It Called MMA, Him Name Kimbo – You Love Both

There’s something very troubling about MMA, just as there was about boxing before it (if you will).

There’s something wrong about the two men in a cage - ring, if you’re talking boxing - beating the shit out of each other format.

Neither boxing nor this bastardized form of fighting, with the gross misnomer of Mixed Martial Arts, was derived from anything other than the wish of the “common folk” to satisfy their suppressed violent urges.

But, for now, I want to speak directly to the mixed fighting form that was aired on CBS Saturday night.

That most martial arts were derived to develop self-discipline, restraint in using combat, respect for both self and opponent, and to defend against bodily attack, not initiate attack, makes the “MA” in Mixed Martial Arts a laughable inclusion in the naming of this fighting form. And to attempt to maintain that martial arts are involved in MMA beyond a rudimentary kick style or two is laughable, so the “Martial Arts” part needs to be removed from this person-to-person competition.

This hombre a hombre or mujer a mujer fighting is obviously some amalgamation of boxing, kickboxing, and wrestling. Mixed Martial Arts is a term of convenience, not an explanation of the fighting, so its “MMA” acronym just makes for the use of aggressive-looking fonts for t-shirts and hats.

So, to me, the people who talk like they really understand cage fighting are fooling only themselves and using some b.s. terminology to mask the fact that they are really buying into a MORTAL KOMBAT or the latest XBox 360 UFC videogame come to life.

MMA also fits Internet culture perfectly. Look at the reactions to contentious articles and commentaries. You will invariably see a reactionary, aggressive style to many negative responses, replete with personal attacks, and mean-spirited humor meant to demean the author in a vainglorious attempt to exalt the commenter to a status above that of the author. The vast majority of these people would shrink at the thought of actual violence, especially to them, but they are desensitized to blood and gore enough to watch Kimbo Slice explode his opponent’s cauliflower ear and complain that they were denied a finish that promised more bloodshed.

These proponents of a fighting form, most of whom do not understand, are perfectly manipulated television, video game, blood and gore and porn babies all grown up with the actual boldness of a chipmunk being stalked by a hawk - but all the Internet-imbued false bravado of their favorite fiction hero.

They’ll watch this meaningless fighting mashup with all the glee of tree-jumping voyeurs, yet when it comes time to fight for something real like their civil rights or right to earn an equitable wage commensurate with their employment the real “them” shows; all apathy and slouching off to the local downtown chic hole to alcohol their pitiful existence away and hopefully find an equally apathetic partner to stumble home with so they can puke on each other’s dreams.

But if you ask them how was their weekend, they’ll tell you it could not have been any more fun…. until they have to pay the tab with interest to their credit card companies at the end of their monthly cycle.

So with lives like that, why not watch people attempt to batter each other into oblivion and listen to the commentators cater to their base, reptilian selves by using phrases like “caged animal” and “bring out the animal” over and over like a hypnotic Manchurian Candidate-steezo prompt; over and over until they have totally bought into this thing that they are told is new and fresh and Generation Z’s answer to that ancient, corrupt, slow-paced, definitely not instantly gratifying “sport” called boxing.

I have nothing against boxing’s slow or quick death and have no want to support its British Isles beginnings or its nationalistic, imperialistic, and racist underpinnings.

Though I once wrote a long, romanticized feature about a Washington, D.C.-area “gym” with its yellowed posters, its smells of every fighter who entered and trained inside its walls, the beginning to sag canvas, its threadbare ropes, and most importantly, the old men who passed the sweet science to fewer and fewer future alchemists, today I have no want for its history of race plays and its present sad reminder of today’s Hispanic underclass proving its collective being as did black men for black people 50 years ago. But all the while they, like their black ancestors, are but caricatures of themselves and proof of every Western epithet hurled their way.

Just to think, of all the men who trained hard to ply their trade in the Gen Z fighting cages of today, a man with comparatively no training is the leader of the pack, the face of the MMA franchise.

He is a black face, all thug animal and street violent. He is a product of the passive-aggressive Internet, of porn sets, and chic-chic clubs where men and women spend deep into their plastic for the hope to be seen; all the places MMA watchers frequent (and yes, watching the end porn product is the natural extension of the film set).

He is perceived as a 2008 nigga, corralled by the promise of money, the magazine cover, and the cage. He has been put on display by the biggest of Big Box sports media outlets to show how Now they are, to show they are ahead of the curve, to show him that they own his image - and therefore him.

