MMA Has The Worst Fans Of Any Major Sport

Dont get me wrong, there are some knowledgable MMA fans out there that truly love the sport, but these people are vastly outnumbered by the meathead 'JUST BLEED' fans that boo whenever a fight hits the ground. And after watching machida get knocked out on saturday I realized MMA has a ton of fairweather fans too. Now people are propping up Shogun as the greatest, and casting off machida as some washed-up can (even though thats his first real loss). In MMA, youre only as good as your last fight.

That happens in every sport. Also in a fighting sport there will be those who just care about the fights than the fighters themselves.

I dont think MMA has reached major sport status yet. It is getting there, but I dont think it's there yet

Machida isn't washed up. Losing in a sport isn't bad.

That can be said about any sport. Look at football and how eagle fans are treating Mcnabb they think they will be great without him. Don't know what you got til it's gone I say.

Dont get me wrong, there are some knowledgable MMA fans out there that truly love the sport, but these people are vastly outnumbered by the meathead 'JUST BLEED' fans that boo whenever a fight hits the ground. And after watching machida get knocked out on saturday I realized MMA has a ton of fairweather fans too. Now people are propping up Shogun as the greatest, and casting off machida as some washed-up can (even though thats his first real loss). In MMA, youre only as good as your last fight.

Boogie_J

Exactly. It's ludicrous. I'd say 75+% of MMA fans have no idea what's going on, they just like to see people get punched and kicked in the face. They care little about technique. People saying "Machida is a hack", or "Machida has a glass chin" or "Machida wouldn't last 5 seconds with Jon Jones" akes me laugh because, as you said, he was yesterday's hero. Fact: he got punched in the temple, a hit that WILL scramble your brains 99.9% of the time. Shogun finished it when Machida fell and held on for dear life, thinking he was about to fall out of a plane or something. I can't fathom how anyone could dislike the ground game, but whatever. Some people don't I guess, and don't care to learn about it. I figure those people are the bloodthirsty ex-boxing fans that moved to MMA when they saw it was faster paced and used smaller gloves/more limbs. Lockedge

maybe because some guys hugging each other on the ground for a whole round is boring.

i'ts amazing how you know the minds of 75% of MMA fans. :roll:

just because people like more of the punching and kicking aspect of mma doesn't make them less "elite" than you.

In a sport such as MMA, one is bound to get knocked out sometime. I don't see how Machida is washed up. But yeah, there are definitely some idiot fans. I'm usually at a bar when I watch. So drunken idiocy is usually in ample attendance.

MMA fans are pretty terrible. They just want to see KO's 90% of the time and don't care for mat work ever. It would be like if the Trail Blazers started getting boo'd for slowing down the game to give themselves a better chance at winning. It's a sport you fight to win. It's not any help that the President is the biggest douche of them all.

MMA fans are pretty terrible. They just want to see KO's 90% of the time and don't care for mat work ever. It would be like if the Trail Blazers started getting boo'd for slowing down the game to give themselves a better chance at winning. It's a sport you fight to win. It's not any help that the President is the biggest douche of them all.

whackedjob213

I don't like NASCAR fans.

I have no martial arts experience but I think I have a good idea of what's going on during the fights. Also, I don't boo when fights go to the ground. In my opinion fights are usually more interesting when they're on the ground.

Hate me if you want but I don't consider MMA as a sport.SF_KiLLaMaN

Care to explain why?

So you're ones of those. I like to watch blood sports, ok??? I don't need to know the stats of every fighter to watch it. bobaban

i'm not sure why, but I found this post hilarious

[QUOTE="SF_KiLLaMaN"]Hate me if you want but I don't consider MMA as a sport.haggard_korn

Care to explain why?

Dont get me wrong, there are some knowledgable MMA fans out there that truly love the sport, but these people are vastly outnumbered by the meathead 'JUST BLEED' fans that boo whenever a fight hits the ground. And after watching machida get knocked out on saturday I realized MMA has a ton of fairweather fans too. Now people are propping up Shogun as the greatest, and casting off machida as some washed-up can (even though thats his first real loss). In MMA, youre only as good as your last fight.

