Quote Originally Posted by Bilbo View Post
Although I don't think the Montiel KO was a good example I do agree that boxing carries far more risk to it.

It's not the one punch devastating knockouts that do the damage. Montiel will be fine.

It's the guys who get hurt, but not hurt enough to stay down. They are rocked and maybe out on their feet but because in boxing you can only fight by throwing punches they are able to survive and take a long and protracted beating.

That is the point the article writer is making. It's common in boxing for one guy to be outclassed in a fight, but for him to be competent enough to defend himself for many rounds, maybe even all 12 and finish the fight, although they accumalate a terrible amount of punishment as a result.

In MMA that rarely happens. Once a fighter is in trouble they are vulnurable to being taken down and stopped. Fights are often over in minutes. It may look more brutal but statistically it is far far far safer, in terms of deaths.

A quick google search shows 68 boxing related deaths from 2000-2009.

So far there has been one MMA death, ever.

It's not possible to argue the fact imo. Quick and brutal knockouts are not as dangerous as long, drawn out and protracted beatings.
See, I agree with this, and had the writer used an example of a boxer taking a sustained beating, such as Pacquiao-Margarito and used that as the basis of his argument I wouldn't dispute it. You rarely see someone take a drawn out beating in MMA because when someone is hurt, it invariably ends quickly. Using a 2 round demolition where, in an MMA fight, he probably would have jumped on the downed opponent and landed a few more blows before the referee's intervention as evidence to support his claim is poor. I agree with what you've said though