Jeff Lacy says MMA is a fad!!

These MMA threads are pointless for this very reason, it ends up degenerating into a "which style is better", "a boxer can/can't beat a (insert martial art style) expert". Guys, Boxing is my #1 sport, but these threads are pointless because there is NO WAY TO TELL WHICH FIGHTING STYLE IS SUPREME. Not unless you make a tournament where you pit fighters from various fighting styles against one another. Even then, you still don't know because any given fighter, whether he be a boxer, wrestler, martial artist can LOSE at any time.

I don't even watch UFC either, but I respect what they do and this had to be said.

 

boxing 4 life!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

The 10% of the bums that get in the cage are mediocre at everthing, the other 90% are completely useless.

 

You mean like say, a no holds barred fight? Perhaps the first 5 ufc's or so?

 

Something like that, yes. The old UFC was pretty brutal and you often saw specialists in one style fighting specialists of another.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htWaZ5BxQgk&feature=related

Fedor Emelianenko

 

You are ****ing stupid.

No, most fighters do not come from boxing, most come from a grappling and/or kickboxing background. If they have boxed at all, most guys did pretty well. The pure boxers that decide to fight, lose, badly.

 

I think Calzaghe may have scrambled Lacy's brain if he thinks MMA is not a sport.

 

Good post, while there are a few fighters in UFC that are more than just half assed street fighters, but the majority of them are a joke. Zelenoff punches with more technique than most of them, at least he dont throw punches with both of his eyes closed.

 

I think there are plenty boxers out there at the top level who still haven't learned how to throw a proper punch, let alone defend themselves from one. Last night was a good example.

Boxing and MMA are like baseball and football. Different sports all together. Your not even allowed to wear shoes in MMA because of the added leverage it adds on a punch. Then if you were to hold your hands up high and commit to a proper punch, you better have fast hands with a strong delivery because you've just made yourself vulnerable to a number of different sh*t storms.

Next time people bring up boxing vs. MMA, might as well include arm wrestling aswell.

That said, nothing touches the sustained drama of a well fought boxing match.

 

I think Lacy is right. I live in Davenport, Iowa one of the biggest MMA centers in the world, and a lot of the furor has died down in just the last year. I think you will be able to see MMA on TV for quite a while but Dana Whites proclomations that boxing is dead and Joe Rogan shouthing "There will be no more new stars in boxing!" are certainly premature and untrue.

 

Dana White and those idiots who say that boxing is dead are all full of crap
Boxing and MMA are two different sports and could co-exist with one another. Both require tremendous amounts of skill and heart to successfully compete in these sports

 

MMA is a new sport relatively speaking...

unlike boxing skills are not filtered thru over a century of existence.

Boxing also focuses on specific skills while MMA focuses on a vast array

I give MMA that

But...the problem with MMA is that it has regressed..Instead of getting better the fights are getting worse.

People nowadays have no patience for two "supposed world class fighter" gassing after 2 minutes.

I havent seen a last 10 second of a fight rally since Grif/Bonnar

and please Karo...please finish a damn fight . I dont get it!

I'm tired of these guys going to Big Bear running in high altitude and gasses in 2 minutes

And please punch and kick at least 5 times a round.

The problem I think is that unlike Boxers who usually heads to the hospital after a fight..MMA guys are more interested in going to their post fight parties. There lies the problem

Hard to pay $40 bucks for that

It doesnt look good for MMA

 

yeah hes a boxer and has been doing it almost all his life, of course he isnt going to think that highly of MMA.

I bet 90% of the NFL guys think rugby is a stupid and boring game, that doesnt mean theyre dumb or uninformed, its just their oppinion and you would expect a boxer to like boxing better than MMA or a foorball player to like US football better than rugby.

 

Joe Rogan is a knuckleheaded **** that knows **** all about anything. He got into annoucing and reality show **** because his standup comedy is horrible and he couldnt make it big there.