Don't be scared homie. Introduce yourself :)

Hello fellows mma followers, this is for the who's, the what's, and all the rest.

Im Steve, 31. From Brisbane, Australia. And i have an abuse problem with MMA. My housemate a few years back was a UFC fan, I thought it was like "whatever" and never bothered to try.

I first did UFC at 106. Griffin vs Ortiz 2.
I was hooked. i've paid for every UFC since and watched (downloaded *sob) everything before that.

Ever since. Whatever, whenever, i'll try it. Pride, Dream, Strikeforce, Shit i'll even watch old ELITE FC if it will give me what i need.
I mainline UFC as much as i can, sometimes $80+ a month on PPV.

As a consequence i've even got my brother in law addicted. He'll suck a dick for a Pat Barry fight.

I just want to know i'm not alone... When Chael beats Anderson in July, im gonna be Uma Thurman in Pulp Fiction.

Hey guys, I am Joe, 19. from New Zealand.

Getting into MMA was a thing that just involved after I got into martial arts as it was, I started up Tkd then progressed to Hapkido, from there as it went from hapkido into MMA I slowly transferred to full on MMA. I try to get the events, but that is really hard when you are a poor student, that can't afford to pay for pay per view..

I have been following anyone that seems good, mainly the UFC because it is the most well known, and have been trying to keep up and catch up for over a year, which is really hard lol. My first ever hero in the organisation is GSP, because he is so down to earth, bt one hell of a technical fighter, besides what he done to Matt Hughes, with the double crotch shot. He is an all around clean fighter.

Onto Sonnen, If he fought as well as he smack talks, he would own all titles by now. He may beat Silva, but I can't see it coming. He is Silva's kryptonite however, which will make it interesting. He does make the pre-fight interviews and the promos soo much better than everyone else though!

Thanks Anton!
The Silva/Sonnen debate is always interesting, but you do have to give the guy credit- he is undisputed in the smack-talk arena

It might help his attitude

If it has only been a week it is doing well, I think he is also in charge of Tkd forums.? If it is the same person then this will be awesome in no time!

Thought it was you, had the same simple, yet effective layout. Can't wait for your new forum, it will be very interesting to talk about different martial arts. Your forums will go off without a hit, they are awesome.

I am from the deep south
Mainly known as Invercargill

Hi everyone, I'm another kiwi (New Zealander). Looks like the UFC is pretty popular here. I'm Tabatha, I'm 23 and have been watching MMA for .. wow... probably around 10 years now. My uncle who is big into martial arts introduced the rest of the family to it. I remember getting together to watch pay per view long before any bars started offering coverage. In the last 4 years I've seen the UFC really take off and now there are plenty of bars packed with fans and a string of shops offering MMA gear.

A lot of people are surprised that I watch UFC but I love the strategy and technical skill it involves. Of course it's no surprise GSP is one of my favorite fighters. I tend to back fighters who have both a strong ground and standing game.

I also think the women’s game is improving e.g Rhonda Rousey and her infamous armbar.

Wow .. Kev fights are shown for free in South America? Awesome! As for Pat Barry I have respect for fighters who appreciate their fans. Another reason I can't stand either of the Diaz brothers. Overeem is really friendly and posed for photographs with my aunty who flew to Las Vegas to watch him fight. My aunties probably the biggest UFC fan I know and travels internationally for fights. I'm hoping to go to the next one in that is held in Australia.

Steve if you see this have you checked out the MMA shop in the Gold Coast? The one in surfers? They have a great variety of stock everything from merchandise to training equipment and the staff love to chat about MMA.

Anton, I agree I think Sonnen talks a lot of crap to be honest. I usually can't stand fighters who mouth off and can't walk the talk but for some reason I do find him entertaining. The things that come out of his mouth are ridiculous. If I were a fighter it would just make me want to finish him off quickly.

Joe, good luck with training. New Zealand could do with some more representation. It seems like we only have Te Huna and a few others.

Hi all, I'm James/ Jim, I'm 21 and from Ireland. Only a recent convert to UFC and MMA from the influence of a room mate. He seen I was really into parkour and other athletics such as it and ended up getting me hooked (got me hooked on JRE too). Anyway, I have never taken to anything like it and now spend all my time reading about MMA and watching MMA! I also started BJJ and have done a little Muay Thai and Kickboxing!

Personally I like the Diaz brothers and Sonnen, I think they are really funny and sure know how to sell their fights. I like Koscheck after TUF1 because although he was an ass, he was just an ass to Leben. After seeing him constantly trying to bully people in TUF12, nice guys, I really don't like him anymore.

Nice to meet you guys

Will do, also I have no idea why I said I'm 21 :S I'm actually 23!

From Dublin, but spend the last 4 years in college in the West!

Yeah it's an expensive country in general, planning on making the big move to Canada int he first half of next year!