MMA is a passing fad and tbh I don't see what all the fuss is about. The few fights I've seen the guys just lay on the ground and do jack all, it's so boring it makes watching a whole 12 rounds of boxing look good.
I've lived in America for the last 10 years and have followed cricket probably more regularly than my friends back in India. I've pulled allnighters, gone to the World Cup, and have even gone to stupid exhibition domestic matches in India (which I find absolutely fascinating AND gives me free, unrestricted access to all the players )
The downside is that it gets tough. There is no one to talk to about cricket, my biggest passion. This is probably the reason I have as many posts as I do on PC. Perhaps without PC my love for cricket might have even faded.
Since I live in a small city, cricket is not known here at all. There are 4 other Indian kids but they are like white on the inside and don't know anything about india, let alone cricket. In the summers, I play for a city a bit larger than mine which is 45 mins away. Previously I played for a suburb in Detroit, and drove around 2 hours just to get there . I only played about 2 matches and 3 practices for them, but I am grateful for my parents to drive me all the way there to play.
I feel so at home on the cricket pitch. It feels as if it is what I was meant to do. Sometimes, I wish I still lived in India and if so I would have definitely pursued cricket as a career.
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Brock Lesnar is pretty big yeah, he's the UFC Heavyweight Champion, and is an incredible athlete. So what if he didn't make it in the NFL, I didn't say that MMA stars could turn their hand to anything and be a success. Lesnar was an incredible college wrestler, and his skills have adapted brilliantly to MMA. He's huge and happens to be one of the few top HW's to have to cut down to the 265lb weight limit, but he possesses incredible speed as well. He's such an impressive athlete, he's got everything. Size, speed, strength, conditioning and he's learning at an incredible rate.
Georges St-Pierre's probably one of the top 2-3 athletes in the world right now as far as I'm concerned. Dominating the worlds best fighters in his weight category, is world-class in a discipline he's only been learning for a few years, has an incredible work rate and level of physical fitness.
If you honestly think that MMA's going to be a passing fad, then you're going to be very surprised in 10 years when it's one of the biggest sports in the world. I truely believe MMA is here to stay, and it's the most exciting and fascinating sport I've ever seen. I love it, everything about it.
Are you like, gun??
We`ve seen a lot of members here claiming that they don`t support their country of nationality and that they are die-hard fans of some other country (I have no right to comment on their choice and respect it). However, my question is whether a person ABC would be watching the game in the first place had the team from the nation of his birth not been a decent cricket nation?
I`ll tell you the case of many Indians related to football. Indians usually adopt sides in football because the Indian football team is ranked way down in the FIFA rankings and our side never qualifies to the big events. Thus, Indian fans end up supporting Brazil or Portugal or England in football because of this reason. However, we have qualified for the 2011 Asian Cup (Asia`s version of UEFA European Championships) and most of the Indian football fans will support their home country during that event.
My question is that how would it be possible for a person X or Y or Z to totally support any side which plays against his nation of birth, although he claims he does not support that side at all.