He is instant gratification personified. He is a jungle name in a jungle game.

He is Kimbo Slice, and he belongs to you.

Tags: Boxing, cauliflower ear, CBS, Kimbo Slice, MMA, Mortal Kombat

D.K. Wilson is a freelance sports writer. He is better known on the internet as "DWil," and writes for Sports On My Mind.

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Your article was as hypocritical as it is misinformed.

Comment by cls on June 2, 2008
And your comment is exactly what I would expect - off base - from someone attempting to defend the human equivalent of cockfighting or dog fighting.

‘I’ve got him on the canvas! Now let me punch his face - which he can’t defend - repeatedly until he’s senseless, or until the referee deems that my defenseless opponent is senseless.’

Yum.

Comment by D.K. Wilson on June 2, 2008
Ask yourself this D.K. are you any better than the “common folk” you speak of? You took the time to tear down the “common folk” but you’ll write off anything we say as uneducated babel. Wow aren’t you an enlightened sort.

Kimbo Slice is a joke in the MMA world and if you took 3 seconds to do a little research you would find that out. MMA is a lot more than boxing promoter Gary Shaw and CBS showed this weekend. What a real event not a staged fixed match & you’ll see the men & women that participate in them are true warriors. Educate yourself before you right about the subject & maybe then you wont look like such an a$$. Wait never mind your to hung up on things like race & the smell of your on gas to bother doing your job.

Comment by blugras on June 2, 2008
my bad watch a real event not what a real event

Comment by blugras on June 2, 2008
blugras-
I know other MMA fighters despise of Slice which has nothing to do with what I wrote.
And if you watched it sure wasn’t for the Lawler vs. Smith title fight.

Now since I’ve seen films of Ultimate fighting when it was a bloodsport and films - not videos - before that when martial arts masters were involved in it, I don’t think you’re qualified at all to tell me how informed or uninformed I am.

Warriors? Right. Warriors are fighting for their lives in Iraq right now, not in a cage or a ring.

Comment by D.K. Wilson on June 2, 2008
I really wish reporters would take time to learn what MMA is before writing these kinds of columns… I wonder if this reporter has ever spoken with an MMA athlete or trainer and found out what goes into the sport on an elite level. Judging from this piece, I am quite certain that is not the case. Everyone is entitled to his or her opinion, but I wish it was based on some kind of research or facts.

Comment by Jerry on June 2, 2008
Sure warriors are fighting Iraq I won’t disagree with that at all but to say that these fighters don’t put their life on the line every time they enter the ring tells me you don’t know that much about combat sports. Ask Brain Stann a true American hero if he puts his life on the line every time he enters the cage. It’s not to the degree he did in Iraq but there is still the risk of life altering damage & yes even death.

My real problem with your article is not your view on the sport but the way you write it’s viewers as some uneducated mob. A lot of the fighters even have college degrees. Chuck Liddell has an accounting degree, Rich Franklin was a math teacher & the list goes on & on. I have an associates & working on my BS. Most of the guys I watch it with are well educated. Don’t push your stereotypes on your readers & we want put ours on you.

Comment by blugras on June 2, 2008
I, unlike the person who wrote this story. understand MMA well enough to know that if
boxing promoter Gary Shaw. Let me stress Boxing Promoter….I knew the fight was going to be fixed. Which is why I stopped watch boxing in the first place. and did not waste my time watching the event of CBS. You like most of the people on the staff at CBS need to get a clue! Let me change the name for you so you may understand.
Mixed Combat Arts. No wait let me help you out with the Wikipedia definition:

Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full contact combat sport that allows a wide variety of fighting techniques, from a mixture of martial arts traditions, to be used in competitions. The rules allow the use of striking and grappling techniques, both while standing and on the ground.

Modern mixed martial arts competition emerged in popular culture in 1993 with the founding of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Initially based on finding the most effective martial arts for real unarmed combat situations, competitors of various arts were pitted against one another with minimal rules or concern for safety.[2] In the following decade, MMA promoters adopted many additional rules aimed at increasing safety for competitors and to promote mainstream acceptance of the sport.[

The Key thing you need to watch and learn is Techniques from the ground!!!

I hope you at least get the clue.

