Again just to make myself clear, I don't care if you don't like MMA. I don't care if you hate it. But to say it is not a sport, or to say the guys are untrained is ridiculous. And I think that's the frustration on MMA's end, that they are continually slighted with that stuff from fans of all sports. Have a feeling though that this thread is going to the hidden boards soon because the hate is ridiculous.

Let me show you some posters who don't like MMA but post like a civilly. Akron seems to have cleaned it up a bit, so I put his post on here because he had some real input. I don't agree much but they are fine post. Not degrading MMA and MMAers or anything.

Quote Originally Posted by Mar
Wow good question....i'd have to think about it a bit...but what i came away with from this weekend is everyone has thier different tastes but to try and compare the two i think is a little silly..i don't know why but i don't see the similarities in the two...thier both fighting but that is about where the similarities end with me....i'm gonna give it a fair shot though matter of fact a friend got me and my wife some tic's to the matches coming to arco july 7th with tito ortiz...so we'll see.....i was just dissapointed that with all the build-up and all the recent comparisons i've heard as of late that two or so punches 40 seconds in and the fight was over...all the ju-jistu, karate, etc....and the match end's in a so-so boxing match...I can see why some people dislike mma..but i just feel you don't necessarily have to hate one to like the other....mma just doesn't interest me.

Quote Originally Posted by southakron314
If Chuck was more aware of his punches he could have slipped on him coming in. Any body who has ever boxed knows its alot easier to knock the spit out of some on coming in than some on who is rolling. Chuck should have tried to make him miss. Late in a fight Rampage missing big shots expends as much energy as taking a good jab on the chin. I saw the highlights on line and for good sakes tuck your chin.
Quote Originally Posted by 'The Boxer'
i've been watching some of that MMA shit. the guy who can throw a good punch generally does pretty well.


That's 3, and that's just what I was available to quote. Even most of Lyle's stuff is acceptable and what wasn't he owned up to and admitted it just stemmed from his really not liking the sport. You're (Punisher) actually trying to make a case by comparing MMA to other sports (which doesn't that defeat most people's apples and oranges argument?) and it is just lunacy to read. Hopefully you're drunk or something because the earlier post weren't bad.

If not, stick to your little math formulas.