Inevitably, if every fighter is praised as “possibly the next big thing and every fight is hyped up, there will be disappointments and chronically overrated fighters. So this might be a slow paced fight and don’t expect too many awesome punching exchanges and expect most of the fight to take place on the floor in half guard.” This would lead to low ticket sales and no PPV revenue, so they hype up fighters and hire Joe Rogan to scream into the camera as if he has a gun to his head during every event. This is basically rule number one for a sporting event: promise something life-changing and amazing to the fans, and they will drool and throw money.ĭana White and his analysts can’t go on camera and say “this fight looks alright, but these two guys are both scared because a loss may put them out of the running for the belt, and neither wants that. Since the advent of the UFC, they have hyped up their fighters in order to build excitement for events. I want to make it clear, as early as possible, that we have great respect for each of these fighters, but that they are overrated and have been given undue credit throughout their careers. Calling an athlete, especially a fan favorite, “overrated” is usually a risky move, so I expect some death threats in the comments section, in addition to your own suggestions for this list.
