The pandemic was huge, UFC being the first sport back was massive

@contentcop

Жыл бұрын

I didn't notice this until bars and shit opened back up. And now like 50% of the places I walk by down town are showing the fights almost every Saturday.

@TheMightyMidget

Жыл бұрын

So huge it was 2nd on this list. Give yourself a pat on the back my guy

@revan5293

Жыл бұрын

It’s how I got my family into it. And now the rest of the family is hooked

@isangL

Жыл бұрын

i didn’t know the ufc was a sport

@LegacyLife_555

Жыл бұрын

@@carson21211 100% no you are wrong

Watching UFC in 2020 with no crowd where you basically heard every single strike, every single sound the fighters would make along with the insults is one of my fondest memories of 2020. It was such a blast, plus Fight Island was something different too.

@eagle-eagle66

Жыл бұрын

the sound those shots justin landed on tony will stick in my memory for a very long time.... brutal

Alexander Gustafsson accelerated the sport every time he did his little run to reset back to the center of the octagon during a fight

@TheHeadown

Жыл бұрын

That was as funny as watching paint dry on a wall.

@NOT-A-Monolith

Жыл бұрын

@@TheHeadown It's a mandelbrot set math joke . You just aren't intelligent The Mandelbrot set is the set of values of c in the complex plane for which the orbit of the critical point z = 0 · remains bounded. · For example, for c = 1, Meaning he's done noting for the sport

@NOT-A-Monolith

Жыл бұрын

Very intelligent mandelbrot set joke. I've truly enjoyed it we could say M.M Anderson outbound and all over the place .hahahaha

@zelda3434

Жыл бұрын

@@TheHeadown how could you not know mandelbrot . JM ! M Anderson not only outbound he's fract 😂

@NOT-A-Monolith

Жыл бұрын

@@zelda3434 haha M Anderson doesn't orbit around zero" he's πz 2 . Hahaha

MMA Right On Point

TUF 1 was so cool. When the finale with Griffin vs Bonnar happened, and you hear it so much that it loses its credibility, but that moment was clearly the sign that the sport was going to be huge one day.

@Bouldah

Жыл бұрын

I can remember watching it and getting random calls from non mma fan friends to turn on the channel it was absolutely huge when that fight happened

I was in the crowd at UFC 261 when it returned to Jacksonville Florida last April in 2021. I always felt like I was part of history when attending the event and it’s amazing to see what the pandemic did for the UFC in viewers and fan addition. Literally the best sport in the world.

@GRZ-DRZ

Жыл бұрын

Thats whats cool about every ufc event no matter how shit the event is ur still at a massive moment in so many fighters life which is so cool i think

@KJP863

Жыл бұрын

BRO ME TOO, I WAS IN THE UPPER ROWS. THAT EVENT WAS A CLASSIC.

To me COVID is the greatest thing to ever happen to the UFC. If it wasn’t for that so many people wouldn’t haven’t gotten into it (including me). My first UFC event was 243, but 251 is the one that got me to watch UFC religiously BECAUSE IT WAS THE ONLY THING TO WATCH!

@yu-gi-nintendo2660

Жыл бұрын

UFC 249 was crazy too. I remember watching it with some friends and those bombs Gaethje was landing were LOUD without the crowd.

@skindred1888

Жыл бұрын

Meh, I get it. It got put on the map more at that point for sure. We just needed something to do. And then all the media,podcasts that popped up over covid helped build up stories and let us connect to the fighters as people over seeing them as just ruthless warriors, for some. It's only been the last 3/4 years that Anthony Smith has found his followers through his podcast with bisping. Before I couldn't get beyond his face looking like the white orc in lotr

The diversity of fighters is has helped too. Name a country and they have fighters in the UFC most likely. Shame they got rid of my favorite African American fighter Mike Perry though

@colz848

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣 blabbing about "diversity" has even made it into mma now! Way to go champ

@jacobm6274

Жыл бұрын

@@colz848 it's not babble if it's true. Clearly the diversity of the roster has helped the sport grow

@gavinbrennan4787

Жыл бұрын

@@colz848 diversity of thought and background is far different than forced diversity.

@davebaldwin9457

Жыл бұрын

The perfect ambassador for the darker nations.

