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There are alot of wrestlers in MMA. Lesnar didnt get a title shot because of that. He got it SOLELY because of his popularity. And that is what makes a sport lose credibility.

Listen, we can complain about each sports problems but the bottom line is combat sports will always be full of corruption. In MMA you have guys getting title shots after 2 fights and you have 0-1 fighters getting a crack at Fedor. In boxing NO WAY in hell would you get a 0-1 fighter to take on Calzaghe. And there is no way in hell promoters would be able to get away with it.

The problem with MMA is that one ORGANIZATION dominates the sport and the problem with that is people dont know who the best fighters are in the sport. Is Fedor the best? Or is Mir, or is Lesnar. And the worst part is they WILL NEVER FIGHT EACH OTHER because the UFC doesnt cross promote. So in boxing some fights are unlikely but arent impossible whereas in MMA some FIGHTS literally are IMPOSSIBLE.

Yes, I understand why Lesnar got the title shot so soon. And guess what ?

It was a genius move by the UFC to do so, and has paid dividends thus far, and its not stopping there.

And with whom is this sport losing credibility with ?

Boxing fans ? LOL

Their goal by signing Brock Lesnar was to get the attention of the casual onlookers, and those who otherwise would never be watching a UFC event.

It worked.

And in regards to your last paragraph.

Look at boxing, and how many different sanctioning bodies there are.

Then, multiply that by the ridiculous amount of weight classes that boxing has.

Then, look at all of the different promoters and their unwillingness to put their best fighters against the best.


The mess in professional boxing is far worse than the situation with MMA.

How could you not see that ?

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Yes, I understand why Lesnar got the title shot so soon. And guess what ?

It was a genius move by the UFC to do so, and has paid dividends thus far, and its not stopping there.

And with whom is this sport losing credibility with ?

Boxing fans ? LOL

Their goal by signing Brock Lesnar was to get the attention of the casual onlookers, and those who otherwise would never be watching a UFC event.

It worked.

And in regards to your last paragraph.

Look at boxing, and how many different sanctioning bodies there are.

Then, multiply that by the ridiculous amount of weight classes that boxing has.

Then, look at all of the different promoters and their unwillingness to put their best fighters against the best.


The mess in professional boxing is far worse than the situation with MMA.

How could you not see that ?

No not boxing fans but the mainstream media. I read numerous articles that jokingly mocked the legitimacy of the sport. If you dont think a 2-1 MMA fighter getting a title shot and beating a LEGEND isnt embarassing than I dont know what to say.

And yeah it worked out for the UFC but that wasnt the issue. The point was they didnt really have any marketable stars other than Liddell, Couture, Ortiz who all are old or out of the UFC altogether. A. Silva cant even draw 400,000 PPV buys and hes the best fighter arguably in the sport of MMA. GSP cant headline a card and get more than 400-500,000 buys.

In fact, UFCs THREE biggest PPV's all had LESNAR in them.

And im not an idiot. I realize boxing has problems but MMA has alot of problems as well. All I know is this year in boxing I got to see some great fights that ive wanted to see for awhile now. Calzaghe/Hopkins, Pacman/Marquez, Hatton/Malignaggi, Adamek/Cunningham. I realize that boxing does have problems because there are some fights that ill likely never be able to see but MMA's 10,000 organizations and a list of great fighters fighting outside the UFC is a problem for the sport and MMA is also talking about adding in new weight classes.

MMA has problems, boxing has problems. Who cares whos worse because they are both bad.