Ok just checked out some MMA/UFC fight, why the hell is that crap compared to boxing?

[Davros?]

As a UK fan I don’t get much exposure to this "sport" so I thought with a lot of people talking about it over in Amercia I would check some highlights and a few fights out on youtube. After about 5 fights and some submission highlights plus I saw a fight in walkabout I have come to the conclusion that its simply dreadful. I mean I just can’t believe that anyone would even consider that to be better to watch than boxing. The submission are comical the punching technique was a total joke the kicks made the guys look like a bunch of girls (at one point I burst out laughing). People moan about the holding in boxing but it seemed even worse in the MMA fights I watched but I suppose that’s the point.

This is no offence to guys that like MMA but I just don’t see what you see in it, I am unsure why with the long history and tradition of quality boxing in America that the country would even consider dumping it for that trash stuff.

[rorymac]

MMA is laughable, can't wait to see that disgrace Kimbo Slice get KTFO by a D level boxer.

Where's the equivalent of fighters holding on for 12 rounds with broken jaws? Where's the equivalent of Mayweather/Whitaker style technical mastery? All I see are two meatheads rolling around on the floor throwing rabbit punches until the ref decides the one on the bottom's had enough.

[Someone88]

You guys are either insecure, ignorant or kidding yourselves, MMA is a great sport.

[Sadistic]

MMA is a joke.

Ray Mercer brutally KO'd a 2 time UFC HW Champ in 10 seconds.

[Sadistic]

Wlad easily destroyed Mercer. He became the first man to knockdown and KO the iron chinned Mercer. It was one of the most brutal beatdowns of all time.

The Klitschko Brothers would dominate the MMA HW division.

[gauze]

mma is nowhere near as popular as it was a few years ago. i never see tapout shirts anymore, but used to see that stuff all the time when i would go out. i dont even overhear people talking about it on the subway or waiting for the bus etc. only place i hear anything about mma these days is on boxing websites.

[Davros?]

You guys are either insecure, ignorant or kidding yourselves, MMA is a great sport.

I know a couple of people that like it so I thought before I moan about it I would watch some MMA fights, you can't moan about something you haven’t seen.

I just don’t get it, it’s full of holding, grappling, mauling, submissions, it was just so messy. The thing i like about boxing is the way it just naturally flows. There is something beautiful about boxing that i just didn’t get from MMA. I tell you what MMA reminds me of and that’s WWF/WWE.

On a side note one fight i saw some guy seemed to have a piece of cotton wool stuck in his ear the entire fight which was rather bizarre.

[Davros?]

When i showed my mate this even he admited it was better to watch than MMA.

[squealpiggy]

Wlad easily destroyed Mercer. He became the first man to knockdown and KO the iron chinned Mercer. It was one of the most brutal beatdowns of all time.

The Klitschko Brothers would dominate the MMA HW division.

So a thread questioning the appeal of MMA has now been hijacked and turned into a thread about how good the Klit brothers' ball sweat tastes? This is why Klitschko fans get no respect.

[Someone88]

I know a couple of people that like it so I thought before I moan about it I would watch some MMA fights, you can't moan about something you haven’t seen.

I just don’t get it, it’s full of holding, grappling, mauling, submissions, it was just so messy. The thing i like about boxing is the way it just naturally flows. There is something beautiful about boxing that i just didn’t get from MMA. I tell you what MMA reminds me of and that’s WWF/WWE.

On a side note one fight i saw some guy seemed to have a piece of cotton wool stuck in his ear the entire fight which was rather bizarre.

Well at least you watched a few fights this was a better post by the way, if you saw more MMA you'd understand it more. But we have our tastes, myself I'm a fan of Boxing and MMA.