MMA vs Boxing vs Rugby?

[sentax]

Looking at doing a sport and narrowed it down.

What would you choose if finding a sport to do amateur competition in local circuit?

[EasternEuroFan]

Depends if you wanna do a team sport or individual. If you would like to be part of a team then go with Rugby.

If it's a choice between MMA and Boxing. Do you want to roll around on the floor holding other men, sometimes with that mans wang and balls in your face? if yes, then MMA

[boliodogs]

Looking at doing a sport and narrowed it down.

What would you choose if finding a sport to do amateur competition in local circuit?

I would chose boxing.

[redmish]

Have you tried dominoes?

[MentalZero]

Honestly do the thing you enjoy the most. Try some classes of each and see which one appeals most to you before you commit. They all involve conditioning so you will benefit from that while making your choice.

Rugby is however quite different from the other two. Rugby is a team sport so you may enjoy that element. although MMA/Boxing are not team sports you often train with others and there can be an equally strong sense of camaraderie or bonding with your camp. Rugby never really appealed to me when i was younger. if i was going to be getting ****ed up and getting injured, breaking noses etc.. I at least wanted to learn how to fight in return.

MMA/boxing will be more 'functional' in the real world in this regard. MMA will be significantly more functional in a fight, but you'd win the vast majority of those situations with the most basic beginner level boxing fundamentals. 80%+ of all my street altercations have been with people who cant fight for **** and throw unbalanced windmills. Both are fun and exercise your body and mind. Boxing is the sweet science and has a simplistic and elegant beauty. MMA is the objective science of combat which blends multiple disciplines and refines the end-product to what is the most effective, and has its own complicated chess going on.

Id also disregard what the above poster said about MMA being **** as you're grappling with males. Dont let such thinking cloud your decisions. There's such a thing as context. Technically a boxing match is just two shirtless guys getting all sweaty and out of breath with each other. Technically a gym locker room is just a place where dudes take off their clothes and shower with other dudes. Its context. If its not sexual, its not gay. Even if you are, there's nothing wrong with that. That kind of mentality is the reason why so many men who get prostate cancer don't get it diagnosed and treated until its too late, because its 'gay' to let a qualified and highly educated medical professional stick his gloved up finger up your anus so you don't die a painful and possibly avoidable death from cancer.



In the end i would always recommend going with what you enjoy the most. I spent a good few years alternating between powerlifting, kickboxing, boxing and MMA, and I greatly enjoyed each one. I probably enjoyed boxing the most of all, but that was probably due to the people i trained with rather than the discipline itself. Trying them is the only way you'll know. Its your hobby, and no one on the internet is qualified to tell you what you would enjoy the most.

[rolshans]

Also depends on your previous experience.

Since I had a ton of experience playing football, the transition to rugby was relatively smooth. And I was able to do well.

If you don't have combat experience, you'd have to train several days every week just to be safe in the ring/cage. Which can be too time consuming for many.

[Roy Keane]

Rugby League the greatest game of all.

[famicommander]

Rugby is a tough sport too but it doesn't involve getting punched in the head over and over. So that's what I'd pick.

[Roy Keane]

Rugby League not Rugby Union. League is by far the hardest of the two.

[Roy Keane]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmszphAlZpk Rugby League is like Rugby Union except you run more, tackle more with a bit of boxing thrown in every now and again! The best sport.