..Maybe you should find sometime to watch real MMA. Then write stories

Comment by Ripper on June 2, 2008
bluegras-
Ummm, football players put their lives on the line every snap, every contact drill… that doesn’t make them “warriors.”

Ripper-
“the ground game, the ground game.” Stop.The “techniques used are borrowed from greco-roman wrestling as much as they are Judo-Jujitsu.

As a matter of fact there’s an interview on You Tube - if you want to find something easy - with Ronda Rousey (Olympic hopeful - Judo) and the U.S. National Coach is talking about the bleeding of greco-roman wrestling techniques into Judo-Jujitsu in the past few years…. they are the same amalgamation of techniques used in “MMA.”

Comment by D.K. Wilson on June 2, 2008
Kimbo is meat.
CBS is a slumming violence-pimp
The fans are sadistic, brutal creeps/

End of story

Comment by r gabriel on June 2, 2008
To the author:

How do you propose we deal with this problem? Do you think we should ban the sport?

JJ

Comment by JJ on June 2, 2008
You also fail to see the benefits of MMA and UFC fighting. The military is currently looking into the styles and techniques used to be brought into a combat situation. IE: If a civilian is angry or upset and can’t be controlled but is unarmed, well you don’t want to shoot the guy.

You should rename your article to “Epic fail”

Comment by lawlers on June 2, 2008
Actually, you are ignorant and wrong. Martial arts have been developed by every nation in the world for the purpose of honing combat skills. The idea that martial arts teach “restraint” and “peace” have simply been slogans for martial arts schools to make their product more acceptable to the public. If athletes want to fight in a combat sport, that is their choice. It is more disrespectful that people like you presume to restrict their freedom to do so. It is possible that you have personally been assaulted by a mixed martial arts practitioner and thus feel strongly about this issue. But I highly doubt that is the case. The fact is that you, and people like you, are full of nonsense.

Comment by a on June 2, 2008
While I’m at it, one day you’ll realize that instead of harboring anger at other people (Generation Z are lazy, immoral cowards) you should instead work on bettering your likely pathetic existence. Don’t worry about us fighting for our wages, you are not the outstanding successful millionaire, otherwise you would not be writing insulting articles on the internet deriding people just because they enjoy a particular sport. Have a nice day.

Comment by a on June 2, 2008
Hey D,K, I was going to respect your opinion and say, each man to his own, but then I read a ridiculous statement you made in your comment to another poster that made me blurt out laughing and makes you look incredibly naive and YOURSELF a malleable tool molded by the media !

Warriors fighting in Iraq ?

What kind of ridiculous neocon hubris is that ?

Apparently, you support war crimes and the killing of hundreds of thousands of people by a war criminal ( your President, and your sheep soldiers), but have an issue with some people punching and kicking because it’s in your “living room.”

Let’s get it straight — you’re either a hypocrite, or a complete tool.

The freaking nerve !

Those soldiers aren’t “warrior”, they’re mercenaries, doing it for pocket money and hopes of college money.

These soldiers are worse — they go to a foreign country to invade and kill it’s innocent people, and have NO business in Iraq, it’s just about money, as we all know American soldiers predominately come from the lowest social class, and the Army is now accepting borderline retards, criminals, and high school drop-outs into the ranks !

So, becasue you don’t PERSONALLY see the war crimes commited in Iraq by your BRAVE WARRIORS, who in fact are not brave at all but cowards supported by money and brainwashed into automatons.

The way you described MMA fans is remarkably similar to how soldiers are — and the soldier demographic is the SAME demographic that loves MMA.

Fool.

Comment by Sheikh Zubeer on June 2, 2008
I started a thread on my Cameldog forums about you neocon shill , be there and let’s see how well you can debate a master !

http://www.cameldog.net/showthread.php?p=601#post601

Comment by Sheikh Zubeer on June 2, 2008
Sheikh-
So, now I’m a neo-con… wow you’re pretty reactionary. Warrior - WARrior… I dislike saying this to people, but learn how to read…. READ THE WORDS, not what you want them to say, but what they ACTUALLY say.

“Warriors are fighting for their lives in Iraq right now, not in a cage or a ring.”

Who am I writing about Sheikh? Can you tell me? Or are you ascribing meaning to the words that is not there so that they suit you?

