What was the fight/moment that got you into MMA?

I really started watching in the summer of 06. I guess the whole K Shamrock/Tito thing.

 

UFC 1, Royce Gracie

 

Bonnar/Griffin was the tits.. A crude slugfest, yes, but an excellent showing of heart and respect between two Mixed Martial Artist.

I view it in the same light as Gatti v Ward.. Anyone who doesn't appreciate performances like these is impaired in some form or another.. Prideboyitis is what I call it.

 

I liked MMA a bit but one day, out of nowhere I just felt like watching some Wanderlei Silva fights after hearing about his aggressiveness and style. What a great fighter he was to watch. Now I'm watching MMA more.

 

UFC 2. It was ****ing brutal.

 

I was always a bit of a fan, but leading up to Fedor/Barnett in Affliction (which, of course, never actually happened), I decided to watch every Fedor fight in chronological order. That is what made me a hardcore fan.

 

I often watch this card.. Loved how they broke down the 5 disciplines, and those brutal elbows from the mount in Smith/Morris.

Finally got to see this fight for the first time in full.. Thanks youtube!!

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Then Weit himself was knocked out in even worse fashion...
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Thump.. Thump! Thump thump thump!!

Ahhhh Remco.. Love his honesty

 

I've never seen that fight in full before either. I can't believe he went for a takedown at one point. That was a good scrap for UFC 2.

 

Here's a nice Pat Smith highlight reel.

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I enjoyed that.. Loved his post fight interview after UFC 6

"That's what it takes to win this thing (Grappling) because if you can't fight.. On the ground you can't FIGHT"

 

I never thought about it before but Pat Smith was a K1 level fighter fighting in the first UFC's. He competed in all of the early K1 events only losing to the best like Aerts or Hug or Stan the Man.

 

The original UFC fights on VHS

 

Vitor Belfort vs Tank Abbot was my first fight I've seen.