Boogie_J

[QUOTE="haggard_korn"]

[QUOTE="SF_KiLLaMaN"]Hate me if you want but I don't consider MMA as a sport.SF_KiLLaMaN

Care to explain why?

The endurance, strength, training, and mindset it requires to succeed in MMA makes me disagree. But if that's how you feel then more power to yuh. :D

[QUOTE="haggard_korn"]

[QUOTE="SF_KiLLaMaN"]Hate me if you want but I don't consider MMA as a sport.SF_KiLLaMaN

Care to explain why?

[QUOTE="Lockedge"] Exactly. It's ludicrous. I'd say 75+% of MMA fans have no idea what's going on, they just like to see people get punched and kicked in the face. They care little about technique. People saying "Machida is a hack", or "Machida has a glass chin" or "Machida wouldn't last 5 seconds with Jon Jones" akes me laugh because, as you said, he was yesterday's hero. Fact: he got punched in the temple, a hit that WILL scramble your brains 99.9% of the time. Shogun finished it when Machida fell and held on for dear life, thinking he was about to fall out of a plane or something. I can't fathom how anyone could dislike the ground game, but whatever. Some people don't I guess, and don't care to learn about it. I figure those people are the bloodthirsty ex-boxing fans that moved to MMA when they saw it was faster paced and used smaller gloves/more limbs. Deano

maybe because some guys hugging each other on the ground for a whole round is boring.

i'ts amazing how you know the minds of 75% of MMA fans. :roll:

just because people like more of the punching and kicking aspect of mma doesn't make them less "elite" than you.

Disagree. Curling fans have the worst. Most violent, vile, bigoted fans by far.imaps3fanboy

Ok, I love MMA, and I love it for a few reasons. I dont like to see people bleed (so your probably saying 'why the hell is she a fan of this sport then?') Its the passion of the fighters, and the strategy (yea.. there IS strategy). Also... Its pretty hawt (Im a girl.. gimme a break, sheesh). I dont FULLY know whats going on at times, cause I am still learning about it, but .. I am learning more about it and its REALLY interesting and cool. Im not a fair-weather or bandwagon fan... I am a Fedor girl 100% and really admire the guy. The other fighters and fights that I watch are real interesting but I dont really pick a side often. Its a great sport... and it is a sport now. A few years ago.. not so much.. but now yea its a sport. xhellcatx

Fedor :D

Aye, I'm not the biggest fan of the blood. I don't like seeing anyone get decimated. :(
I agree, there's always a lot you can learn from watching, and there's definitely a lot of strategy :)

I agree, the fans are idiots. There are a ton of MMA fans at my school that won't shut up about it. :x

Personally, I think it's interesting and I definitely respect it more than pro "wrestling" or boxing, but it's nothing that I'd get obsessed with.

[QUOTE="xhellcatx"]Ok, I love MMA, and I love it for a few reasons. I dont like to see people bleed (so your probably saying 'why the hell is she a fan of this sport then?') Its the passion of the fighters, and the strategy (yea.. there IS strategy). Also... Its pretty hawt (Im a girl.. gimme a break, sheesh). I dont FULLY know whats going on at times, cause I am still learning about it, but .. I am learning more about it and its REALLY interesting and cool. Im not a fair-weather or bandwagon fan... I am a Fedor girl 100% and really admire the guy. The other fighters and fights that I watch are real interesting but I dont really pick a side often. Its a great sport... and it is a sport now. A few years ago.. not so much.. but now yea its a sport. Lockedge

Fedor :D

Aye, I'm not the biggest fan of the blood. I don't like seeing anyone get decimated. :(
I agree, there's always a lot you can learn from watching, and there's definitely a lot of strategy :)

It's sports fans in general if you ask me...That's one of the reasons I don't really care for/follow sports, along with if you say "I like this sport" other fans ask super obscure questions that only the most hardcore fans can answer and if you don't know the answer you aren't a "true fan."

