Monday, November 18, 2013

MMA fans are harsh critics

You can be as great as Anderson Silva but you will still face such harsh critics. He had an incredible streak of wins in the UFC and after one loss everyone questions everything. The guys that he fought "sucked", were "bums", and so on and so forth. The problem with this type of mentality is that people don't seem to be able to grasp the concept that as time goes when you look back things appear a lot different. The UFC champion in 1993 is not going to be the killer of 2013. It's just not the same time and place. Things evolve and change for the better in athletics. Bigger, stronger, faster, better nutrition and science.

You can take any champion right now and look back at who they beat and start making arguments on why his challengers were not valid. The reason why is that everyone loses, but when someone loses or has more than one loss they are oftentimes instantly branded garbage by some fans.

Just show some respect and take a more healthy approach. Everyone loses. Whether it's Fedor, Anderson, Cain, GSP, or the other mythical figures in the sport of mixed martial arts, they lose. It doesn't mean they suck or anything, it just means that losing is part of the game. As good as the Bulls were in their heyday in the NBA or Edmonton Oilers in the NHL in the 80s, they still lost games. Didn't mean they sucked or were garbage, but over the course of 80 or so matches you are going to have some losses.

MMA is a game or sport in the same way and it's going to happened. Be less harsh on people, people.

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