MMA is the most effective style in a fight!!

[littlemac]

Exactly which makes it more effective!!!

More effective representing mediocre skill level of fights.

[tbred]

Neither are most MMA fans and practitioners.

Yes they are fat 40 year olds eating nachos, with beer in front of the television... they think they are 12

[pistol whip]

More effective representing mediocre skill level of fights.

Yeah and the undercard of Pacman and Cotto really showed top level boxing skills LOL!!!

[pistol whip]

Yes they are fat 40 year olds eating nachos, with beer in front of the television... they think they are 12

So MMA Has the same fans that boxing does????

[firstborn]

Your comparing apples to oranges, we all know that you have to be decent at boxing, kickbxing, BJJ, grappling, etc to be a good MMA fighter. A MMA fighter is a jack of all trade but a master of none. That being said, none of those guys holds a candle to a good boxer or else they would become boxers and make alot more money! The top MMA fighters, have middle of the road boxing skills at best.

[them_apples]

Wrong!!! How is having several option better than just having one option?? And it's not always poor boxing especially when a 3rd of MMA fighters were in fact boxers at one time.

Seriously how can anyone argue that being one dimensional is better than being multi dimensional??????

MMA is better for fighting, BUT, no MMA fighter is better than a boxer.

Why? because of all the things they have to focus on, they can never be half as good as the worst boxer at boxing.

On top of that they rarely come from extreme poverty. Half the big names are from the states and were living on good terms and just like the idea of being tough guys.

I mean you got Fedor, the mans stand up is terrible yet he manages to beat all the other MMA fighters with just big ass haymakers.

[Alec900]

Exactly which makes it more effective!!!

my point is that it's not a fighting style,it's a sport

[tbred]

table tennis is more interesting than MMA.

[pistol whip]

Your comparing apples to oranges, we all know that you have to be decent at boxing, kickbxing, BJJ, grappling, etc to be a good MMA fighter. A MMA fighter is a jack of all trade but a master of none. That being said, none of those guys holds a candle to a good boxer or else they would become boxers and make alot more money! The top MMA fighters, have middle of the road boxing skills at best.

Actually you are wrong because all Mixed Martial Artists have what is called a base style.

All of them are Champion Kick Boxers, NCAA Wrestling Champions, Jiu Jitsu Black belt masters, or Champion Mu Tai Kick Boxers who also learned other skill sets outside of the ones they mastered.


SO IN OTHERWARDS MIXED MARTIAL ARTISTS ARE MASTERS WHO NEVER STOPPED LEARNING NEW FIGHTING STYLES.

[pistol whip]

my point is that it's not a fighting style,it's a sport

Sure but it's also a sport that translates into combat situations. Tennis isn't gonna help you in a fight! Well maybe if you walk around with a tennis racket all day.