When did you guys start watching UFC/MMA?

I saw UFC 1 live on PPV.

I had seen a few before but the one that got me hooked was UFC 62.

i bought a bunch of pride dvds and that was the first mma i saw. was just really interested in fighting and trying to get some jitz in my life. pride was so awesome really influenced a man. more so than ufc.

i was 6 years old when my dad would rent the first ufcs on vhs and it was fucking awesome.

I also saw UFC 1 on PPV. I remember all of the guys at the dojo (I was training Kenpo Karate at the time) got together at a friend's house to watch it. It was insane. We were all rooting for Zane Frazier since he was a Kenpo guy, of course he got destroyed. One thing a lot of newer fans (I mean Zuffa-era, for lack of a better term) may not realize is that in the first few UFCs, other than biting or eye gouging, you were good to go. Very little protection for the fighters so of course this resulted in bloodbaths, crazy KOs, etc. It was brutal. I remember being really impressed with Gerard Gordeau when he infamously knocked a tooth out of Teila Tuli's mouth with a kick. All of us watching were blown away by it and couldn't believe Royce won. Back in those days jiu-jitsu didn't even exist anywhere near my neck of the woods (FL) so guys like Shamrock, Gracie etc. who displayed even a basic ground game, it was like something from outer space. We all got pissed when the stand-up fighters were get destroyed with RNC's, LOL. But, it was a real eye-opener seeing karate and kung-fu 'masters' get it totally handed to them by wrestlers and jiu-jitsu guys. It basically made me really question my system and start looking for alternatives outside of it.

watching some of those early ufcs are funny now. ufc 4 keith hackney vs joe sondo, keith punches him in the balls then rape chokes him until he taps.lol

I didnt actually start watching till 2002. My dad brought home a old UFC on VHS I believe it was UFC 2. Ive been hooked since. I couldnt believe some of the stuff i was seeing haha

I was 11 and my friend from down the street came over with a vhs hidden at the bottom of his bag. I was happy as shit, cuz it has to be a porn right? First, he made me realize that this was a top secret, illegal competition and we could both be in deep shit for watchin it. Then Pat Smith's elbows confirmed, at the time, what I thought was a load of shit. And of course, Royce. From then on I started rnc'n my big brother when he picked on me and completely changed my life. I didn't start training formally till 12 years later.

UFC 1...Live on PPV!!!

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