My Reason why MMA wont gain as many fans as Boxing

[Pullcounter]

Nobody wants to see 3 rounds of men rolling around on the floor..
Dont get me wrong.. i can watch UFC, only really enjoying it when they dont take it to the ground..
I was in my mates house.. the UFC came on, and around 10 neutral spectators who had never watched it before were bored to **** watching two dudes grapple/mount on the floor.. taking the piss out of it at some points

MMA fans would enjoy the grappling, because of the skill/strength required..but its just a load of crap for people to watch

But boxing has "immediate" appeal.. who doesnt enjoy two guys punching eachother?

Anyone Agree?

the most exciting ufc fighters are strikers... ironic isn't it?

[Ryn0]

Theres alot more to it than just "laying on top of eachother on the ground" They are really fighting for positions in order to submit eachother. If u thinks its just about "laying on top of eachother", than i would love to see u get in the cage with a grappler/wrestler! LOL

that might be the case for fight fans but were talking about neutral fans and an average boxing match is always going to be more visualy pleasing than the average mma fight to the untrained eye .

[deevel79]

that might be the case for fight fans but were talking about neutral fans and an average boxing match is always going to be more visualy pleasing than the average mma fight to the untrained eye .

Tell that to the casual fans who watched Wlad vs Ibragimov.

[C'MONMANG']

that might be the case for fight fans but were talking about neutral fans and an average boxing match is always going to be more visualy pleasing than the average mma fight to the untrained eye .

you are so silly.

the untrained eye?

anyways. More people like MMA then just boxing. its fact. i love boxing but the average Joe likes MMA more. its fact go away.

[fightingfigs]

I give MMA and Boxing respect. It takes guts to go in the octagon just as much as it takes to go in the ring.

MMA does what have Boxing needs

GINA CARANO

[Spare Moody]

How is it more realistic a sport than boxing? In boxing are you not really hitting your opponent? How is it any more realistic then point-karate? In point-karate are you not really trying to score points?

That's the question, are you saying it is the combat sport that is closest to the reality of an actual fight? Is that something to aspire to?

Define fighting. Is fighting two drunks outside a nightclub in a spastic battle for kurbside supremacy? Is it a police officer beating the crap out of a teenager he caught with weed? Is it a scared soldier beating the brains of his enemy all over the floor because if he doesn't his enemy will do it to him?

Fact: A large proportion of MMA fights end with a submission. Try "submitting" to a nightclub bouncer.
Fact: A large proportion of MMA fights end in a TKO when the referee steps in to save the downed fighter from further damage. Zero MMA fights end with the victors friends stomping the loser into a coma.
Fact: The rest of MMA fights end when a series of judges add up their scores and declare a winner. "Ah Fritz I thought I had you when I shattered your skull with a rock, but you hung in there and got the win, good show..."

MMA is a sport, it has rules that take it from "reality", it has goals which are not concurrent with the reality of fighting and violence. This notion that it is somehow a more genuine indicator of "real life" fighting is absurd and does not stand up to the basest of scrutiny. Those abercrombie and fitch-wearing ****wickets who constantly **** on about the realism of MMA are just as delusional as the martial arts fantasists who insist that their untried fighting technique is deadly on "the street".

all very good points and that's why nobody should think MMA is street fighting. i think what they mean is that MMA is the CLOSEST to street fightin than any other combat sport simply because most street fights involve the use of both stand-up and ground fighting. but, in no way, does that equate to any particular combat sport being better than the other.

to judge what sport is better is simply a personal taste. the vast majority of fans enjoy both MMA and boxing.