Quote Originally Posted by Trainer Monkey
Face it,its a sport for frustraited former high school wrestlers to somehow convince themselves they "could have been something"
Im forcing myself to watch this crap right now,take off the trunks its a gay porn
As it is,its liking watching paint peel
Guys like Couture, Jackson, Silva, Henderson, Cro Cop, Emilianenko, Sakuraba and the Gracies are all top class athletes and immensely skilled in what they do.

Yes it started out more Tank Abbot than super skilled Jutitsu practictioners but it's getting better all the time.

The comments you make just do not make any sense.

Using simple logic, the quality of any sport depends entirely on the skill of the individuals who choose to participate in it. MMA is growing rapidly. With more and more world class martial artists being attracted to either the UFC, Pride or K1 wanting to earn the fame and the money that goes with it how can it possibly be full of unskilled fighters?

It's a logical absurdity.

On the other hand, you only need to look at the American boxingheavyweight scene to witness the dearth of talent around now due to the fact that many young athletes are choosing careers in pro football and basketball over boxing.

As MMA grows, and it's growing fast, more young athletes will be drawn into the sport further enhancing the talent pool of MMA and further weakening the talent pool in boxing, at least in the heavyweight division.

The more popular a sport becomes the more young people will want to take it up. As the UFC and MMA in general gets more popular, it can only go from strength to strength. In 10 years it could well be seen as the premier combat sport ahead of boxing. In fact it could even get there in 5.