Boxing vs MMA, my comparison

[dans]

When I think of boxing vs. mma, I think of college football vs. college basketball.

College Football has established super teams (fighters) who rarely lose and when facing lesser competition, traditionally blow out the lesser teams (fighters). There are not that many big upsets, and there's only a few times a year where the actual best play each other. However, when they do, it is grand and millions tune in to watch. This is boxing.

College Basketball is much more unpredictable. You have super teams, but they can still all be beaten on any given night. Even a very bad team can give the best team in the country a tough time if they bring their A game. The best play the best often throughout the year, but never to the tune of a college football super battle (Ohio St.-Michigan for instance). This is MMA

What are your thoughts?

I prefer boxing, so let's get that out of the way first.

[2501]

no comparison really. Can't compare Rugby to Football know what I mean

[dans]

no comparison really. Can't compare Rugby to Football know what I mean

I guess it's more of an analogy? I'm drawing similarities between boxing vs. MMA and college football vs college basketball.

[Frighteous]

mma's a cool sport, I respect it and it's my 2nd favorite sport but there's always boxing on, so I honestly never watch mma. boxing is more fascinating to see a man who's used just his two fists for his whole life as the tools of his trade, super adept with just his fists you know...it's just badass, full of rich tradition, history and great fighters and great fights. a world level boxer who is a reigning champion is more respected by the public, or should be at least, because boxing is alot riskier to your health than mma and the rounds are far longer; the conditioning required to go 12 hard rounds is ridiculous and people who don't have their head in their ass know this. klitschko has more respect than the president.



boxing is the american way.

[geribeetus]

ehhh. half of the ufc's divisions are completely dominated by one man. silva hops around and mugs for the camera and still gets the ud. gsp lays on a man for half an hour and gets a ud.

half of the fights on ufc ppvs end in a first round easy ko or easy submission.

mma seems more competitive to some because that's how it promotes itself. plus it's just in the nature of the sport. when you wrestle around for 2 straight rounds, it's hard for either man to look much better. maybe some of this will change in the years to come as mma's talent pool deepens, but personally i think mma has had it's best days. in 10 years or so it'll be on the same level as k-1 imo.

i know this sounds like i'm biased against mma and that i have something against it, but i really don't. just my 2 cents. as of right now i'm completely fine with it competing against boxing and getting a bit more of the spotlight. although i think this has to do with the globalization of boxing. there's simply more familiar faces(to americans) in the ufc.

[Pullcounter]

I don't think boxing is any more or less unpredictable than mma.

[shadeyfizzle]

The way I've always seen it is that boxing relies more on athleticism. You see it time after time after time at the highest levels of boxing, and the top 10 p4p fighters doing things that are fundamentally wrong at the most basic levels but are able to get away with because of superior athleticism. Manny Pacquiao, Edwin Valero, Sergio Martinez, Edison Miranda, etc...all so wrong at the most basic, fundamental levels of boxing yet are or got to the elite level.


Whereas in mma athelecism can only get you so far before you are *****ed by superior technique. Guys on nsb love to make fun of guys swinging for the fences in mma but they prove that swingin away can only take you so far before you have to learn proper boxing in mma.

[dans]

I don't think boxing is any more or less unpredictable than mma.

Valid opinion. To me, it always seems more unpredictable.

[dans]

College Football teams who are considered elite usually only have 1 or 2 losses. Very high winning percentage.

College Basketball has elite teams with 7-10 losses in a year.