MMA fans are by far the snobbiest in the sports world, and it’s largely because of the Internet and the cultural zeitgeist they were and are surrounded by. The genesis of modern mixed martial arts is unique when compared to the upbringings of the…
MMA fans are by far the snobbiest in the sports world, and it’s largely because of the Internet and the cultural zeitgeist they were and are surrounded by. The genesis of modern mixed martial arts is unique when compared to the upbringings of the other major sports. While football and baseball had the telegraph and […]
Former UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson has not been able to voice his opinion at any point in his career, but he has been especially vocal ever since his unanimous decision loss to Ryan Bader at UFC 144. Jackson, who will …
Former UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson has not been able to voice his opinion at any point in his career, but he has been especially vocal ever since his unanimous decision loss to Ryan Bader at UFC 144.
Jackson, who will have surgery on both knees, revealed that the only way he was able to go through with his bout with Bader was with the help of testosterone replacement therapy.
When Rampage appeared on Sherdog’s Savage Dog Show, he rationalized using TRT by comparing it to several other standard medical procedures.
“If I was losing my hair and the doctor told me, ‘You need a hair transplant,’ I’m going to do a hair transplant. If I get my tooth knocked out like Randy Couture did against [Lyoto] Machida, I’m going to get a new tooth put in my mouth.If my testosterone gets low and the doctor tells me, ‘You need to raise your levels back up to where you used to be when you were 25,’ and you’re fighting these young folks, I’m going to go do it. I feel like it’s a medical condition.
The former PRIDE star put the icing on the cake with these comments:
“I have to say this. I have to say this and maybe some people will get mad, but I feel like whoever’s getting mad at me for healing myself up, [there’s] an old saying, a slave mentality, like, ‘Oh, how dare you make yourself 100 percent to be fighting out there.’ That’s what comes to my mind.”
Despite soundly losing to Bader, Jackson believes that when healthy, TRT will ensure that he has plenty of good fights left in him.
“Now, I feel like I’m 25 again,” he said. “I’m going to be fighting for as long as I want to fight.”
Rampage will rematch Mauricio “Shogun” Rua in late 2012 or early 2013 for the last fight on his UFC contract. Shogun won the first fight, under the PRIDE banner back in 2005, via first-round TKO.
TRT is quickly becoming one of the most hotly contested subjects in MMA, and Rampage Jackson is the main fighter keeping the topic relevant right now.
In this economy, being a fight fan is expensive. Dropping $45 to $55 dollars on a pay-per-view is quite the investment when it costs more than that to fill up your gas tank.Nothing is more disappointing than a night of fights that fails to deliver. So …
In this economy, being a fight fan is expensive. Dropping $45 to $55 dollars on a pay-per-view is quite the investment when it costs more than that to fill up your gas tank.
Nothing is more disappointing than a night of fights that fails to deliver. So it’s understandable when fight fans decide to hold off on buying a pay-per-view if there’s not a fight that jumps off the paper. That’s why we as fans gravitate toward fighters like the Diaz brothers.
Whether you are a fan of Nick or Nate Diaz or not, chances are your tuning into watch them. Their zany antics and aggressive fight style are a 100 percent satisfaction guarantee and can’t-miss television. For that, we are grateful.
Here are 10 other fighters who we will always pay to see.
Oh, Rich Franklin. You’re such an optimist, and I love that about you. Franklin told MMAjunkie’s Steven Marrocco that he’d like to make another run at the middleweight title currently held by Anderson Silva: “The great Cinderell…
Oh, Rich Franklin. You’re such an optimist, and I love that about you. Franklin told MMAjunkie’s Steven Marrocco that he’d like to make another run at the middleweight title currently held by Anderson Silva: “The great Cinderella story would be for me to drop to 185 and make a run for the title,” he said. […]
Officials with the Ultimate Fighting Championship Tweeted another bantamweight matchup Friday night (@ufc) pitting former WEC champ Eddie Wineland (18-8-1) against former WEC contender Scott ‘Young Guns’ Jorgensen (13-5). The two fighters are set to meet at the upcoming UFC on FX 3 event, which is expected to take place on June 8, 2012 with […]
Eddie Wineland
Officials with the Ultimate Fighting Championship Tweeted another bantamweight matchup Friday night (@ufc) pitting former WEC champ Eddie Wineland (18-8-1) against former WEC contender Scott ‘Young Guns’ Jorgensen (13-5).
