which fighter got you into mma?

[Dr. Rose]

I was 16 and seen it at that same time under those same circumstances

I also joined a Kenpo gym that same year and stuck with it until 2nd black LoL

Ha, There was no martial arts schools around me, but I was a high school wrestler and took cardio kickboxing. That was my resume in my first handful of amateur MMA fights. A little while later there was a TKD school, but me and my wrestling buddies would just beat the crap out of them. Zero hands, lol.

 

[Timewarp]

Probably ken shamrock

 

[wufabufa]

Frank Shamrock

 

[yekmurat]

Fedor

 

[LiQuiD42]

Dan Severn.

 

[GreatSaintGuillotine]

Silva got me to actually start training and following hardcore.

 

[Cobra 03]

Tank Abbott was one of my favorites in the early days, he was always fun to watch. Chuck Liddell was the first guy I seriously rooted for though.

 

[Simple Southerner]

Royce after UFC 1 that's when I got into MMA & jiujitsu

 

[DrRodentia]

I was a very casual fan since I was a kid and my brothers would rent the early UFC's all the time. But I went absolutely hardcore fan when I watched the entirety of Fedor's (who i learned about from some best PRIDE KO's DVD) career in the buildup to the Josh Barnett fight in 2009 that never happened. I became extremely obsessive for years after that. Went back and studied all the history. That has mellowed out over the years, and I don't follow every promotion and watch every possible event anymore.

 

[DougieJones]

No one. The idea of MMA (different styles clashing) was what made me interested in watching for the first time. I had never seen MMA before so what it turned out to be wasn't exactly what I expected (and thought there was a lot of boring 'lay-and-pray' moments, but it was probably just me not understanding grappling), but there was enough that I was interested in watching more.

The first UFC (MMA really) event I watched was 100, then 101 and 111

 

[CatchtheseHands]

GSP and Anderson Silva

 

[generalyum]

Anderson Silva

 

[KoreanZawmbie]

BJ PENN

 

[Boomb]

Cro Cop

 

[The Legendary Scarface]

The GOAT Anderson

 

[Sumomike]

Watching UFC 1 on my black box when I was 10 years old.

But I think Wand in Pride made me start watching again regularly

 

[sonhow]

Tito Ortiz

Spoiler: Spoiler

 

[Spam On Rye]

Watching different styles go at it is what drew me in as a kid. Enjoyed Severn, Shamrock, and Tank but didn't fall in love with it until guys like Fedor, Sakuraba, and Penn.

 

[ipowerslapmywife]

Brock because I watched wrasslin as a kid and seen he was fighting for real. I bought the undisputed 2009 game and learned about other fighters

 

[chinarice]

Royce Gracie. UFC 1 VHS