What do boxing fans think of Mixed Martial Arts?

[Atwa_66]

I'm striclty into boxing, I really don't care for MMA truthfully

[puppy_dogg]

i have friends that love mma but i dont follow it at all and they could care less about boxing. im with atwa, im just a boxing guy

[m00ks]

Boxing fo sho. MMA deosn't really appeal to me as much. I tried watching a couple, they were pretty intense but there's a lot of takedowns and pinning positions, I didn't find it that exciting.

[Slipx]

yeah, when someone trains in grappling and groundfighting, thats pretty much 1v1 training. i prefer boxing because with the true striking training in boxing you are more prepared to fight multiple people

[elveiel]

I find it a bit boring, its like watching a John Ruiz who kicks and is allowed to hug on the floor.

No offence to the MMA guys but IMO boxings a superior combat sport.

[AintGottaClue]

john ruiz would mop the floor with any MMA fighter

[boxernyc]

john ruiz would mop the floor with any MMA fighter

John Ruiz IS a MMA fighter. Why do they let him do boxing?

[delaboxeo]

MMA is something i'm learning to get into. Obviously, I prefer traditional boxing, but MMA is a nice change of pace.

[tri4ben2]

They have started to show MMA on one of my HD channels so I watch it when I can.

What I will say is that it is more exciting to see that almost every fight has a conclusion, not a judge's decision. Most of the fights don't go the first 5 minutes. But because of that, you get guys that lost that are fired up becuase they had to tap out after 1 minute and they are all pissed off.

There is also more parity which makes for more interesting matchups. You don't have fighters that are 30-0 going against someone that is 10-10 to build their records.

I also don't understand why, but it seems like there are a lot of boxing type knockouts. Is it because they wear smaller gloves or is it because the ref stops the fight if a fighter gets knocked down because the other fighter will pummel him on the ground if the ref doesn't stop it.

What I don't like is the fact that if you want to be current in the sport you have to watch PPVs every month.

[leff]

John Ruiz IS a MMA fighter. Why do they let him do boxing?

Nah he is more like wrestler.

I like boxing and k1