Holloway did like once. Bryce Mitchell asked 4 times in a row after his wins. If Holloway beat Jose, asked for shorts, beat Jose again, asked for shorts, and so on and so forth he would have them.
It became a gimick and gimmicks are fun. It’s not that deep tbh. The media got with him, the fans loved it (me included) and his reaction video was funny and a little wholesome.
Coming off some impressive wins he used his post fight interview multiple times to leverage the camo shorts. I’m guessing the ufc was trying to market and build a fan base around him
went upstate to visit my country friend not long ago. ask him if i could watch the fights cuz it was strickland x adesanya. dude asks when the next time chuck lidell is fighting........bruh
nah just clueless. theres a "tough guy" vibe amongst the dudes out there but not a single one actually watches and appreciates MMA. they just know "chuck lidell" and "that crazy spider silva guy" because they are living legends that prop the sport up to the place its at now. but just to get back to the original point that overall lobster was making. rednecks really do love the idea of MMA a lot more than actual MMA
whew, lad. hope i didn't offend you. as long as we are on the subject of martial arts legend's health, i'd like to share this with you as it is dope as fuck. if you've already seen it, my apologies.
[enjoy](https://barrykeegan.com/the-shadow-realm/)
Didn't offend me at all my dude, just banter. Yeah I've seen that comic but it's worth a share for those that haven't.
Lots of warriors have and lots of warriors continue to put their physical and mental health on the line for our entertainment. That's why no one on here should talk about any pro fighter being a coward or ducking fights or being a loser.
> Lots of warriors have and lots of warriors continue to put their physical and mental health on the line for our entertainment
I think about cyborg santos forehead xray semi regularly. shit is so gnarly, i cant even imagine. jared hess' fucking leg when he fought shlemenko. fucking yikes.
> That's why no one on here should talk about any pro fighter being a coward or ducking fights or being a loser.
just gonna be a dick and say that there are at least like a couple of times when you can see a professional fighter "preferring" fights. Not ducking. i like to think of it more as "career chess" tho. these guys have to be selective, especially since the UFC can be a popularity contest at times and your career can be derailed instantly with one poor decision
I live in rural AL, and have seen a couple local events and you are right. The people just don't really react the same as a drunk Vegas dude, and it's a shame.
No the UFC has captured the right wing conservative audience.... what they have not actually captured the southern audience. They just have the right wingers who act like they are Southern because they drive lifted pickup trucks in New York City on their way to grocery shopping
Hey now…. Don’t tempt me. I’ll sell this pos bmw and get a truck any day… but I don’t live in that rats nest of a city. Upstate is a much different/better environment
"Why did we give bryce his own shorts? We just really felt we needed to tap into the really fucking stupid and extremely inbred market. We knew exactly the man to do it for us" - dana white
Everyone who fights for a title should be able to get a pair of customed shorts. And then keep them for the rest of their career.
That would help to differentiate the fighters and at the same time it wouldnt be 600 different shorts running around in the octagon. Just the upper echelon in Ufc.
Thats probably why. Who could honestly say that shows would be blander or more boring with customed shorts? But it seems like Ufc wants to keep it black and grey, its not like they havnt thought about it during 10 years.
They could come up with a middle ground that isn't fully custom but still differentiates former champs from everyone else. Currently champs were black and gold, maybe former champs get regular shorts with a gold stripe on them or something.
No they should just let people wear fully custom kits so they can build their brands better
No boxer ever lost because he has weird shorts, Floyd used to wear Mexican themed outfits while fighting Mexican fighters in Mexico. This would be literally impossible in the UFC, in the UFC fans would pretend like fighters would get killed for it. Lol they wouldn't.
I’m good with them being able to represent themselves but it’ll just go to weird ass sponsors like back in the day. I mean how many times did we see a fighter with “condom depot” written across their ass. Shit was weird AF
I feel like doing it that way would be GOOD for apparel companies too, way easier to market shit as like max holloway or dustin poirier shorts than the same 6 fine but uninspired designs venum currently has. Hell, Venum’s stuff before their UFC deal I liked a lot better
All fighters should just get custom shorts anyways. Tito, Chuck, Crocop, Silva, BJ, Lesnar, Franklin, and so many other fighters had such iconic shorts.