The two fighters are set to meet at the upcoming UFC on FX 3 event, which is expected to take place on June 8, 2012 with fans voting for the host city through the Hometown Showdown contest.
Wineland is still looking for his first win with the UFC having gone 0-2 since joining the promotion last year. His last bout came in August 2011, a decision loss to Joseph Benavidez at the UFC on Versus 5 show. He debuted with the UFC one year ago at the UFC 128 show, losing a decision to current No. 1 contender Urijah Faber. That loss ended a four fight win streak.
Jorgensen lost his last bout, losing to Renan Barão at UFC 143 this past February. Previous to the defeat, ‘Young Guns’ had won two straight beating Jeff Curran by decision UFC 137 and Ken Stone by KO at the TUF 13 Finale. Jorgensen’s last bout with the WEC place in December 2010 at WEC 53, a bantamweight title loss to Dominick Cruz.
MMA fans are by far the snobbiest in the sports world, and it’s largely because of the Internet and the cultural zeitgeist they were and are surrounded by.The genesis of modern mixed martial arts is unique when compared to the upbringings of the other …
MMA fans are by far the snobbiest in the sports world, and it’s largely because of the Internet and the cultural zeitgeist they were and are surrounded by.
The genesis of modern mixed martial arts is unique when compared to the upbringings of the other major sports. While football and baseball had the telegraph and the newspaper, mixed martial arts had the Internet.
But it’s not just the Internet that made the growth of the MMA fanbase unique, but it was the societal circumstances, too, that had a massive impact.
Baseball and football fans had to survive depressions, world wars and other horrific calamities.
Compare this to the overly-entitled Occupy Wall Street generation that MMA draws much of its fanbase from.
When these two factors are combined, it creates the perfect storm for a fandom that is a wretched hive of petty elitism and other sordid practices.
MMA almost died once, but intrepid fans kept it alive through exchanging VHS tapes and by posting on obscure Internet chat rooms.
These fans later proclaimed themselves “hardcore” fans and developed an entitlement complex. They feel that MMA owes them for “saving” the sport during the dark ages.
They look down on “casual” fans who started watching the sport after they did.
Why?
Probably because they’re pathetic ne’er-do-wells whose greatest accomplishment in life is posting on a forum before other people did or buying an old PRIDE tape.
They need to say that they helped the sport, and that they are better than other fans so that they can feel like big men.
However, this is not to malign people who are passionate about MMA.
MMA is the greatest sport in the world, and there is almost a sort of brotherhood between fans.
It’s just that fans can be far too critical. Do football fans divide themselves into “hardcore” and “casual” camps? Do baseball fans get mad when they see another fan wearing a jersey or a team shirt and say, “If you don’t play baseball, you don’t have the right to wear that?”
Of course not, because football and baseball fans are just happy watching the sport, not berating “lesser” fans or any such nonsense.
But some fans aren’t snobby, they’re just entitled.
They feel as if they shouldn’t have to pay for events for any number of pathetic rationales (and there are thousands).
For some reason, they feel that paying for one pay-per-view, or watching the sport during the dark ages, or not liking Dana White gives them the right to STEAL (and it is stealing) pay-per-views.
The fact that a significant amount of MMA fans are elitist snobs is one of the biggest factors holding the sport back. Once they can learn to just relax and appreciate anyone who has even a slight interest in MMA (even if they wear a TapouT shirt, even if they call it “UFC”), the sport and its growth will be that much better off for it.
Former UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson has not been able to voice his opinion at any point in his career, but he has been 
