i watched it once and it just didnt appeal to me. But Boxing is my only real hobby. i respect the guys that do and all that its just not for me too much of the groudwork etc...
I think the big crossover guy linking MMA and Classic (excluding out-of-depth dabblers such as myself), is, incidentally, cross-trainer.
I've been watching it for 5-6 years mate, and it couldn't hold Boxing's jockstrap as far as I'm concerned. I don't want to try and give you an eloquent explanation, I just feel really passionately about Boxing...more so than anything else in my life..and I could never feel that way about MMA. I watch MMA for cheap thrills.
he knows alot aout al martial arts i think when me and him did that Fitz thing (that im still doing) he knew alot of karate etc.. taht helped him out
Guess I'm just blood thirsty, cause I enjoy both sports. I consider them both forms of entertainment, yet I also realize that in many cases they're risking their health and maybe even their lives for my amusement. As such I have great respect to all fighters. While I'm a huge Duran fan, I also have to say Anderson Silva is poetry in motion. Interesting enough, I recently read an article by Monte Cox, saying one of the things he likes about the UFC is they promote their fights such that you get to know them and appreciate who they are fighting, and thus the outcome is less important. Meaning no one has to have an "0" to protect as the fights are more taylored to knowing that regardless of who wins between Liddell and Randy Couture, everyone knows it's two elite fighters going at it and someone has to win. Having said all that, I in no way consider myself a boxing historian. While I've followed the sport for about 35 years and read bio's on Dempsey, and Jack Johnson etc. and watched Ali - foreman, the Thrilla in Manila, etc live, I'm just a fan of the sport, nothing more than that.
I've seen a few pride fights, but we never had to pay for MMA in England. Bravo would show the fights, obviously not live, but they've been showing coverage of the UFC for so long now. I watch most of the big events, and I always come away disappointed except for when Liddel fought Silvia. That was a great fight.
When it's dull it's really dull, and when it's exciting it's often repulsive (I.e bisping bs Henderson) although I did have a few of the early videos and was a big admirer of Joyce gracie in my teens. But the sweet science is far superior IMO, I'd rather watch a Sven ottke marathon on repeat for the rest of my life than every great mma fight. Even the mythical lesnar vs fedor emilienko fight wouldn't interest me as much as say, Johnny Nelson vs John Ruiz. The sweet science is just more engaging in terms of interest IMO
Is that a long time? My flirtation with MMA dates back to ye olde days, renting UFC tapes (VHS, sonny!) as soon as they hit the shelf at Blockbuster...jeez, we're talking mid-90's. :yep Honestly I "followed" the sport (back in the proto-days, when it wasn't even yet its own sport and just a conflagration of disparate disciplines) well before seriously following boxing as an adult (which began with seeing a few Hamed and Tapia fights on HBO, then watching MAB destroy both and deciding I was hooked for life), though my dad had me into the sweet science as a kid.