is there a special temperament that draws guys to cage fighting over boxing?

Love of the art of holding another mans sweaty body close to theirs

 

Usually its wrestlers/Brazillian jiu jitsu grapplers who go to MMA. There is no money in amateur wrestling or BJJ but there is in MMA so they make the switch

 

Starting age and am experience are not frowned upon in mma as opposed to boxing. Just a thought.

 

socioeconomic status

many guys in mma are college educated, middle class white guys. You even have some earning good salaries that want to get into it.

boxing's participants are often dirt poor, working class, lower middle class, or from the ghetto

 

No, their not. Circumstance and taste has just lead them to channel their fighters mentality into MMA rather than Boxing.

It comes down to circumstance, and personal choice; but I'd argue strongly that the core attributes are exactly the same.

 

Yes morons who don't know how to fight go into mma...

 

I can assure you that MMA fighters know how to fight. They might not be the best stand-up guys with their fists (and some may have downright terrible boxing skills), but they can snap your **** up, break your bones, choke you out, punish your legs with kicks, and put you to sleep with kicks as well. They're dangerous.

 

If you have a glass jaw, MMA is where you go...

 

In all honesty I think MMA guys are just boxing fans who didnt or couldnt get the opportunity to box when they were younger .

Try starting up in boxing at 22. Its not easy , more chance of doing well at MMA and developing in a sport where technical ability maybe isnt as structured.

 

people that usually gets their ass beat while standing up.

 

I dont think so. I think it's just a preference. there are temeperaments boxers have that I could easily see translating, and vice versa.

 

In a cage with rules


Small guys like Bruce Lee are the real dangerous mofo's in life.

 

would you say guys with less handspeed have a better chance in mma since they don't do nearly as much striking?

 

I can fight a Boxing match.

I can't fight MMA.

I'm good at my discipline, and MMA fighters are good at theirs. So I respect them,