I agree with your post the way I got into watching mma was by watching videos my cousin downloaded on limewire I always heard of it but never got into it til I watched the pride fights.

If it wanst for filesharing i wouldnt even know what Pride was, and to tell you the truth I didnt like UFC at first, I love martial arts and I found it weird and scary at first but thanks to filesharing I got the chance to look at it really well because of friends that had downloaded it and it led to almost an addiction and today I love MMA and UFC. It would never have happend unless I was ok with watching fileshared material and Im sure it was same or similar for many thousands of fans out there.

They would never afford to pay for the publicity they get and all the new fans that come to MMA because of filesharing. Without internet, filesharing and open minded people UFC would be nothing. Who would buy a PPV without first getting hooked on MMA and watching clips and stuff? Noone.

I'm pretty certain (although I can't remember now) that I got into watching MMA by someone recommending I download an early TUF, and from there I started watching TUF and the UFC fights, and then after a while all the other US events, and then finally gave in and started watching Japanese shows also - although I had been aware of Pride for ages at that time and tried watching it once or twice, the pomp and ceremony and the ring instead of a cage turned me off it for a long while, but now I'm cool with it.

Now I watch all the MMA events and related shows I can get my hands on and really enjoy K-1 also. All thanks to filesharing