PunchBag 4,863 Report post Posted November 30, 2012 What was the first UFC you ever watched and which fighter if any did you immediately become a fan of.... For me my first UFC event that i watched was UFC 98 evans vs machida Became a fanof machida after seeing him KO rashad for the LHW title. after watching it i aquired the rest of UFC from 70 upwards. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sobercuban 90,907 Report post Posted November 30, 2012 the first PPV that I ever bought outright was UFC66 I can't remember the first event I watched at a friends house etc. The early UFC VHS tapes were a staple at my buddies house in the mid 90s (95-99 or so) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ultimatefightingchamp 21 Report post Posted November 30, 2012 My first entire main card was also Evans vs Machida but I saw the Shogun vs Liddell fight before. I also knew about Chuck Liddell and Fedor Emelianenko way before I started watching regularly. I used to watch K1 instead... I knew and watched Bonjasky, Schilt, Aerts, LeBanner, Buakaw, Hari etc. way before I started watching MMA Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PunchBag 4,863 Report post Posted November 30, 2012 i knew about royce gracie, tank abbot, randy couture and forrest griffin before i watched my first full ppv. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sobercuban 90,907 Report post Posted November 30, 2012 UFC 98 was the first fight I ever ordered through UFC.com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheHarbinger 30 Report post Posted November 30, 2012 UFC 98 was the first PPV I ever bought. I was into the UFC long before that through internet videos/spike TV but that was the first event I ever actually bought and viewed live. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mmafan73 3 Report post Posted November 30, 2012 i trained UFC since day 1 no questions asked Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yesterdays_Hero 24,043 Report post Posted November 30, 2012 UFC 111 was the first PPV I bought. Before that I had only watched a ton of UFC Unleashed. I remember watching Palhares tear some guys leg off, Carwin raping Mir and Hardy not tapping to a gross looking arm bar. Don't think I've missed many if any since than. I watched Wrestlemania the same day. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banham 28,793 Report post Posted November 30, 2012 I have been watching since UFC 1. I still to this day have it on DVD and Blue ray. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sobercuban 90,907 Report post Posted November 30, 2012 UFC 111 was the first PPV I bought. Before that I had only watched a ton of UFC Unleashed. I remember watching Palhares tear some guys leg off' date=' Carwin raping Mir and Hardy not tapping to a gross looking arm bar. Don't think I've missed many if any since than. I watched Wrestlemania the same day. [/quote'] I watched 111 on UFC.com .. the stream went out during the Mir/Carwin fight AND during the GSP/Hardy fight .. I almost started crying like a little ***** out of frustration Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sobercuban 90,907 Report post Posted November 30, 2012 I have been watching since UFC 1. I still to this day have it on DVD and Blue ray. inb4ban Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banham 28,793 Report post Posted November 30, 2012 inb4ban Haha Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sobercuban 90,907 Report post Posted November 30, 2012 Haha Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
UFCisGSP 1 Report post Posted November 30, 2012 Ufc 81 ;-) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slim_Chance 0 Report post Posted November 30, 2012 For me it was fight night 5 Silva earned my fandom that night Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ultimatefightingchamp 21 Report post Posted November 30, 2012 wow forget Griffin/Bonnar' date=' apparently Machida/Evans brought in all the noobs remember watched either UFC 1 or UFC 2 with my dad and then didn't watch another fight till Liddel/Ortiz 1. Then got hooked with [b']TUF1[/b] :eek: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PunchBag 4,863 Report post Posted November 30, 2012 I have been watching since UFC 1. I still to this day have it on DVD and Blue ray. i also have ufc 1 and 2 on dvd didnt think dvds were actually invented when ufc 1 took place. I rmember seeing ufc the early ones on the internet and friends showing me them but i didnt really take all that much notice of it, at the time it seemed mostly bums fighting when compared to boxing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banham 28,793 Report post Posted November 30, 2012 i also have ufc 1 and 2 on dvd didnt think dvds were actually invented when ufc 1 took place. I rmember seeing ufc the early ones on the internet and friends showing me them but i didnt really take all that much notice of it' date=' at the time it seemed mostly bums fighting when compared to boxing.[/quote'] I know they were for sure. I also remember DVR'ing it and watching Royce the next day still in disbelief at what he did. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Enigma_Machine 9,599 Report post Posted November 30, 2012 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chons 16,744 Report post Posted November 30, 2012 The first I ever watched was #1 when a friend showed it to me. The first and only event I ever attended was UFC 28. I didn't become a serious fan until whatever UFC it was when Randy patted Tito on the bum. