MMA is fun, but here's why i think it lacks when compared to boxing.

Personally, I dont get any enjoyment from watching it, Im not hating on it or anything just dont find any enjoyment in it! Each to their own I guess, Boxing for me is THE KING OF SPORTS!

 

MMA loses the science aspect because it tries to be the juggernaut martial art. boxing is specialization, which is why it's an art, a science. MMA is much more broad, so you get guys who are athletic and they learn a little of everything, then compete, which is why you see a lack of true skill in fighters. They don't need to be superb at anything. It may be more entertaining than boxing, but it'll never have the depth.

 

If you like watching street fighters mma is the thing for you.

 

That reminds me of something.. Some jackass was like "Who would win a street fight, Floyd Mayweather of Rampage?"....Wow, what a fair fight, that made me ask, who would win if it was Rampage and Wladimir?

Most MMA fans hate on boxing way more than boxing fans hate on MMA it seems like to me...

Not to mention if it was Floyd he would probably just have 50 Cent shoot him.

 

I think I'd still favor rampage.

 

Press Release

MMA vs Boxing

HARTFORD (November 16, 2007) – Mixed-martial-arts fighter Dan “The Upgrade” Lauzon is scheduled to make his pro boxing debut on November 24 against Las Vegas high profile defense attorney Marc “The Defender” Saggese (3-0, 3 KOs), known as the toughest pound-for-pound lawyer in the world, in a four-round cruiserweight bout televised on “Pinnacle FiteNite: The Heat’s On In Hartford” show, at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford..

Another MMA fighter, former WBO heavyweight title challenger, Jeremy “Half-Man, Half-Amazing” Williams (3-0 MMA record), challenges NABF cruiserweight champion Matt “Too Smooth” Godfrey in the 12-round main event. Godfrey (16-0, 9 KOs), now training in Hartford with his new trainer John Scully, recently became the No. 1 rated contender in the World Boxing Council. Godfrey, also ranked No. 4 by the International Boxing Federation and No. 6 by the World Boxing Association, meets his toughest opponent in Williams (42-5-1, 35 KOs), fighting out of Long Beach (CA).

“Pinnacle FiteNite: The Heat’s On In Hartford,” promoted by Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment, Inc. (CES), in association with Sports Entertainment & Media, Inc., will be taped live and air on dates and times to be determined across the country on numerous Comcast regional stations including Comcast West, American One Network, Cox Network in Rhode Island, Fight Network in Canada, Sports Net New York, GTV in Africa, as well as internationally on KOTV. Pinnacle FiteNite is produced by 21 Lakes and distributed by Integrated Sports. Award-winning Al Bernstein will handle the blow-by-blow duties, while former NFL placekicker Benny Ricardo and unbeaten heavyweight “Baby” Joe Mesi will be the color commentators.

Lauzon (7-2 in MMA), fighting out of East Bridgewater (MA), is the youngest UFC fighter of all-time having made his debut at the age of 18 years, 5 months and 14 days. His older brother, Joe, starred in The Ultimate Fighter 5 television reality series and rates as one of UFC’s top 15-pounder fighters. Dan specializes in the disciplines of wrestling and jiu-jitsu in MMA.
“The biggest difference between boxing and MMA is the take-down factor,” Lauzon explained. “In boxing, you can plant your feet and throw good punches, but in MMA you can’t stand in the pocket because you’re concerned about take-downs. I’ve been an MMA fighter six years, the last two I’ve boxed, and I’ve been a lot more comfortable in MMA. But I feel comfortable boxing now and that’s why I’m making my pro debut. I don’t mind standing and throwing punches. I think you’ll see a lot more boxers crossing over to MMA than UFC fighters getting into boxing, I’m not really concerned with this fight and I’m looking forward to it. I’m ready to stay in the pocket and throw bombs.”

 

i agree, i like mma but it seems to be something anyone (not everyone)can just about do when dedicated, the talent pool is thin though in mma, boxing to me and the ability to take punishment to the head is something that makes me think a real boxer is a pure specimen, all most superhuman, i just think it takes more to be a boxer thats inate within the fighter and something for the most part you can't teach, the ability to take punishment, the peripherial vision, alertness, etc. mma dudes are fierce but more contrived and built up, it takes a seriously talented athlete to box or do mma but i think a guy who can for the most part can't get hurt when hit to a guy who can possibly get hurt alot easier is just a better fighter

 

That UFC **** is just some broke bums fighting each other hopeing to make some cash. There realy isn't any skill needed in UFC, the guy who is stronger and gets the lucky punch in wins.

 

ufc guys are more complete fighters, but boxers are tougher. its just the nature of the sport.

Every mma guy will say who wins in a street fight in a controlled environment. Of course, mma guys wins cuz theyll take the fight to the ground everytime. But what they dotn understand is, street fights and mma is very different. Being in an Uncontrolled environemtn makes it so.

 

Please don't coment on MMA again !! Its far from a street fight !

 

Well thats kinda the whole point of MMA when it started. To see which martial art is the best for a straight up 1-1 unarmed combat. The first versions of MMA where as close to a real streetfight as there ever was in an orangised events, now theres added rules to make it safer but its still by far the closest thing to a 1-1 fight. Its not about scoring points, if your martial art is only good at scoring points but aint worth shite in the real thing then that is your downfall. Lets be real, guys who practiced taek kwon do will claim they can beat up karate guys, karate guys claim they can beat boxers, wrestler claiming they can beat up boxers. All MMA did was say "prove it", get in the ring, you use your own arts and fight.

At the end of it all people discovered something that was realised long ago by probably a few but most notably none other more than Bruce Lee. Heck even Bruce lee, the kung fu kid claimed from the start 2 years of boxing and wrestling would be enough to beat up on a kungfu black belt. And he was right.

There is definitely skills involed in MMA, the skill is that of the ability to beat up your opponent using all your weapons. Grappling, fists, kicks etc.

 

Rampage would get dropped with one right hand from Wlad, he never felt power like that before.

 

Yes, I agree there are lot of guys in there who wrestled in high school and not much more. However, you get these kinds of guys in boxing as well. Both sports have their own top crop, its just that there are more of those guys in boxing. MMA is still a fairly new sport.