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re: Boxing vs. MMA
Posted on 4/14/10 at 3:42 pm to Johnny Utah9
Posted on 4/14/10 at 3:42 pm to Johnny Utah9
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mma is just a bunch of thugs with tats
All these guys have a college degree fwiw...to me you can be a thug and have a college degree but the two usually don't mix. I know Miami Hurricanes are an exception to that rule.
Rashad Evans,
Josh Koscheck,
Jon Fitch,
Randy Couture,
Matt Hughes,
Chuck Liddell,
Shane Carwin,
Tito Ortiz ='s THUG
Dan Henderson,
Matt Lindland,
Mark Coleman,
Clay Guida,
Frankie Edgar,
Matt Hamil,
Grey Maynard,
This post was edited on 4/14/10 at 3:43 pm
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Posted on 4/14/10 at 4:16 pm to SmackDaniels
MMA and it's not close.
I used to love boxing, but got tired of decisions constantly going to the wrong guy. Holyfield vs Lewis was the beginning of the end of boxing for me.
MMA is much more complex and more of a "sweet science". Just a huge amount of complexity added.
MMA is also apparently much better for the athletes. Old boxers are sad to watch. The MMA guys actually take less punishment to the head. When you get hit with gloves over and over again it leads to serious damage. In MMA you get hit a couple of good times and you're out.
I used to love boxing, but got tired of decisions constantly going to the wrong guy. Holyfield vs Lewis was the beginning of the end of boxing for me.
MMA is much more complex and more of a "sweet science". Just a huge amount of complexity added.
MMA is also apparently much better for the athletes. Old boxers are sad to watch. The MMA guys actually take less punishment to the head. When you get hit with gloves over and over again it leads to serious damage. In MMA you get hit a couple of good times and you're out.
Posted on 4/14/10 at 4:30 pm to SmackDaniels
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Rashad Evans,
Josh Koscheck,
Jon Fitch,
Randy Couture,
Matt Hughes,
Chuck Liddell,
Shane Carwin,
Tito Ortiz ='s THUG
Dan Henderson,
Matt Lindland,
Mark Coleman,
Clay Guida,
Frankie Edgar,
Matt Hamil,
Grey Maynard,
Wasn't Rich Franklin a teacher before he became an MMA thug?
Posted on 4/14/10 at 4:35 pm to SmackDaniels
Chael Sonnen has a degree from the university of oregon and is running for state representative. frickin' thug.
Posted on 4/14/10 at 4:43 pm to John Doe
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Chael Sonnen has a degree from the university of oregon and is running for state representative.
quote:
On March 11, 2008, Lindland filed as a Republican to run for the Oregon House of Representatives in District 52. The seat was formerly held by Republican Patti Smith.[9][10][11] Lindland defeated fellow Republican Phyllis Thiemann in the May 20, 2008 primary, 58 to 42 percent. He advanced to the general election and was defeated by Hood River, Oregon Democrat Suzanne VanOrman.
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Wasn't Rich Franklin a teacher before he became an MMA thug?
Representin brah!!!
The Diaz's brothers are the epitome me of thugs but for the most part there is no reason to keep implying MMA are full of thugs.
This post was edited on 4/14/10 at 4:44 pm
Posted on 4/14/10 at 5:05 pm to Cash
quote:
MMA
why - Don King
This.
He singled handedly fricked the sport. Really pretty amazing.
Posted on 4/14/10 at 5:12 pm to Tiger n Miami AU83
Boxing still rules in this country. Boxing still rules under my roof. This is a pointless thread though because it's to each his own. I watch both fwiw but will watch shotime boxing over mma ppv.
Boxing marquee matchups outsell mma marquee matchups in every ppv. So boxing is not dead it's just that the fights are not happening fast enough. IMO.
Boxing marquee matchups outsell mma marquee matchups in every ppv. So boxing is not dead it's just that the fights are not happening fast enough. IMO.
Posted on 4/14/10 at 5:22 pm to Jamohn
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I love boxing. I wish they would get their shite together. I don't know if it'll ever happen. I don't care for MMA. It's entirely possible for someone to love both sports for totally different reasons. There is no right or wrong answer to this question. It's all a matter of preference.
+1
Posted on 4/14/10 at 5:24 pm to WHATDOINO
Lots of talk about frequency of bouts and how flashy they are, kind of like comparing great steakhouses and Outback/Longhorn chain jobs...