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fourthnorseman 291 Report post Posted November 30, 2012 UFC 1 Gerrard Gourdeau and Royce Gracie. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheSinisterUrge 39,359 Report post Posted November 30, 2012 UFC 1 and Ken Shamrock. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheMmaKnowItAll 0 Report post Posted November 30, 2012 UFC 81 lesnar vs Mir and proud of it soon after become a fan of the likes of GSP BJ Penn and most of the light heavyweights like chuck randy rampage etc, Today I like any fighter with a bit of hype behind them eg johny Hendricks, JDS, I like the guys who finish fights. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
guti 0 Report post Posted November 30, 2012 UFC 1 to UFC 5 then I skipped till UFC 40 or so , maybe a ramdon fights here and there. After that I pretty much watched most of the events except for a few ones. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
classicboxer 15,097 Report post Posted November 30, 2012 UFC 1, and I became a fan of Royce Gracie. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GstarUk 2 Report post Posted November 30, 2012 Ufc 1 on vhs. Borrowed from my uncle. Became a fan of royce gracie. But only watched the first 3. Then couple years went by got back into it during the first Ultimate fighter. It was hard to watch ufc back in the early days, considering i was like 13, 14 yrs old. Got into mma proper during the end of the tito / shamrock fued. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WarWest® 78,550 Report post Posted November 30, 2012 Since Brock showed up He's the GOAT Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
S_dot 0 Report post Posted November 30, 2012 Randomly decided to watch penn vs pulver at Tuf 5 finale. Then next event I watched was UFC 100. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sobercuban 90,907 Report post Posted December 1, 2012 wow forget Griffin/Bonnar' date=' apparently Machida/Evans brought in all the noobs remember watched either UFC 1 or UFC 2 with my dad and then didn't watch another fight till Liddel/Ortiz 1. Then got hooked with TUF1[/quote'] Lulz I said the first event I bought on UFC.com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ribeye74 3 Report post Posted December 1, 2012 UFC 1, I was hooked instantly. Can't quite remember Jim Brown's quote verbatim, but was along the lines of 'up until now we thought we knew what fighting was' after witnessing Royce turn people all different shades of purple. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nyte 22,541 Report post Posted December 1, 2012 First event I watched was UFC 94 St: Pierre vs Penn 2. I knew nothing about mma, the only fighter I knew of was Chuck Liddell. I didn't really watch too many UFC events until I saw UFC 100. I remember watching a **** load of UFC Unleashed and just trying to learn who all the fighters were. Pretty much haven't missed an event since. The first UFC I actually ordered though was UFC 107 Penn vs Sanchez. That was a sick card with the main event and Mir vs Kongo. I remember having goosebumps during the stare downs between Kongo and Mir. One of my favorite fights to this day, seeing Mir put Kongo away in a minute. When I look back though, I wished I would have gotten into watching UFC events earlier. There were so many good fights I missed out of seeing. Liddell vs Wanderlei or just watching Liddell in his prime or seeing couture make his comeback along with other fighters. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
S_dot 0 Report post Posted December 1, 2012 First event I watched was UFC 94 St: Pierre vs Penn 2. I knew nothing about mma' date=' the only fighter I knew of was Chuck Liddell. I didn't really watch too many UFC events until I saw UFC 100. I remember watching a **** load of UFC Unleashed and just trying to learn who all the fighters were. Pretty much haven't missed an event since. The first UFC I actually ordered though was UFC 107 Penn vs Sanchez. That was a sick card with the main event and Mir vs Kongo. I remember having goosebumps during the stare downs between Kongo and Mir. One of my favorite fights to this day, seeing Mir put Kongo away in a minute.[/quote'] UFC 107 was the first event I payed for too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheMmaKnowItAll 0 Report post Posted December 1, 2012 UFC 107 was also my first paid event aswell, gee something about penn v Sanchez and Mir v Kongo I guess Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NogeraIsBrazil 0 Report post Posted December 1, 2012 The first was the first for me. UFC 1. I was hooked from the start. But the last 2 years has turned into exactly what White said he wanted to prevent it turning into. All about money. Sell a bad fighter to make him look elite against someone out of his league. After watching this long it's funny to watch new fans feed into everything they sell. The peak was not actually in the UFC. The peak was Kimbo Slice. People were buying $85 jackets calling veteran UFC fans, "idiots" because we didn't believe he was the best P4P fighter in the world. This happens over and over again but casual fans never seem to actually learn the sport and watch the talent. They like to parrot off anything Joe or White says. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jamesreed90 5 Report post Posted December 1, 2012 The first one I bought was UFC 60 Royce vs Hughes just made me get all excited But the first event I ever watched was the first tuf final. I'm not afraid to say I started watching because of the show. I was 15 when it came out Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomoUFC 0 Report post Posted December 1, 2012 I think the first event I ordered was 88 when up an comer rashad brutally ko'd chuck For a few years before I had purchased Ufc 1-10 and 11-20 box sets. And pretty much every season of TUF.. and watched a lot of events that my mates had. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
