What do boxing fans think of Mixed Martial Arts?

You weren't wrong in the fact that the majority of martial arts are striking based, however only of few of thoses are actually practical styles that teach you anything useful. A much higher percentage of grappling styles are legitimate. Out of all the striking styles you basicly have boxing and muay thai that are top level. Some forms of karate aren't bad, but muay thai and boxing are the best by far. In grappling, there is judo, jiu jitsu wrestling and Sambo. Then there are things like Karv Maga and Jeet Kun Do (what Bruce Lee taught) that arent styles but just basicly taking what works from other styles and using them. In a technical sense boxing is a martial art. Any system of unarmed combat is a martial art really.

Actually, thats not true at all. Judo, Jiu jitsu, Akido, and several other styles are grappling based. A lot of the striking styles were developed to meet a specific challenge at the time. Tai Kawn Do, for example, was designed to kick a mounted rider off his horse. And the Ultimate Fighting Championship is a true example of what works in martial arts. Look at the styles the dominate. Muay thai, boxing, wrestling and jiu jitsu. Thoses are the 4 that will actually help you out in a fight. I guess I stand corrected, I knew those styles were grappling based, I just kind of assumed that those styles represented a small percentage of the total number of styles ever created. Sorry if I misinformed anyone.

Nothing beats an awesome KO in Boxing I don't care if you like Boxing or not Seeing somebody take a right hook that sends them to the floor Is one of the most exciting things you can watch while that is absolutely true, the same can be said for alot of mma ko's. A couple of examples are, 1)Tank Abott's ko on Steve Nelmark, that shit looked like it killed him! 2)Mirko CroCop's ko on Igor Vovchenchyn(sp) left high kick to the dome and dude looked scrambled!:eek:

Agreed. If you like KOs, watch MMA. You will see more of them. I promise you that.

Actually, thats not true at all. Judo, Jiu jitsu, Akido, and several other styles are grappling based. A lot of the striking styles were developed to meet a specific challenge at the time. Tai Kawn Do, for example, was designed to kick a mounted rider off his horse. And the Ultimate Fighting Championship is a true example of what works in martial arts. Look at the styles the dominate. Muay thai, boxing, wrestling and jiu jitsu. Thoses are the 4 that will actually help you out in a fight.

martial arts are gay. all you people like to do is watch half naked men fight and grapple each other. Martial arts shouldn't be confused with what you see in contests like the Ultimate Fighting Challenge. Although many fighters with many different styles do compete, I don't feel that this tournament is a proper representation of what Martial arts is about, and very few fighting styles that originated in Asia focus on grappling.

I find it a bit boring, its like watching a John Ruiz who kicks and is allowed to hug on the floor. No offence to the MMA guys but IMO boxings a superior combat sport. Actually, thats something I really have to disagree with you on. Not enjoying the ground fighting in MMA is something totally different than calling boxing a superior sport however. Its like comparing apples with apple sauce. They are the same, but different. A lot of people follow combat sports because they enjoy tough phyiscal sports. Some people follow boxing because they enjoy the sweet science and couldn't careless about takedowns and legal clinch work. So you don't have to enjoy MMA, but saying boxing is superior is kind of silly. They are different animals.

John Ruiz IS a MMA fighter. Why do they let him do boxing? Nah he is more like wrestler. I like boxing and k1

They have started to show MMA on one of my HD channels so I watch it when I can. What I will say is that it is more exciting to see that almost every fight has a conclusion, not a judge's decision. Most of the fights don't go the first 5 minutes. But because of that, you get guys that lost that are fired up becuase they had to tap out after 1 minute and they are all pissed off. There is also more parity which makes for more interesting matchups. You don't have fighters that are 30-0 going against someone that is 10-10 to build their records. I also don't understand why, but it seems like there are a lot of boxing type knockouts. Is it because they wear smaller gloves or is it because the ref stops the fight if a fighter gets knocked down because the other fighter will pummel him on the ground if the ref doesn't stop it. What I don't like is the fact that if you want to be current in the sport you have to watch PPVs every month.

MMA is something i'm learning to get into. Obviously, I prefer traditional boxing, but MMA is a nice change of pace.

john ruiz would mop the floor with any MMA fighter :p John Ruiz IS a MMA fighter. Why do they let him do boxing?

john ruiz would mop the floor with any MMA fighter :p

I find it a bit boring, its like watching a John Ruiz who kicks and is allowed to hug on the floor. No offence to the MMA guys but IMO boxings a superior combat sport.

yeah, when someone trains in grappling and groundfighting, thats pretty much 1v1 training. i prefer boxing because with the true striking training in boxing you are more prepared to fight multiple people

Boxing fo sho. MMA deosn't really appeal to me as much. I tried watching a couple, they were pretty intense but there's a lot of takedowns and pinning positions, I didn't find it that exciting.

i have friends that love mma but i dont follow it at all and they could care less about boxing. im with atwa, im just a boxing guy

Actually, I don't think K-1 ever allows elbows. Muay thai on the other hand, you see elbows all the time there. Eblows, knees in the clinch......its pretty burtal stuff. To be honest I only get Eurosport and it's either billed as K1 or Fight Club, which covers a multitude of sins. When the annoying commentator, Will Vanders, gets rambling on I tend to switch off. Although I'm certain I saw Ignashov on there giving it some elbow to someone :D Lol :D

MMA is cool. I've only seen a few events but they were very entertaining. I agree though that if they spend too much time grapling for position it gets tiresome. I've also seen K-1 and liked that as well. I guess I'm trying to avoid watching another sport where you have to pay to watch on top of Cable prices.

The IFC is a smaller orginzation, but they have given a lot of good fighters a start in thier career. Some good fights too. You will find there are more burtal beatings in these smaller shows because they still aren't sure who has the goods yet. The IFC DVD is definitly worth a watch.

I haven't seen too much MMA; mainly just what I've downloaded on this site. I see people talking about K-1 and UFC; I ordered a DVD for 2 bucks of the IFC - a disc called Caged Combat but I haven't watched it yet. Where does that fed rank amongst the others?