MMA On Point - Podcast

Alex Pereira just lost his world title to an unpopular fighter in Magomed Anklaev, who some would even classify as boring at UFC 313. Pereira is by far the most popular star in the UFC currently, pair that with Belal Muhammad and Pantoja who are also being accused of being boring.... it begs the question. Is this the boring era of UFC champions?

What's worse than being reaaaally bad at something? Probably having no idea and having to find out in the worst way possible. In the case of MMA this happens with a brutal KO or submission and embarrassment worldwide. These are the worst fighters to ever compete under the UFC banner.

Alex Pereira just lost his world title to an unpopular fighter in Magomed Anklaev last night at UFC 313. He is by far the most popular star in the UFC currently.... so it begs the question. Is this bad for the sport?

Sometimes ya gotta do what you can to replace a fighter on a card last minute, but these ones are beyond the pail. And in the worst cases like with Michael Bisping, it robbed of us a true goodbye in the cage. A throw away fight that he didn't have time to prepare for.

Some champions just become so elite, so untouchable that you never expect them to lose and if they do, certainly not in such one-side, oblierating fashion. That's exactly what has happened in today's video. Those times a dominant got completely crushed to the surprise of pretty much everyone.

There are two minds fans typically take in this sport, that of wanting the best fights possible and the others that take up the UFC's perspective. How can the UFC or an MMA organization become most successful? If the sport is successful, then hopefully it's good for fans too, right? Well... no. At least not always. These are the time the UFC/MMA orgs made business that were good for them, but not really us.

You ever notice the UFC's roster seems to be getting much older without necessarily the new stars to pass the torch to? It turns out all of the UFC's divisions are getting older and so are their champions.

So many fights have nearly happened in MMA/the UFC, but these fights are the ones everyone seems to forget about. Truly massive, blockbuster fights that would have easily headlined a PPV event.

These are the moments that exploded MMA into the consciousness of new MMA fans around the world, grew it's reach and made it even bigger than it was before. Alex Pereira, Brock Lesnar, Rousey, McGregor, these were the moments that birthed them as unbelievably big stars.

There are those fights between legends that will probably be debated forever. Decisions so close and so disputed that it's impossible to forget. How did you see these decisions?