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Ok F it I have to speak on this, I've trained BJJ for 4 years but before that I trained Boxing & Wrestling for 6 years.
Modern MMA fighters have a limited amount of any one thing, be that strikes, submissions, takedowns, punch combo's or karate/taekwando/muay thai moves or strike resistance which can't really be trained for unless you don't mind being concussed half the time.
You just can't go toe to toe if you're a MMA fighter with a thoroughbred boxer because MMA fighters have limited foot movement, they have limited combo's, limited defence, the gloves offer no protection and even missed side shots can hurt, the boxer has too many skills and most MMA fighters use illegal moves known as dirty boxing when standing up, so they would be disqualified if they tried any of that in a pro box fight like Dan Frye style holding the back of the head and punching.
If MMA fighters were ever ****** enough to step into a ring with a boxer under boxing rules, they would almost always get KTFO just as it would be vice a versa however a boxer has a better chance of training and learning to be an MMA fighter than an MMA fighter training and learning to be a top boxer.
I've done some MMA training and although it's really tough because you are incorporating everything, I think it's probably better if you have a base set in something, like back in the day with Dan Severn, Mark Coleman who had a base in Wrestling and learnt to incorporate mauling you into submission on the floor.
Alot of MMA fighters couldn't even strike for 12 rounds, they would get muscle fatigue because they train differently and many can't sustain 12 rounds of striking, moving and blocking or getting hit repeatedly with combo's, learning to duck and dive is hardly worked on in MMA training because you are more likely to be grappled and taken down rather than someone just trying to shoot punches at you.
The point of MMA fighters is to be as all rounded as possible, so that you have an array of skills for your arsenal, to get out of any situation you maybe in. It started out as a battle of style's, but soon developed into having a base in something then learning bits of other martial arts to hone your all around ability. But a true modern MMA fighter is going to have all around ability and it's not just rare but never heard of, an MMA fighter excelling at the very top level at let's say Mauy Thai, Ju Jitsu, Boxing or Wrestling because any fighter who trains in just one discipline is infinatley more skilled than you at that one discipline. The point is, what do you have in your arsenal which will counter that one discipline if in a cage fight or no rules combat.
Also in pure Ju Jitsu, it's japanese form, gauging, small joint manipulations, kicks to the groin, back of head etc are all taught because it is a self defence and not a sport as it has become today. Yes Tank did take advantage of alot of little things but so did many other fighters because when the UFC was first made it didn;t have the rules it does today and along the way, they introduced more rules in order to meet commission standards in order to gain wider acceptance and credibility after John Macain bashed the sport into near extiction.
In fact it was Tank who introduced the gloves they wear today, to protect his hands because strikers were prone to breaking hands when it was bare knuckles or just with wraps.
It's all martial arts and everyone should respect each different aspect of their sports, MMA is ever evolving.Comment
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Wow...first we get a bunch of tools running their mouths on how boxing > MMA because they dunno **** bout MMA then now we get the reverse...dude, I love MMA and it's athletes ARE just as good as boxers and all...but c'mon, I've said it before. Crediting one sport and discrediting the other is dumb as hell...
and for the record, someone mentioned arlovski getting KO'd by a bum. Brett Rogers is not a bum, i train at the same gym that he does and lemme tell ya, before the arlovski fight the guy was one of the bigger up and comers. Soooo Arlovski isn't an exmple of boxing > MMA....as a matter of fact neither is Sylvia vs. Mercer, all that fight showed was that Mercer's hands > Sylvia's chin.Comment
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Da **** this **** keep comin back for? Let it be dead homies.
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Errrr that's what I said?
If MMA fighters were ever ****** enough to step into a ring with a boxer under boxing rules, they would almost always get KTFO just as it would be vice a versa however a boxer has a better chance of training and learning to be an MMA fighter than an MMA fighter training and learning to be a top boxer.Comment
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