MMA Mania Asks Fans What Sport They'd Go Pro In

MMA Mania ran its weekly open thread on Thursday with a simple prompt for fight fans: if you could turn pro in any sport, what would it be?

Writer Tim Edwards, who has covered combat sports since 2015, posted the hypothetical question as part of the site's regular community discussion feature. The thread launched alongside a second question about the origins of usernames on the forum.

What Edwards Asked Readers About Their Sports Dreams

Edwards used the thread to reflect on his own online handle evolution. He told readers he sometimes goes by the tag timespyre elsewhere because it works across platforms without added numbers or underscores. The name plays on whether it means time spire or time's pyre, he noted, and it has his first name embedded in it.

The open thread format has become a regular fixture for the site's community, offering a space for off-topic conversation among MMA fans. Edwards also asked which fighter readers would most want to face in a staredown.

MMA Mania maintains a daily open thread series for its audience, typically posting discussion prompts that range from fight game scenarios to broader sports talk. Thursday's edition went live in the early afternoon.

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• MMA Mania — Open Thread, September 24, 2026: If you could be a pro in any sport, what would it be?