Props for breaking new ground.Props for cutting loose the scripts and grunts and bad acting from decades of pro wrestling.But the sport keeps evolving, new faces come and go.Is that a good thing? Only time will tell.This reviewer watched all (repeat all) the major matches in the first five years of the UFC.Because after 30 years of pro wrestling I was gob-smacked when the real thing came along. I could not believe what I was seeing.I was in front of the TV when a diminutive fighter named Royce Gracie transformed the very nature of martial arts by taking on guys three times his size in no-holds-barred, no-weight-class, no-time-limit fights. And won. And won. And won again.Let me be very very very clear about what I am about to say next.No disrespect to the UFC or the current crop of fighters or the current crop of fans.But nothing, nada, in the UFC now compares to what I saw in those early fights.For MA fans, it was like putting a man on the moon. And you were there with a ringside seat
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