Quote Originally Posted by Lyle View Post
Quote Originally Posted by hardcore_crash View Post
You guys are generalizing Andre with all the other MMA fighters.
Well it is the sport of stereotypes....middle class white guys with tribal tatoos who love GNC and have anger issues for no good reason...that describes the majority of fighters and fans of the "sport" known as Mixed Martial Arts.

I don't think this dude will be any different than anyone else switching between MMA and Boxing. Either way it shouldn't be done, boxers don't deal with kicking very well and MMA fighters can't punch worth a damn and their defense is horrible....just watch Chuck Lidell-Rampage Jackson II....Lidell drops his hand and BANG right cross and the Ice Man is ice cold...are you telling me a boxer wouldn't have done the same thing?
Defense is entirely different in MMA, if you hold your hands to high or get to preoccupied, you run the risk of getting taken down.. Boxing you are only concerned with punches from the waist up and from the front... MMA its free game... Also there are a lot of fighters emerging and being successful that dont fit that profile that you always allude to..


Below are some of the top fighters in MMA and consequently arent tattooed trailer park maniacs

Anderson Silva PFP#1 FIGHTER in combat sports(including Boxing)

Georges St Pierre

Fedor Emelianko

BJ Penn

Rashad Evans

Forrest Griffin

Mauricio Rua

Frank Mir... A few Tattoos(non tribal), but very gracious and articulate

And many more

I venture to say, I see plenty of boxers who have shitty trailer park tattoos as well, with dickhead personas