Why dont MMA fighter`s turn to boxing?

[Preme]

Why is it that MMA fighter`s never leave the cage to box while boxers seem to gravite to cage fighting? You would think it would be the other way around seeing theres so much more money to make in boxing(at the higher levels) but im sure if anderson silva would do ok and use his name to make the big bucks. MMA seems a lot harder than boxing(i box and have never tried cage fighting) the rounds are longer and they have so much more to deal with ,wrestling and so forth.

Go back 10 years ago and there may be some substance to this but now, I have to say "WTF"

UFC is nothing more than glorified strikers. Chuck Ruled the LHW being nothing more than a tough SOB who could foil a take down.

There has never a UFC fighter who could match a boxer. The most stupid question I have seen!

Yes money is better in boxing, but pick one UFC fighter who could accomplish something in boxing?

[Leighton]

Why is it that MMA fighter`s never leave the cage to box while boxers seem to gravite to cage fighting? You would think it would be the other way around seeing theres so much more money to make in boxing(at the higher levels) but im sure if anderson silva would do ok and use his name to make the big bucks. MMA seems a lot harder than boxing(i box and have never tried cage fighting) the rounds are longer and they have so much more to deal with ,wrestling and so forth.

Go back 10 years ago and there may be some substance to this but now, I have to say "WTF"

UFC is nothing more than glorified strikers. Chuck Ruled the LHW being nothing more than a tough SOB who could foil a take down.

There has never a UFC fighter who could match a boxer. The most stupid question I have seen!

Yes money is better in boxing, but pick one UFC fighter who could accomplish something in boxing?

Pick a boxer who could accomplish something in the UFC.

[El Kabong]

Why is it that MMA fighter`s never leave the cage to box while boxers seem to gravite to cage fighting? You would think it would be the other way around seeing theres so much more money to make in boxing(at the higher levels) but im sure if anderson silva would do ok and use his name to make the big bucks. MMA seems a lot harder than boxing(i box and have never tried cage fighting) the rounds are longer and they have so much more to deal with ,wrestling and so forth.

Go back 10 years ago and there may be some substance to this but now, I have to say "WTF"

UFC is nothing more than glorified strikers. Chuck Ruled the LHW being nothing more than a tough SOB who could foil a take down.

There has never a UFC fighter who could match a boxer. The most stupid question I have seen!

Yes money is better in boxing, but pick one UFC fighter who could accomplish something in boxing?

Pick a boxer who could accomplish something in the UFC.

Vitali Klitschko.....next question

[VictorCharlie]

Apples and oranges. You might well ask why billiards players don't take up pro golf. I mean both sports end with a ball going in a hole so must be pretty much the same thing. While yes both are combat sports, they are both tremendously different. Many of the comments on this thread stem from entertainment value which is subjective. Boxing is a single discipline sport and is more technical in nature. MMA is a more comprehensive combat sport and requires its participants to at least be competent in many facets. Which is better? Once again depends on what you like to watch and or train in. I can think of some MMA fighters that had they spent their lives training as boxers might be championship caliber boxers and vice versa but they didn't. They chose their sport and are succesful in it. I doubt Anderson Silva cries himself to sleep at night wishing he had been a pro-boxer. The end state is two completely different sports even when just looking at the striking component alone. Boxing fans always denigrate MMA striking b/c they are looking at it through a boxing lense. It just isn't the same thing, hence why it looks very different.

[Dia bando]

Why is it that MMA fighter`s never leave the cage to box while boxers seem to gravite to cage fighting? You would think it would be the other way around seeing theres so much more money to make in boxing(at the higher levels) but im sure if anderson silva would do ok and use his name to make the big bucks. MMA seems a lot harder than boxing(i box and have never tried cage fighting) the rounds are longer and they have so much more to deal with ,wrestling and so forth.

Go back 10 years ago and there may be some substance to this but now, I have to say "WTF"

UFC is nothing more than glorified strikers. Chuck Ruled the LHW being nothing more than a tough SOB who could foil a take down.

There has never a UFC fighter who could match a boxer. The most stupid question I have seen!

Yes money is better in boxing, but pick one UFC fighter who could accomplish something in boxing?

Pick a boxer who could accomplish something in the UFC.

Vitali Klitschko.....next question

If I remember Pela Read ko Vitali in a kickbxing match if I am correct.!

[FinitoElDinamita]

Vitali klitschko.lol that clumsy frankenstein would get taken down quick and get ground and pounded easily or he gets humped out. Vitali cant do shit in mma.



Vitali is not a good canditate..

