What is it about Ultimate Fighting Championship and mixed martial arts that Australians love?
From Sydney Morning Herald (smh.com.au) - "The past two UFC events to be held in Sydney were sold out shows, the most recent last year was the United States-based company's equal-fastest selling event ever. There's been a movie - Warrior, starring Australian Joel Edgerton - and the third UFC event scheduled for Sydney March is being heavily hyped. Here Down Under we seem to have embraced the theatrical nature of the sport - "The Octagon" fighting cage, the nicknames, the reality television feel - as well as its down-home aspects - men fighting barefoot and shirtless, just gloves, sweat and tears".
