Quote Originally Posted by Punisher136
Quote Originally Posted by Starr
Quote Originally Posted by Punisher136
Quote Originally Posted by Starr
No one is comparing MMA to boxing in terms of both of the styles used, of course its gonna be different. They are comapring it to what sport is gonna get the butts in the seats. And AT LEAST MMA is willing to put their fighters against the very best and not just sunday stepovers

Case in point UFC 71 had a few upsets. There is no "weak mandatory to huge fight" in MMA right now, each fight is dangerous.

Within the last years Rich Franklin, Matt Hughes, Georges St Pierre, Diego Sanchez, Mirko Cro Cop AND Chuck Liddell some of the main attractions in the UFC have been upset. And why? Because there's no such thing as a soft "everybody knows who is gonna win" fight in an MMA ring lately. Thats why
The fact that anybody in the ufc can upset a top fighter i think speaks volumes.
And thats what makes it exciting.. ANYTHING can happen.
Some of the arguments just dont mix tho. Saying a boxer couldn't hang for 5 seconds in mma when some matches only stay upright and end because of sloppy defense. Or saying mma fighters are more skilled but they get upset more often. I dunno i just can't see how it works out.
Yeah but I'm not saying a boxer can't last 5 minutes in an MMA ring.

Boxers are good at what they do and MMA fighters are good at what they do. But it would be wrong to say that either is better or greater then the other one. Because it isnt like they get the average shmoe off the street and throw him in the UFC. They actually train hard for it and stuff like that and deserve that respect. Same on the boxers end. Anyone can sit, and analyse and pick apart an mma fighters weaknesses or a boxers weaknesses but in the end that doesnt matter