During Decade of ’00s, MMA Went From Debacle Debut to Miracle Growth
by Mike ChiappettaFiled under: Fighting, MMA Media Watch, UFC, Strikeforce
To watch mixed martial arts now, to witness the slick productions, screaming fans and dynamic fighters, it's hard to believe how far and how fast the sport has come in a single decade.
"If you would've come to me in 1999, and said there's going to be this new sport emerging, and by 2009 it's going to be where it is right now, I would have told you that would be an extremely unlikely and impressive achievement," said Robert Thompson, a noted pop culture expert and professor of Television and Popular Culture at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.
As metaphors go, the one that describes the state of MMA as the '00s began is almost too perfect to believe. Because as the calendar turned the page to the year 2000, the sport lay injured and ignored in a Louisiana hospital bed, a victim of its own hand.
During Decade of '00s, MMA Went From Debacle Debut to Miracle Growth originally appeared on MMA Fighting on Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:44:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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