Boxing making a Comeback over MMA?

[donnydarkoIRL]

Thats ironic...Most of the MMA fighters that are said to have backgrounds in boxing usually have only 6-10 fight to their name.

I trained in an MMA gym for a while because I get very little training in my actual gym.
They thought I was some sort of freak throwing 5 punch combinations!

[Youngblood]

Thats ironic...Most of the MMA fighters that are said to have backgrounds in boxing usually have only 6-10 fight to their name.

I trained in an MMA gym for a while because I get very little training in my actual gym.
They thought I was some sort of freak throwing 5 punch combinations!

Ha, well there was this one time. Bear in mind some folks just aren't meant for fighting. Dude was sparring, got smashed in the face...dropped to the floor, covered his face and started kicking at the air. Everyone started laughing. He got up, rinse, repeat. Everyone started rolling with laughter. He then jumped out the ring, grabbed his bag, and headed out the door shouting "F*&% You all!'" haha. hilarious stuff.

[VictorCharlie]

MMA was dominated early on by wrestlers and submission fighters. While these disciplines still play a big part the striking aspect has evolved quite a bit over the past few years. Fighters like GSP and Quinton Jackson have shown how a good ground game can complement their technical striking. Great striking takes much longer to refine especially to the point where a fighter is limiting his exposure to being put on his back. I firmly believe that MMA is moving to a more technical striking orientation but as I said it will take time for these training regiments to filter down to the mid and lower tier fighters. As long as MMA is one of the sole avenues for grapplers to pursue a professional fighting career there will be a steep learning curve for how to effectively put punch and kicks together and not look somewhat amateurish.