Ask yourself that question before you RE-act to what I wrote.

a-
You are exactly who I’m talking about or you and no one like you could possibly get so worked up over this article. I am very happy to have had this opportunity to bring out the very essence of the crowd that values that b.s. that was on CBS Saturday night.

Now, have a Coke and a smile.

Comment by D.K. Wilson on June 2, 2008
Actually, I wasn’t effected by what you wrote about CBS and MMA, lol, I could care less, it was the hypocrisy inherent in calling soldiers “brave warriors” in comparing them to “MMA” fighters –we all know what demographics soldiers make up - poor white trash and ghetto blacks/latinos with NO OPPORTUNITIES ( which are the only people that go the army anyway) and who themselves embody the “porn/violence” culture and are trained to obey like sheeple ……. mmmmmm ….

Now, I don’t have a problem with your actual view on MMA, but when you call soldiers “brave warriors” in the context of Iraq, when there isn’t any bravery involved, and MMA “cockfighting”

LOL, I realize you’re a sports writer, but cereally, the article itself didn’t stir up , it was just hilarious nature you said “brave warriors”, damn, do all Americans feel a need to talk about their “brave soldiers” and “protecting our freedom.”

Puh-leaze, anyone who says that is a brainwashed toadie , and FYI I am faaaaaaaaar removed from the target audience you refer to.

Pal, I’m Sheikh Zubeer,. reknowned multimillionaire, Man of Letters, and adventurer, and can buy whatever I like.

Don’t compare my high intellect with rabid UFC/TUFer fans, because the “MMA” fans you talk about are the AMERICAN fans, and you’re right in describing them that way, because I parody them all the time as drunk bloodthirsty hicks.

I’m not here to debunk your argument - because your article is right regarding the AMERICAN fans, who are 90% boorish drunks.

Comment by Sheikh Zubeer on June 2, 2008
Have a good night, oh Dana White sucks ass.

WARRRRRRR CAMELDOG !

DEATH TO SHERDOG !

Comment by Sheikh Zubeer on June 2, 2008
Very amusing. People today are much like what people have always been, just folks working to make a living. Some people enjoy combative sports. This is nothing new either. You will realize someday that you are no better than the rest, whether or not you enjoy MMA.

Comment by a on June 2, 2008
‘when you call soldiers “brave warriors” in the context of Iraq’…

And for the last time, read what I wrote…. The phrase “brave warriors” does not exist in my comment. Nor does the word “soldier.” And I never compared the to MMA participants. Here’s the quote again:

“Warriors are fighting for their lives in Iraq right now, not in a cage or a ring.”

Though you are well withing your rights to stay upset at something that does not exist, just do yourself a favor and misrepresent someone else’s words, not mine.

However, if you’re truly having difficulty understanding what the words mean, ask a question.

Comment by D.K. Wilson on June 2, 2008
What’s that? Not another insult and proclamation of your moral high ground? Good.

Once you stop judging people with ridiculous generalizations, you find that you are no better, nor worse, than everyone else. Just part of the fabric of society. This is my last post.

Comment by a on June 2, 2008
Whoever wrote this arrogant, biased, sophomoric and blatantly racist piece of cold hard trash, can go watch cricket. “Subscribe to sports review” not likely. Honkey, Cracker, White bread punk.

Comment by Dave on June 2, 2008
I am offended. Fuck You

Comment by Dave on June 2, 2008
combat sports are part of the American culture, whether you like it or not. MMA is no different than boxing in that the object of the sport is to hurt your opponent, except that MMA has a better track record.

“That most martial arts were derived to develop self-discipline, restraint in using combat, respect for both self and opponent, and to defend against bodily attack, not initiate attack, makes the “MA” in Mixed Martial Arts a laughable inclusion in the naming of this fighting form.”

So in wrestling/karate/judo competitions, combantants are simply defending against each other and never initiating action, right? Your article is a joke, which is a shame, because you obviously have some chops.

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Willie, I think you were trolling for attention with that “article”, and butter-cup, I think the best word applied is “mercenary.” rather than “warrior.”

Semantics now huh baby ?

Are you emo or shit lol ?

LOL, tell us who you’re voting for this election, I’m betting McCain !

You’re probably afraid of every black man that passes you on the street as well and live in a secluded neighborhood.

You’re missing something else too — the hordes of company men and de-masculinized men of America, who just pay bills and are made into wusses by a Feminist media and society, are just fighting back and this is their way to feel like “men” in a banal existence.

