Does modern day UFC suck or am I just a grumpy old man?

I’m happy to be called out on this as I’ve been watching since UFC 40 in 2002, it could just be a case of it being targeted to the younger crowd (I’m 35 almost). I remember at the peak of my fandom around 2009-12 I had a friend who was jaded how I am now and had been watching even longer than me, so I think that’s just fandom in general, back in the day the fans that started watching after TUF1 were called the “TUF noobs” 😂

But it occurred to me after the Strick/DDP card, and I was reminiscing a bit even as recent as 2014, though that was 10 years ago. How much the sport has changed for the worse. I think it’s a combination of every fighter wanting to be the next McGregor, social media/influencer culture and modern day tribalism with politics.

There’s no GSP or Anderson Silvas, those big time Heavyweight fights are few and far between, Apex cards are trash, powerslap etc. There was a time when Dana was pretty likeable and borderline one of us (I remember him posting on the old Underground forums). I could go on but you get my point I’m sure.

Would be good to get a viewpoint from someone that’s just become a fan recently, interested to see how you perceive the UFC too?