The sport of MMA has changed over the course of the last decade, without a question. It has become more professional, thus wider known and more accepted by the public. Although to some, it has also become a bit 'boring' at times. Characters like Tank a Abbot, Ken Shamrock, Tito Ortiz or Chuck Liddell, who almost seem like a dying breed nowadays, are a rare treasure. That's why people crave for Conor McGregor or one of the Diaz brothers to unleash another one of their famous verbal onslaughts.

However, while most people believe that the sport has changed for the good for the most part -- with mainstream broadcasters, USADA testing, and added rules and regulations -- UFC veteran Codie McKenzie doesn't think so at all. He wishes back the times of obscure match-ups, fights without weight classes and less regulation by governing bodies.

He revealed as much during his post-fight interview after his recent win at Venator FC 3 in Milan, Italy last Saturday. He used the story of his buddy Dennis Hallman, who almost got fired over a tasteless violet speedo at UFC 133, to go off on the UFC and how they run their business these days.

"The sport back in the day used to have cool things going on, now it's all same old, same old," McKenzie told MMANews.pl. "I'm one of those old-school guys. As a rebel, they say, I wanna bring back that old-school. I want little guys fighting big guys, I want unorthodox matches, I wanna be able to drink and fight."

McKenzie reportedly did vodka shots the day before the fight, but still managed to break a five-fight losing streak and submit Valeriu Mircea with his trademark guillotine choke in the second round.

"Who knows where the sport's gonna go?" he continued. "I'd like it to loosen up a bit. We're not all pro-basketball players. This is the fight game, let us be fighters! Let us be our own people! I'm sick of robots, I'm sick of the Conor McGregor's that are walking around, dah dah dah, and everybody buying into it. We're all fighters. Nate's the man. Diaz, Nate Diaz! Diaz brothers, what! 209! Yeah the Diaz brothers, I like them, because they are unorthodox, they're cool, they're real. I'm sick of this fake sport and everybody buying into the fakeness. I want some realness."

McKenzie fought for the UFC from 2010 to 2013 and left the organization with a 3-4 record. He is 16-9 overall and did most of his recent fights in smaller promotions, but also fought for WSOF and M-1 Global. He parted ways with the UFC on bad terms and even expressed interest in "beating up" Dana White in the past.