@colz848

Жыл бұрын

@@jacobm6274 personally I have never gave a shit what colour a fighter is, but it seems a big deal the more racist a country is, so ho hum

Can't even lie. Ken Shamrock being in WWF got me into MMA.

@NewGoldie

Жыл бұрын

Same.

@derricklemoncito8238

Жыл бұрын

Same

@MC-tl7oj

Жыл бұрын

World's most dangerous man!

“MMA Twitter is a pretty awesome place to be” Dafuq??

I'll never forget: a few of us were shooting hoops - this was in the early 90s - and another buddy shows up and he's all geeked about something. "...you guys are not going to believe what i have back at the house, i got a hold of this video tape..." He's trying to explain it but we're trying to play ball and I'll never forget what he said and how he said it: "...nah, listen, it's not pro wrestling or boxing...it's REEEEAL fighting"! We all just kind of stood there searching for a point of reference but were coming up short...sure we'd seen a few fights here and there, at school or at the park but never two grown men fighting and definitely not a sanctioned event that was videotaped. Later on when the video store started carrying literally a tape or two, they were kept behind the counter and were not advertised. You had to know they had it go ask for it and oh yeah they wouldn't rent it to you unless you were above 18. It's kind of like the first time somebody told me, "I got to go to the house and hop on the internet"...I heard him just fine but there was no frame of reference to the word he just spoke. I'm sure all you young Thundercats are wondering, "is this guy f****** 90 years old or what"? But no, it's pretty nutty to think how much has changed from being a teen in the 90s to my 40s in the 2020's when fighting is basically commonplace all over the world and now a global entity / conglomerate.

@stabyourcat

Жыл бұрын

Shout out for saying "Young Thundercats". But yeah, this was essentially my experience. I didn't want to see two guys box. I wanted to see a full on fight. Those VHS tapes were gateways for so many early fans.

When he said "if you need closure, theres post event discussions" that really hit home. I didn't realise thats what i was doing when watching them lmao

@jamesgordon7040

Жыл бұрын

Me too 😂 after every card I do this. Glad I’m not the only one

The editors did top tier work in this in one 👏

You said gsp shields sold out mtl but it sold out Toronto!!!!!! You guys still rock

McGregor should have had his own number realistically,owns like 7 of the 8 highest ppvs, without him Diaz wouldn't have been a ppv star,khabib while not a ppv star he is a star and that's because of McGregor,he has brought so many new eyes,and his ripple effect is unbelievable when you think about it

@john-ch3en

Жыл бұрын

Yes Nate diaz is a big star after whooping Conor and even in the rematch Conor did nutting and yeah Khabib Became a big superstar by whooping Conor badly and jumping to his team yeah u r right u can say this in this way😂 ur logic is like saying Conor is a big superstar without fighting anyone Conor is also a nobody if he doesn't fight anybody

@DannyPubstar

Жыл бұрын

@@john-ch3en Not his biggest fan but pretending the guy isn’t responsible for a lot of the UFC’s popularity nowadays is just silly.

@john-ch3en

Жыл бұрын

@@DannyPubstar LMAO now can't u read wt i said his fight against Khabib brought millions of fans to this sport mostly because of the aftermath

@L8_777

Жыл бұрын

@@john-ch3en it wasn’t just conor fighting Diaz, it was a featherweight fighting a welterweight, obviously conor lost but in the second he rallied back, he really did bring more eyes to the scene with that, and Conor really did give khabib the spotlight with their fight. I’m not the biggest conor fan but to ignore that is dumb and to call out other stuff is just hating, yeah conor sucks now and he’s been whooped on but he made the ufc what it is today.

@john-ch3en

Жыл бұрын

@@L8_777 LMAO say whatever u want many ppl knew MMA after his fight between Khabib

The mma sport gained way more fans these last 5 years than between 1993 and 2013. Its growth is exponential.

@RyleKittenhouse

Жыл бұрын

internet.

I'm gonna miss using Twitter but it's too toxic, especially when it comes to mma

Last time I was this early Sam Alvey was on a win streak

@JAKEBB

Жыл бұрын

Ouch

@JAKEBB

Жыл бұрын

When was that again lol??

