Why do so many of you hate MMA??

[Xyei]

Not to mention their commentator is best known for being a horrible stand up comedian, who used to double as a TV show host on NBC in which contestants ate bulls testicles and dried up cow ****.

Sorry bro, had to. It's all good.

Joe Rogan is actually a good commentator though.

[FaustoGeraci]

Real men fight with their hands?? Hahaha so what happens in a fight when a kickboxer kicks his head off and he's not used to defending that?? Or somebody chokes him out within 5 seconds??

MMA=Fighting
Boxing=Boxing

Both are great. To disrespect either one is ignorance and insecurity.

[Brother Naazim]

Joe Rogan is actually a good commentator though.

Yeah he does do good play by play, I'll give the abrasive **** that.

But will he fight a fan in the middle of conducting a post fight interview? Will he call a fighter on his bull**** right to his face? Will he call a fight while half intoxicated on vodka, and still have enough moxy to correct his partner whenever he messes up on air?

Hell no, there's only 1 Larry Merchant baby!

[Xyei]

Yeah he does do good play by play, I'll give the abrasive **** that.

But will he fight a fan in the middle of conducting a post fight interview? Will he call a fighter on his bull**** right to his face? Will he call a fight while half intoxicated on vodka, and still have enough moxy to correct his partner whenever he messes up on air?

Hell no, there's only 1 Larry Merchant baby!

Maybe when he's an old drunk like Larry, he will. We can hope.

[Brother Naazim]

I think this whole MMA/Boxing rivalry **** is all Dana's doing. I mean MMA guys train in gyms with professional boxers, they sometimes spar together, some of them really like fighters from the opposite sport. (Georges St. Pierre loves watching Barrera fights, Hopkins and Couture share a common respect and bond, etc.....)

It wasn't until Dana White started all this crap up that anybody even knew there was a rivalry. It was a publicity stunt to make people watch his show, and all credit to him for getting it to work. But Joe Rogan blabbering like an idiot on ESPN one minute about how he loves" boxing, then potshotting it right afterwards, pissed me off.

Though Lou DiBella said some harsh **** about MMA guys too.

I guess what I'm getting at here is fuck Dana White, Joe Rogan, and Lou DiBella. I'll even throw in Don King for free.

[pistol whip]

Well one thing that pisses me off about it more than anything is threads like these, because MMA fans like to tell us how popular MMA is and how Boxing is dying, yet all they ever do is piggy back off Boxing to get some notoriety which imo tells you all you need to know about MMA as a sport.

When did I ever say Boxing was dying??

And please I would really like to know how MMA piggy backs off boxing??

[Xyei]

I think this whole MMA/Boxing rivalry **** is all Dana's doing. I mean MMA guys train in gyms with professional boxers, they sometimes spar together, some of them really like fighters from the opposite sport. (Georges St. Pierre loves watching Barrera fights, Hopkins and Couture share a common respect and bond, etc.....)

It wasn't until Dana White started all this crap up that anybody even knew there was a rivalry. It was a publicity stunt to make people watch his show, and all credit to him for getting it to work. But Joe Rogan blabbering like an idiot on ESPN one minute about how he loves" boxing, then potshotting it right afterwards, pissed me off.

Though Lou DiBella said some harsh **** about MMA guys too.

I guess what I'm getting at here is fuck Dana White, Joe Rogan, and Lou DiBella. I'll even throw in Don King for free.

Yeah, Rogan always talks like a boxing fan, but he surprised me when he did that.

[fathergll]

I think this whole MMA/Boxing rivalry **** is all Dana's doing.

Yeah part of it is Dana....but I think the rivalry is just a pretty natural thing because theres plenty of ******ity from both sides(Boxing and MMA)

On one end you have the countless boxing dopes who only consider using ones fists as the only effective means of offense in a MMA fight and therefore rip MMA fighters because of the lousy boxing. Hence the logic of a boxer can just step into a MMA fight and have great success because a boxer has better boxing. They refused to acknowledge every other aspect of MMA(Kicking, elbows, grappling, submissions...)

Other end is MMA fan boys who keep yelling boxing is dead when as infact its still very alive and plenty of money in it.

Some people in this thread have some very logical reasons why they find faults with MMA. Athletes are still on a whole inferior to boxing...its true but again we are talking about a brand new sport. Guys will be getting better. Brock Lesnar is a perfect example. Heres a case when you get a top level athlete at HW who is bigger than everyone. Basically Lesnar is exposing the weakness of the HW division. Huge athletic fighters are just not in MMA...not many in boxing now either. Historically the top HWs are all under 240lbs and here we get a guy coming in at 275-280 lbs

Hell I don't know if anyone caught inside MMA on HDNET a month ago but had Frank Shamrock on.....guess what Shamrock says he doesnt watch MMA at all and only watches boxing. He also went on to say the striking in MMA was terrible and should be much farther along then it is now. He basically said few fighters striking is on a good level(He mentioned Arlovski as one of those guys)

[AntDawg]

I don't like all the grabbing and holding. I watch it from time to time though but not something I'd watch over boxing.

[Xyei]

Yeah part of it is Dana....but I think the rivalry is just a pretty natural thing because theres plenty of ******ity from both sides(Boxing and MMA)

On one end you have the countless boxing dopes who only consider using ones fists as the only effective means of offense in a MMA fight and therefore rip MMA fighters because of the lousy boxing. Hence the logic of a boxer can just step into a MMA fight and have great success because a boxer has better boxing. They refused to acknowledge every other aspect of MMA(Kicking, elbows, grappling, submissions...)

Other end is MMA fan boys who keep yelling boxing is dead when as infact its still very alive and plenty of money in it.

Some people in this thread have some very logical reasons why they find faults with MMA. Athletes are still on a whole inferior to boxing...its true but again we are talking about a brand new sport. Guys will be getting better. Brock Lesnar is a perfect example. Heres a case when you get a top level athlete at HW who is bigger than everyone. Basically Lesnar is exposing the weakness of the HW division. Huge athletic fighters are just not in MMA...not many in boxing now either. Historically the top HWs are all under 240lbs and here we get a guy coming in at 275-280 lbs

Hell I don't know if anyone caught inside MMA on HDNET a month ago but had Frank Shamrock on.....guess what Shamrock says he doesnt watch MMA at all and only watches boxing. He also went on to say the striking in MMA was terrible and should be much farther along then it is now. He basically said few fighters striking is on a good level(He mentioned Arlovski as one of those guys)

Great post.