My friends and I bought the fight last night, but they also like UFC which was showing its free card. They kept switching back and forth which would piss any of us off. But the worst part was both main events started at exactly the same time, so I missed the entrances and announcements so they could see two guys in underwear dry humping for position. After the boxing got started, they started talking shit because of Joe Cortez, saying things like " That's why I hate boxing! " and " That's why UFC is better! " I tried to explain to them that UFC is a bar fight when they are standing up (poor technique) and wrestling for position when its on the mat. It takes way more technique, skill and timing in boxing. They laughed because of Ricky and Cortez at the time, but when Mayweather landed the perfect shot, they didn't say anything. Perfect example.
" so they could see two guys in underwear dry humping for position. " YEAH SOMETIMES I THINK THOSE UFC FANS ARE UNDERCOVER HOMOS LOL I CANT WATCH MEN DOIN THAT
HERE HERE BRO
I have been saying that for years. That shit goes to the ground after 20 seconds and they have that spandex on...........JESUS.....I get creeped out...sooo gay.
wtf is up with your sig? Lyoto aint even close to the same style as Mayweather. which fights of his have you seen?
Both are very evasive, elusive, and break their opponents down very systematically. That's the point I was going for. Don't bother to point out that their style of punching is different too, that much is obvious. Learn to take comments for face value. I did not actually mean that Machida was a carbon copy of PBF. No one can be a carbon copy of PBF.
I love MMA and boxing both. I don't understand why people can't have respect for both sports.
When someone says "oh they are just dry humping on the floor" it makes me laugh. Wrestling and Jiu Jitsu takes a long time to master, it takes decades to earn a black belt in many cases and thats just one small aspect of Mixed Martial Arts.
You have guys who are going on 30 years old and have been training BJJ for 20 years yet are still not even masters. You have Olympic athletes who have earned gold medals, much like boxing and have been in sports and competing since almost birth.
The Ultimate Fighter finale was far better then the Hatton vs Floyd card. Simply because the under card on Undefeated sucked horribly, while almost every single fight on the TUF finale was a good matchup that showed tons of skills.
I wouldn't be surprised if TUF finale had more viewers simply because it was on a free TV but there is no doubt that the night belonged to Hatton Vs Mayweather in terms of interest.
The ultimate fighter series is not that good, and to even compare it to literally one of the most hyped fights in boxing in many years is kind of stupid.
Mixed Martial Arts is a new sport and there is FAR more to the sport then the UFC. The fighters on TUF are generally on beginners, like watching a boxing fight against guys who have 1-0 pro records.
Just because you are posting on "boxingscene" doesn't give you a right to bash another sport. Both boxers and MMA fighters are talented athletes who deserve the respect of everyone."
I'm an MMA fan as well but the fighters on the TUF show this year were nothing short of miserable. Im not even kidding, I can get a guy off the street and he could beat the living crap out of half those guys on that show. So I disagree that those fights took tremendous skill. Most of those guys have very limited backgrounds in MMA.
The fighters at the top of MMA have tremendous skills in my opinion. But the sport is getting incredibly watered down with wannabe tough guys with absolutely no skill.
There were two fantastic fights on the TUF finale. J-Roc/War machine and the Huerta/Guida fights were outstanding. But whats with the War Machine nickname. How old are they? 4 years old. Whats next? Are we going to get tag-team matches featuring the legion of doom and Harlem Heat?
Also people in boxing dont pay to see undercard fights. Lets be honest most people dont even attend the undercard fights. They wanted to see one fight and one fight only. THat was the Hatton/Mayweather fight and I thought it was a pretty bad ass fight. Great fight, great atmosphere. Some may think it was an ugly fight but most of my friends who prefer MMA over boxing LOVED the Hatton/Mayweather fight.
Undercards are more of a priority in MMA because of the duration of the fights. Fights can end in 30 seconds, 2 minutes etc.. ie) Rampage/Liddell.
The Ultimate Fighter finale was far better then the Hatton vs Floyd card. Simply because the under card on Undefeated sucked horribly, while almost every single fight on the TUF finale was a good matchup that showed tons of skills.