@westernpigeon

Жыл бұрын

ratio

@Rome6601

Жыл бұрын

@@JAKEBB 😂🤣😂

I actually was a huge pro wrestling nerd in 2020 so i got curious when i saw conor vs dustin 3 and i quickly transitioned into mma in a years time. Now i am more of an mma fan and im glad that i transitioned to this sport

@jcam320

Жыл бұрын

Do you still watch pro wrestling?

@sallgoodman2323

Жыл бұрын

Cool. That fight is one heck of an entry point, welcome to the game👍

@oligarchies

Жыл бұрын

You say "transitioned" like pro wrestling and MMA cover the same niche which they absolutely don't, unless you thought it was real lmao. Realistically you should still be a pro wrestling fan because MMA doesn't provide the same kind of entertainment and vice versa.

@skindred1888

Жыл бұрын

@@oligarchies can't someone just say something ? That they used to have a passion for something, now they have a new one ..without being shit on ?

@oligarchies

Жыл бұрын

@@skindred1888 Can't you go outside and get any bitches?

Please keep droping new videos everyday! Sometimes I keep opening the channel just in case i missed a bell.. More lists please!!

I miss the COVID fights! I liked being able to hear the coaches and the announcers 'effecting' the gameplan

@dcrawford9258

Жыл бұрын

It was actually the only sport I didn’t mind at all not having fans around. All the other sports NEED the fans!

@gamebred6995

Жыл бұрын

Nah . Crowds are better

I became a big mma fan during the pandemic. UFC being the only sport on then realizing how much better it was than every other sport got me hooked.

I've been following since 2001, and thanks to that I started practicing muaythai and jijitsu, it help me alot.

The only "champ champ" in my book is DC and Amanda. Their the only ones that defended both titles. Than again my book means nothing so it's like why did I even bring it up!

@adanperry1642

Жыл бұрын

amanda isn’t a champ champ she has no one in the featherweight division

@gamunyamakura7898

Жыл бұрын

I believe that Henry Cejudo defended both his bantamweight and flyweight titles. He defended his flyweight title against TJ Dillashaw and his bantamweight title against Dominic Cruz.

@colz848

Жыл бұрын

"Champ champ" is just a marketing ploy for the dumb whoop whoop brigade that pay more attention to pressers. Most fighters vacate the title they hold when they move up a division, it's the way it has been done for decades so as not to hold full divisions up for however long it takes for them to grace that belt with a appearance

@traprecap3750

Жыл бұрын

@@gamunyamakura7898 your right. I don't know how I forgot TripleC! Your a real one!

Great Video ♥️♥️💙💙

I knew about MMA at a young age my uncle had a huge box full of them PRIDE VHS tapes. But what really got me into u on my own was UFC undisputed 2009 one match n I was hooked

The bold LIMMY is just a living meme legend nowadays

@codystokes4770

Жыл бұрын

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

I'm a massive fan and watch nearly every Saturday, but it all started with playing ufc undisputed 3 as a freshman in college. I've gotten probably 20 friends into mma now

Nice Limmy drop! Respect 👍👍

Good vid 👍

Luke Taylor...the black screen...(Chef's kiss)!!!

Def gona look to get that first ufc game. Looks awesome

I think the most pivotal moment for the UFC's boom in popularity was when Ben Rosett secured his partnership with MMA On Point tbh

@luckygreen2464

Жыл бұрын

FACTS!

I joined Twitter specifically to talk MMA when my boys weren't able to come over and watch the fights. I use it for more than that now but that was the motivator 4 or 5 years ago.

Lesner diving after the shark made me spit my food out of my mouth. I laughed so hard.

Controversial opinion. McGregor didn't actually contribute to the growth of mma as much everyone thinks he did.

@GeneralMayeki

Жыл бұрын

Can you elaborate ?

@Strangegloves

Жыл бұрын

i would completely agree!! i was a fan pre mcgregor, ufc had some massive stars in 2000s pride had an amazing roster..some of these newer fans need to realise there was a really popular sport b4 the man set foot in octogan or even a cage for that matter.

