about 3 years ago my dad hated me watching pride/ufc saying in a few years time the fashion will pass and it will be looked at like the WWF is (basically a joke) and he was and still is obsessed with boxing and has been all his life, but when he actually sat down and watched a pride fight 2003 middleweight tournament i think he watched, now he watches around 80% mma and about 20% boxing, thought it was strange how his opinion changed after he actually watched a show.