Comments on: Are MMA Fans Bad for the Sport?

By: Jeff B.

Jeff B. — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 08:33:18 +0000

Obviously the author of this article loves ridiculous assumptions…

“The other type of MMA fans are little more than blood thirsty meth addicts who go to live events to get liquored up, wear their Tapout gear they bought at Wal Mart and hope that somebody gets seriously injured. They also boo everything and everybody not involved in a toe to toe, blood drenched slugfest.”

Meth addicts huh?

LAME

..and also doesn’t follow the WEC…..

“Former WEC featherweight champion Mike Brown was booed for no apparent reason.”

Racism? You got it…

” It might have been just a bunch of white suburban wanna-be gangstas excited to hear the West Coast rap legend in a venue other than booming from the stereos of their jacked up pick’em up trucks. Not surprisingly, they booed Faber’s opponent Raphael Assuncao like he’d disrespected Eminem or committed some other egregious offense.”

Seriously, Eminem…. couldn’t you pick a relevant rapper at least?

The author of this article wrote a complete rant, unworthy of any news oriented value and as far as the dialect itself, complete crap. The internet is dismal, because you know this puss* wouldn’t dare say that to anyone in the audiences face. Go back to junior college and learn how to write a real piece, son.

By: guy smalley

guy smalley — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 02:41:59 +0000

What you are describing are the Hooligans that are attending any pro sport. Add to it the cross-over from “pro rasiling ” you have a perfect storm of Macho drunken wannabes.
As a Hillbilly myself I resent the comparison to these fans as they don’t know the difference between an arm bar or a strip bar. But lets face it they are attending a MMA fighting match & not Polo. Dress it up anyway they want it is the closest thing we have to a gladiator sport . So let them get drunk and be rowdy but I hope they realize that the beer they spilled on the person next to them may very well be a Black belt LOL

By: Chris W

Chris W — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:23:35 +0000

@Mike.A
Mike Brown handed his opponent’s ass to him. Fans should respect that, regardless of where he’s from or who he has beaten (fair and decisively). Why doesn’t he represent Sacramento? Because he beat Faber twice? Sounds like (half) a city of sore losers to me. I say half because he did garner cheers as well so it sounds like half the city is reasonable.

By: Mike.A

Mike.A — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:34:27 +0000

I lived in Sacramento my whole life.

First Off Sacramento has some of best and most Underrated Fans In ALL of sports. They Boo just as much as any other city would a Tactical Fight difference is the Seats in Arco Area are on top of wood which make for louder crowd noise. Not to mention it’s one of the smallest area’s in the country.

Last Sacramento supports the people that Represent us, Mike Brown is almost as hated as the lakers around here.

By: Chris W

Chris W — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:46:43 +0000

Fabulous article! Booing when a fight goes to the ground or because t isn’t a mindless, no-defense, Rocky-esque slugfest is annoying and disappointing. Professional fighters work much harder than the typical white- or blue-collar worker. Crowd participation is great, but unless a fighter has earned the boos over several fights or done something so severe in a single fight to warrant the boos, the crowd should either cheer or keep their mouth shut. Just like in other sports, go ahead and boo your team if they’ve lost 6 in a row and they’re playing with no heart, but don’t do that after a single loss or a single bad play.