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Its true it is. They are both great but MMA is rising and therefor causing a compeition between PPV rivals including HBO and WWE
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first off all, MMA and boxing has fat fighters.
the Elite MMA organizations have very little fat fighters just like there are very few fat Elite boxers.
And there is a ton of skill in both sports. I hate it when people say otherwise or compare MMA to boxing and vise versa. they are very different sports.
MMA has gotten popular because of the success for the UFC..The UFC has marketed and promoted their fighters and events very very well. and the number one thing that hooked people is the Ultimate Fighter show and the deal with spike tv...the Fertitta brothers(owners of the UFC) were looking into selling until the success of the show.
The UFC(along with the other MMA ORG's) have complete control over their product and generally can make the fights they want. Instead of a promoter bargining with another promoter to make a fight. The top fighters can fight other top fighters more and quicker because of this.
Also their event's are more action packed, you get 5-8 fights that can end by ko/tko, or submission. People love this, generally people like blood over skill, a devastating haymaker over a skillful counter punch.
bottom line is people can watch 5-8 fights with the possibility KO/TKO, Submission: names they recognize: Championship belts that mean something:and superstar match ups.
All in one event.
Fans can follow the fighters better.
they know the prospects, the bums, the superstars, the gatekeepers.
NOW.....in 5 years it will be interesting to see if MMA is still doing good.
the amount of different organizations that are sprouting up. i think will cause MMA to revert to something similar to boxing. Each Organization will have its own stable of fighters
UFC
Elite XC
Dream
HCF
WEC
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and so on
they will become like boxing promoters.(Golden boy, Don Kind, Bob Arum....ect)
and eventually they may have to deal with the other organizations to make alot of match ups the fans want. and the tv deals some of them have will not only cover one organization, they will cover the whole sport.
They will come across many of the problems boxing has now. I am curious to see how they will deal with that.Comment
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fights are like 15 minutes and usually less,so you need to concentrate for so little time.it's like mtv,3 minutes for one video,3 minutes for another one.
MMA is the MTV of sports
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mma's best fighter fedor, if hes not the best hes def one of the best and guess what, hes fat. Isn't ufc's heavyweight champ or former champ silva the guy from iowa a fat dude, isn't the guy from brazil who silva beat to win the heavyweight belt back 3-4 years ago, wasn't he fat too, do you want me to go on and on? Mostly everybody on here just talks ****, just shut upComment
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fedor is not fat
tim syilva body is just messed but i would not call him fat
its the Heavyweight division. and yes there are Fat MMA fighters.
just like there are Fat boxers.
in actuality there are probley more fat boxers than MMA because there are more boxers than mma fighters in the world.
EVERYONE NEEDS TO STOP ARGUING ABOUT FAT BOXERS/FAT MMA FIGHTERS
there are alot in both sports.....NOT ALOT OF ELITE THOUGHComment
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I think theres a number of reasons why MMA is getting more and more popular.
-Its more consistently entertaining. Watching undercards of boxing can be so boring, but many undercard fights on MMA are absolute crackers.
-Theres only one major league (UFC). This means you have all the best fighters in the world vying for one belt. None of this 3 belt business, where all the contracts and promoters and licenses get in the way of seeing the best fight the best. This is easily the biggest problem with boxing.
-No major focus on having a 'goose egg' record. In MMA it doesn't matter if you lose so much, you can fight again in under 6 months for your rematch or whatever. In boxing there is some major value on being 'undefeated' and as such, boxers often duck fights that are deemed 'too risky'.
-UFC will make you fight the best or sack your ass. Any true fighter should be willing to do that. In boxing there is too much politics and we don't often see enough of our favourite fighters.
I'll always truly respect boxing as an art form, but for me UFC format is just more fun.Comment
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