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Quote Originally Posted by Punisher136
Ufc is no different from a street fight. a street fight can end on one lucky punch.
Because I can't count the number of times I've seen a perfectly executed triangle or a knee bar on the pavement downtown

Quote Originally Posted by Punisher136
These "trained" fighters get 6 digit paychecks and their work is usually done in under 5 minutes.
What are you trying to imply?  That MMAers don't train?  And no, 6 digit pay checks is not the norm in the UFC.  When Evan Tanner and David Terrell fought for the title, Tanner got $30,000 as the champion and a $5,000 winning bonus.  Far from 6 digits and that was a championship fight.

Quote Originally Posted by Punisher136
I don't see dana white handing out paychecks to everyone who gets in a moderately entertaining street fight. Quit trying to glamorize a pussified street fight as an actual sport.
Glamorize?  I think this sport is the least glamorous of all the sports on the market.  And the street fighting angle is just ridiculous.

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Either enter a real sport (boxing or the others i've listed) or make your money on the street illegally don't try and market this pussy shit you call mma as a legitimate sport. Kickboxing is a sport. Boxing is a sport. Wrestling (collegiate) is a sport. Practicing and competing in various forms of respective martial arts is a sport (karate, tae kwon do, muai thai, jui jitsu etc.) Putting them all together is not a sport.
What is a sport then?  An athletic competition that is engaged within a certain set of rules?  MMA is probably the most competitive sport to, where ANYONE has a chance.  And very rarely is a fight incredibly boring. This post is shit.  Honestly it is, your judgement is so damn clouded it's ridiculous.  Hate to do it but SC. 
Thats my problem with the whole thing. Saying something is so skillful and takes so much training yet anyone that goes thru the training can have a chance thats why i don't think its a legitimate sport.

Most of american kids have played baseball when they are young and guess how many of them are skilled enough to compete at a pro level? Not many. You can't just send up anybody expect for them to hit a gamewinning walk off home run.

Everybody watches football and says i can do that when T.O. drops a pass. A lot of people can't run full speed with a 180 pound guy right next to him turn around stay in bounds and catch a ball thats coming at them in an excess of 50 miles an hour. A lot of people can't throw the ball that well either even if they are raised to throw a football from infantcy years on up.

Soccer. Do you see how fast and accurate some of those guys move and kick the ball? I don't care if you train for that your entire life more often than not you're not gonna be good enough to make it on a great team. And do you see how big the nets are? It takes great hand eye cooridnation and great flexability to block a lot of those shot and you cant necessarily train for that.

Hockey (and i hate hockey). You have to skate around at high speeds moving around a small black puck with a stick. That requires unbelievable hand eye coordination. Its even harder to block that thing flying at 90+ miles an hour into a goal thats twice the size of your body.

Basketball. The hoops not that big and it takes a lot of body control to finish those plays successfully. again you can train all your life and that doesn't mean you could impact on the professional level.

Boxing. You have to train for years to get an understanding of defense and counter punching and good footwork and proper punching technique. There's people that start boxing when they are 5 years old and they can't make it in the pros.

Now you wanna tell me that MMA belongs in the same sentence as anyone of those sports? A "sport" where any bum of the street that can throw a strong right hook can win if the other guys is afraid to fight back? A "sport" where your job is sometimes done in under 2 minutes and people think it was entertaining? A "sport" where people constantly say any two fighters can put on a great showing?

Watch a game 7 of the world series, nba finals, or nhl finals. Watch the superbowl when its down to 2 minutes and somebody has to drive down the field. Watch a soccer game when its 1-1 and time is winding down. Watch a championship boxing match where two people go to war for almost an hour and one fighter has the heart to get up when he was knocked senseless. Thats a sport. Here's your