Closely following sports other than MMA + Poll
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1 a. College Basketball- Marquette Golden Eagles
1 b. NFL Football- Green Bay Packers
3. MMA
4. Soccer- Tottenham (Dempsey kit in the mail!!!)
5. Baseball- Milwaukee Brewers
6. Golf
If we go by the standard of being able to name 20+ athletes in the sport, I could add NBA, NCAA football, and tennis, but I don't really have favorite teams/players in those sports so I don't care about them that much. Just follow the big games.
Tiger Woods, Adam Scott, Rory McEllroy, Bubba Watson, Phil Mickelson, Sergio Garcia, Vijay Singh, KJ Choi, Luke Donald, Webb Simpson, Jim Fyurik, Jeff Ogelvy, Ernie Ells, Brant Snedeker, Louie Oosthasen, Charl Schwartzel, Gram McDowell, Zach Johnson, Lee Westwood, Ricky Fowler, Ian Polter, Bo Van Pelt
22 golfers, just to see if I could do it without looking any up. I only watch The Masters every year, but this year I also watched the US Open & The Open. Was still tricky to name 20, couldn't do it if they all had to be spelled right. I wouldn't say I follow golf, I just watch it occasionally.
I closely watch MMA. I would closely watch Kickboxing if it were shown on basic cable on the reg. NFL football: only if the 49ers are in the mix. MLB: only if the Giants, Rangers, or A's are in the playoffs.
NBA: not a big fan of the "superteams" Heat, Lakers getting all the top names. Plus, every time a player is called for a foul, he acts like a two year old who just got caught eating a cookie. The end of an NBA game sucks. Foul, time out, free throws, Repeat.....
1. Dirt track racing, primarily dirt late models. I hit somewhere between 50 and 70 races a year at tracks in a 6 state radius.
2. Mixed martial arts. I'll watch any fight, don't matter the sanction. I even attend a handful of local ammy shows a year.
3. American Football, primarily the NFL (Go Bears!)
4. Baseball (Lets go Bucs! Finally not the essence of suck!)
1. NFL
2. MMA
3. College Football
4. MLB
5. College Baseball
7. College Basketball
8. NBA
I'm a huge fan of the NFL, that probably tops the list but it's followed closely by MMA.
I get pretty in to college football as well, but nowhere near as big of a fan as the NFL. Baseball is a lot of fun, but I don't keep 100% interest throughout the whole year. I also LOVE college baseball, but it's only on TV for a short amount of the year. I try to catch as many games as I can.
I'll watch basketball sometimes, I keep up a little bit with how the year is going, and I typically follow along with the playoffs fairly closely; same goes for March Madness.
I'll always watch MMA over any sport, but I do watch football, too. I'm a big Indianapolis Colts fan.
I watch most of the major sports live any time they're on. I watch quite a bit of NCAA football(Go Buckeyes!). Baseball and basketball I normally just watch from a week or two before the playoffs through the championship. Over the last few years I've started watching quite a bit more hockey(Go Canucks!). With soccer I'll watch the big events, like the Euro Cup and World Cup.
mma_guru333 said:
I also LOVE college baseball, but it's only on TV for a short amount of the year. I try to catch as many games as I can.
I'll watch basketball sometimes, I keep up a little bit with how the year is going, and I typically follow along with the playoffs fairly closely; same goes for March Madness.
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I like the CWS more than anything MLB. It's probably because I've been going to those games since I was a little kid. If I grew up somewhere that had professional teams I would probably be more into professional sports, but aside from the NBA I prefer college over pro. March Madness in itself is more exciting than any other event, if I actually had a team to follow all season that would be my #1.
1. MMA
2. Premier League Soccer
3. La Liga Soccer
4. Serie A Soccer
5. UEFA Cup Soccer
6. Champions League Soccer
7. Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Futebol
8. Ukrainian Premier League Soccer
9. American Football (all comps are basically the same so I lump them together)
10. Women's Underwater Frisbee Championship of Lesotho.
severedhand said:
Tiger Woods, Adam Scott, Rory McEllroy, Bubba Watson, Phil Mickelson, Sergio Garcia, Vijay Singh, KJ Choi, Luke Donald, Webb Simpson, Jim Fyurik, Jeff Ogelvy, Ernie Ells, Brant Snedeker, Louie Oosthasen, Charl Schwartzel, Gram McDowell, Zach Johnson, Lee Westwood, Ricky Fowler, Ian Polter, Bo Van Pelt
22 golfers, just to see if I could do it without looking any up. I only watch The Masters every year, but this year I also watched the US Open & The Open. Was still tricky to name 20, couldn't do it if they all had to be spelled right. I wouldn't say I follow golf, I just watch it occasionally.
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That's probably why the OP qualified it by saying you have to name 20 players
and their skillsets
. I barely watch football these days but I could easily just name 30 or 40 players. It'd be much more difficult for me to define them in terms of their skillsets.
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CopperHeart said:
I'd be curious to know who DOES NOT follow MMA closely here.
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BRF...dude is just a straight up troll who knows nothing about mma and found his next forum :lol:
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I'm convinced it's all an act, and has been from day one.
Football/Handegg-No other sport will ever come close to my love for the Giants and American football as a whole. It is understood in my house on Sundays that you don't even think about anything but Football
MMA- Do I need to explain.
Soccer/Football-Over the last 2 years or so I have fallen in love all over again with the beautiful game. Mostly the EPL and International matches but pretty much any football is better than no football. I even had to order a separate tier on my cable to accomodate this addiction. My wife also doesn't like the fact that I crack open a Molson at like 9:30 in the morning when Everton is on cause I live in the states and the obvious time difference.
Baseball- I find myself having an on and off love affair with the game as a whole. I always follow the Yanks though. Everyday chwcking box scores and highlights.
Gnarcore said:
How did I not mention golf. Watch a ton and have played 78 rounds since May 18th...
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Yeah, I follow the big four, plus MMA, Boxing and Golf. Love the World and Euro Cups, but don't watch soccer otherwise. Kinda like the Olympics - I enjoy watching most of those sports, both summer and winter, but have no interest in them at any other time.
CopperHeart said:
The only sport I follow closely is MMA. Am I alone here?
And by "closely" I mean you can name at least 20 competitors and their skill sets.
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Yeah, I am with you Copper, I know quite a bit about Hockey, but there is no way I could describe 20 different players different skills. Maybe their positions that is about it.
MMA is just far too entertaining for me, no other sport even compares.
I definitely follow MMA more than any other sport by far but still enjoy following others.
1. MMA
2. AFL Football
3. Ice Hockey
4. Kickboxing
5. Boxing
6. Poker (if considered a sport)
Some others also but definitely MMA is my main focus, without it I would go insane.