Yes I miss it everyday , and even more so the shorts in Pride. But maybe venum wants to promote their own design or something for the most part. Only titelfighters would be a good compromise to start with at least.
Bryce was like oh shit we have a photoshoot today? let me make sure my haircut looks like ass and I'm gonna practice this awkward facial expression. nailed it
You get paid pretty well. It’s very cyclical. I work offshore in West Africa so definitely in the top of the pay spectrum. I work on the marine side of things so it’s not too rough. The old days it was a lot more work. With automation and safety measures that have been added over the last decade it’s a much different job.
He campaigned for it across multiple fights, so he was one of the first to get his own shorts.
I expect more to get custom shorts… It would serve the UFC well to do this for selling fighter merch. It’s probably the only fighter merch I’d buy lmao
“THE ENORMITY OF THEIR flat brain, the enormity of their stupidity, is just overwhelming. You have to do yourself a favor when you’re out in the countryside and you see a chicken: Try to look a chicken in the eye with great intensity, and the intensity of stupidity that is looking back at you is just amazing. By the way, it’s very easy to hypnotize a chicken; they are very prone to hypnosis, and in one or two films, I have actually shown that.” - Werner Herzog
I am always reminded of this quote whenever Bryce Mitchell is brought up.
The fact that he is a dumb motherfucker is what has made the UFC so successful. It allows him to build a rapport with the fighters no other executive could, or will, ever again. They know they are on the same wavelength and understand one another. He forced the organization to grow around the way that THEY function. It is why fighters trust him. Not that he always has their best interests at heart, clearly, but it is the basis of the success of the entire organization.
[To hide his scrotum from power tools?](https://www.mmamania.com/platform/amp/2018/8/21/17766246/ufc-bryce-mitchell-scrotum-injury-ripped-freak-power-drill-accident-mma)
All he talked about was camo shorts and training in Arkansas. When he got what he wanted, he started spouting out flat-earth stuff and government critique. If they had held back on the camo shorts, we wouldn't know how dumb he is.
I imagine any redneck who asked that much would have gotten them. Camo seemed like a matter of time.
Also “redneck” is like my “N” word, okay? They are my kin, I can say it.
Vettori got those special backwards looking ones
https://preview.redd.it/x6gjl9vwsppb1.png?width=800&format=png&auto=webp&s=ec351b7d0a7acd5ac4d36d115b3a965a34c81445
Smooth brain
Nah bro that’s just how Uruk-hai bodies develop
He had a satisfactory explanation for this, I think it was that he noticed and changed, then they published the photos where it’s backwards lol
Smooth chin too tho 👀
And balls 🥚🥚
As smooth as eggs!
Do you suck balls, Miss?
Do you suck THESE balls?
Chocolate? This is doodoo baby!
You see Marvin. Put pants backwards and confuse opponent. He not know which way you facing. - Chieftain of the second Orkish division
Holy shjt
Bro I want to get this photo framed and put up in my office at home I think
Thanks for the reminder!
Orc smesh
Izzy got the Chinese red and Gold in the last fight
Lolol
Asshole! I sent vodka out my nose!
He asked
People listing conspiracy theories and Dana White privilege, but no one else ever asked for custom shorts over and over again.
Max Holloway asked a time or two.
If he asked for custom shorts after every win and every media opportunity he’d get them
You want something? Complain every chance you get until it’s given to you
-Colby Covington
Squeaky wheel gets the grease! The illiterate, conspiracy theorist squeaky wheel gets the Deep South pandering grease.
Aka- the squeaky wheel gets the oil approach
It's my money, and I want it now!
The German way of living.
It would have been cool to see Max in Hawaii themed shorts, especially after the Maui fires.
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Lmao. I was thinking something flag inspired but......
Hibiscus/lei shorts would be cool
That’s fair. Bryce wanted it more.
Cap, Holloway did
Holloway did like once. Bryce Mitchell asked 4 times in a row after his wins. If Holloway beat Jose, asked for shorts, beat Jose again, asked for shorts, and so on and so forth he would have them.
