My Dad

UncleScary

My grandfather boxed, was a huge fan of fighting, and I'm certainly his progeny. My dad, on the other hand, has always teetered on the brink of interest, but now that he's become aware of my interest in the UFC he's started to ask questions and I want to "bring him into the fold." What's the best way to get him started? A particular DVD? A book? A website?

spartacus_

make him watch bonnar vs griffin and it's done lol

WarWest

Have him watch:

GSP vs Hardy
GSP vs Kos 1 and 2
GSP vs Shields
GSP vs anybody post-Serra 1

He should fall in love with MMA

chanman20

Frank Mir vs Tim, Nog 1,2

zaksame

Guarding the shadows of Gracie.[documentary]
Royce Gracie Documentary.
Royce Gracie versus Akebono
Basically Royce Gracie is THE LEGEND of MMA,his name alone put this sport on the map.
Kazushi Sakuraba versus Royce gracie [The two legends face off].

NyteRyder

KZ vs Poirier

TUF1

Forrest vs Bonnar
Anderson vs Forrest
Shogun vs Hendo
Couture vs Big Nog
Jones vs Shogun

TomoUFC

Lawler v manhoef in SF is one to definitely watch plus its one of the best comeback wins I've ever seen

Leiting

Just have him sit down and watch the next UFC event - if it pops with him and he likes it, cool. If not, it's not going to change his mind to show him some of the best fights from years ago. For one thing, the sport has evolved so quickly, that even the Bonnar/Forrest fight looks nothing like how current seasons of TUF would end. One of my all time favorite fights was Frank/Tito, but that's not even close to an accurate depiction of MMA anymore. Same reason why I rarely if ever show old Pride DVDs to new MMA fans.

Start tonight, UFC on Fox 6 - Pettis/Cerrone should be fireworks, there's a chance Tex/Page is going to either be a show stealer or a snooze fest, and the main event you get a title fight with two pretty exciting fighters. It's free, and realistically, on paper it's a pretty good embodiment of UFC events look like these days. Either he likes it or he doesn't.

TUF1

Leiting said:

Just have him sit down and watch the next UFC event - if it pops with him and he likes it, cool. If not, it's not going to change his mind to show him some of the best fights from years ago. For one thing, the sport has evolved so quickly, that even the Bonnar/Forrest fight looks nothing like how current seasons of TUF would end. One of my all time favorite fights was Frank/Tito, but that's not even close to an accurate depiction of MMA anymore. Same reason why I rarely if ever show old Pride DVDs to new MMA fans.

Start tonight, UFC on Fox 6 - Pettis/Cerrone should be fireworks, there's a chance Tex/Page is going to either be a show stealer or a snooze fest, and the main event you get a title fight with two pretty exciting fighters. It's free, and realistically, on paper it's a pretty good embodiment of UFC events look like these days. Either he likes it or he doesn't.

this too ^^^ :)

SteelerNation43

I agree with a lot of the above but everyone has that certain niche that's gonna set them off and actually get interested enough to follow it.

For me it was Lyoto Machida dominating Rashad Evans. Ive never seen something so technically, beautifully sound. It was literally an epic fight out of a movie. I was in complete awe.

britishranger

Anderson Silva vs Chris Leben
Shogun vs Hendo
Diaz vs Daley (sorry mods)

prodigy9

Andre Arlowski vs Cabbage Correira
Paul Kelly vs Paul Taylor
BJ Penn vs Diego Sanchez

Decent fights for the uneducated!