conclusion

A lot has changed from 648 B.C. but even after thousands of years, one thing remains the same, there will always be a curiosity towards who is the “best.” This could apply to any area of life, whether it is business, sports, politics, etc… As I got to understand American pop culture and globalization in depth, this whole world is about challenging each other to be the “best” of its kind. Isn’t that why ever since mankind step foot in this world it’s always been about domination? The battles of wars were imminent in earlier times to separate the weak and the strong to see who would be the last one standing. Out of the approximate seven billion people that live on earth, only an estimated three hundred million people live in America (http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html). Yet we are still able to hold the interests from other countries by the characteristics that define us, “America: the land of opportunity, freedom, and dreams.”
With all these aspects of UFC becoming an international sport through globalization, mixed martial arts have been around for over a decade and only now we are starting to see the popularity of the sport to the extent that it could one day be called an American pop culture. With fighters having celebrity status and starting to market themselves as brands, the limit of what UFC could end up becoming is endless. Even though there is much controversy surrounding this spectator’s sport, the more energy people put in talking about it, either positive or negative, people’s interest will flourish just by their intense desire to know what’s going on with the modern world.
“Nothing is inevitable about globalization and American pop culture” (Crothers 205). Even though there are culture boundaries and difficulties that associate with globalizing UFC, cultures will eventually learn how to change and adapt. Without the negativity of “corruption, imperialism, and homogenization,” new ideas will sprout and eventually help new identities and opportunities for billions of people (Crothers 206). The concept of new hybrid forms will more likely have a positive influence towards the world as different cultures begin to allow and open their minds to the thought of accepting interchanging ideas. We will just have to wait and see as only time can tell the future.


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