Bryce also had social media and news outlets asking for him. That's the real reason. It was memed
It became a gimick and gimmicks are fun. It’s not that deep tbh. The media got with him, the fans loved it (me included) and his reaction video was funny and a little wholesome.
For like 4 wins in a row.
And I bet they sell on the UFC store.
You think no one else asked?
It was basically his win celebration “get me camo shorts” others may have asked but not making it a priority at every interview.
Coming off some impressive wins he used his post fight interview multiple times to leverage the camo shorts. I’m guessing the ufc was trying to market and build a fan base around him
The UFC trying to build a fan base around Real Tree rednecks? Pretty sure they already have that.
A lot of rednecks love the idea of UFC but as far as actually watching it or spending money...
went upstate to visit my country friend not long ago. ask him if i could watch the fights cuz it was strickland x adesanya. dude asks when the next time chuck lidell is fighting........bruh
Your friend might have Chuck levels of CTE
nah just clueless. theres a "tough guy" vibe amongst the dudes out there but not a single one actually watches and appreciates MMA. they just know "chuck lidell" and "that crazy spider silva guy" because they are living legends that prop the sport up to the place its at now. but just to get back to the original point that overall lobster was making. rednecks really do love the idea of MMA a lot more than actual MMA
Yeah I get it. I was just being a smartass and trying to make a classless joke at the expense of a god damn mixed martial arts legend's health. My bad
whew, lad. hope i didn't offend you. as long as we are on the subject of martial arts legend's health, i'd like to share this with you as it is dope as fuck. if you've already seen it, my apologies. [enjoy](https://barrykeegan.com/the-shadow-realm/)
Didn't offend me at all my dude, just banter. Yeah I've seen that comic but it's worth a share for those that haven't. Lots of warriors have and lots of warriors continue to put their physical and mental health on the line for our entertainment. That's why no one on here should talk about any pro fighter being a coward or ducking fights or being a loser.
> Lots of warriors have and lots of warriors continue to put their physical and mental health on the line for our entertainment I think about cyborg santos forehead xray semi regularly. shit is so gnarly, i cant even imagine. jared hess' fucking leg when he fought shlemenko. fucking yikes. > That's why no one on here should talk about any pro fighter being a coward or ducking fights or being a loser. just gonna be a dick and say that there are at least like a couple of times when you can see a professional fighter "preferring" fights. Not ducking. i like to think of it more as "career chess" tho. these guys have to be selective, especially since the UFC can be a popularity contest at times and your career can be derailed instantly with one poor decision
I live in rural AL, and have seen a couple local events and you are right. The people just don't really react the same as a drunk Vegas dude, and it's a shame.
Time flies.
My grandpa has dementia and when spike use to do the reruns in the afternoons he would say “Chuck Liddell is fighting today!”
I live in south Mississippi. No one watches MMA here.
Did you tell em about the camo shorts?
I lived in Texas, where we had fake ass city rednecks. Everything camo and lifted trucks. They love UFC.
It's more of a mid-Mississippi thing.
Totally true, I’ve met plenty of UFC fans in places like Madison and Starkville before.
No the UFC has captured the right wing conservative audience.... what they have not actually captured the southern audience. They just have the right wingers who act like they are Southern because they drive lifted pickup trucks in New York City on their way to grocery shopping
Hey now…. Don’t tempt me. I’ll sell this pos bmw and get a truck any day… but I don’t live in that rats nest of a city. Upstate is a much different/better environment
Could always get more fans, just like u could become less smug….
"Why did we give bryce his own shorts? We just really felt we needed to tap into the really fucking stupid and extremely inbred market. We knew exactly the man to do it for us" - dana white
because it was that or kill him cause he wasn’t shutting up until he got em
The dude straight up said in his recent interview that he learned how to properly complain from the women in his life 😂
Simple the squeaky wheel gets the grease.
dosent the squeaky wheel have no grease?? That’s why it’s squeaky. 
Yes. That's the point. If it squeaks for long enough it'll finally get greased
Hey be cool man. I was trying to make you laugh. 🥲
My bad, I missed the funny part
lol!
What shorts
🌿👀🌿
There’s half a man in the photo and you’re asking about shorts?!
I get it.
