Boxing just seems way more polished to me, MMA fighters are jack-of-all trades if they want to compete. Most fighters are more specialized than others in certain areas, but they easily get beaten by let's say a Muay Thai boxer or a Kickboxer professional if only striking was involved. Same with Grappling. It is just not as enticing to watch unless they rank at the top of their division though even that is not always the case.
Grappling is not enticing to watch AT ALL with most of those fighters. Only with Khabib but he’s long gone.
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