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.