here anymore because of all of the bullshit.
It is sad really. This place will be Sherdog before too long.
It would be cool if there was a fighter check-in thread to see who's still around.
All these idiots don't have manners or respect for the very athletes that make this sport.
is there another forum that is similar that fighters prefer for less BS or anything or is this going to be a lost thing and all we have left will be Twitter to communicate with these dudes?
there is very little fighter bashing on sherdog compared to this place
there is also almost no trolling - they even have a 'no joke threads' policy in their main forum
it's very heavily moderated and mods will ban people for even the slightest thing
that's why it's funny when people on this forum complain about fighter bashing and ask for more moderation - they are actually trying to turn this place into sherdog
This is the best MMA site in the world and run by good quality people. I dont even bother with any others these days. Every morning i make my Tim Hortons coffee and get on here to see the lastest.
Sherdog is horrible
in my experience pros usually post the same thread here and there.
the ones that use the message boards would be dumb not to utilize sherdog because of the sheer amount of users
pervert - there is very little fighter bashing on sherdog compared to this place
there is also almost no trolling - they even have a 'no joke threads' policy in their main forum
it's very heavily moderated and mods will ban people for even the slightest thing
that's why it's funny when people on this forum complain about fighter bashing and ask for more moderation - they are actually trying to turn this place into sherdog
completely disagree
old boys network
hive mentality
corrupt mods
ppl go out of their way to troll sherdog
the whole belt system creates a pseudo heirachy and the off topic contains grown men who think they are badarse for flame wars
its a ridiculous ridiculous place
the sad thing is it is still tops for commentary and has some really smart ppl posting on its forums
they are just hidden under a ton of dumbass
the amount of plat belts and red belts who are trolling and post whoring is ridiculous
Porkchop -joejones -Porkchop - yeah the days of real interaction with fighters are gonna start fadeing away slowly as they make more money.
btw, the real answer to your question is because the sherdog forums are shit. this is the only MMA forum that matters. all the rest are simply places for the outcasts from here. We're like the UFC and the other forums are like strikeforce and dream. pickin up the scraps....
they do dwarf this place in terms of users tho
thats why its a relevant comparison
I'd actually be interested to know the user counts. I bet as far as actively used accounts though, the UG has a higher ratio than Sherdog. But I'm talking out my ass.
In all seriousness, I like the lay out of these forums better and there are a tonne of really smart people, many much smarter than myself and I enjoy their opinions a lot. I've learned a lot since I've been here and talked with a lot of really cool and influential people through here. It's been a blast in all honesty.
I don't think as many MMA movers and shakers go to Sherdog probably because it promotes itsself only and is one of the many sites out there. As far as this site goes, it's mixedmartialarts.com (a no brainer for web searches and it isn't a brand name so much), and on the home page, they link great stories from all around the web so fans here are always some of the first to find out when stories break.
The guys who run this site do a fuckin awesome job too and they deserve a lot of credit.
http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/sherdog.com
http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/mixedmartialarts.com
happy to help
tons of ads, laggy site, tons of trolls, moronic fans, hard to register and legit posters are banned for no reason
I never understood why Bas posted there and not here.