If you enjoy boxing more than MMA, why?

[ELPacman]

I have various similar reasons as said above including almost identical to the original poster. I've seen a match at bars, sometimes at a friends house and that is cool and all, but I just don't follow it like I do boxing. It is missing the "it" factor that boxing has which captures my attention moreso. I'm not quite sure what that is specifically but probably the full package. When everything is right, you can't beat boxing. The right crowd, the right fighters against each other, the fight playing how you expected it to go, the excitement that brings. When everything is kicking on all cylinders, boxing is pure bliss.

I've mentioned plenty of times as well, MMA feels like a street fight which so many people love to say is the reason it is higher level than boxing. For me, that is the turn off. These guys are throwin elbows, kicks, jumping and spinning and looking so wild and at times reckless. When you see these crazy KOs, I bet, some of them are just pure luck when they threw something wild and the other guy got caught because it slipped his peripheral vision. I know the guy trained to spin in circles and throw elbows as they say, he did that intentional, but it just looks too wild to consider the dude mastered some kind of craft to do this.

I like a more calculated, perfected craft. That is what boxing is to me. At the highest level, it separates the elite from the amateurs immediately. There is so much involved in MMA, you cannot master 1 aspect and think you can rule over everyone and that bothers me.

[SplitSecond]

Used to watch a lot of MMA. Followed it closely but it’s never surpassed boxing. It’s just fighting for the most part with little finesse. You won’t see awesome elusiveness and crazy sequences in MMA. Until they can start making it look as good as the movie fight scenes at least, I couldn’t care less for it at this point. Mixed Martial Arts looks cool in movies, looks sloppy as sht in real life, no movie can come close to real boxing however, boxing in real life is much sharper. I prefer even Muay Thai over MMA.

[Comanche]

Its the purist in me that will always keep boxing number 1 in my heart.

However, MMA has been put in a healthier spot by UFC then boxing has been by its multiple promoters.

I wish HBO had done with boxing what UFC did with MMA.

[Madison Boxing]

I dont like the rolling around on the floor. obviously they are very skillful and wrestling/ BJJ are most effective ways of fighting but to me entertaining fighting is people throwing punches not rolling around on the floor, if i wanted to see that i'd watch a ****o

[TMLT87]

I agree with the attritional part about boxing. But also, remember. In MMA, you have so many ways to take someone out that you’re just not limited to wearing down an opponent. Whether it’s a Masivisal flying knee in the first 5 seconds or a quick take down and kumora choke. Correct me if I’m wrong, but most MMA fights That I’ve seen don’t really bank on going to the scorecards. It’s extremely aggressive and usually aims to end in a tap out. Which isn’t bad at all but definitely different than boxers who simply outbox and go on cruise control. Haney, I’m looking at you.

Yeah finishes come a lot faster and easier in MMA usually. Its not always the case but overall theres not as much need to gradually break someone down. Theres pretty much always a sense that at any moment someone could land a big shot or go for a sub and end the fight within seconds. I think the unpredictable blink and you'll miss it aspect of MMA and the more controlled systematic sustained beatdown aspect of boxing both have positives and negatives.

[BZBEE]

I don't like the wrestling on the floor aspect of MMA. Also, two men being bare footed does not equate in my brain to fighting. Michael Buffer is a much better announcer than Bruce Buffer.

[ELPacman]

Yeah finishes come a lot faster and easier in MMA usually. Its not always the case but overall theres not as much need to gradually break someone down. Theres pretty much always a sense that at any moment someone could land a big shot or go for a sub and end the fight within seconds. I think the unpredictable blink and you'll miss it aspect of MMA and the more controlled systematic sustained beatdown aspect of boxing both have positives and negatives.

I think boxing can fix this if they paid a KO bonus for every fight. It would definitely raise the antics in that fighters will be more aggressive or even if they put on a boxing clinic, perhaps in the last 3 rds, they try to go in for the kill. By doing so, this can possibly give the losing fighter a chance to land something of his own to maybe turn the tides. It would open so much more possibilities to have a better ending to a fight than a fight you know is headed to the scorecards with the boxer playing it safe until the end.

[Beercules]

Cause I'm 40 and I'm straight.



No, but seriously I been an MMA fan since the first UFC event in 1993. I was only 11 and my grandma ordered and watched it with me and my brother.

As much as I love MMA, boxing will always be my first love. Boxing history is very rich. Maybe it's just sentimental reasons, but I do like striking more than grappling as well, at least most of the time.

As great as UFC events are, you can't beat the atmosphere of a big boxing match.

But yeah, MMA is cool but when they get on the mat and wrestle I'm like oh god.

[Willy Wanker]

But yeah, MMA is cool but when they get on the mat and wrestle I'm like oh god.

It's cool when they actually fight on the ground, but it usually ends with some dude on top of another guy and just holding that dominant position while doing pitty pat punches to "score" points.

I wish they would allow knees on the ground like in the old Pride days, Mark Coleman was f**king destroying dudes with that move.

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[maguirre]

If there are 5-10 reasons why anything can happen in boxing, there are 100 or more reasons why anything can happen in MMA.