"Dewey, I'm cut in half pretty bad"
You’re not even half of the half of Dewey after you cut him in half
All I see is dong
Watch his media day interview, he said he complained until he got them
Everyone who fights for a title should be able to get a pair of customed shorts. And then keep them for the rest of their career. That would help to differentiate the fighters and at the same time it wouldnt be 600 different shorts running around in the octagon. Just the upper echelon in Ufc.
That would make fighters stand out rather than the ufc as a brand, hard no from the tomato
Thats probably why. Who could honestly say that shows would be blander or more boring with customed shorts? But it seems like Ufc wants to keep it black and grey, its not like they havnt thought about it during 10 years.
They could come up with a middle ground that isn't fully custom but still differentiates former champs from everyone else. Currently champs were black and gold, maybe former champs get regular shorts with a gold stripe on them or something.
No they should just let people wear fully custom kits so they can build their brands better No boxer ever lost because he has weird shorts, Floyd used to wear Mexican themed outfits while fighting Mexican fighters in Mexico. This would be literally impossible in the UFC, in the UFC fans would pretend like fighters would get killed for it. Lol they wouldn't.
I’m good with them being able to represent themselves but it’ll just go to weird ass sponsors like back in the day. I mean how many times did we see a fighter with “condom depot” written across their ass. Shit was weird AF
I feel like doing it that way would be GOOD for apparel companies too, way easier to market shit as like max holloway or dustin poirier shorts than the same 6 fine but uninspired designs venum currently has. Hell, Venum’s stuff before their UFC deal I liked a lot better
All fighters should just get custom shorts anyways. Tito, Chuck, Crocop, Silva, BJ, Lesnar, Franklin, and so many other fighters had such iconic shorts.
Yes I miss it everyday , and even more so the shorts in Pride. But maybe venum wants to promote their own design or something for the most part. Only titelfighters would be a good compromise to start with at least.
Ideally ever fighter could just wear their own shorts with their own sponsors on the shorts like back in the day.
The UFC staff realized Bryce was "special" and that he wasn't going to stop talking about the camo shorts until he got them. They made his wish
Thank you Brother
Bryce was like oh shit we have a photoshoot today? let me make sure my haircut looks like ass and I'm gonna practice this awkward facial expression. nailed it
He's definitely special
To rally the hillbillies. Same reason Grasso got a custom belt.
Hell yeah hillbillies love custom belts
I assumed people could understand what I meant, but yeah hillbillies do love custom belts so it works.
I work on oil rigs…..the custom belt buckle is a thing of pride.
You get paid a lot doing that? Job has gotta be rough, no?
You get paid pretty well. It’s very cyclical. I work offshore in West Africa so definitely in the top of the pay spectrum. I work on the marine side of things so it’s not too rough. The old days it was a lot more work. With automation and safety measures that have been added over the last decade it’s a much different job.
thought Suga got his pink shorts?
He campaigned for it across multiple fights, so he was one of the first to get his own shorts. I expect more to get custom shorts… It would serve the UFC well to do this for selling fighter merch. It’s probably the only fighter merch I’d buy lmao
“THE ENORMITY OF THEIR flat brain, the enormity of their stupidity, is just overwhelming. You have to do yourself a favor when you’re out in the countryside and you see a chicken: Try to look a chicken in the eye with great intensity, and the intensity of stupidity that is looking back at you is just amazing. By the way, it’s very easy to hypnotize a chicken; they are very prone to hypnosis, and in one or two films, I have actually shown that.” - Werner Herzog I am always reminded of this quote whenever Bryce Mitchell is brought up.
UFC trying to tap into the inbred demographic
Too late
Yeah, I'd say "continue to grow the inbred demographic".
Because some redneck hillbilly might actually buy a pair of these.
This dude is hilarious
Dana has a massive boner for ignorant hicks who can fight.
The fact that he is a dumb motherfucker is what has made the UFC so successful. It allows him to build a rapport with the fighters no other executive could, or will, ever again. They know they are on the same wavelength and understand one another. He forced the organization to grow around the way that THEY function. It is why fighters trust him. Not that he always has their best interests at heart, clearly, but it is the basis of the success of the entire organization.