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I love MMA but to me the the Hatton and Mayweather fight itself overtook the Ultimate Fighter finale without doubt. It silly to compare them, ones a free card on Spike showcasing up and coming fighters and the other one is a massive boxing match on PPV between two undefeated fighters. Its like comparing the Superbowl to a preseason game...doesn't matter how good the preseason game is....
Overall the fights were better on the Ultimate Fighter finale because the undercard for undefeated was boring, but there was no where near the hype or interest level that took place on the Undefeated card....and without the interest level the fights can only be so enjoyable. There was a reason why Hughes sat down right after an extremely exciting main event finish to get back to watching the Hatton/Mayweather fight.
wtf is up with your sig? Lyoto aint even close to the same style as Mayweather. which fights of his have you seen?
thats actually extremely funny to me. I really like Hughes. Along with Henderson, theyre probebly my favorite mma fighters. Theyre some of the few mma guys that dont fight like sloppy ass guys, and only use their striking to try and set up takedowns. I HATE it when mma guys try to strike, and looks so horrible. They need to only be using ground techniques, because thats what theyre best at.
I thought it was funny also. As soon as the event ended Hughes sat down to watch boxing.
Thats because both sports are good. I don't see why boxing fans feel so threatened of Mixed Martial Arts. People can enjoy both.
There are some good strikers in MMA, striking in MMA is just different then boxing. If you tried to strike like a boxer in MMA you would get fucked up because the defense is totally wrong for that type of fighting. Just like if an MMA fighter went into a boxing match they would get sat down.
However there are good strikers. Like Anderson Silva, Mark Hunt and Jerome Le banner (who used to be signed with Don King until he ditched him after being undefeated as a pro boxer and went back to kickboxing).
In terms of viewership, yes, it's quite obvious that Undefeated murdered UFN. But then again, that's to be expected. UFNs have consistently done mediocre at best.
And as far as entertaining comes, both were very entertaining. It depends on what you find as more to your liking personally. Though, the battle between JROC and War Machine was crazy when JROC was going psycho all three rounds with elbows on the bottom; or the clinic of pain Guida put on Huerta for 2 rounds straight looking like a man possessed. It all depends, but the UFN was certainly not lacking in the skills department or even the reversal of fortunes in the fights.
wtf is up with your sig? Lyoto aint even close to the same style as Mayweather. which fights of his have you seen?
Matt Hughes is one of the UFC's best fighters. Here he is cageside last night, but instead of watching the action in the cage he was checking out Hatton-Mayweather on TV.
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thats actually extremely funny to me. I really like Hughes. Along with Henderson, theyre probebly my favorite mma fighters. Theyre some of the few mma guys that dont fight like sloppy ass guys, and only use their striking to try and set up takedowns. I HATE it when mma guys try to strike, and looks so horrible. They need to only be using ground techniques, because thats what theyre best at.
Boxing and UFC really aren't the same kind of genre. I look at it as one is about an honest, clean fight, and the other is about gratuitous dog-fighting on par with whatever Michael Vick is about.
That because you're an idiot.
Matt Hughes is one of the UFC's best fighters. Here he is cageside last night, but instead of watching the action in the cage he was checking out Hatton-Mayweather on TV.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b383/fenderharry629/hughesmayweather.gif
Boxing and UFC really aren't the same kind of genre. I look at it as one is about an honest, clean fight, and the other is about gratuitous dog-fighting on par with whatever Michael Vick is about.
I love MMA and boxing both. I don't understand why people can't have respect for both sports.
When someone says "oh they are just dry humping on the floor" it makes me laugh. Wrestling and Jiu Jitsu takes a long time to master, it takes decades to earn a black belt in many cases and thats just one small aspect of Mixed Martial Arts.
You have guys who are going on 30 years old and have been training BJJ for 20 years yet are still not even masters. You have Olympic athletes who have earned gold medals, much like boxing and have been in sports and competing since almost birth.
The Ultimate Fighter finale was far better then the Hatton vs Floyd card. Simply because the under card on Undefeated sucked horribly, while almost every single fight on the TUF finale was a good matchup that showed tons of skills.
