I'm a huge fan of MMA since the 90s, especially UFC and PrideFC. But the Dark side series took a turn for the worst with this. The subject matter is just not that interesting. They mostly have very boring interviews with executives or producers instead of the actual fighters or fight fans. And the episodes are not re-watchable in my opinion I would say only the Diaz, Hughes, and War Machine episodes were interesting.
The Kimbo episode was OK but it just felt more of a downer. Or the Diego Sanchez episode. These are Darkside categories for sure, but they could have chosen better MMA history subjects to focus on. How about Frank Shamrock, Ryan Gracie, Jon Jones, Joe Sun, Tank Abbott etc..
The PrideFC episode was a big letdown that could've been so much better. They hire fighters like DonFrye, Gary, Goodridge, or Josh Barnett, and put them in one minute of the episode, and the rest is just the boring executives and producers talking. Or they have actors displaying the story instead of using archival footage, which they had, but didn't provide enough of.
The war machine episode was interesting, but the liberal producers tried to blame the sport of MMA for abuse against women. Really? Tell me what sport or job doesn't have issues of assault or abuse. It's more of just a humanity thing. I would say 99% of MMA athletes are more law abiding than other sports or jobs.
