PTI & Around The Horn Go Hard @ MMA. To The Point Of Calling It Gay

[Doctor_Tenma]

I actually appreciate the ground game. I have a friend who is going into MMA and he boxes on the side and we talk about it all the time.

Its almost a logical fallacy that the casual, mainstream MMA fan would get bored if they see the fighters struggling with each other on the ground, yet they do appreciate when they are standing up, trading punches. Yet at the same time say "Boxing is dying".

I'm referring to wrestling for position on the ground btw, which is when it seems the action stalls for a lot of people. Ground and Pound is okay, because lots of guys do get TKoed by ground and pound, so its admissible by the mainstream MMA fan

I don't mind the ground stuff, as long as things are quickly executed.

[BoxingFanFirst]

There is a difference between a legit black belt and a McDojo black belt.

Huge difference. But I wouldn't expect such a simpleton to understand

Lol.. Most MMA guys arent legit black belts simpleton.. Get the **** outta here with your sci fi talk ****** mma *****.

[pistol whip]

Am I really???

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=zvv&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=8+year+old+gets+black+belt&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=

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What you are completely misinformed about is that most of these martial arts are not used in MMA. There are very few straight up Karate fighters in MMA and the only one with major belt is Lioto Machida who has a black belt in Shotokan but also has a Black belt in Brazilian Ju Jitsu.

The primary Martial arts used in MMA are Mu Thai which is full fledged sport in Asia and not just a Martial Art, Brazilian Ju Jitsu which is all submission based, and kick boxing which is a sanctioned sport all around the world just like Boxing itself. Like boxing these 3 martial arts all have professional tournaments which actually crown winners so what you are misinfromed about is that somehow a person gets a black belt and thats it. But the reality of it is they have the exact same type of tournaments that boxing has only it's done on an international level and not on a regional level like golden gloves.

[chino727]

I don't think they are threatened by it. They have no reason to be. I mean after all boxing still outsells MMA a majority of the time. I don't know what boxing fans are threatened by.

I think it really comes down to the average boxing fans' level of intelligence. I get it. Two guys punching each other is a lot more primitive and easier for a simple mind to comprehend.

Agreed.I also think most of the people that hate on MMA have never tried other forms of martial arts, therefore are clueless on what other fighters have to go through.

[TheNegation]

Lol.. Most MMA guys arent legit black belts simpleton.. Get the **** outta here with your sci fi talk ****** mma *****.

I never said they were did I?

Sci-Fi talk? LOL I'm sorry if my intelligence is giving you a headache, after all it's not very often you actually come across it on this site.

[flexxx145]

I would say 95% of the people claiming black belts haven't really earned black belts. Or got them from questionable masters. I saw a demonstration while I was in the army by some Korean Officers of some real Martial Arts. It's called Hapkkido the real vesion of the BS that Segal thinks he knows. You will be dead in before you can blink if you mess with one of these dude.b MMA is a buch of rednecks rolling around on the ground.

[BoxingFanFirst]

What you are completely misinformed about is that most of these martial arts are not used in MMA. There are very few straight up Karate fighters in MMA and the only one with major belt is Lioto Machida who has a black belt in Shotokan but also has a Black belt in Brazilian Ju Jitsu.

The primary Martial arts used in MMA are Mu Thai which is full fledged sport in Asia and not just a Martial Art, Brazilian Ju Jitsu which is all submission based, and kick boxing which is a sanctioned sport all around the world just like Boxing itself. Like boxing these 3 martial arts all have professional tournaments which actually crown winners so what you are misinfromed about is that somehow a person gets a black belt and thats it. But the reality of it is they have the exact same type of tournaments that boxing has only it's done on an international level and not on a regional level like golden gloves.

The original argument was the black belts hyping the fighters. I had nothing to say about actual tournaments, and there actual skill.

[chino727]

Lol.. Most MMA guys arent legit black belts simpleton.. Get the **** outta here with your sci fi talk ****** mma *****.

lol.since when do you have to be a black belt at something to be an MMA fighter?Are all boxers olypmic gold medalists?and who are you to say they aren't legit black belts...go ahead im waiting....oh thats right youre just another NSB poster.

[BoxingFanFirst]

lol.since when do you have to be a black belt at something to be an MMA fighter?Are all boxers olypmic gold medalists?and who are you to say they aren't legit black belts...go ahead im waiting....oh thats right youre just another NSB poster.

They arent. It's as simple as that. A lot of them go to a gym for a few months and earn there black belt.

They use it to hype there skill.

[pistol whip]

Ugh thats a movie!!! I get this from my MMA friends all the time when I watch boxing with them "How come real boxing isn't as exciting as the Rocky Movies"? Because it's a movie you idiot!!!!