Posted on 4/14/10 at 7:36 pm to mr. penguin
MMA, no need to explain.
Posted on 4/14/10 at 7:39 pm to Johnny Utah9
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mma is just a bunch of thugs with tats closing there eyes and punching and kicking
How are they "thugs". You don't hear about them gettin arrested or breaking the law. The only one I've heard about doing that was Rampage. Other than that I haven't heard ANYTHING negative about MMA fighters.
Posted on 4/14/10 at 7:46 pm to WHATDOINO
Posted on 4/14/10 at 8:47 pm to LSUgrasshopper
HBO Boxing, which had a 2009 strategy of putting more major fights on HBO instead of PPV, with the idea it would pay dividends in the future by building more of a younger base audience for the sport, only had three major pay-per-view events. But all were major successes, doing a combined estimated 3,125,000 buys. All three events finished top
six for the year and in hindsight, holding fewer events made the individual events come across as more special.
Even though UFC has outpaced boxing over the course of the year for the past several years, boxing still has the capability with the right fight to do bigger numbers than even the
best UFC event.
That is the part of your link you should focus on. Brock Lesnar is mmas biggest draw by far and it barely beat out pretty run of the mill matchups outside of PAC cotto. Look at the two largest ppvs. They are boxing by a large margin. Boxing when it has it's marquee names matchup against one another hands
down king.
If mayweather and pacman fight it will set the
bar for all ppvs and the record will stand for a while
All that being said I like both and watch the majority of all mma fights. For my taste it has gotten way too technical. I hate the fact that you can't kick or knee a man on the ground. Or punch to the back of the head. The original pride rules was the greatest. Pride fighting was by far the best mma out there for me and Dana white killed it.
six for the year and in hindsight, holding fewer events made the individual events come across as more special.
Even though UFC has outpaced boxing over the course of the year for the past several years, boxing still has the capability with the right fight to do bigger numbers than even the
best UFC event.
That is the part of your link you should focus on. Brock Lesnar is mmas biggest draw by far and it barely beat out pretty run of the mill matchups outside of PAC cotto. Look at the two largest ppvs. They are boxing by a large margin. Boxing when it has it's marquee names matchup against one another hands
down king.
If mayweather and pacman fight it will set the
bar for all ppvs and the record will stand for a while
All that being said I like both and watch the majority of all mma fights. For my taste it has gotten way too technical. I hate the fact that you can't kick or knee a man on the ground. Or punch to the back of the head. The original pride rules was the greatest. Pride fighting was by far the best mma out there for me and Dana white killed it.
This post was edited on 4/14/10 at 9:10 pm
Posted on 4/14/10 at 9:25 pm to mr. penguin
both are entertaining and fans should not be made to choose one over the other. Its an apple vs. orange argument.
Posted on 4/14/10 at 9:27 pm to mr. penguin
MMA
Posted on 4/14/10 at 10:08 pm to LSUSaintsHornets
older crowd boxing
younger crowd MMA
and for the people who dont like MMA fights go and watch Chuck Liddel vs Wanderlai Silva and then come back and post
younger crowd MMA
and for the people who dont like MMA fights go and watch Chuck Liddel vs Wanderlai Silva and then come back and post
Posted on 4/15/10 at 7:59 am to WHATDOINO
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out pretty run of the mill matchups outside of PAC cotto.
Without PAC and Mayweather boxing is dead.
MMA is winning because it's the sport that selling, not the stars. UFC 100 sold more because they stacked the entire card and made it a special event. It's not because when Brock fights people watch.
quote:
can't kick or knee a man on the ground...
Watch Dream. It does in fact make it more fun to watch. (no elbows though) Much like the Pride rules.
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UFC has outpaced boxing over the course of the year for the past several years, boxing still has the capability with the right fight to do bigger numbers than even the
best UFC event.
Highlighting that part to point out that one fight is not the sport doing better. MMA is on prime time network tv this weekend (CBS, stacked strikeforce card)
Posted on 4/15/10 at 8:32 am to Rollie Fingers
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Its an apple vs. orange argument.
frick you. Apples rule. Oranges are too fricking pulpy and too hard to peel.
Posted on 4/15/10 at 9:20 am to Kracka
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frick you. Apples rule. Oranges are too fricking pulpy and too hard to peel.
+1
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