Friends and readers alike, behold the sport of the future that hath risen. I know this may sound like some Shakespearean passage but this piece is completely about something else, the world of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) and the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). There are a lot of people who are probably wondering what MMA is. The answer is simple: it is the future sport that is currently knocking boxing off its throne as the most exciting and intense sport on the planet.
The firs time I watched an MMA event was back in 2004 and believe me I fell in love with that sport from the very first look. I got the chance to move to the USA in 2005 and there I watched all the UFC’s events. Quite a number of this article’s readers are probably wondering what the heck the UFC really is! The UFC is the biggest MMA organization in the whole world. The UFC was based on Horion Gracie’s idea who in 1993 established a mixed-martial art openweight tournament to answer conventional questions like, “who would win? The boxer or Judo practitioner? The Kung fu practitioner or Karate one?” This idea was a hit and for the first three events Gracie Jiu Jitsu (A martial art discipline) dominated through Horion’s younger brother Royce Gracie who grew to be a legend and a UFC hall of fame inductee.
Many spectators in the Middle East are being familiarized with MMA through the International Fight League (IFL) events which are usually aired on MBC Action. IFL is exciting but when compared with the UFC, UFC has got the best MMA fighters of all of the five weight categories in MMA. The heavyweight category 220lbs-260lbs has got the ageless reigning heavyweight champion of the world Randy Couture who at the age of 44 is dominating and overwhelming his tough challengers. Next to Couture, there are the giant 6’8 Tim Sylvia, Nougira, Jeff Manson, Andrei Arlovski and many more. In the light heavyweight, 205lbs-206 lbs the current champion Quentin “rampage” Jackson just shocked the world after knocking out the former and most dominant light heveyweight champion Chuck “the Iceman” Liddill in UFC 71 back in July. He also has unified the titles after beating Pride FC’s light heavyweight champion Dan Hendrson in UFC 75. This weight class has many of the most talented and charismatic fighters in the world such as Forrest Griffin, Tito Ortiz, Rashad Evens, Stephen Bonnar, Mauricio Shogun Rua and the list goes on. The middleweight class 185 lbs got the current champion Anderson “the spider” Silva who has been beating his contenders in a decisive manner. He finished the former champion Rich “Ace” Franklin utilizing knee strikes from a Thai-clinch then submitted Travis Lutter via a triangle choke. He followed that with a TKO (technical knock out) win over Nate “Rock” Markuardt. Anderson is set for rematch with Rich Franklin in October. Jumping down to a lower class, it is time to examine the welterweight category 170 lbs. This category is packed with superstars. There is the new champion Matt “the Terror” Serra who literally upset the world defeating the former champion and the most dynamic fighter in the UFC George “Rush” Saint-Pierre. There is also Matt Hughes who was the most dominant champion ever in the UFC. The last category is the 155 lbs category also known as the lightweight and it has a bunch of stars like the champion Sean “the Muscle Shark” Shirk, the prodigy BJ Penn, Kenny Florian, Din Thomas. This category is well-known for the incredible speed and pace. By and large, all UFC fighters are famous for their great technical skills, heart, physical intensity, speed and power. In other words, everything an MMA fan wants to watch, enjoy and learn is available through the UFC events.
This is an invitation to go ahead and explore the amazing world of MMA and there is no better doorway to this world than the UFC. Try it, watch it and I promise you to be an experience of a pure thrill, excitement and enjoyment. Don’t be stuck in the past with the dull and one dimensional sport of boxing but be in the future because the future is already here.
5 comments:
I see you like da ufc but broder, dana white is a huge jackass. he just got couture to quit da ufc.
Come on the ufc is huge with or without couture. i think he is the loser in this fight imean after who is he when compared to the multimillionaire frenchise.
one more thing, the movie he is shooting is gona suck ass anyway.
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First of all, thank you for commenting on the topic. Secondly, it is not really a matter of who comes out on top, Randy Couture or the UFC. I think it is a loss for both sides no matter which way you cut it. The UFC just lost one of their outspoken and charismatic commentators, representative and top fighter as well as heavyweight champ in Randy Couture. On the other hand, Randy Couture is not going to find any bigger MMA organization in which he can fight. On top of that, I seriously think his movie career is not going to be as bright as the fighting one. Couture has said that he has nothing left to prove but beating Fedor who didn’t sign for the UFC; almost everyone knows this is just a beard and the real reason is known and actually was stated lately by Couture himself as the lack of respect on the UFC part. He said that the UFC’s management told him he was the second highest paid fighter in the UFC and he found out otherwise. Thus, I think it is the financial situation that led Couture and the UFC to where they’re at now. As fan of both, the UFC and Couture, the current situation just bothered me because I wanted to see Couture compete and I believe he is the greatest ever, simultaneously, the UFC is the best fighting organization there is, in spite of everything said or written about it.
bigmo
Dana is a bitch and unless he likes you, you would never make it in the ufc whether you are the best or whatever! just look at the way he deals with the fighters, i mean couture the nicest guy ever but dana just kept taking advantage of him. i'm glad he snapped and faced white.
Cole
i heard randy couture is going back to the ufc, anybody knows the sure thing..
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