Strike,
If Versus is the old OLN, then I think I have that channel, but the only time I ever watched it was during the Tour de France a few times. As I was explaining to the guys I was making a long drive with today, I'm not much into watching sports. I'd rather play or do something, even if I do it badly, than watch someone else do it really well.
When I was a small kid I thought wrestling (TV "rasslin'") was really cool. Once I learned it was fake, I completely lost interest. I was pretty impressed with boxing for its conditioning and skill - until I learned it causes brain damage. I don't think something qualifies as sport if one of the means of winning includes brain damage to the opponent. It just doesn't meet the test of intelligence that should be part of any sport. So if the point of MMA is having the moral responsibility to kill one's opponent, as Sol put it, then I guess I don't have any use for it. That sort of reminds me of the Roman gladiators, who killed each other to provide entertainment and thrills for the masses. This occurred at the peak of the Roman Empire, shortly before it began to fail, not that there's any correlation to American society.
I'll probably stick with basketball.
Sg