MMA Without The AttitudeFiled Under: Rantings, Uncategorized
I like to be entertained, I admit. But enough is enough. One thing that has bugged me for some time is the “bloodsport” image that gets perpetuated about mixed martial arts. It’s very popular to market MMA with the extreme sport angle: heavy metal, bikini babes, gruff voices, blood spatters and tattoos.
The thing is, I think the testosterone driven approach will always push MMA from being totally mainstream. Sometimes it gets a little immature for me.
Plus, I don’t think the public really gets how professional many MMA fighters are – partially because of a self-perpetuated stereotype. Many just see the brutal highlight reels and competition event names like ” Fight Night XX: Abomination”, “UFC Z: No Remorse” and “MMA Challenge II: Penultimate Destruction full of pain.” MMA fighters are top notch athletes and extremely physically talented, not some brutish animal pushed into a cockfight. I’d like to see them get the approval they deserve in the sports community, and if that means means less strippers and death metal, I’ll go for that.
Anyway, I enjoy the complexity – and dare say ART -of MMA. I just don’t like all the attitude. A little attitude I can abide … but that’s the end of my soapbox rant.
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- BartB
- 26 Nov 2008 10:35 AM
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