Boxing requires a higher skill level than MMA.

[rizkybizness]

How do you defend your legs from being taken from under you if your hands are up and above your head?

Drop the guy and rub my **** on his ass.

I see MMA guys do it all the time.

[K-Nan]

Which is why it's thrown while looking like you're going for a shoot.

Thats not what he demonstrated. He indicated that you would do it while "bouncing around". As in, you are in your striking stance and not trying to shoot.

[rizkybizness]

Which is why it's thrown while looking like you're going for a shoot.

Whatever he "looks" like he's doing his telegraphing that looping ass shoots, leaving himself open to a counter punch.

[IwatchBoxing]

MMa is police ****, boxing is more a natural sport, in a fair fight you dont wanna brake a guys arm

[Mr. Fantastic]

This MMA vs Boxing bull**** isn't going to ever end is it???

[Kakutogi-Gumi]

Drop the guy and rub my **** on his ass.

I see MMA guys do it all the time.

How are you going drop a guy shooting in at knee hight with your arms in the air?

[Kakutogi-Gumi]

This MMA vs Boxing bull**** isn't going to ever end is it???

Not until someone major starts training in grappling.

[K-Nan]

How are you going drop a guy shooting in at knee hight with your arms in the air?

You DO know that boxers are capable of MOVING their arms, right? Its not some permanent mummified stance.

[Mr. Fantastic]

Not until someone major starts training in grappling.

lol Yea

I think the ones talking **** about MMA are just as bad as the MMA guys talking **** about boxing.

[sunthunder]

I'm sure a good boxer can uppercut the ******* on the way in

I've never seen someone get knocked out with an uppercut as they shoot in for a takedown. Typically, the only times fighters get knocked out as they shoot in are with knee strikes.

Some other things to keep in perspective.

1) It's harder to be a successful pro boxer because there are probably millions more boxers in the world than there are MMA fighters.

2) MMA is still on it's first generation of fighters, so ofcourse the level is not going to be as high as it can be. There are literally fighters still active who were fighting at the birth of the sport. Were the first generation of boxers the pinacle of the sport?

3) Most pro boxers have been training since they were children. Only within the past few years have there been young kids start training specifically for MMA, and they haven't even really started their careers yet.

4) There are clearly fighters in MMA that are genuinely highly skilled athletes, but they are few and far between. Guys like GSP, Silva and Fedor show what MMA can become, but really, there are only one or two fighters like this in each weight division. In the future as this next generation of MMA fighter emerges, we are going to see divisions full of GSP's and Anderson Silvas fighting eachother.

5) People are mainly holding the striking of MMA fighters against them, ignoring the fact that their wrestling and grappling is clearly at a high level. Of all the component parts in MMA, striking has the furthest to go, and it is still very much a work in progress. Fighters are still figuring out what works best and how to adapt traditional striking stance to defend against takedowns.

6) A lot of people don't take into account how difficult it is to cross over from a striking background late in your career and pick up things like takedown and submission defense. Only one fighter has done that and been successful, and that was Crocop, who only started training for MMA at age 27. Some fighters like Anderson and Wanderlei Silva started striking at a young age, but incorporated grappling soon after.