The UFC 118 card tonight was extremely boring with a bunch of lifetime "decision" guys choking out the fans. Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard will fight next in what will likely be the most boring fight ever. Expect a lot of meaningless taps on the head and back and forth bobbing with little damage to speak of ...
The problem with the UFC style of MMA is that guys are just trying to get decision wins (i.e. trying not to lose). For example, Edgar did nothing tonight against Penn except stick and move and get the occasional take down. Penn actually tried to finish the fight and threw punches with meaning. There was nothing in Edgar's arsenal that could remotely hurt Penn. He was just trying to run and do enough when he wasn't running to win the fight. This is becoming an all to common formula and it will ultimately be terrible for fans. Boxing suffers from a little bit of this too as some fighters are way too defensive and don't take any risks.
I fear that the era of great finishers like Penn and Anderson Silva may be coming to an end with the new generation looking to choke out fans with extreme boredom.
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