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Take me back 20 years when the UFC was really the ultimate fight.  That's back when the Gracie family put up their reputation in jiu jitsu and took on all comers.  There were no time limits, no weight divisions, nothing but a handful of rules. 

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I'm not into combat-based sports, but UFC is one thing that I like. Mainly because it's real men, with real muscle, and real training, taking part in real fights with real martial arts.

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I can't until Kimbo Slice gets on Ultimate Fight. He's the guy that got me into watching mma fights to begin with. Anyone think he has a chance of ever making it ?

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Aries wrote:
I'm not into combat-based sports, but UFC is one thing that I like. Mainly because it's real men, with real muscle, and real training, taking part in real fights with real martial arts.

 

The thing that was really great about the original fights was that it was just regular people who wanted to test out their martial arts skills.  Now the UFC is more like professional boxing with its time limits, weight divisions and other rules.  The real test is to take someone out of their martial arts school and put them up against someone else like Royce Gracie did in the first couple of UFC events.   In think it was in UFC 2 or 3 that Gracie took on someone much larger than him but still managed to get the guy to tap.  No time limits or weight divisions.  That's the way it should be.

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I used to be a bigger fan than I am now. I always liked Tank Abbot. Unfortunately if he doesn't knock his opponet out in the 1st minute of the fight he is out of steam. Still fun to pull for. Matt Hughes Strength just AMAZES me.

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Yup, even though someone the size of The Undertaker would probably smash someone like Mohammad Ali to bits, we all know that Ali is an extremely skilled fighter.

Undertaker is a large sweaty man who is all about muscle and show.

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