World Combat League

[CGM]

Anyone here interested in WCL? Personally I think it's better than UFC, much better punching and kicking, due in part I guess to the fact there is no groundgame, no sitting on your opponent and punching him in the head. But definitely they are good athletes, and quite skilled.

[Von Milash]

not bad. good kickboxers for sure. But as you said, they can fight in closer quarters because the threat of takedown is not there.

IMO, those fighter are magnitudes between than the IFL, but generally, they are not as established as fighter in the UFC. (But I could be wrong.) Seems to me, the REALLY good kickboxers/thai boxers are in K-1, or have made the transition to the UFC, like Crocop did.

[Snakey]

The thing that shits me in the ufc is that as soon as one gets close to the other its, grab, hold and takedown and cuddle. I dont mind it when they actually do something like go for subs or ground and pound but when they just lie there scrambling to be on top of each other, its just fucking boring. I just wanna see these guys learn to throw a proper punch.

[Von Milash]

Yep. That about sums up the mma stand up game. If you try to hit a guy, he just holds on and wrestles you to the ground. But that's mma.

Both boxing and mma have their pros and cons.

[CGM]

mma is basically a streetfight for money. no wonder it's so popular. Everyone stops to watch a streetfight.

[Von Milash]

lol. not quite.