30 years from now, what do you think MMA will be like by then?

[Koala]

Michael Chandler will be waiting to fight McGregor at UFC 3000

 

[Takes_Two_To_Tango]

Michael Chandler will be waiting to fight McGregor at UFC 3000
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lol good one.

 

[Hyperborea]

We’ll have anti-aging technology and meat avatars. Dominick Cruz and Demetrius Johnson will battle it out inside 7’ tall 400 pound muscle homunculi. Killing will be allowed.

 

[Deceasedxo]

Almost entirely grappling.

 

[PurpleStorm]

Probably, we'd have a lot more online sparring, with movement capture and online matches. If the system works well, it could at least reduce brain damage. Just imagine guys doing a slipping drill for 12 hours a day, 7 days straight. Obviously, they can do that in the gym, but it requires either a trainer or an open gym. If I could have realistic slipping, rolling, ducking drills, or even simple reactionary drills and leaderboards, development could be much quicker and more consistent. It may seem futuristic, but AI has seen leaps and bounds. And 30 years ago, games like Snake were probably high-tech stuff.

Another thing we'll see in the distant future is a lot more testing. Maybe body type testing, punch power tests, speed tests. Technique mapping; we could track the best fighters, map it to our body mechanics, and develop an algorithm that gives feedback based on your progress. We could track habits and things we do, like dropping our hands after a jab, obsessively fixing our pants or hair after certain actions because we wore some kind of shorts for a couple of years. These are all muscle memories we've built up that aren't beneficial.Imagine drilling a specific armbar on a realistic training dummy with AI and Virtual Reality, a model trained on the best grapplers catching your mistakes and shaving off milliseconds on different stages of the execution of these techniques. Measuring real-time pressure and being able to adjust live based on feedback.

As data improves, so will our understanding of high % techniques. I could probably build a model right now that will map out efficient techniques to train based on high % moves.

Nutrition is another part. We've seen this develop over the last 10-15 years even. Fighters like Masvidal were fighting on ice cream and Doritos. Strength and Conditioning at the moment is a lot of bro science, and I expect a lot of development in those areas.Better steroids also will be developed which figthers will keep using.

Obviously, online training will take away some of the toughness guys have. But being able to clock in 4-6 hours a day of sparring without any damage will benefit in some ways. Obviously, it will have some technicalities, as you're punching air and you will have to have a room available. Nothing can replace the real thing. But all these developments could enhance fighters' efficiency and supplement their normal training.

That is a great post. Post of the week! Happy holidays sherbro.

 

[Haj01]

The same but in more high tec/fancy arenas.

I'd love to see them fight in an elevated cage. In the sky somewhere.

 

[GrantB13]

Probably filled with whatever God forgotten generation Gen Z spawns.

 

[Mohawk Banditó]

Bad judging, circus fights, and flying cars.

Camera panning to MMA legends in the crowd like 2 time LHW champion Jake Paul

 

[josh345]

It will be gone by then I hope

 

[Spiderbite]

There will still only be approximately 700 people on the planet talented enough to call themselves "Active UFC fighters" and for the majority, their annual take home pay will still be below the national median.

 

[ARW]

Power slap will be the worlds biggest sport and dana will be the president of the USA

 

[storeybuckle]

Now that 30 years have past since UFC 1. And in these 30 years so much has happened. So I wonder the next 30 years will be like.

Do you think there will be a new consensus GOAT? That hasn't fought yet, that's unknown?

Do you think the UFC will around still as the top promotion? And if they are around, do you think they'll be co-promoting with other organizations?

How do you see MMA will be like 30 years from now?

I think PED testing will continue to improve and we will learn a lot about fighters from this era, if they were truly clean!

 

[Loking]

Someone will learn the Kamehameha and get taken down and lay n pray for 3 rounds never getting a chance to use it.

 

[MMA Maine-iac]

The Goat list won't contain any Pride fighters and a few people will be seriously upset.

 

[Choco]

Pink Goof will still be running the shitshow like Nixon runs earth in futurama
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awesome¡ What IA did you used?

 

[Khaosan]

UFC will be dieded by then, maybe even by next week.

 

[USA!USA!]

Steroids will not only be legal, but encouraged.

There won't be shorts - everyone will be dennis halllman'ing it or naked.

There will be a gender fluid weight class division along with men's and women's.

 

[DarthChen731]

VR so we can feel the pain

 

[Billthebutcher]

In 30 years it will be bland, without NHB.

The problem with MMA now is all the push to be widely accepted as a "sport", and it is, but the true NHB aspect is gone. When you limit strikes, add grounded fighters, and change the rules, it does become more strict, and less entertaining.

Which is why the buildup animosity & press conferences sell the fights.
Without a story, without a gimmick, nobody cares who's fighting. Ricky Jay had a great quote in Redbelt, " it's just 2 monkeys in a cage".

Bare knuckle is restricted to hands only striking, yet it is incredibly more exciting & entertaining even if the fight only lasts 1 round.

 

[m249viking]

The term goat will be long out of use