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Originally Posted by pylon
I actually liked it back in the mid 90's when it debuted, and it was a no holds barred brawl. That was awesome. More of a bar room brawl sort of feel to it. If I recall, it was simply no eye gouging, no nut shots.... everything else was fair game.
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I think this proves that you have never watched MMA, since the early events had no bar room brawl action at all. They were well organized fights which were usually very one sided for the Gracie family. They may have marketed themselves as a brawl, but it was not close. Nut shots were certainly fair game!
And as far as "rudimentary general knowledge", do you even know what that term means?..... We are not talking about string theory here, it is 2 guys fighting in an Octogan shaped ring, until one quits, or submits. That, is "Rudimentary, general knowledge" About as dumbed down as it can can get. I think it can be pretty much said, you could learn "Rudimentary, general knowledge" about any sport reading Wikipedia articles for an hour.[/QUOTE]
It is two professional fighters in the ring, you are dumbing down a sport that takes more training than possibly any other sport. If you don't like it, fine. Insulting it makes people look silly.