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Your wife knows about Man vs Man vs Woman from that I-80 truck stop.Fights are boring?? 🤣 some people are so hard to please.
MMA is very entertaining. Life has been man vs. man since we were created. It's awesome to watch the top guys in the world battle live in a ring. Doesn't get much better!
I agree. I like some several sports that have an unfortunate amount of injuries, but the intent of the sport is not to injure your opponent. Sports such as boxing and MMA, where your goal is to incapacitate someone just have no appeal for me.Too barbaric for my taste. Hard pass.
MMA has helped keep wrestling a sport of interest and increasing participation, particularly with girls. Wrestling after college has always been a problem. I understand the wish to have a talent like Bo keep wrestling but regardless of MMA’s presence, the biggest competitor to post college Olympic wrestling remains……a job.MMA is fine. I watch from time to time. It really sucks that MMA takes talent away from wrestling. I’d much rather watch Bo wrestle than fight, but understand why he’d do it.
Which part? Of the trainings for MMA, wrestling is one, so is BJJ, MuayThai, and a few others. Kids have been donning a robe for and being real karate kids for ages.Little worried that a lot of kids are going MMA training at age 10. Not an issue if they continue on and wrestle but wouldn't want to lose them to MMA.
I subscribe to wrestling such as BTN+. I avidly watch collegiate wrestling and a fair amount of high school, especially tournaments. I watch some freestyle but very little Greco.I like MMA enough to watch fights on TV if they include former wrestlers and if I don't have to pay extra for them. That probably puts me somewhere between "yes" and "no" on the are-you-a-fan scale.
Organized brain damage for profit, as is pro boxing.Just curious about the PSU wrestling fanbase. I can't say I'm a fan, I do like boxing though. I feel like MMA is all sizzle and no steak, it's all about screaming announcers but the fights are boring imo.
I’d sure be interested in any evidence you have the MMA has helped with participation - particularly with girls.MMA has helped keep wrestling a sport of interest and increasing participation, particularly with girls. Wrestling after college has always been a problem. I understand the wish to have a talent like Bo keep wrestling but regardless of MMA’s presence, the biggest competitor to post college Olympic wrestling remains……a job.
And MMA is one.
From what I hear there are quite a few kids that are training at Bo s MMA gym but some of them drift away to wrestle that's not to say that some of those kids really idolize Bo and want to be an MMA champ and stay which is a good thing it's awesome to see some of our former wrestlers being role models for the next generation. Who wouldn't want to be like BoWhich part? Of the trainings for MMA, wrestling is one, so is BJJ, MuayThai, and a few others. Kids have been donning a robe for and being real karate kids for ages.
Wrestling doesn’t appear to be losing them lately. At least not on the whole. Sure, some, but against a growing overall interest for which MMA is a factor, seems a fair trade off.
Of course, you might lose some to that other “sport” Professional Wrestling.
Sadly, it’s only anecdotal. I don’t have that as statistically as fact.I’d sure be interested in any evidence you have the MMA has helped with participation - particularly with girls.
Overall I don't think they make much. Unless you are up the food chain in UFC you are likely making less than $50k annually. It is a lot of risk for not much pay.I enjoy watching mma but I feel the fighters are significantly underpaid for what they are risking each fight. The top fighters (ex, jones, cejudo) have recently spoken out about this topic during their negotiations for championship fights. I’m not a Jon Jones fan (certainly not of his character) but he was the Tom Brady of the sport and should have been compensated accordingly. I know the UFC does not have NFL money but The ufc has been extremely stingy compared to other major professional sports regarding what they bring in and what they pay their athletes. The UFC’s top guys should probably be earning double of what they are making and I worry some former wrestlers are following a pay day pipe dream that comes with a small window of opportunity which probably never surfaces.
Speaking of jobs for Olympic athletes, noticed that KITZ Corporation, manufacturer of industrial valves, has stepped up and agreed to sponsor Yui Susaki, Japanese women's 50 kg gold medalist in Tokyo, thru the 2024 Olympics and possibly beyond. KITZ Headquarters is near her hometown of Matsudo, in the Tokyo metropolitan area and, following her graduation this month, she'll be able to train using the same Waseda University facilities which were available to her as a student at the school. Am guessing she'll be doing PR work for KITZ while essentially training fulltime for the next Olympics, wrestling in various international competitions along the way.MMA has helped keep wrestling a sport of interest and increasing participation, particularly with girls. Wrestling after college has always been a problem. I understand the wish to have a talent like Bo keep wrestling but regardless of MMA’s presence, the biggest competitor to post college Olympic wrestling remains……a job.
And MMA is one.
She is a studette...FIFY @KCLionSpeaking of jobs for Olympic athletes, noticed that KITZ Corporation, manufacturer of industrial valves, has stepped up and agreed to sponsor Yui Susaki, Japanese women's 50 kg gold medalist in Tokyo, thru the 2024 Olympics and possibly beyond. KITZ Headquarters is near her hometown of Matsudo, in the Tokyo metropolitan area, and following her graduation this month she'll be able to train using the same Waseda University facilities which were available to her as a student at the school. Am guessing she'll be doing PR work for KITZ while essentially training fulltime for the next Olympics, wrestling in various international competitions along the way.
“Stud”, hmmmmm, 😂. A compliment I’m sure.She is a stud.
I'll call her currently the best P4P amateur wrestler, male or female, in the world. No one else has demonstrated anything approaching the kind of consistent, utterly dominant results against top, world-level competition which she has. Allowed zero points in eight matches at the Asian Trials and the Olympics, requiring about two minutes per match to shut down each of her opponents by virtual superiority, seven times by a 10 - 0 score and once by 11 - 0. Her Olympic Championship match was over in 1:32 .She is a studette...FIFY @KCLion
Why can’t I like this twice now that you fixed it? Damnit!She is a studette...FIFY @KCLion
Just curious about the PSU wrestling fanbase. I can't say I'm a fan, I do like boxing though. I feel like MMA is all sizzle and no steak, it's all about screaming announcers but the fights are boring imo.
This is where I’m at as well. Never really was a Pro Wrestling kinda guy. Growing up, boxing was big in my house so never got away from it. Think it’s because as a family we made Friday night fights and championship fights on HBO and showtime a huge deal when I was a kid. When MMA started to catch on, just never had time for yet another sport although with so many wrestlers going into it I can see that starting to change but probably not that significant of one. Now, my daughter and son in law are huge MMA fans. Seems every time they come visit there an event they always talk me into buying. LolMMA and WWE could both go away, IMO. Have no use for either. I definitely like boxing, however. I know I'm in the minority.