I posted an article on a men's e-mag called Ploomy.com entitled, "Mixed Martial Arts: From Freak Show to Mainstream Sport?"
http://www.ploomy.com/2008/08/25/mixed-martial-arts-from-freak-show-to-mainstream-sport/
First comment was this below:
"I’m sorry, but MMA is frankly not a legitimate sport in my book. Sure boxing married the WWF and had a baby name MMA, but it’s a joke. The fans are the same people who go to Nascar with their KFC buckets and cheer at monster truck rallies.
I think it represents everything that is wrong with American sport. It’s one step closer to that movie ‘Running Man’ or that video game ‘Smash TV.’ The combatants are joke characters for the most part and in real life have very little redeeming qualities. I have nothing against the people who watch this bloodbath and cheer it on, but to bring your kids….c’mon. Go watch ‘Faces of Death’ or spend sometime at an emergency hospital to get your kicks. I don’t know who is more messed up, the athletes (who were all troubled kids, got picked on, are from divorced parents) or the fans (who were all troubled kids, got picked on, are from divorced parents)."
UG Request: Will somebody please respond to this uneducated f*ckwad? Thanks guys.
Mike Calimbas
those idiots come off like they're "holier than thou", but as you said, they are uneducated and show their ignorance..
i had one guy tell me MMA was "basically just a streetfight"..
He's wrong..Faces of Death is a good watch.
He sounds like half the people that post on this site.
His book should be titled "Things Ignorant People Say".
"fans (who were all troubled kids, got picked on, are from divorced parents)."
HA! What a tool. Making sweeping generalizations accomplishes nothing but making him appear lacking in intelligence.
I for one am a devout fan and have parents married for 53 years, myself married for over 20 never really got picked on, other than by my brothers and never really picked on anyone else. Like many on this forum, I am educated, employed, and actually function in society relatively easily. I don't watch Nascar or attend monster truck rallies. He did get me on one, though--I am fond of KFC.
I was watching Running Man last night...I read that book when I was like 12, good stuff.
People who hate MMA - idiots. Nothing wrong with not watching it, but likening it to Nascar is just lame.
TTT
MMA is becoming an easy target and whipping boy for these writers. Guess they want a name for themselves the easy way. Bash a sport they know next to nothing about. Shows their ignorance.
Problem is, he's correct on a few things. White trash seems to love the sport nowadays, absolutely correct. Where it used to be style vs style and brought in people from all walks of life, now it is the same idiots that go to nascar. Yeah I'd agree with that. Uneducated in the sport of today and completely uneducated in it's history.
". I don’t know who is more messed up, the athletes (who were all troubled kids, got picked on, are from divorced parents) or the fans (who were all troubled kids, got picked on, are from divorced parents)."
What a dumb post. That can be applied to Basketball, Football, & those Chinese Olympian Gymnast.
What's wrong with monster trucks?!
CarterSimpson - What's wrong with monster trucks?!
and KFC?
I do like KFC
But he just a person that really needs to be educated on the sport, and what these fighters go through to prepare for a fight.
I disagree when people don't call it a sport. The time and preparation that the fighters go through is no joke.
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I say he's right on, in every category... but so what?
the guy is probably someonw on this thread trolling the shit ot of you.
I posted an article for the Garv a few weeks ago about Lesnar and had some guy acting like a WWE fanatic trolling the comment board.