Those of us who have followed the sport of MMA for well over a decade in one form or another are starting to feel like old men. So much has changed since the UFC brought MMA to a mass audience back in November of 1993.
We have watched the evolution of the sport from the ground up. It has been a sight to behold.
Now, in 2012, the UFC is a global brand with a legion of fans; putting on events for national network television and PPV, bringing in over a million buys. Children have action figures, fighter t-shirts are sold in local stores and you hear discussion about fights in the strangest of places.
Here are just four things that makes us feel old.