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DestroyedGenius

Intelligent MMA Discussion.

I have a problem which I'm sure afflicts other MMA fans as well, in that I don't really have many friends who are as interested in the sport as I am. This leaves me with times before and after big events or after news announcements wanting to discuss what transpired and with no outlet to do so. Message boards and reddit are okay, but it's not quite the same as talking in real time.

So r/MMA, are any of your also looking for people to talk mixed martial arts with? Be it in some sort of IM service, FB chat, whatever.

Posted Jan 24, 2011, 5:11 PM UTC

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BackdoorDan•

I love MMA. Maybe this weekend we can get a room at a motel to discuss the latest MMA event.

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flampoo•

Pull the mattress on the floor and we can reenact. No, they're not Fruit of the Looms. They're just my sponsor.

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evilscott•

...so this is a fanboy hookup thread?

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this1Mexico•

So far the comments in this thread are perfect.

The correct answer, however, is: You're already in r/mma.

Discuss here, discuss away to your hearts content.

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RyboCollier•

My favorite part about watching MMA is the heated debates that happen after all the fights are done. Everyone is pretty wasted by that time and people latch onto fighters like they know them personally. I'll admit that I do it too.

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ialsolovebees•

WAR FLORIAN.

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cexshun•

Go to the local sports bar during a PPV event. I've met a lot of cool people this way. It's extremely easy when the dude on the stool next to you is cheering for the same fighter as you are. Sure, you'll run into a lot of people who have never heard of anyone before TUF season 752, but they seem to be more sparse when someone like Shogun or Wandy is on the card.

There's always that awkward moment after the event though where you want to ask them for their number so you can hang out, but it just seems creepy to ask. So you just chug the rest of your beer and leave.

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Lord_B•

This forum is actually pretty good, you will have to come up with a specific topic though. Though maybe a "shoot the shit" thread might work? There isn't a lot of trolling that happens here.

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[deleted]•

I think I'm going to create a dating site to match bros up. Bros can meet other bros to do bro things, talk about how bro they are, then train some ufc, etc.

Look out eharmony.

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chip33550336•

it looks like broharmony.org is available.

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[deleted]•

Have you tried turning your existing friends on to MMA? Order a PPV, and invite your buddies over. Have them bring over beer, weed, food, and/or $ for the PPV. I think MMA is the best sport to watch with friends. Even the most casual observer can appreciate a good KO.

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DestroyedGeniusOP•

I agree. I have a couple of friends to watch with. One follows seriously and I do talk sport with him, but the other despite watching for years doesn't really seem to bother with it outside of watching the events.

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[deleted]•

I've been really impressed with the level of knowledge of the people commenting since I subscribed to this subreddit.

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GotaHemmi•

If I could recommend anything, it would be instrength.com. You have to register just to see the board and they clamp down on trolling.

The guys there will talk MMA all day as long as you know your shit. It's one of the best MMA communities out there. I know you said message boards aren't the same, but give this one a try.

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infinitivity•

I watch fights with my training partners and will get into technical nitty-gritty analysis sometimes. I live for that stuff. Then the girlfriends always steer the conversation to the tattoos and haircuts of the fighters.

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[deleted]•

All kidding aside - do you have a BWW near you? They carry all of the fights and there are typically a bunch of fans there discussing the event. The one by my seems to have a lot of guys flying solo, so that shouldn't be a problem.

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[deleted]•

It took my a minute to realize BWW stands for Buffalo Wild Wings.

I went to the one in Torrance, CA once. It was built within the last two years so it's really nice. LOTS of HD displays as well as a huge projection screen so you can see the fight clearly from anywhere.

The night we went was for Rampage vs Rashad. It was $10 a head to get in. I was actually surprised at how many people showed up to watch the fight. It was a lot of fun because the crowd was pretty well split between Rashad fans and Rampage fans. That lead to a lot of cheering and shit talking and general IRL trolling.

The only downside is the cost. $10 to get in, plus beer and food if you're hungry. I think my share of the bill ended up being like $30, so $40 total for me. It's cheaper for my buddies and I to split the PPV and buy beer from the grocery store, so that's what we usually do.

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[deleted]•

I totally agree with you - much cheaper to get it at home with some friends. But the OP seems to be lacking people to share the experience, so I thought BWW would be a good solution.

If you just pay for a seat at the bar and have a couple beers, you can get out of there for about $20 if you're on a tight budget - and I think you only have to be 18 to sit there, but obviously beer turns to Pepsi if you're in that situation.

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[deleted]•

I agree with you, but the OP seems to have a lack of friends that are interested in MMA. BWW sort of provides instant friends and conversation.

I only gone to BWW a few times for fights, but it's pretty fun and $30-$40 isn't bad for a night out. I'm sure he could keep it to around $20 without food.

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BongRipsPalinUnited States•

A fun way to set something like this up is to use a site like mmaplayground to set up a tournament where people are paired against each other and the winner is the person with the most points from correctly choosing winners of matches and the ways in which the fights end. It gives people a little extra investment in the events and gets people chatting about match ups besides just the headliners. It's an idea, but it'd be a bit difficult if a lot of people were involved.

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sidevotesareupvotes•

Train bjj, at least half of the people that do watch mma regularly.

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DestroyedGeniusOP•

I do. Blue belt, started August of 08.

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Areason2Laugh•

No. I have friends. Awwww....that was mean. Let me try that again. My friends are cooler than your friends.

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racerx52•

If you can wade through the shit, Sherdog actually has some decent MMA conversations.

But you have to fight past the BJ PENN 2011 HW CHAMP, BELIEVE IT, kind of shit.

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ialsolovebees•

Someone should definitely invent something that has all of those things that you just talked about in it.

Maybe we could even get a PRIDE FC logo put up in the top right corner of the front page.

That'd look sweet.

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ppcpunk•

EYE ARE SEA. That's all I can tell you.

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