Not saying I don't like the new stuff, I do, but for a different reason. The new rules/regs require a combination of strength, experience, heart, technical skill etc. The top MMA guys are extremely fine tuned atheletes (mentally and physically), just like top level fighters in any other fighting sport today.

However, it's not as exciting as the old stuff most of the time, much for the reasons you stated.

Think about it...these days when you watch MMA with your boys, when does the living room get crazy? When the guys start going blow for blow right? I bet you the living room is pretty silent when they are the ground trying to out grapple one another. While grappling takes more skill than a slug fest, it's pretty fucking boring to watch most of the time, especially if the opponents are evenly matched.

That's why many of the GSP fights are boring as fuck to watch these days. He's past the "come up" stage where he just destroys motherfuckers. He's a top level athelete now, so his opponents are very evenly matched and the fights are pretty boring/technical.

Last edited by [LoD]Vermithrax; 08/23/11 11:19 PM.