The mixed martial arts season (read: every single weekend) continues to roll along. With four major events this past weekend and another coming up this Saturday, finding time to think about the sport can be difficult. There is always a new blockbuster fight or card right around the corner that demands fight fans’ attention.
Fortunately, Americans have a day built into the calendar to reflect on all the good things in their lives, a practice that can fall by the wayside far too easily. With all the traveling, cooking, eating, cleaning, and comatose football-watching, it is easy to lose sight of what Thanksgiving is all about.
As with the rest of the world, there are many frustrating and appalling conditions in the sport that we love, but many exciting and positive ones too. With that in mind, the following list touches on many of the things MMA fans can be thankful for in 2016 and beyond.
1. UFC Fight Pass
The number one thing I am thankful for this year is UFC Fight Pass. I received a year-long subscription as a birthday present around this time last year, and let me tell you, I have gotten some serious mileage out of it. This is an absolute treasure and an indispensable resource for the hardcore fight fan. If you like watching punch-face, there is something (or many somethings) here for you.
Even if you’re not some kind of weirdo who wants to watch a ton of tape of past fights to make predictions of every upcoming bout, there is a reason for you to cough up ten bucks a month. Have a favorite fighter? Watch all of their UFC fights in a row, and maybe some of their scraps on the regional circuit too. Did you go to a UFC (or WEC or Strikeforce) event five years ago, feel nostalgic, and want to rewatch it in its entirety. That’s a thing you can do.
Did you go to a UFC (or WEC or Strikeforce) event five years ago, feel nostalgic, and want to rewatch it in its entirety. That’s a thing you can do.
Want to go back in time and see what the UFC was like before The Ultimate Fighter boom, or watch old Pride fights? Watch them all.
Then there are also live fights every week from regional promotions from all over the world, Invicta Fighting Championships, Glory kickboxing, and submission grappling from the Eddie Bravo Invitational.
The truth is if I wasn’t spending my time watching Jake Ellenberger fight Kelvin Gastelum and Jorge Masvidal scrap with Al Iaquinta to figure out how ‘The Juggernaut’ and ‘Gamebred’ will fare against one another next Saturday, I’d still have more hours of intriguing content than I’d know what to do with.
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