Matt Riddle Compares UFC Fans And Wrestling Fans

Matt Riddle says professional wrestling feel🤪s more like Shജakespeare than the Coliseum. 

After a Defy Wrestling event in Montana, Matt Riddle was interviewed by who attended the event and covered much of Riddle's UFC career. During the interview, Riddle spoke about his relationship with mixed-martial-arts and how the crowd feels different at a professional wrestling event.ཧ 

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“Wrestling fans are like people going to see Shakespeare. They come, they have a favorite character, they’re invested in the story and they know it’s a story. They’re all about how well you play your part, whatever that part is. MMA fans are more like people going to the Coliseum. They don’t care whether you kill the tiger or the tiger kills you. All they know is somebody’s going to die today. That’s how it feels when you’re in the UFC," said Riddle. "Nobody gives a (expletive) about you. You could be fighting in your hometown, and if you get knocked out the crowd’s still going to roar,” he added

At the Defy Wrestling event, Riddle faced Flip Gordon in what was a homecoming for Gordon. 

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