[Leighton]

Why is it that MMA fighter`s never leave the cage to box while boxers seem to gravite to cage fighting? You would think it would be the other way around seeing theres so much more money to make in boxing(at the higher levels) but im sure if anderson silva would do ok and use his name to make the big bucks. MMA seems a lot harder than boxing(i box and have never tried cage fighting) the rounds are longer and they have so much more to deal with ,wrestling and so forth.

Go back 10 years ago and there may be some substance to this but now, I have to say "WTF"

UFC is nothing more than glorified strikers. Chuck Ruled the LHW being nothing more than a tough SOB who could foil a take down.

There has never a UFC fighter who could match a boxer. The most stupid question I have seen!

Yes money is better in boxing, but pick one UFC fighter who could accomplish something in boxing?

Pick a boxer who could accomplish something in the UFC.

Vitali Klitschko.....next question

Brock gets close. Vitali pushes his head down. Brock grabs his legs and finishes him. The end.

[Gandalf]

Why is it that MMA fighter`s never leave the cage to box while boxers seem to gravite to cage fighting? You would think it would be the other way around seeing theres so much more money to make in boxing(at the higher levels) but im sure if anderson silva would do ok and use his name to make the big bucks. MMA seems a lot harder than boxing(i box and have never tried cage fighting) the rounds are longer and they have so much more to deal with ,wrestling and so forth.

Go back 10 years ago and there may be some substance to this but now, I have to say "WTF"

UFC is nothing more than glorified strikers. Chuck Ruled the LHW being nothing more than a tough SOB who could foil a take down.

There has never a UFC fighter who could match a boxer. The most stupid question I have seen!

Yes money is better in boxing, but pick one UFC fighter who could accomplish something in boxing?

Pick a boxer who could accomplish something in the UFC.

Vitali Klitschko.....next question

Brock gets close. Vitali pushes his head down. Brock grabs his legs and finishes him. The end.

Where is the art and beauty in that vulgar abomination of human form? Sorry, I mean the previous description you gave.

It is hideous and so gay.

You really like that shit?

Why do you post on a boxing forum?

[Leighton]

Why is it that MMA fighter`s never leave the cage to box while boxers seem to gravite to cage fighting? You would think it would be the other way around seeing theres so much more money to make in boxing(at the higher levels) but im sure if anderson silva would do ok and use his name to make the big bucks. MMA seems a lot harder than boxing(i box and have never tried cage fighting) the rounds are longer and they have so much more to deal with ,wrestling and so forth.

Go back 10 years ago and there may be some substance to this but now, I have to say "WTF"

UFC is nothing more than glorified strikers. Chuck Ruled the LHW being nothing more than a tough SOB who could foil a take down.

There has never a UFC fighter who could match a boxer. The most stupid question I have seen!

Yes money is better in boxing, but pick one UFC fighter who could accomplish something in boxing?

Pick a boxer who could accomplish something in the UFC.

Vitali Klitschko.....next question

Brock gets close. Vitali pushes his head down. Brock grabs his legs and finishes him. The end.

Where is the art and beauty in that vulgar abomination of human form? Sorry, I mean the previous description you gave.

It is hideous and so gay.

You really like that shit?

Why do you post on a boxing forum?

Dont get me wrong. I prefere boxing to MMA. This thread started out with people saying that a boxer could go into UFC with no understanding of the ground game and beat an MMA fighter.
I love the fact that boxing is stand up all the time and they display a whole different skill level in boxing to the standard UFC fighter.
But as a fight fan I cannot dissregard a certain type of fighting. It does not make sense to me. The fact that if you were to truely have a battle with someone you would not be able to tell them to they are not allowed to grab the other guy. UFC has rules in place of course but that is only for safety reasons. It is the closest thing to an all out battle you can get.
The ground game has its own complexities. I started to enjoy it the first time I saw Nogera fight in pride. He was getting beaten in the stand up and the other guy knocked him down. He was on his back and the other guy went for the finishing punch. He got hit with it but somehow managed to hold onto his arm. After a few seconds of the guy trying to puch from the dominant position he wrapped his legs around his head and pulled of an amasing triangle choke hold. That was it. The guy was bigger and stronger than him but he had the skill to perform a move when he was in that state.
If you get two good ground fighters they will sweep each other. Pull of multiple submission attempts. Escape from difficult submissions. Or stuff takedowns and get the knock out.
Then as well as that you have knees, kicks and move like spinning back fists. You may get alot of boring fights but so does boxing. When you get a good fight you can truely apreciate the skill each fighter has.

[PUGWARRIOR]

Actually it was MMA fighters going into BOXING

[El Kabong]

Why is it that MMA fighter`s never leave the cage to box while boxers seem to gravite to cage fighting? You would think it would be the other way around seeing theres so much more money to make in boxing(at the higher levels) but im sure if anderson silva would do ok and use his name to make the big bucks. MMA seems a lot harder than boxing(i box and have never tried cage fighting) the rounds are longer and they have so much more to deal with ,wrestling and so forth.

