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Originally Posted by MPREZIV
I agree with Scott. It used to be "mixed martial arts" in which you'd have two fighters, generally of different disciplines, putting them against each other. It was interesting seeing how someone with a Muay Thai background would fair against a fighter with Tae Kwon Do experience. Now it's developed into a group of guys who all seem to have the same training, which is effectively a mash-up of a few different styles, (Jiu Jitsu, Muay Thai, Roman Wrestling, etc.) and I've personally lost all interest in watching the same f*ing fight over and over... My $0.02
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I agree that is has evolved, but I see it as a good thing, not a bad thing. Although you're not gonna have Royce Gracie pwning everyone with a certain style, I think the fights and fighters are more complex now. And although they train in everything, they all still have their specialties. Brock Lesnar was a college wrestler, Chuck Liddell likes to stand and bang with people, Anderson Silva loves his muay thai clench, BJ Penn likes bjj, etc. But, if you don't like it then you don't like it.
Also, I think the new UFC is better, because you don't just have a bunch of drunken brawlers in the ring acting like it's a bar fight (besides Brock Lesnar in his first fight again Mir haha)