why do many top MMA fighters have quite a few losses?

More ways to lose than being punched in the face until you fall over or being punched in the face more times than the other guy

Simple really

 

Cuz there are so many areas they have to be good at when they go pro and if we take Anderson Silva as an example he wasnt a black belt in BJJ when he started otherwise he wouldnt have gotten caught in a triangle agaisnt Daiju but then there is the DQ for knocking Okami out with and up kick while he was grounded

 

Guys also aren't protected to the extent they are in boxing.

 

Yeah a bigger variety of ways to lose and guys getting matched with tough opposition much quicker.

 

Because they fight the best.

 

Yep ! :deal

No bums or journeymen.....

 

The best fighters have to fight the best. They aren't allowed to pad their records in the UFC as boxers do. A guy like Julio Cesar Chavez jr. with a "title" and he still has yet to fight a top ten opponent would never happen in the UFC.

 

Pretty much what everyone else has said. More ways to win/lose, and far fewer gimmie fights.

 

A sport that's still developing. No one comes into the sport with all the tools. Fighters come from all backgrounds, wrestling, boxing, muay thai, jiu jitsu, and they have to learn all the other techniques. In each of those sports the world champs have done the sports since they were children. Modern MMA techniques have drastically improved over the past 5-10 years so children training in the sport now will be the much better than the current crop.

It's true the best are fighting the best, but only in their organizations. Not until UFC bought out strike force have the best been brought under one banner and there were still hick ups in the sports where guys like Lesnar could become a champ in just a few fights, where something like that would never happen in the other established combat sports.

I still love the sport because it evolving, the techniques are getting better and fighters are constantly evolving. There is still an element of surprise every competition.

 

Main thing is the best fight the best, also the pool isnt as deep.

 

Figther, most of the time, arn't protected by there promoter

 

Plus, there's no such thing as a tune-up fight in MMA.

 

mark coleman at 45 when he made a come back was given shogun his very first fight. george forman fought (all due respect) had like 15 nobody fights before he stepped up competition.

 

because mma isnt boxing.