Go back 10 years ago and there may be some substance to this but now, I have to say "WTF"

UFC is nothing more than glorified strikers. Chuck Ruled the LHW being nothing more than a tough SOB who could foil a take down.

There has never a UFC fighter who could match a boxer. The most stupid question I have seen!

Yes money is better in boxing, but pick one UFC fighter who could accomplish something in boxing?

Pick a boxer who could accomplish something in the UFC.

Vitali Klitschko.....next question

Brock gets close. Vitali pushes his head down. Brock grabs his legs and finishes him. The end.

Because Brock does so well with punchers You MIGHT want to re-think that answer. Vitali was a WORLD CHAMPION Kickboxer...it's not like he doesn't know how to keep people off of him

[El Kabong]

Nobody and I mean NO-BODEEEEE in MMA punches like Vitali Klitschko. Straight, accurate, powerful.

If these MMA guys JUST did standup, I'm fairly certain that even I with my limited boxing skill could counter them easily....a simple roll and counter move would destroy the majority of MMA fighters on ALL levels.

Take Rampage vs Liddell II for example...Chuck pushes out a lazy punch and drops his hand rather than snapping it and bringing it back to guard against a counter...THAT is why Chuck wasn't a boxer because that is easily exploitable by any run of the mill fighter.

[Leighton]

Why is it that MMA fighter`s never leave the cage to box while boxers seem to gravite to cage fighting? You would think it would be the other way around seeing theres so much more money to make in boxing(at the higher levels) but im sure if anderson silva would do ok and use his name to make the big bucks. MMA seems a lot harder than boxing(i box and have never tried cage fighting) the rounds are longer and they have so much more to deal with ,wrestling and so forth.

Go back 10 years ago and there may be some substance to this but now, I have to say "WTF"

UFC is nothing more than glorified strikers. Chuck Ruled the LHW being nothing more than a tough SOB who could foil a take down.

There has never a UFC fighter who could match a boxer. The most stupid question I have seen!

Yes money is better in boxing, but pick one UFC fighter who could accomplish something in boxing?

Pick a boxer who could accomplish something in the UFC.

Vitali Klitschko.....next question

Brock gets close. Vitali pushes his head down. Brock grabs his legs and finishes him. The end.

Because Brock does so well with punchers You MIGHT want to re-think that answer. Vitali was a WORLD CHAMPION Kickboxer...it's not like he doesn't know how to keep people off of him

Once again, kick boxing and UFC are two different sports. You are not allowed to grab the other guys legs in kick boxing. Nor sweep, etc. Im not saying that Vitali could not go to UFC and learn the ground game. He might be quite good once he practices in the sport for a while. The same if a fighter went over to boxing and trained in boxing for a while. Just because a person chooses a particular sport to begin with does not mean they dont have the ability to learn the other sport. It is down to the individual drive and natural abilities weather they are good at the other sport.
Now Vitali would be increadibly lucky to get a punch off before brock gets close. But Brock would get close immidiately and not let him go.
Its like saying a guy like brock could not get a lucky punch off against Vitali. Its a possibility either way but not highly likely.
As far as his kick boxing knowledge goes. He has not done that for many years and I can garentee you that there are better kick boxers and much better grapplers out there than him.
If this was a UFC forum it would be like me coming on there and saying Anderson silva could beat Mayweather because he has done boxing before.
Either sport takes a high level of skill which requires alot of dedication. You cant have done it a while back and expect to beat everone else who are training day in and out all there lives at that particular skill.

[PUGWARRIOR]

Why is it that MMA fighter`s never leave the cage to box while boxers seem to gravite to cage fighting? You would think it would be the other way around seeing theres so much more money to make in boxing(at the higher levels) but im sure if anderson silva would do ok and use his name to make the big bucks. MMA seems a lot harder than boxing(i box and have never tried cage fighting) the rounds are longer and they have so much more to deal with ,wrestling and so forth.

Go back 10 years ago and there may be some substance to this but now, I have to say "WTF"

UFC is nothing more than glorified strikers. Chuck Ruled the LHW being nothing more than a tough SOB who could foil a take down.

There has never a UFC fighter who could match a boxer. The most stupid question I have seen!

Yes money is better in boxing, but pick one UFC fighter who could accomplish something in boxing?

Wow...the most stupid question you`ve ever seen ? hahahaha. Id say if anything the striking in MMA is way better now than 10 years ago...of the cage fighters now in mma id say BJ Penn would make the best transition...Freddie Roach has already stated the BJ has the best boxing in MMA and he was being trained by Mayweather sr recently who was also very impressed with his boxing skills.