[Sportsandrec] MMA

[Joe Shaw]

Kate,
I am a huge MMA and especially UFC fan. I have no television vision 
whatsoever and therefore rely on the commentators to tell me what's goin on. 
My favorite overall broadcast team in any sport now is Mike Goldberg and Joe 
Rogan. "Goldy" is a great play-by-play man who describes the moves with 
passion and depth. He used to do Redwing games and does Pac 10 football. He 
is an excellent  marketer of the fight game. Joe Rogan is a hilarious 
comedian who is well versed in the moves of the ddifferent sports and 
conveys the action with a wit that is a bit on the devilish side. It never 
hurts Joe that he is respected in the community due to the fact that he can 
go. Joe Rogan is a black belt in Tai-quan-doh, takes BJJ, and kickboxing. 
Check out his wildly funny blog at joerogan.net. Warning: this blog is 
mostly randomly funny and there is language and drug discussion as Joe is of 
the "legalize it" sect.
I bet you the reason I enjoy the commentary so much and rarely get lost, I 
follow along as well as if it were a baseball, hockey, or football game, is 
a simple one. I wrestled for years in high school and after, my dad grew me 
up a huge boxing fan as I love the sweet science, and I've taken judo and 
Jujitsu so the terms are not foreign to me and I am rarely lost. If a person 
who has never been a hockey fan turns on a hockey broadcast for the first 
time, the terms power play, icing, multi-line passes, and slapshot mean 
nothing to them until they are an experienced fan.
Yes Kate, wrapping up this post with a nice little sports and rec bow, if 
you want to be a better fan of mixed martial arts, the easiest way is to 
take some classes. Judo and Brazillian Jujitsu are out there locally in 
everywhere USA now waiting for you to come learn, fight, and play. Do not 
hesitate because of your blindness, we are out there throughout America 
doing it daily. Join us. My coach says it is easier to teach a blind person 
"feel sports" than sighted people because they always want to look when they 
are suppossed to feel.
"There's lots of pretty pretty ones that want to get you high" "But all the 
pretty pretty ones will leave you low and blow your mind" Marilyn  Manson 
The Dope Show
JS

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kate Thegreat" <shamaniclivin1281 at hotmail.com>
To: <sportsandrec at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 6:50 PM
Subject: [Sportsandrec] MMA



Hi all, I see that there are some MMA fans on this list. I just got into 
watching this sort of stuff last year when I started dating my current 
boyfriend. He's sighted himself so he watches this stuff while I listen to 
the commentary during the fights. I really kind of enjoy it even though I'm 
not able to see every little thing happening during a fight, especially when 
the commentators start yapping about something and aren't giving play by 
plays. My BF will fill me in occasionally, too, but often he's so engrossed 
in it all himself that he forgets til I'm like "what? what? what's happening 
now?"



We watch the UFC mostly, but we do watch Strike Force as well. How do y'all 
keep up with what's going on with the fights? What websites do you find most 
helpful? I've been on sherdog and MMANews.com. Are there any other good 
blind friendly websites out there that you find helpful? I actually find the 
official UFC website to be hurrendous. I don't know, maybe it's just me, but 
the site seems ridiculously confusing to me. Even sherdog I occasionally 
have a hard time navigating. The MMA News website seems to be the most 
friendly site I've found so far.



Would love to hear from the MMA gurus on the list here. *smile*



Kate

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