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Originally Posted by Shogun
You can see the look in Barnett's face.
Fedor is all class. Win or lose. He never gave in to the money and he was never bought out as if he were some kind of whore like many others have been. Not many men would have had the guts to announce their retirement right after the fight like that either. You have to respect him.
You don't see other fighters who go out on their shields in other combat sports discredited and admonished nearly as much. Look at Boxing, a sport where their legends are revered, looked upon fondly for being the best of their era and fighters who were seminal to their sport. You don't have boxing fans saying Mike Tyson though waning at the end of his career and losing fights he would have won in his prime, was never was a top pound-for-pound boxer for a long, long time or attempting to discredit his career at every turn, kicking him when he is down. How about K1 where Peter Aerts is looked upon fondly by so many and regardless of a declining skill-set is still congratulated for his efforts at the point of his career. This even applies more so in team sports where players like Michael Jordan, Joe Montana, Hank Aaron, Nolan Ryan, Larry Bird, Bill Russell and countless others are adored by the followers of their sport and accepted as the greatest players of their professional eras.
Honestly, I don't get the majority of you guys. You say you're fans, but you're only passionate about detracting from the positive, layering a bevy of incendiary disdain on anything you don't agree with instead of at least attempting to appreciate it and understand where the positivity is derived from. MMA fans are some of the worst fans that exist, of any sport. It's sad that it's to be expected around here. |
The issue there Sho, is that MMA is still new for a lot of assholes who follow it. Like kcxiv and CoMo. They have no real concept of the history of it or the fighters of it. They watch it because of douche bags like Brock Lesnar or because it's becoming popular and they want to be "hip". Idiots like this will always exist and right now there will be more than usual because MMA is still a new sport in comparison to sports like baseball, football, basketball.
But the smart ones know how great and legendary that a guy like Fedor is and what he means to this sport and the true fans who follow it. I don't give two shits what morons from this board or sherdog or anywhere have to say about it really.