yeap, no part time promter fighters ,selling record number PPV..who have lost every big fight he has been in yet, PPV costs go up. UFC sells pretty good with out HBO, belive that.. wait til HBO picks them up... no more mariachi bands
I watch a bit of MMA but much prefer boxing. However MMA has much better competitive match ups. The best always fight the best. It appears to me that over the last few years we are seeing better match ups in boxing. I wonder if boxing promoters realised the threat from MMA fan wise (fans getting bored of crap boxing match ups) and that is the reason for the increased number of competitive boxing matches.
thats a very ignorant statement.. as a fellow boxing fan Im embarrassed you would make such a statement atsch
Totally agree, boxing has this stupid notion that being unbeaten is a great or only 1/2 losses is a good thing. That is only true when the boxer has fought many a good oppenent. But in reality that never happens and when a boxer does lose everyone says his career is over....OVER ONE LOSS! MMA you can lose and still get respect.....WHY??......because the best fight the best and both fighters are given credit for just stepping into the ring to put it all on the line. That gets my respect also and whoever losses, i know they lost to a v.good fighter. If boxers fought at least 3 times a year and fought the best they would attain the same respect. Sadly they don't which is why boxing has been in the decline. We saw what happened in 2007 and early 08 when good match-ups were made.
very factual post.. the boxing fans who make ignorant statements about MMA have no idea what they are talking about. Also..MMA fighters are so well rounded its rediculous ...to knock them is ignorant. I would rather fighter a pro boxer in a street fight then a MMA fighter..
MMA fighters that are "good" will fight the best quickly. There are no tune-up fights in Mixed Martial Arts. Just take a look at Cain Velasquez. He's 3-0 I believe and he's already in contention for the UFC HW title.
The best MMA fights are toe to toe brawls, which don't happen often enough to hold my interest. Aside from that MMA is holding, hugging, and choking. Which in my opinion is reserved for gay high school wrestlers. MMA fighters posses about a fraction of the skill boxers do with their fists, which is all I care about.
