1 Reason Boxing is on another level to the UFC

[RL_GMA]

outside the US MMA is huge.

Where exactly?

You serious??? Japan's Pride cards held close to 40,000 people in STADIUMS at average.
There's a lot of cards throughout Asia, UK, Ukraine, South America, etc.

But it's normal for someone who wouldn't know much about the sport to not see it for what it really is. You can't have a convo with a Basketball fan who hates Football about how great the Cowboys played last Sunday...they won't care.

[rizkybizness]

You serious??? Japan's Pride cards held close to 40,000 people in STADIUMS at average.
There's a lot of cards throughout Asia, UK, Ukraine, South America, etc.

But it's normal for someone who wouldn't know much about the sport to not see it for what it really is. You can't have a convo with a Basketball fan who hates Football about how great the Cowboys played last Sunday...they won't care.

no offense but thats exactly whats going on in here with you.

[savorduhflavor]

MMA is ok, but it's just impossible to have sustained action in it because so much of it is taking someone down and stalling.

Every once in a while you get a cool KO or a crazy submission, but they're just spots. There's no ebb and flow.

[trainhard_187]

Boxing has historical events, historical fighters, and pretty much a long history. I think well see a new era of boxing in the next 2-3 years. There have been alot of good match ups and still alot that can be made. Its sucks that the promotional end of it all has to F$%^ it up.

[Squabbles94806]

But you're basing it off you yourself just being a big Boxing fan and hating on MMA for the sake of it. The reason those fights don't go 12 rounds is because they're not just throwing punches, you got kicks, elbows, back fists, then if they start grappling that takes even more stamina away from you no matter what kind of condition you're in.

Like I mentioned prior, It's cool if people don't like MMA, but you can just say it's a flash in the pan or a mediocre sport because outside the US MMA is huge, it's only recently that MMA has flourished here.

Actually i'm not. I've been watching UFC since its genesis in the early 90's. And speaking as a Martial Artist, as well as a boxer, i have come to my conclusion that MMA is not nearly as entertaining as boxing.

Maybe in the early stages of UFC it was more exciting. When there was no weight limit, no commercialism, you can stomp on opponents heads, grab the fences, head-butt...all that *****. These days? Fuggetaboutit.

Elbows, kicks, yadda yadda yadda...apples and oranges. If UFC really bouty bout it and really down for their *****, 12 rounds would be nothin.

Speaking of which, a sport that has elbows, knees, blah blah blah, wouldn't that be at a higher level of risk? So why come that only deaths occur in boxing as opposed to the most dominant of all fight games. Seems kinda tame don't you think?

But i don't want to turn this into another futile debate to which sport is better. My opinion, is that i don't care for MMA. And this is speaking from an OG MMA... before there even was such a thing as MMA.

[Butterball]

The History.

Just looking back at previous fights, storylines, events.

The UFC doesn't have that, and thats why I will probably never be a fan.



Could the UFC EVER make a documentary like this, NEVER.


The modern day fights in boxing have been superb this year, for me the primetime of the year starts this Saturday with Froch-Taylor, boxing has put together some monumental fights coming up in the next few months.

Boxing fans get the beers, get the snacks, and strap yourself into your chair for the next few months, it's gonna be one hell of a ride.

[S.G.]

MMA is simply not as good a sport as boxing

[cottothechamp]

ufc sucks, its not on the same lvl as boxing. Like that guy brock lesnar got a title shot in 2 fights. In boxing that will never happen. Boxing is actually a sport, ufc is more like a real fight, and tell me whats more exciting, seeing a fight were 2 guys punch it out for 30 minutes or 2 guys hug on the ground for a few minutes? i think il easily take the first choice.

[boxasmash]

ufc bores the crap out of me. who wants to see guys on the floor holding on to eachother? i appreciate it's an art to it but leading up the the moves they execute it's boring as **** and sometimes people can fluke you in mma with an arm bar or something, there are no flukes in boxing... the best man wins.

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You serious??? Japan's Pride cards held close to 40,000 people in STADIUMS at average.
There's a lot of cards throughout Asia, UK, Ukraine, South America, etc.

But it's normal for someone who wouldn't know much about the sport to not see it for what it really is. You can't have a convo with a Basketball fan who hates Football about how great the Cowboys played last Sunday...they won't care.

MMA isn't "huge" in the UK.

So you can remove that country.

How do I know? Its where i'm from.