Is mma more brutal and damaging to the body than boxing?

Boxers are more likely to die than MMA fighters because of the repeated blows to the head over the period of the fight. When you look at the tragic fights when boxers die, it's almost always a long fight when the guy took repeated blows to the head. You're not likely to see that in MMA. This is correct.. One of my friends who is involved with MMA says the same exact thing.. Well put Stealer

this is a good thread. :boxing:

I think Boxing is more brutal because in boxing you can be knocked down and really stunned a few times in a fight where in MMA you get rocked and go down and Herb Dean quickly steps in to stop it as well he should. Point being you get more head damage in boxing. MMA is brutal but if you look at it, its way more technical with a variety of holds you can use to submit your opponent. In boxing its head and body and thats that.

I agree... Wanderlei Silva fights: Silva is a ****ing beast. I loved his fight vs. Jardine, that was a good KO.

It depends on who the boxer is. If it's Cory Spinks etc. then Boxing is a girly sport compared to MMA. I agree... Nogueira and Sakuraba have taken a ton of punishment and will probably end up as brain-damaged as the worst cases in boxing. Wanderlei Silva fights:

MMA is just harder on the ears...Name one fighter that doesn't have cauliflower ears in the UFC. Other than that, Boxing is by far more dangerous. They take more shots, have more chances to recover, the fights last longer, and the fighters can actually throw a good punch. :boxing: and the size of the gloves impact a larger area causing more damage.

It depends on who the boxer is. If it's Cory Spinks etc. then Boxing is a girly sport compared to MMA.

MMA is just harder on the ears...Name one fighter that doesn't have cauliflower ears in the UFC. Other than that, Boxing is by far more dangerous. They take more shots, have more chances to recover, the fights last longer, and the fighters can actually throw a good punch. :boxing:

Dana White saying that UFC is safer than boxing

Just ask a DR who is invovled in MMA and Boxing and they'll tell you boxing by far is the more dangerous sport due to the repeated blows to the body and head especially if a fighter is weight drained. Just look at fighters who take a beating in a fight sometimes they are never the same I.E. M Taylor and F Vargas. See Duk-Koo Kim or Oscar Diaz both televised on LIVE TV for proof that Boxing is FAR more dangerous than MMA.

It can be, but prolonged shots to the head are more damaging than a lot of what happens in MMA. MMA refs stop fights quickly... Ask Leavander Johnson's widow if she would have rather seen him in a 15 minute fight than a 36 minute one... Thats a stupid question. I recall Leavander Johnsons people already knew that Johnson has a problem but took the fight anyway because Chavez wasn't a puncher or known as a puncher.

MMA looks more brutal because of the elbows, knees and kicks. Cuts happen more often too. But in terms in punishment i think boxing is worse, they take a lot more shots and fights are much longer than mma, plus in mma once you go down or get ground and pounded it's over. In boxing you get a chance to stand back up.

I don't think so, the knockouts may be more brutal in MMA but the long term physical damage of boxing is worse.

Think about all the MMA fights that go nearly the whole fight on the ground. The ones that end in submission or decision or whatever and is a snoozefest. Those fights leave no real damage to the fighters. That counts for a LOT of MMA matches. Now think about the ones that end in TKO stoppage. The refs stop those fights really, really quickly. Usually as soon as the fighter hits the floor and takes a few grazing and not very clean shots while on the ground. If the fighter got knocked out there, either way he takes no more than a minute or so of punches to the head AT MOST. Quick knockouts like that don't leave nearly as much damage as a grueling 12 round boxing match. Although the one thing I will say that is pretty brutal about MMA is when they get kneed in the face during a thai clinch (like when rampage got knocked out by vanderlei silva). Or when they get stomped on the ground back when pride was still around. But generally boxing matches have way more accumulated damage and concussive blows to the head. More long term damage.

Fights are stopped more quickly and less shots to the head are taken in MMA. Submissions rarely cause any real damage because smart fighters tap out quickly.

A guy named Velesquez at an amateur event in Oklahoma I believe. True, that happened. That was a totally freak accident though, outside of that one event nobody has died in the 15 years MMA has been big in the US, 20 something years in Japan and 50 some odd years in Brazil. The human body is meant to endure a fight.

huh? who and what event? A guy named Velesquez at an amateur event in Oklahoma I believe.

Too late. Nobody at fault, everyone did their best. It was ruled that inadequent padding on the cage possibly started the hematoma and it went downhill. huh? who and what event?

I find it funny that your a fan of Russia, yet you've no knowledge of Sambo or Wrestling.

who the hell wants to watch 2 half naked guys dry hump each other on the ground? seriously *shrugs* Who wants to watch two half naked guys hit each other with firm couch pillows?