General Chit-Chat Thread - No Spoilers

[Comrade Khan]

established guys fight safer its just a natural progress of the game, some exceptions ofc

 

[Comrade Khan]

GSP made a career of it love it or hate it (i loved it)

 

[Chris]

Safer and usually more even matchups which technically is better but the mismatches on prelims make for entertaining spots lmao

 

[Comrade Khan]

Safer and usually more even matchups which technically is better but the mismatches on prelims make for entertaining spots lmao

thats another aspect for sure, sport is a lot more balanced and on even grounds these days, not a lot of guys that are THAT much better than everyone other than like Dummy Bones Jones

 

[Comrade Khan]

or mb there is and I dont pay enough attention

 

[Chris]

Yeah over time they naturally started all morphing into the same style, you don't have near as much of wild styles clashing that made early MMA so fun

 

[Chris]

You still get specialist in like BJJ and striking but theyre way more well rounded

 

[Comrade Khan]

no more super tall dude thats good at jitz vs short striker powerhouses

 

[Comrade Khan]

forget the dudes name, was hillariously tall white dude from europe

 

[Chris]

Less gimmicks in general outside of brash loudmouths lmao

 

[Comrade Khan]

Dane yeah mma is very homogenized now and its prob why i dont care much for it

 

[Chris]

It's further from pro wrestling and closer to standard sports now in a lot of ways

 

[Comrade Khan]

i respect it tho

 

[Comrade Khan]

It's further from pro wrestling and closer to standard sports now in a lot of ways

ya just need real ranking instead of money fights and it be legit

 

[Chris]

I find most of that better too fwiw but the similarities to wrestling and carny shit is what drew me in the first place