Just because you don't enjoy MMA doesn't make you a bad person
If someone doesn't enjoy watching figure skating, soccer/futbol, baseball or cricket what does that say about them as a human being?
Absolutely nothing in my book.
But for some sad reason, if a person does not enjoy the sport of MMA they become a target for personal attack by a vocal segment of the MMA fan base. The vitriol, venom and pure hate spews forth at an alarming rate.
If you don't agree just log on to a chat forum on any popular MMA web site and type that you do not understand the fascination with watching 2 men pummel each other and roll around on a mat and wait a moment for the show.
When I read many of the comments on popular MMA web sites I begin to understand some of the hesitance and negative views held by some towards MMA as a legitimate sport. I wonder if those people whom have a dim view of MMA actually dislike the physicality of the sport or the mentality of a vocal portion of the fan base?
I strongly disagree with the anti- MMA position of NY Assemblyman Bob Reilly but I do not agree with assassinating his character with vile insults. His personal feelings about MMA say nothing about him as a person.
If Joe Buck said the things that Joe Rogan said about Mr. Reilly, Buck would have just called his last NFL or MLB game.
Unfortunately in MMA that type of ugly rhetoric plays well with many of the MMA faithful.
Do many of my comments doom me as a 'popular' voice in MMA? Probably but personal integrity means a great deal to some.
Absolutely nothing in my book.
But for some sad reason, if a person does not enjoy the sport of MMA they become a target for personal attack by a vocal segment of the MMA fan base. The vitriol, venom and pure hate spews forth at an alarming rate.
If you don't agree just log on to a chat forum on any popular MMA web site and type that you do not understand the fascination with watching 2 men pummel each other and roll around on a mat and wait a moment for the show.
When I read many of the comments on popular MMA web sites I begin to understand some of the hesitance and negative views held by some towards MMA as a legitimate sport. I wonder if those people whom have a dim view of MMA actually dislike the physicality of the sport or the mentality of a vocal portion of the fan base?
I strongly disagree with the anti- MMA position of NY Assemblyman Bob Reilly but I do not agree with assassinating his character with vile insults. His personal feelings about MMA say nothing about him as a person.
If Joe Buck said the things that Joe Rogan said about Mr. Reilly, Buck would have just called his last NFL or MLB game.
Unfortunately in MMA that type of ugly rhetoric plays well with many of the MMA faithful.
Do many of my comments doom me as a 'popular' voice in MMA? Probably but personal integrity means a great deal to some.
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