My husband was trying to get me to watch MMA for years but I wasn't in the slightest bit interested till a colleague who used to train convinced me in 2007 and I was absolutely hooked. It helped that Spike were repeating the Tito Bisping TUF every night. 4 months after seeing it on TV and I'd booked tickets and my flights for Chuck Wandy haha.The first UFC event I saw was Hughes vs Gracie and I thought it was a horrible squash match so gave up on MMA before I'd even got started, but Cage Rage showed me it wasn't all mismatches, and most of their fights consisted of more than just 15 seconds of striking before they clinched or went to the ground to stall until the round ended.
Saw some absolute fucking bangers in Cage Rage, what an org.
Cage Rage was fun. Dodgy as all hell but fun.