More physically demading. MMA or Boxing?

[pistol whip]

Longer fights.

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Wrong!!!! Longer fights also means a slower pace! Boxers take their time and spread out their energy! In MMA you have to go all out because you have so few rounds to work with and losing just one round is a hundred times more damaging than losing one round in boxing.

[Hotsoup]

What they also don't realize is they only have 3 rounds they don't have feeling out rounds and they can't take a round off. They have to go 3 rounds full throtle which is one of the reasons why the pace is a hundred times faster than it is in boxing.

LOL. Lower amount of rounds does not = faster pace.

Go watch a Randy Couture fight or a Lyoto Machida fight. The amount of rounds has no bearing whatsoever on what pace the fighters keep.

[pistol whip]

LOL. Lower amount of rounds does not = faster pace.

Go watch a Randy Couture fight or a Lyoto Machida fight. The amount of rounds has no bearing whatsoever on what pace the fighters keep.

Ugh yes it does when losing 2 rounds means a loss! Lyoto and Coutures styles are designed to slow down the fights but they certainly expend more energy even at that slower pace because A Lyoto has to be elusive to not just punches but also kicks and take downs, and B. Coutures fighting style is super ***ing demanding because he grinds out his opponents in a style that requires a tirelesss work rate and lots of physical strength. You think it's easy to keep a man pinned to the ground especially when that man has been trained to get out of that position?

[mdportorock3]

I've trained in both and Id say boxing but then again grappling consumer your gas like no other. Id say is a toss up between both sports.

[Hotsoup]

Ugh yes it does when losing 2 rounds means a loss! Lyoto and Coutures styles are designed to slow down the fights but they certainly expend more energy even at that slower pace because A Lyoto has to be elusive to not just punches but also kicks and take downs, and B. Coutures fighting style is super ***ing demanding because he grinds out his opponents in a style that requires a tirelesss work rate and lots of physical strength. You think it's easy to keep a man pinned to the ground especially when that man has been trained to get out of that position?

When you have been wrestling you whole life like randy it does not take alot out of you to hold your opponent against the fence if you have trained properly. You are making too broad of a generlization when you say less rounds = faster/more vigurous pace. I like mma a lot, but that is just not true.

[Deevel916]

I would say Boxing....mma does take alot out of you but, if you get tired in mma you can take a guy down for the rest of the round and just hold him there. In boxing if you get tired you're fkng done

Says who? If you're tired in mma and take a guy down, you still have to have the strength to prevent him from turning it around mounting you or submitting you.

[pistol whip]

When you have been wrestling you whole life like randy it does not take alot out of you to hold your opponent against the fence if you have trained properly. You are making too broad of a generlization when you say less rounds = faster/more vigurous pace. I like mma a lot, but that is just not true.

You don't think it doesn't cause a more frantic pace when each fighter has precious little time to impress the judges? I mean when do you ever see a UFC fighter take a round off?

[flem1]

Why is boxing more demanding?

What is your argument?

I've trained in MMA, muay thai, and boxing years ago. I gotta say boxing is much more demanding. The training is almost always fast paced and much more explosive. Imagine what the guys at the championship level train like? I even get tired watching my trainer, who's also a pro fighter, train.. He can be considered a gatekeeper/journeyman though:

http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?hum...9782&cat=boxer

[AssasinKing]

Every sport is draining in its own way

The difference is boxers fight every 4-6 months

Footballers play every 3-4 days

UFC fighters fight every however many months etc

Its just something you cant really compare

[King Ghidorah]

Go back to the UG Ghidorah, nobody cares.

And I was banned from the UG for telling Todd Duffe real ****....