Comment by Sheikh Zubeer on June 3, 2008
DK,

I don’t really see the art in it either, but my masculinity has been lost to the feminist media — so I cannot be objective. And I’m afraid of every white man that passes me on the street — especially the ones that want to kick the crap out of my feminine white body.

All hail DK!! Ruler of the Wussies!!

Comment by Den Cotton on June 3, 2008
I am going to post one more time because the things this author has written need to be addressed.

First of, it is useless to debate with his misconceptions. He references traditional martial arts, which he imagines the training is much different than that of MMA. Obviously, he has not been seriously involved in martial arts before. Then he goes on to denigrate modern society as producing bloodthirsty cowards. This is preposterous. Humanity sunk to a low when WWII killed more people than any other historical catastrophe. People today are no better, and no worse than people of yesteryear.

If you think MMA is a reflection of all the ills of the 21st century, fine. But in your ignorant and inane attacks against people you don’t even know, you reveal a confrontational personality and a ridiculous superiority complex. Believe me, you are a very, very flawed person. You make a gross generalization regarding the character of all MMA practitioners and fans as barbaric degenerates. I know firefighters practice MMA. I know doctors who practice MMA. I know people who have contributed much more good than you, a freelance sportswriter ever will, and yes, they practice MMA. With what every reader has seen from you, you are in no position to judge the character of other much better people.

Why am I taking this time to respond to your article? I very rarely make comments online. But I am an amateur fighter myself, and I feel it is necessary to respond to vicious and misinformed attacks against my sport. If the growth of MMA is enough cause to stir your latent, cynical anger at the rest of society, you have deeper issues. Rather than insult people online with your offensive and mean spirited tirades, you should go resolve your problems in private. I’m sure most people who have read this article will agree with me.

Comment by a on June 3, 2008
My favorite part of this article, besides the complete ownage of the idiot Sheik Zubeer, is the pedestal that DK puts the martial arts on.

You obviously buy into the “never for actually fighting” marketing myth of the asian martial arts. Any martial arts enthusiast who hasn’t seen the karate kid too many times knows that that philosophy exists to sell lessons to the kiddies and to prevent the drivel being taught in mcdojo’s and by mcsifus from ever being in any danger of being exposed as the fraud it is in practical use.

Martial arts, before they were connected with far east mystical douchebaggery, were for straight up murder. The first usage of the term was in reference to medieval sword play, and before it was called that the first real martial art was greek pankration. We’re not talking about monks here doing magic tricks and feats of strength. We’re talking about people who wanted to know how to use a sword better so they could burn a town down and rape a bunch of women.

Martial arts… NEWS FLASH…. ARE FOR FIGHTING. Get that through your head once and for all.

And know what the fuck you’re talking about next time, please?

PS Kimbo and EXC really are a joke though

Comment by Aaron on June 3, 2008
Aaron-
I wonder which one of you will stop will wake up to the fact that your ridiculous contentions about martial arts origins being used for whatever violent nonsense you claim is Pavlovian in nature. Here’s another historical reference for you to refute:

“Many people commonly believe that the martial arts are fighting skills developed for the purpose of warfare. This is not true. In comparison to the skills of the martial artist, warfare is crude and relies in great measure upon strength. In fact, martial arts probably had their earliest roots in individuals learning methods of defending themselves from attack by animals and other humans. Over many centuries these primitive defensive skills were explored, refined and systematized. Groups of people exploited this knowledge to protect themselves and their endeavors. In the process of developing the martial arts, ideas about longevity and the nature of our existence became entwined with the martial arts.”

http://www.jadedragon.com/martarts/roots.html

Comment by D.K. Wilson on June 3, 2008
Ok, these posts of DK Wilson are getting a little ridiculous. Your source is a random website called the “Jade Dragon”. What is obvious is that you Googled for sites that support your preconceived views. I have a question: Who the hell does something like that?

To address his contentions though, I will completely debunk his arguments. The two most common styles used in MMA are Muay Thai and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

1) Muay Thai is descended from Muay Boran, the ancient fighting style of Burmese soldiers.

2) Jiu-Jitsu is descended from the grappling tactics used by Japanese samurai. It is deceptively known as the “gentle art”. The actual reason that Jiu-Jitsu eschews hard strikes in favor of grappling is that the art was developed for use against armored opponents. Rather than impracticably breaking their hands and feet against armor using strikes, they developed a system that used leverage, throws, and submissions.