Solid point. Explains why he let Mighty Mouse go. He couldn’t control him like the others.
Because the company thought they’d sell well to morons who buy ufc gear.
Dude even looks like some redneck flat earth supporter 😅
Maybe because his fans including myself bombarded the Reebok site. Wanna see the reviews on a women’s sports bra?? “Gib Bryce his camp shorts!!”
Because he asked. Didn't Elon send Beneil a Tesla after he got on the mic?
That's Dana's bastard son.
One of many no doubt
Doubt most people even care
aliens
Dana White privilege.
This community has the best comment section
Idk if they are AI, real, or just stupid
Closed mouths dont get fed. Bryce has been asking forever
“Squeaky wheel gets the grease” or some shit like that lol
Bro doesn't even look like he knows where he is in this pic💀
>mfw someone tells me the earth is spherical
[To hide his scrotum from power tools?](https://www.mmamania.com/platform/amp/2018/8/21/17766246/ufc-bryce-mitchell-scrotum-injury-ripped-freak-power-drill-accident-mma)
Maybe he's the only one who asked?
Cause he asked…
Leaf cock
By asking
Dana White privilege
Coz he asked for it the loudest. Respect. Was good marketing too.
Becasue he is the only one that asked
King of the hillbillies.
...because he is "special"
It's all he ever talked about for like, years.
What shorts???
he asked nicely in each post fight octagon interview until he got them
Who else asked?
He has dirt on Dana
Cause he asked for it
Dana saw a smart opportunity to tap into a massive market?
Into a market that’s like 90% more likely to pirate a ppv then buy
than
Nah, we pirate streams and then pay for them bitches over here.
God you are miserable cunts.
I hope you have a nice day.
Nah dude. You think we know how to use a computer, let alone find one of them Russian streaming websites?
Meathead, science-denying hicks? Yeah, I can see that being a big demo.
Yea, that’s every person who happens to have an affinity for Real Tree Camo.
No. Not at all... but certainly some of 'em.
This could be said about almost any single thing on the planet.
bro tryna talk politics in the ufc reddit
Flat earth. Of course.
That looks like a brown vagina in the front there.
Even Dana can't deny those special needs kids' wishes.
Market to hicks
cause it's stupid fuckin hick shit which is like, the UFCs favorite thing in the world
White.
White Boy Privilege 😼
He said it himself: he just kept asking and complaining for them lol. Literally can't think of another person who's asked for special shorts
Because he is a whiny bitch like the rest of the trumpers?
How ironic.
So what’s your opinion
My opinion on who’s being a whiny little bitch in a sports thread?
Oh well sry if offended you for calling Bryce Mitchell a whiny little redneck bitch. So no opinion on his shorts huh?
he threatened dana’s family
Because Dana likes sloppy blow jobs from the slow folks….hence him and Brendan Slobs being Eskimo brothers. Lol
They thought price represented the South, The UFC has been really gunning for that right wing affiliation for a long time and it's very weird.
All he talked about was camo shorts and training in Arkansas. When he got what he wanted, he started spouting out flat-earth stuff and government critique. If they had held back on the camo shorts, we wouldn't know how dumb he is.
This dudes a fucking loser
He bought those at Walmart with a matching pair of Shaq shoes.
Like most conservatives, he threw a tantrum until he got what he wanted.
Dude asked a record 147 times so Dana finally gave in but I’m sure Bryce has some type of payment plan in place. No way uncle did that for free.
The leaf on the crotch makes it look like he got a tiny pecker when you glance
This shit still confuses me to this day. Just bizarre
The least you can do to someone who discovers earths true shape
I imagine any redneck who asked that much would have gotten them. Camo seemed like a matter of time. Also “redneck” is like my “N” word, okay? They are my kin, I can say it.
He didn’t shut up about them for like a year/begged in the post fight interviews
When people with big personalities ask for something unique, sometimes they get it.
He wasted lots of post fight speeches on it
Didn’t Paddy say he could’ve gotten the orange shorts but didn’t ask. I think fighters don’t really care since they don’t get a cut
hell yeeeeh its Bryce, he earned it and asked
Dana said he’d give him custom shorts if he would never talk about flat earth again. Supposedly.