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Re: MMA Fans Unite!It's not 'real' but boxing is?(Original post by Sternumator)
Doing research wouldnt change anything, you havent presented any facts. Im not saying more damage is better but a lot of people are attracted to mma because they see it as the martial art that has the 'hardest fighters' or it is 'real fighting' what ever that means. It does look more brutal like I said because they hit each other on the ground but I was pointing out it actually isnt.
It isnt down to lack of education wrestling is boring. It is old but that doesnt make it exciting it is just two guys lying on the floor not really moving much. You say wrestling is huge but isnt that just pro wrestling. It goes to show how boring it is that more people watch a pretend version of it than the real thing. If they were bouncing off the cage, fliping each other over it would be ok but they arent, they do a take down and then its boring for the rest of the round.
Yeah, standing there with gloves on and only hitting is much more real than full body contact wrestling. This makes perfect sense. You probably just don;t understand the technicalities, or haven't experienced such combat sport yourself. Even the groundwork is far more interesting than a lot of boxing. This coming from a fan of both sports. You say the groundwork is boring, but 50% of boxing you see one guy chasing the other around the ring letting off jabs with only around 20 seconds of interesting fighting going on. -
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Re: MMA Fans Unite!In the first part of my post I was refering to the arguement that mma is better because it is "real fighting" but what is real fighting? Real fighting doesnt mean anything. MMA is MMA and boxing is boxing, neither is more like real fighting than the other because real fighting doesnt mean anything.(Original post by Steevee)
It's not 'real' but boxing is?
Yeah, standing there with gloves on and only hitting is much more real than full body contact wrestling. This makes perfect sense. You probably just don;t understand the technicalities, or haven't experienced such combat sport yourself. Even the groundwork is far more interesting than a lot of boxing. This coming from a fan of both sports. You say the groundwork is boring, but 50% of boxing you see one guy chasing the other around the ring letting off jabs with only around 20 seconds of interesting fighting going on.
In the second half I was talking about pro wrestling which is pretend. -
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Re: MMA Fans Unite!Cain is an animal.(Original post by Maxima)
Without letting off any spoilers...what an event! Damn that was entertaining. Still absolutely gutted Overeem wasn't fighting, feel very let down by him as I'm sure a lot of people are, but that was entertaining indeed!
I dare anyone to watch UFC 146 and tell me that it wasn't exciting.
I love a lot of sports but I don't know how anyone can say that ball games are more exciting than MMA.Last edited by Frank Nero; 27-05-2012 at 20:18. -
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Re: MMA Fans Unite!(Original post by Cable)
Big fan of Fedor here. He got mad skills and is one tough cookie. It'll be sad to see him retire but his fans will forever appreciate his career in MMA.
Fedor = legend
A great highlight with no music so you can concentrate on the skill.
I will never get over what he did to Heath Herring - vicious GnP. -
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Re: MMA Fans Unite!Haha, the guy who said Boxing is more brutal needs to see the Bigfoot vs Velazquez fight, did you see the state of Silva's face! Damn man I don't think I've ever seen anyone cause that much harm without an actual sharpened weapon lol. Blood was literally pouring out of his head.(Original post by Frank Nero)
A great highlight with no music so you can concentrate on the skill.
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Re: MMA Fans Unite!Agreed, amazing event even the prelims were spot on. The Cain/Bigfoot fight was disgustingly entertaining(Original post by Maxima)
Without letting off any spoilers...what an event! Damn that was entertaining. Still absolutely gutted Overeem wasn't fighting, feel very let down by him as I'm sure a lot of people are, but that was entertaining indeed! -
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Re: MMA Fans Unite!(Original post by frontierpsy)
did you notice the moment Dan Hardy and Bruce Buffer had going on while Buffer was announcing his name? made me laugh out loud for some reason
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Re: MMA Fans Unite!I didn't watch PRIDE back in the day (sadface) so I probably missed out on a lot of moments. On an unrelated note, have you read some of the articles surfaced on match-fixing in Pride? Incredibly interesting.(Original post by Frank Nero)
What are some of your favourite MMA moments, guys?
A few of mine would obviously have to be Jackson Powerbomb (didn't watch it live but it was my first exposure to MMA and what got me into it) as well as the Barboza spinning heel kick on Etim, man that was awesome. Not really a moment but the entire Shogun vs Henderson fight. Not much more to be said about that fight other than legendary.