@adlockhungry304

Жыл бұрын

Based on a feeling/hunch, or do you think there’s evidence we could actually look at to come to such a conclusion? I’m asking sincerely. Not trying to be a smartass or anything.

@john-ch3en

Жыл бұрын

100% his fanboys thinks he owns the MMA world Brock made MMA more popular before him but not gonna lie him Vs Khabib was the famous MMA fight tho i mean that's because of both the aftermath Khabib's jump made UFC more famous tbh

@adlockhungry304

Жыл бұрын

@@Strangegloves, I was a fan beforehand as well, and would still be if McGreggor had never appeared, but we are just individual, anecdotal examples. For the sake of this question, what matters is how many more butts in seats and PPV buys have grown over the years, and is there enough evidence to link some portion of that growth directly to McGreggor. I don’t know the answer, but organizations like the UFC do measure a lot of that data and base payouts accordingly, at least on an event by event basis. Assuming most of that information is public, somebody far better at math and analysis than me could likely settle this question for us.

I love the Limmy reference!

Let's be honest Khabib's jump out of the cage is truly the most shocking and the badass moment in MMA history.. that fight is also the biggest fight in MMA history too and the war at the end made it more special and famous and also those legendary words in the fight Let's talk now..it's only business 😃 this fight truly blew up the sport..

@frame-perfectadskip9159

Жыл бұрын

It was a big ppv because of people already interested in watching Conor. do you have any data to support that it brought in new fans?

@john-ch3en

Жыл бұрын

@@frame-perfectadskip9159 not only because of Conor LMAO toxic boys the fight was so big because they both had a bad blood it's because of both

@john-ch3en

Жыл бұрын

@@frame-perfectadskip9159 that fight brought a millions of fans to this sport including me

@fairmindedwayfarer7329

Жыл бұрын

@@frame-perfectadskip9159 I started to follow MMA because of that Mctapper moment.. I swear 🤷‍♂️📌

@fairmindedwayfarer7329

Жыл бұрын

Truly said bro, It attracted millions of people like me 💯

I'm one of those pandemic fans. I was aware the UFC exists before but never bothered to stay up til 6 am to watch it, but when the virus hit, all of a sudden i found myself with too much free time and nothing else going on. It's been a great ride so far, including catching up whith everything that happened before. :)

10/10 specifically for the Misawa/Kagawa footage

Ariel is who he is, but the recognition and nod fully deserved.

earliest i’ve ever been to a vid

The UFC games without a doubt introduced me to mma and sparked my entire interest with the UFC and other promotions

I low-key miss the COVID fights. You could hear every hit it was nice

The Limmy laughing cow advert 😂😂😂😂

When family video started to carry the old ufc events and when most houses had carpets to wrastle on . Bj pen , randy, mcreggor , jones .

I laughed when Luke the editor didn’t put pretty pictures for his words at the end 😂

4:03 so on the MovieClips upload of this scene, the CC subtitles say “throughout the dates you have to do a loved one” 😂

I'm just here to appreciate the Limmy reference 😂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Harold Howard’s scissor flip kick.

Thank you for always uploading right on my lunch time, really come in clutch 🪬💪🏽

I became a fan of MMA/The UFC during 2018. From 2018-19 compared to 2020-2022 there is a huge difference in fanbases. In 2019 Suga Sean was suspended so that fan base wasn’t even there, back then ESPN wasn’t even letting out PPV numbers cause streaming was still so easy to do. Now every bar, every causal, everyone knows at least one mma fighter and for sure knows MMA/The UFC. Even in 2019, it only started after the BMF belt.

Ufc being the first sport back in arenas after covid was huge and it's what got me in

Ufc shitposting on Facebook is the only forum anyone need to be a real mma fan

Mma is amazing and say what you want about ufc and Dana but it’s been so amazing to see it grow compared to what I remember having as a kid watching Arlovski vs Sylva back in the day

And it was insane. One of the craziest experiences of my life. That place went nuclear when gsp walked out. I couldn’t believe it

"The fuck did you just say "so dead 💀 🤣 😂

Video idea. Top fights that changed the course of a division.

Kimbo slice on TUF was when I really got into it.

