i don't think anybody is disrespecting MMA...i just think that mma followers seem to forget that just because a man can box that must mean that's all he can do....

Quote Originally Posted by Prometheus
First amd foremost, let me say that I am and always will be a boxing fan. I started out training and competing in boxing. That being said, I am also a MMA fan. I have trained in both sports. How many people can say that? The simple fact is that in a REAL fight (the kind where you are fighting for your LIFE) the MMA guy kicks the SH*T out of the boxer 95% of the time. Somebody said "all you have to do is take a boxer and teach him how to defend a couple taekdowns and submissions." Yeah, right, bub. Keep telling yourself that. Boxers, as a general rule, do tend to be in better physical condition, I agree. But conditioning tends to fade real fast when you have to carry not only your body weight, but the weight of the guy you are fighting as well. Also, boxers have no idea what is coming when fighting an MMA guy. The MMA guy on the otherhand has trained in boxing. He doesn't need to be the superior boxer, just good enough to get inside wehre he can wrap the boxer up. Then, it's nighty night for most any boxer.

I do agree that submisisons are not as cool to watch as somebody getting KO'd, but what percentage of boxing matches actually end in a KO?
MMA fights rarely last as long as a boxing match...they always tap out or some shat...