Why do so many of you hate MMA??

[The Great Shark]

I do not enjoy watching, simply put. IMO it takes more skill when your arsenal is limited.

[Brother Naazim]

Isn't it odd that you prescribe to the exact same behavior as them???

And the fact that you talk about boxing like it's some secret club for old men it's no wonder the younger generation wants nothing to do with it.

I'm going on my personal experience here, and I have plenty of it from the local scene and message boards.

And how do I prescribe to their style of behavior? Did I not just give respect to MMA guys a few posts back?

Furthermore, how do I talk about boxing like it's a "secret club for old men"? I haven't even discussed boxing here, all I've talked about in this thread is my personal view on MMA.

[Brother Naazim]

The show on Versus is called WEC(World extream cagefighting) and it's also a really bad starting point because aside from maybe 1 or 2 fighters most of them are c level fighters.

I think the real starting point for you should be fedor fights simply becasue his entire style is rooted in russian sambo. he truley is without a doubt the most distructive man on the planet and he completely toys with most of his opponents.

All the boxing talent in the world wouldn't help you against this man.

There's something we can both agree on. Fedor has a prime Tyson like aura about him.

[pistol whip]

screw those idiot mma fans. why do you care so much? i understand your a fan of both sport but you defending it with your life makes me dislike it even more

Because I defend Boxing with just as much passion when an MMA fan hates on boxing on an MMA message board. Normally I think Boxing fans are smarter so I think they are more capable of grasping the idea that both sports kick ass. But after posting this thread a lot of you guys are making me second guess myself.

[Brother Naazim]

Because I defend Boxing with just as much passion when an MMA fan hates on boxing on an MMA message board. Normally I think Boxing fans are smarter so I think they are more capable of grasping the idea that both sports kick ass. But after posting this thread a lot of you guys are making me second guess myself.

Consider the user population and average age of the users though. NSB used to be a great place to discuss boxing with a wide variety of opinion, now it's just a cesspool. Though we do still have some great users running around, you just have to take a flamethrower to the haystack to find them.

[pistol whip]

You're a ****ing idiot.


No one is trying to convince anyone to like anything.

The thread starter is simply asking why so many people on this board in particular have such a blatant hate for the sport of MMA.


Simple as that ! You don't like it, get the **** out of the thread and go into another about what kind of cereal Manny Pacquiao likes to eat on Saturday mornings.

There are people who enjoy both sports ! Why do some of you knuckleheads feel like you have to choose a side ?

Is anyone here simply a fight fan ?



I agree with most of your post, but the part in italics, I definitely disagree with.

Most fighters have a strength, ie a BJJ black belt, a kickboxer, a muay thai fighter, a wrestler...etc.

Many of these fighters are high caliber athletes in their respective sports.

The challenge in MMA is the test to see who's approach is more effective against their opponents approach.

This is what makes these fights intriguing, to me at least, is because there is so much more you have to be aware of, therefore making it even more of a thinking sport than boxing, in that you have so many more elements in addition to just your opponent's hands.




How ironic. I would say the same thing has been demonstrated in this thread countless times by boxing fans towards MMA.

Excellent posts!!!!


As you asked earlier yes I am a fight fan and my only goal in this thread was to show everyone that being a "FIGHT FAN" is way more entertaining than just being an MMA/Boxing fan.

[aether]

You're a ****ing idiot.


No one is trying to convince anyone to like anything.

The thread starter is simply asking why so many people on this board in particular have such a blatant hate for the sport of MMA.


Simple as that ! You don't like it, get the **** out of the thread and go into another about what kind of cereal Manny Pacquiao likes to eat on Saturday mornings.

There are people who enjoy both sports ! Why do some of you knuckleheads feel like you have to choose a side ?

Is anyone here simply a fight fan ?



I agree with most of your post, but the part in italics, I definitely disagree with.

Most fighters have a strength, ie a BJJ black belt, a kickboxer, a muay thai fighter, a wrestler...etc.

Many of these fighters are high caliber athletes in their respective sports.

The challenge in MMA is the test to see who's approach is more effective against their opponents approach.

This is what makes these fights intriguing, to me at least, is because there is so much more you have to be aware of, therefore making it even more of a thinking sport than boxing, in that you have so many more elements in addition to just your opponent's hands.




How ironic. I would say the same thing has been demonstrated in this thread countless times by boxing fans towards MMA.

i started watching mma since UFC1. i stopped watching on a regular cause it just seemed uncompetetive to me. now its not really mixed martial art. it has become a discipline of it's own.(imo, calling it mma is not appropriate. i say Dana White Fighting Systems is more appropriate) what pisses me off are mma "fans" who talk smack but has no idea what boxing is all about. heck, they don't even know what mma is all about. their just watching cause its the "in" thing and their idol celebrities are into it.

i have nothing againts mma fans by the way. most of my friends are actually mma fans. just know something about the sport before you talk smack about it

[El Chicano]

BS posters gotta have something to hate on, if we ain't hating on each other we're hating on MMA.

[pistol whip]

i started watching mma since UFC1. i stopped watching on a regular cause it just seemed uncompetetive to me. now its not really mixed martial art. it has become a discipline of it's own.(imo, calling it mma is not appropriate. i say Dana White Fighting Systems is more appropriate) what pisses me off are mma "fans" who talk smack but has no idea what boxing is all about. heck, they don't even know what mma is all about. their just watching cause its the "in" thing and their idol celebrities are into it.

i have nothing againts mma fans by the way. most of my friends are actually mma fans. just know something about the sport before you talk smack about it

But arn't most of the Boxing diehards on this thread doing what you hate the most? Hating on a sport they know little to nothing about?

Plus you should really watch modern day UFC because the fiirst 25 UFC events are lightyears behind what UFC is today.

[Brother Naazim]

But arn't most of the Boxing diehards on this thread doing what you hate the most? Hating on a sport they know little to nothing about?

Plus you should really watch modern day UFC because the fiirst 25 UFC events are lightyears behind what UFC is today.

I gotta concur with both points, especially the latter. I watched MMA back in the day on the VHS scene. And I thought Mark Coleman getting kicked in the face by Pete Williams was the cat's whiskers.