I_told_you_so 1 Report post Posted December 1, 2012 Full event would be Chuck v Rampage. Seen lots of single fights before then though, that was the first one I bought and watched in full. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Manho 0 Report post Posted December 1, 2012 UFC 1. Watched a bootleg VHS tape and fell in love with it. Royce Gracie and Keith Hackney made an impression on me. But the first fighter that really made me a fan of the sport was Mark Coleman. Father of the ground and pound plus head butts!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
horrorfan663 2 Report post Posted December 2, 2012 What was the first UFC you ever watched and which fighter if any did you immediately become a fan of.... For me my first UFC event that i watched was UFC 98 evans vs machida Became a fanof machida after seeing him KO rashad for the LHW title. after watching it i aquired the rest of UFC from 70 upwards. First full mma card i watched was Ortiz vs Shamrock 3: The Final Chapter flipping through channels I came across an episode of unleashed that had Forrest vs Bonnar 1 and I started getting and i had just started getting into the sport, mostly watched Unleashed and the ultimate knockouts they'd sometimes air on spike. I caught an episode of TUF 3 and loved every second of it. Seeing Tito crush Shamrock so easily honestly made me think he could beat anyone in the world. Man have times changed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kristufa 77 Report post Posted December 2, 2012 Ufc 34 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stevo_Junior_AldoFTW 0 Report post Posted December 2, 2012 All started with TUF 1 for me I thought it was the greatest thing i'd ever seen. First PPV I got was UFC 69: Shootout Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lolwut 1 Report post Posted December 2, 2012 What was the first UFC you ever watched and which fighter if any did you immediately become a fan of.... For me my first UFC event that i watched was UFC 98 evans vs machida Became a fanof machida after seeing him KO rashad for the LHW title. after watching it i aquired the rest of UFC from 70 upwards. UFC 75, I couldn't have been more stoked for the unification of the LHW belt Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PunchBag 4,863 Report post Posted December 2, 2012 i own TUF seasons 1,2,5,6,7 on dvd, tuf 1 is by far the best the first fight i watched that really impressed me though was Sanchez vs Guida Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NewMMAFansSuck 0 Report post Posted December 2, 2012 First full card i watched was UFC 47. I remember there being a lot of hype for this fight. Got really interested after watching the promos. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
horrorfan663 2 Report post Posted December 2, 2012 the first event i ever saw was Ortiz Shamrock 3 but the first PPV i bought was UFC 91 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ultimatefightingchamp 21 Report post Posted December 2, 2012 UFC 100 was the first one I paid for Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir_Wesley_of_Wells 3,723 Report post Posted December 2, 2012 I bought UFC 1-3 on a whim on VHS sometime in 2000. I was a senior in high school After that I looked into the more recent stuff. The first PPV I bought was UFC 43: Couture vs. Liddell 1. After seeing Randy take out the seemingly unbeatable (at the time) Chuck Liddell, I was hooked. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StompGrind 40,745 Report post Posted December 2, 2012 Watched the UFC 1 back in 93 with my brother. Been hooked ever since. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ijosef 1,889 Report post Posted December 2, 2012 The Ultimate Fighting Championship (as it was called at the time). I really wanted to see how a sumo wrestler did against a karate fighter, a tae kwon do guy against a boxer, etc. At that time I thought Karate (not realizing it's a general term covering several styles) was the most effective and devastating martial art and that wrestling was just something kids did in high school instead of basketball. I'd heard the term ju-jitsu before but thought it was something like ninjitsu, the "super karate" practiced by ninjas! I was clueless, but then again I was 13 years old and didn't know much about anything. Later in my teens I watched the first several UFCs, up to the boring Detroit superfight between Shamrock and Severn. I didn't get back into it until a few years ago - I believe the first post-Zuffa buyout UFC event I saw was UFC 86. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
