Comment on Does The UFC Need Major Competition? by Anastasiya

Anastasiya — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 06:58:01 +0000

I agree Forty. And I agree with Rampage’s comment. Not all North American fans, but a good taojrimy. I know for a fact that all the hardcore, old school, fans (who have trained, still training, and respect the fight game any fighting discipline), never boo. They get disappointed (as anyone would), if the fight was lack luster and boring, with no effort by either fighter. But never boo. Booing is a sign of disrespect. Even the fighters I’m not very fond of as people, I never boo them. I do wish them a good fight, but always have a smile on my face when they are getting their ass handed to them. If they win, well, I get a little disappointed. But if it’s a good fight, I’m giving them props. Example, not a big fan of Sonnen these days, always been a fan of Silva long before he left Japan, but I gave mad props to Sonnen for his skills.And that’s how all Japanese fans are like. They cheer for the warrior spirit of both fighters. And they are a culture deeply based on the samurai spirit. It’s in everything they do. There is no WWE, good guy vs bad guy mentality there. Just warrior against warrior. May the better warrior win. But respect to both none the less. There hasn’t been one UFC event I’ve gone to that someone wasn’t yelling obscenities at certain fighters, and they didn’t even have a clue on who he was. Only the fact that they weren’t American, or Canadian. I also remember when Shogun first fight in the UFC in Montreal against Liddell. I was cheering for Liddell too. But when Shogun came out, I was pretty much the only guy in my row (and couple of guys in front of me) cheering for him. People went silent in my area. They had no idea who he was. Some of them booed only because he was fighting the fan favorite. Then he TKO’d Chuck. And the three of us were jumping up and down. Now everyone else has jumped on the Shogun bandwagon.

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