I wouldn't be surprised if TUF finale had more viewers simply because it was on a free TV but there is no doubt that the night belonged to Hatton Vs Mayweather in terms of interest.
The ultimate fighter series is not that good, and to even compare it to literally one of the most hyped fights in boxing in many years is kind of stupid.
Mixed Martial Arts is a new sport and there is FAR more to the sport then the UFC. The fighters on TUF are generally on beginners, like watching a boxing fight against guys who have 1-0 pro records.
Just because you are posting on "boxingscene" doesn't give you a right to bash another sport. Both boxers and MMA fighters are talented athletes who deserve the respect of everyone."
In terms of viewership, yes, it's quite obvious that Undefeated murdered UFN. But then again, that's to be expected. UFNs have consistently done mediocre at best.
And as far as entertaining comes, both were very entertaining. It depends on what you find as more to your liking personally. Though, the battle between JROC and War Machine was crazy when JROC was going psycho all three rounds with elbows on the bottom; or the clinic of pain Guida put on Huerta for 2 rounds straight looking like a man possessed. It all depends, but the UFN was certainly not lacking in the skills department or even the reversal of fortunes in the fights.
hahahahh an undercover retard ,,...leave ??....some one tell me the name of this forum ??? BOXING SCENE MOTHER FCUKER! you leave ..go to ufc forum ...sry im just not a fan ..i like the highlights cuz they have sick knockouts dnt cry cuz im not a fan wen someone says boxing is boring i dont attack them lol
boxing's better than ufc, i've talked about it with my friends b4, there's no way any ufc fight could match the atmosphere last night.. i'm done wasting my time, boxing's better imo, not even close
So you're done with MMA because of the incredible atmosphere at the Hatton Mayweather fight? Are you going to watch other 99.9% of boxing matches that won't live up to atmosphere on Saturday night?
In terms of viewers its quite obvious that Undefeated took it over the UFC Ultimate Fighter Finale. Was it more entertaining? I think anyone who saw both would agree Undefeated also took that as well.
In terms of viewership, yes, it's quite obvious that Undefeated murdered UFN. But then again, that's to be expected. UFNs have consistently done mediocre at best.
And as far as entertaining comes, both were very entertaining. It depends on what you find as more to your liking personally. Though, the battle between JROC and War Machine was crazy when JROC was going psycho all three rounds with elbows on the bottom; or the clinic of pain Guida put on Huerta for 2 rounds straight looking like a man possessed. It all depends, but the UFN was certainly not lacking in the skills department or even the reversal of fortunes in the fights.
After a while they put on the ufc fights at the same time, once they did the girls a table away from me couldnt' stop laughing when the ufc fighters where wrestling on the mat.
Well, I'll be. If the girls from across the table couldn't stop laughing, then the fights must have not been good. Let's all not think for ourselves and let the girls from across the table be the deciding point for what's a good fight or not.
Dude, get real. What was the point of bring up the reaction of those girls? Seriously.
" so they could see two guys in underwear dry humping for position. " YEAH SOMETIMES I THINK THOSE UFC FANS ARE UNDERCOVER HOMOS LOL I CANT WATCH MEN DOIN THAT
Yes, and you're obviously an UNDERCOVER RETARD. Your inability to understand what's going on is just plain pathetic. HOW HARD IS IT TO UNDERSTAND SUPERIOR POSITION GENERALLY EQUALS MORE OPTIONS TO DO HEAVIER DAMAGE FROM? Is that so hard to understand? This isn't freakin rocket science here.
And about the underwear thing, again, another instance where your brain being connected to your spinal cord does not mean you know anything about the subject. PBF and Hatton were wearing about the same amount of clothes as almost every UFC fighter on that card. It's not like anyone was wearing thongs or anything like that. And personally, I don't check out guys, but maybe you do since you pay so much attention to what the fighters' are wearing.
God you're an idiot.
LEAVE.
boxing's better than ufc, i've talked about it with my friends b4, there's no way any ufc fight could match the atmosphere last night.. i'm done wasting my time, boxing's better imo, not even close