It's sports fans in general if you ask me...That's one of the reasons I don't really care for/follow sports, along with if you say "I like this sport" other fans ask super obscure questions that only the most hardcore fans can answer and if you don't know the answer you aren't a "true fan."

Bluestorm-Kalas

Agreed, agreed, agreed. That's really all I can say. Most "hardcore" fans are exactly like this.

yea and it also made me mad when people were throwing stuff at josh koscheck

MMA fans can be brutal, but what sport isent, if you think MMA is go to a euro soccer game lolllll

but anyways no matter what i always root for my favorites, diego sanchez and randy the natural catoure!!

[QUOTE="SF_KiLLaMaN"][QUOTE="haggard_korn"]

Care to explain why?

haggard_korn

The endurance, strength, training, and mindset it requires to succeed in MMA makes me disagree. But if that's how you feel then more power to yuh. :D

It does attract the douche's of the world as a fanbase

It doesn't bother me much though

Soccer Hooligans>every other sporting fan.

All sports has THOSE fans. You don't have to be elitist about it.

Soccer Hooligans>every other sporting fan.

October_Tide

This... the amount of damage they do at the stadiums on the trains/busses in the cities is almost comical. On the other hand I feel as though it's good they get it all out of their system or else there would be countless rapes and murders.

[QUOTE="haggard_korn"]

[QUOTE="SF_KiLLaMaN"]Hate me if you want but I don't consider MMA as a sport.SF_KiLLaMaN

Care to explain why?

A definition of sport: "an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc."

MMA seems to fit nicely within the actual definition of the word.

Soccer Hooligans>every other sporting fan.october_tide

I agree with this.

Personally i enjoy a good ground display in an MMA fight.

Dont get me wrong, there are some knowledgable MMA fans out there that truly love the sport, but these people are vastly outnumbered by the meathead 'JUST BLEED' fans that boo whenever a fight hits the ground. And after watching machida get knocked out on saturday I realized MMA has a ton of fairweather fans too. Now people are propping up Shogun as the greatest, and casting off machida as some washed-up can (even though thats his first real loss). In MMA, youre only as good as your last fight.

Boogie_J

I think it's split. Hardcore MMA fans can be some of the most passionate, knowledgable sports fans in the world. Casual fans seem to be the ones who have the "just bleed" mentality, but I think this exists in every sport. Almost all hockey fans love fights, football fans love big hits, baseball fans love it when a fight clears the dugout, Nascar fans love crashes, etc. The casual MMA fans generally don't appreciate the finer points of the sport, so they boo. They don't represent the hardcore fans, who often **** about all their booing.

I do agree that there are a lot of fair-weather fans in MMA, even among the hardcore fans. After you've been a fan for long enough however, you realize that fighters aren't just as good as their last fight. **** happens in life, and it's not like these guys play 4 games a week. They fight about once every four months and their fights never last more than 25 minutes. As a result, the wiser MMA fans know that you have to look at the big picture more than someone's last fight. And I'm not just speaking out of my ass, here's the proof. I supported Shogun after a couple lackluster performances because I never forgot what he was capable of. In the long run, I turned out to be right about his Griffin loss being an off night, probably caused by his knee surgeries.

I doubt they're worse than LSU fans.

MMA is a terrible sport anyway..Shadowhawk000

Ha ha ha ha.... :|

[QUOTE="Shadowhawk000"]MMA is a terrible sport anyway.._Tobli_

Ha ha ha ha.... :|

[QUOTE="SF_KiLLaMaN"][QUOTE="haggard_korn"]

Care to explain why?

_Tobli_

A definition of sport: "an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc."

MMA seems to fit nicely within the actual definition of the word.

Soccer Hooligans>every other sporting fan.october_tide

I agree with this.

Personally i enjoy a good ground display in an MMA fight.

Calling fishing and hunting a sport is stretching it a bit. Personally agree with the guy you quoted's definition of a sport.

As for TC there are fans like that in every sport, just deal with it. I wouldn't be complaining about fans for MMA either considering by the sound of things MMA needs all the fans it can get to raise in popularity and become a more mainstream sport. Never even heard of it until just now.