MMA flyweights like Mighty Mouse are the only tolerable people in the sport. They get more chuddy the heavier the weight class gets because they think they’re all alpha males at the peak of masculinity.
MMA always struck me as something that wasn't trying to determine who a "world champion" is but instead to put on a spectacle of brutality. Boxing on the other hand always seemed to be a proper "sport" in the sense that it wasn't just outright pursuing brutality.
I think MMA has mellowed a bit with time compared to its earlier days but it's still carrying that stuff. It's how it built up its early success and attracted people, it always seemed a lot like a no-rules fight pit.
I think like a lot of boomers he's just aged and reached a point where he just chooses comfort over anything that might resemble struggle. Some of this misjudgement might also be coming from experiences when he was younger too, given that he says he's known him in personal capacity since he was 19 or 20 years old.
wasn't Francis Ngannou one of the main exceptions to that rule? I don't think I ever heard any real chuddyness from him, but that might be a language barrier thing.