DougieK wrote: ↑Fri Jul 31, 2020 8:10 amThe contracting situation is awful.rb85 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 31, 2020 6:07 amNot a massive UFC fan but my brothers are so I sit down and watch the occasional main event if I’m around. It seems to me that the sport plays up to marketable personalities not who necessarily is the best at times. Then there’s the different promoters where fighters are locked into contracts.
Unfortunately promoting 'personalities' seems to be more effective than promoting the actual fighting. The McGregor thing was always fascinating to me, but on the upside, more money and more people interested in the sport make it easier to get students and make a living out of what I do. I think a really good chunk of our students under the age of 25 are interested in Martial Arts because they heard him talking then watched him fight. Same deal with Rhonda and the ladies, although she had a heap of title defenses as well. She could have armbarred 100 people in a row, without the personality that went with it, anyone outside of our very little niche just doesn't care.
The local scene is finally getting itself together. It's popular enough that venues are starting to pay attention to it, and the sport is attracting higher quality athletes that might otherwise go to Football (or whatever). There are intra-clubs popping up that are more than just a couple of guys with vague ideas throwing haymakers at each other. The last 5 years in Melbourne has been really really good.
The level of some of the teenagers coming through the system is staggering in BJJ and MMA. There are 16/17yo's who look like the pros looked 15 years ago. There are very few one trick specialists anymore, everyone in the system seems to be pretty well rounded and the progression on the local level is staggering.
Dougie but the sport has evolved too no. like from whatever John Daneher brought in with the leglock game
its such a versatile sport thats constantly evolving.
so much fun to watch