In a follow up to our last episode, we continue to discuss the factors that led to fighters possibly having a stronger fan following in the past than the modern era. Every era and its transition to the next one will inevitably affect fighter sentiment. As noted before, there have been a lot of changes over the years within the MMA industry. In this episode, we examine these changes and how they affected a Mixed Martial Artist’s fan following. The hosts will discuss the number of participants in the sport, which companies existed, new weight classes, and much more.

There is also a discussion of if it is simply a matter of what generation one is in? Does that make a fighter less of a historic figure or a pioneer, thus reducing their impact? To illustrate our points, we use Bruce Lee and films as examples to demonstrate that the time period one is in and their experiences play a factor in how much another person or something influences them. Mixed Martial Arts is no exception to this fact of life.