Mercer KO'd Sylvia in 9 seconds

that's why I thought, and why does he think he has good standup and wants to box? Fedor sparked him, Couture outboxed him for 5 rounds and he thinks he can standup with a boxer??? As someone said above he got what he deserved.

 

Man, I normally try not to be negative but **** Tim Slyvia and his ego. Kimbo Slice had enough sense to take Mercer down. Tim wants to stand and trade though.

 

Mixed Martial Artists are not bums Zakman, they are very well conditioned, trained athletes. Had Sylvia went to grapple and kick on Mercer, Ray wouldnt have made it out of that 1st round either. Look how easily Kimbo Slice beat Mercer via choke out. Had Sylvia opted to do all that, Mercer would have looked every bit his 45+ years and then some. These guys are every bit as legit and real as boxers, they are just under different elements of defense.

 

No worse than when Archie Moore beat up wrestlers, hoping they would be stepping stones for bigger boxing matches, or Jack Dempsey beating wrestler Cowboy Luttrell thinking it would lead the way to a match with Joe Louis.

 

yea I know, what is your point?atsch


Also landing one punch really technically ISN'T "whooping" someones butt. If he had beat on him for a minute or so then maybe you could say "whooped" but if you ask me I'd have said, Mercer sparked out Silvia. One punch KO how many times does that happen? I'd say ALOT.

 

I think it's fantastic. :good

So happy when I read it on ESB.

 

How is it a joke Zakman? These guys are world class athletes. If Sylvia opted to kick and shoot on Mercer, old Ray would have lost.

 

Sylvia never did that **** when he operated in UFC anyway. He stood toe to toe more often than not, and that got him to the championship on more than one occasion.

Old Mercer just showed the difference between striking in Boxing and striking in UFC. Whole different ball game.

 

Come on Rufus, most of these guys have glass jaws, and this proves it. Force em to actually trade some punches, and what happens?? KTFO!!!

 

Well, I think you all better count your chickens before they hatch, because I know what this will lead to. Mercer vs Fedor, Mercer vs Arlovski, etc and what you will see the next time out is Mercer getting the **** kicked out of him---because this fight didnt prove ****, other than Sylvia making a calculated mistake of trying to trade with a former world champion boxer---simple as that. A grappler like Lesnar would throw Mercer around like a rag doll, and Fedor would slap an arm bar so ****in fast Mercer wouldnt know what hit him.

 

actually the video don't show that Tim threw a leg kick at mercer.Which made mercer stare at him with his hands down.

 

Sure, Rufus - but it's still boring as **** when they get on the floor and roll around for 5 minutes. At least in this fight some punches were thrown!!

 

Boxingcar my thread was a joke,

but to say the fight doesn't mean nothing is insane.Tim threw a leg kick at mercer.

An you don't know if Tim didn't plan to take him down.The fight only lasted 9 seconds.

most mma fighters test their standup before initializing a takedown.

Mercer could have done that to anyone in mma who doesn't take him down in less than 9 seconds.

I'm now more convinced that Wlad could do the same to Fedor.

btw skelton is a kick boxer

 

Tim is just getting more exposed every fight. It's time to get the hotdog cart.

 

Maybe its just me then, but I can appreciate all forms of defense, not just boxing. When an arm bar is slapped on, a suplex is administered, a knee bar, a round house kick, I can see the excitement in each movement, as they are not spontaneous or wasted manuvers, like some boxers do wasting punches show boating around---its all methodical, is a cold blooded system. It can be dull, sure, but at the same token, I have seen boxing matches that were worse than watching paint dry.