Putting a Stipe clip after that Ronda FF jibberish 😭🤣😭🤣😭🤣😭🤣😭🤣

3:27 oh yall did Tyron dirty with that cut LOL

The ufc has gone haywire in the last like 5 years it's absurd

I wonder how much of an impact different youtubers stars have had on bringing fans to MMA. Nelk boys, the Paul brothers etc. Love them or hate them I'm sure they've brought some fans in.

MMA on Point knows as well as I do that if UFC wants their games to be "eSport" capable they gotta require EA to actually put some work into non-cosmetic gameplay additions

Top Ten Inebriated/Under the Influence MMA Performances! Let's go!

Agree, the ufc is the only thing I watch on ESPN +

Mma has grown so much yet fighter pay is still at such a discrepancy

I remember mma in 2014 and it was just basically Jon Jones. Then McGregor and then the mayhem of 2020 made ufc the only thing to watch and it went huge!

@LegacyLife_555

Жыл бұрын

The only thing YOU KNEW OF

@jcam320

Жыл бұрын

You missed the chuck Liddell days!

@LGFree

Жыл бұрын

@@LegacyLife_555 being 22, can’t help that lol

@JAKESMMATAKES

Жыл бұрын

@@LGFree im 24 an watched all of chucks mid to later fights live.

@jayluis189

Жыл бұрын

Hell nah. Anthony Pettis and Jose Aldo were just starting to get big

I like how Bayliun says Dana White, “Daner White”

WWE has definitely had a huge impact. A lot of fans like myself started watching UFC when we got old enough to lose interest in WWE bc we realized it’s scripted.

Really didn't expect to see Limmys show here

Yet they can't pay their fighters???

The First Card I Fully Watched Was Izzy Vs Costa Been A Fan Ever Since

Playing UFC 2009 educated me soo much

The dreamcast game was so freaking great!

top 10 fights where somebody on an expiring contract was put against a tough test (could probably word that better) Roy Nelson vs. Alexander Volkov Kevin Lee vs Daniel Rodriguez Nick Diaz vs Sean Sherk etc.,

8:15 I actually patted myself in the shoulder, guys we are awesome

Fight Island how I miss you

I first learnt of the ufc when i bought a box wheaties that had anthony pettis on it when i was 9

Hey hey hey! They did appear on Its Always sunny in Philadelphia!

Gsp vs shields was in Toronto im almost certain. Because I was there lol

UFC Undisputed 2009 is the only reason I got into MMA

@jayluis189

Жыл бұрын

Same bro, I was in 7th grade when that came out nd I played it all the time.

I fucking love this show!

Conor McGregor vs Khabib made UFC massive, end of discussion

The original Ultimate Fighter final is what done it for me, Griffin v Bonnar.

I've been into mma since I was a kid and absolutely would love being a fighter when my foot heals from kicking a weight on a barbell lmao.

Blockbuster and Hollywood video started my obsession with UFC..

2011 Cain/Junior Jones Anderson GSP Frankie Aldo Cruz The greatest line up of champions of all time

I forgot about underground man… that was so long ago.

This video has one thing wrong. UFC wasnt the first company to hold events during the Pandemic. They didn't start until May. WWE was holding events in March of 2020.

@jayluis189

Жыл бұрын

UFC had 2 events in March of 2020: UFC 248 Adesanya vs Romero, and UFC Brazil - Lee vs Oliveira (no audience)

Love limmy making an appearance

The video games were we got me into the UFC.

Replayed that Rogan stutter about 10 times 😂

The fact that I live be alive when Dana steps down is a really weird thing to think about.

GSP-Shields was in Toronto. I know, I was there. Not Montreal. 55,000 of us in the Skydome.

Street Fighter 2 got me into UFC 1, still waiting for "Blanka" and "Dhalsim" to make it big in MMA. I had to laugh when he said "corn nuts and modelo especial" it's still better than a Guinness from across the pond! 😁

Didn't even mention the THQ Era of UFC video games...they did great things

Fastest growing sport in the world!

I was at UFC 264 when Trump showed up. All cell service in the T-Mobile Arena went down for about a half hour or so. None of my pictures or videos were sending and then people started cheering like crazy and I noticed him walking around near the cage. Very cool!

We put fights on every week! No one does what we do.