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Originally posted by Digipimp
UFC would have been bigger but the fucking pussies in this county started banning it in all the states they tried to fight in and the pay per view companies wouldn't allow it to be shown in many markets because they said it was too violent and that's what killed them.
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Yeah they had to.
It was just too fucking brutal. It was even hard for me to watch the kneeing to the head- face when the opponent was down and the elbowing and headbutting when down. It was cool, but you can kinda understand why. The crackling bones of skull caving in was a bit much. (yet cool!)
It would be difficult to watch my family members getting thier faces kneeed in during one of these things, but I agree since going less brutal the ratings went down. Also you see a lot of the all out brawlers being pushed out of the biz more and more and the ring "technicians" or more technical fighters are doing well and rising to the top with the change of rules.
Even in this movie it showed how the old champ guy struggled with the rule changes. Went into a slump as the more technical fighters rose to the top and the all out brawlers who failed to evolve sunk.
It was cool to see the old guy in the movie who was considered "washed up" since the new rules limited his skills adapt to the new rules several years later to win the championship again.
Unfortunatly a lot of fighters couldnt evolve to the new less brutal restrictions (who would have otherwise killed some of these current known fighters) and were pushed out of the sport all together.