you have no idea what you're talking about and your comment is just patronising. MMA is a highly technical sport that demands elite levels of athleticism and sporting intelligence. fight fans are also already a highly diverse group from all around the world and that group is continually growing in size and diversity

Big muscles don't mean much with a small brain attached to them. If I wanted to see that I can just go to the zoo and find much better samples.

I've never met a bloodsport fan that I would want as a friend or direct report. I'm sure there are decent people as there always are in any large population, but they're the exception to the rule.

I never was attracted to the sport and maybe had some unconscious biases towards fighters, but about a year ago my meditation practice brought me to try and confront that fear and aversion I had towards aggression. Long story short, I've been training Muay Thai for about a year and it totally changed my view on things. Everyone I've met at these gyms has been kind, welcoming, and exceptionally thoughtful. Training anything this difficult has a way of cutting down your ego. I only wish I had started 10 years ago.

Maybe the fans are different, who knows, but the people that actually show up and train I'd absolutely take as a friend or direct report. It's deep internal mind/body training.

Mark Zuckerberg practices Jiu Jitsu.

Anthony Bourdain practiced Jiu Jutsu.

Lots of actors and comedians have started practicing Jiu Jitsu.

I’m a CTO and I’ve practiced jiu jitsu and Muay Thai. I lift weights regularly too :O

Zuckerberg should be thrown into a vat of acid, so I'm unclear why you decided to bring him up first of all people.

This is incredibly revealing in a way I don't think you intend or are maybe even aware of.

This isn't 2011 Facebook, your emo angsty vaguebooking isn't impressing.

> Big muscles don't mean much with a small brain attached to them.

It says a lot you think ‘big muscles’ are a thing: the most popular divisions of UFC don’t have big muscular fighters.

I was curious so I did some Googling just to get a sense if what you're claiming is true and it turns out you very likely wrong on this matter. According to TIDES/University of Central Florida, more than 80% of UFC fighters have a college degree, which is much higher than many other sports including the NFL (31%), NBA (20%), and MLB (less than 45%).

But you mentioned fans specifically, and here you're also way off. Much like the other sports I mentioned, the demographics of UFC viewers are also much more educated than the other sports I mentioned. Based on the Sports Business Journal's survey, 42% of NBA viewers have a college degree, 34% for MLB, 32% for the NFL, and 55% for UFC.

Now you can object to college being a good indicator of intelligence and that's fine, but it's probably a much better indicator than just randomly making stuff up and stereotyping people based on their hobby.

> 80% of UFC fighters have a college degree

This might be due to some MMA fighters having a collegiate wrestling background.