cmvideo75 said:
Come on RedRum... I train and I've been watching since UFC 1 bro! LOL... actually neither of those is true but the board I came from was LOADED with those guys. In fact, there was a great article we found that listed the top 10 things annoying MMA trollers do/say and the first 2 things you mentioned were on it. I'll have to dig up that article... it was hysterical.
I've been posting on the ESPN boards for a few years, battling the trolls after every event. Callit was there and a few other guys too but we're homeless now... we've been searching around for a new home and found a few decent boards but so far this is the one I like best. Most of the new users popping up are probably ESPN cast-offs.
Thanks for the welcome and I look forward to posting here!
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I love the "I watched UFC 1 live bro!" attitude.
If every single person watched UFC 1 live it would have been the biggest PPV in sports history and the UFC would not have had finical problems that occurred down the line. If as many forum users watched the original fight card the night of the event, SEG would still be in charge swimming in money.
Welcome.
abc0331 said:
I love the "
I watched UFC 1 live
bro!" attitude.
If every single person watched UFC 1 live it would have been the biggest PPV in sports history and the UFC would not have had finical problems that occurred down the line. If as many forum users watched the original fight card the night of the event, SEG would still be in charge swimming in money.
Welcome.
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I think most of the posters who claim this, that are in their 40s, likely, are not lying.
abc0331 said:
I love the "I watched UFC 1 live bro!" attitude.
If every single person watched UFC 1 live it would have been the biggest PPV in sports history and the UFC would not have had finical problems that occurred down the line. If as many forum users watched the original fight card the night of the event, SEG would still be in charge swimming in money.
Welcome.
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I watched UFC 1... on a tape that I rented from Blockbuster (remember Blockbuster?).
osubuckeye4 said:
I watched UFC 1... on a tape that I rented from Blockbuster (remember Blockbuster?).
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I remember my dad renting UFC 1 from pick-a-flick video. Remember them?
I think many people who claimed to see it live mistaken those videos as "happening live" It would be interesting if the buy rates for the first event were available just to see what kind of audience first tuned in.
abc0331 said:
I love the "I watched UFC 1 live bro!" attitude.
If every single person watched UFC 1 live it would have been the biggest PPV in sports history and the UFC would not have had finical problems that occurred down the line. If as many forum users watched the original fight card the night of the event, SEG would still be in charge swimming in money.
Welcome.
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I didn't watch UFC 1 live (was only born I think ) but the first time I ever watched anything UFC related was a tribute to Royce Gracie which was pretty cool
C-Me-No-More said:
I didn't watch UFC 1 live (was only born I think ) but the first time I ever watched anything UFC related was a tribute to Royce Gracie which was pretty cool
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You weren't born in 1993?..Yep, I officially hate you're guts
osubuckeye4 said:
I watched UFC 1... on a tape that I rented from Blockbuster (remember Blockbuster?).
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LOL... Yup. My old high school sweethearts dad was a big UFC fan. He had a bunch of the first UFC events on VHS, which was the first time I had seen it. Damn... it's been a while. 11-12 years.
callithowyouseeit said:
Another thing I LOVE about this board.
The mods keep chin checkin' trolls and flame posts.
That's just awesome.
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yeah your next
haha
Fight Genome said:
I think most of the posters who claim this, that are in their 40s, likely, are not lying.
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Amen brother! Especially those who already followed MMA before they actually called it that!
I gotta make a "Life Line" call to my Bro..I remember watching it and my Bro pushing this Royce Gracie guy on me. I didnt care for it but when your older Bro tells you to watch this guy, you pay attention( he would say "look how small Royce is and he can beat anyone"). So from there I watched it in bits and pieces but thought it was too much for my taste. When they had The Ultimate Fighter 1 was when I dove all the way into it. I liked the Reality part(thats prob when the Real World/Road Rules started) and what sold me finally was the techniques being used. It finally sunk in that it was a sport as I related to my wrestling in HS.
cmvideo75 said:
In fact, there was a great article we found that listed the top 10 things annoying MMA trollers do/say and the first 2 things you mentioned were on it. I'll have to dig up that article... it was hysterical.
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Please do. Maybe it was on Cracked.com?
Well if we're giving origins here... Brock is actually the reason I am watching MMA today. LOL. So all those who debate what Brock brought to the game and his HOF credentials, he absolutely brought eyeballs if nothing else. And I'm not even remotely a wrestling fan. Back in 2007 or 2008, my business partner invited me over his house because he was having a bunch of guys over to watch the UFC PPV... Brock was fighting Heath Herring. I had no idea who Brock was but my friend described him as this unnaturally freakish beast and he wasn't kidding, lol. Then I watched him pummel Herring into smithereens. I was hooked. Not necessarily because of Brock but because of the whole card. That's when I really started to follow the sport and now it's my favorite. And oddly, my parnter who originally invited me over and got me into it, barely watches MMA anymore. I guess he was more of that casual Brock fan that everyone tends to hate. Probably ordered it because it was Brock and a bunch of guys we coming over to get drunk.
The good thing about getting into MMA kind of later in the game is it's like getting into a band after they already have 10 albums out. Fuel TV is awesome with all the old Pride shows... I watch those fights like they are brand new... I never saw 90% of them. Good stuff.
CopperHeart said:
Please do. Maybe it was on Cracked.com?
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I literally spent about 45 minutes searching for that article!! LOL. It was from about a year ago... I posted it on the ESPN board and that is now gone so I can't even go back there and find it... crap. I'll track it down somehow.
cmvideo75 said:
I literally spent about 45 minutes searching for that article!! LOL. It was from about a year ago... I posted it on the ESPN board and that is now gone so I can't even go back there and find it... crap. I'll track it down somehow.
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Just google some keywords... It's out there. I have faith in you.
abc0331 said:
I love the "I watched UFC 1 live bro!" attitude.
If every single person watched UFC 1 live it would have been the biggest PPV in sports history and the UFC would not have had finical problems that occurred down the line. If as many forum users watched the original fight card the night of the event, SEG would still be in charge swimming in money.
Welcome.
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lol ya most of the people who say they've watched since UFC 1 are lying.
first PPV i watched was penn vs sanchez, first card? nelson vs schaub n some other fights