Please, no more nonsense. Enough is enough. Don’t go Google more random sites to support your views on a topic you know nothing about. Just stop. Go back to baseball or whatever sport you enjoy and stop attacking MMA.

Comment by a on June 3, 2008
And one more thing, you think MMA athletes and fans are lowlifes?

You have Michael Vick, Barry Bonds, OJ Simpson, Mike Tyson. Some are complete thugs with athletic talent who were able to succeed in a more mainstream sport, earn millions, and still turn out to be complete garbage as human beings.

Not all MMA athletes are the best people, and MMA has it’s share of sketchy people. But Randy Couture, Georges St. Pierre, Anderson Silva, Rich Franklin, Fedor Emelianenko and many others always conduct themselves with class and attempt to be good ambassadors for their sport.

Doubtless you will go Google to find some asshole who happens to be an MMA fighter. This is just moronic.

Comment by a on June 3, 2008
Aaron is one of those hillbilly blue-collar UFC white-trash out of Shit Creek, Kentucky, were you the one with the red plastic cup full of beer and the shit-stained coveralls ?

Ayup !

Soldiers are dumb sheep, low-class cannon fodder for the elites, they’re not their cuz they’re some brave men and women !

They\re there cuz they’re poorer than shit and can’t do anything else.

Aaron, go suck my A-rab Man-Meat, revel in it’s meaty texture, and kneel before your intellectual and social superiors, you morlock and beast !

KNAVE !

Comment by Sheikh Zubeer on June 3, 2008
a-
What?! Some anonymous commenter - you - gets on the Internet and talk tripe, so I throw you one of 1000 different sources I can find in less that one second that substantiate my claim about martial arts’ origins, and you - anonymous commenter - have the nerve to challenge ANY source I toss your way?! And then try to mention two latter cultural-bastardized forms of martial arts to make yourself right?

I made a statement about the origin of ALL martial arts forms, not just the two you want to pick out from some , but certainly not all MMA participants ( as if those fighting forms were the only two used in ultimate fighting, the modern precursor to MMA, some 40 years ago, or by those who participated in the 1980s “Bloodsport ultimate fighting - PLEASE).

That’s perfect…. I’ll leave you to your own devices from here on out. It’s your world and I’m just a tourist. It’s time for me to move on…. see ya.

Comment by D.K. Wilson on June 3, 2008
Let’s be real here. You write an article insulting and misrepresenting a wide spectrum of people whose fault (in your mind) is enjoying a combat sport. You argue over the semantics of the term martial art, ignoring that “martial art” is an English term describing any system of combat, including boxing and wrestling (all European traditions). You find an Asian culture website “Jade Dragon” by searching for websites that support your preconceived stereotypes, and present it as “evidence” for your claims. Despite what Sinophiles may believe, Chinese Buddhist teachings are not the basis of all martial arts.

In addition, you make asinine statements, deriding modern society as a collection of unmotivated losers, making gross generalizations: people today drink too much, they are lazy cowards, etc. This isn’t coming from any person who has made significant contributions to the world, it is coming from a man who writes sports articles.

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D.K. your statment

techniques used are borrowed from greco-roman wrestling as much as they are Judo-Jujitsu.

My response:

Greco-roman wrestling is a mixed martial art. Which also includes Boxing

Martial arts does not have to be only from Asia.

Comment by Ripper on June 4, 2008
From what I have read in the article and these comments, this author is too ignorant, too stubborn, and too stupid to make a serious response to. He is clearly a social reject who has issues with society at large (hence his angry “common folk” commentary). Everyone should ignore the ramblings of this idiot. Just my two cents…

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Fuck man, I’m getting sick of these minimum-wage journalists who try to make a name for themselves by covering MMA and constantly bashing it.

Nobody is forcing anybody to watch this, if you as a consenting adult don’t want to watch it, then don’t put the channel on CBS. If you have younger kids, put them to bed, or don’t let them watch it.

There are fans of every sport, I’m sure you like some form of sport Wilson, there are probably people who don’t like it but it doesn’t mean they need to be negative towards it to gain attention and thats exactly what you’re doing. Don’t worry, Yahoo and ESPN has enoug haters, you won’t get a job there.

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