It's a known fact that MMA is more entertaining than Boxing. Boxing has become stale and boring, the Floyd Mayweather, Jr. vs Manny Pacquiao fight epitomises this. The greatest two fighters in this century clash and what do we witness? A boring affair.
Boxing has stagnated, the problem I see is that boxing lacks the lustre and character present in the UFC. What happens when Floyd Mayweather Jr, Manny Pacquiao or Klitschko hang up the gloves? There are very few matchups that can draw the big crowds and it's the lack of showboating that keeps boxing out of the limelight, all the boxers are all too similar. The names we remember are the ones who distinguish themselves from the pack in some regard. The masses remember the character, not the statistics. Tyson, like him or not, is a household name.
It all boils down to the fact that MMA takes the best of all the combat sports, combines them and pits them against each other. Therefore, it draws the fans from all disciplines.
Let me just add that Ronda Rousey would ragdoll boxing's greatest, Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Discuss.
MMA > Boxing
posted on 10/8/15
comment by RtM （；￣ェ￣） (U1097)
posted 21 hours, 36 minutes ago
UFC had an even last night and the first fight with flyweights was the perfect example of how a fight on the floor can be exciting. Ray Borg vs Geane Herrera.
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Michael Johnson got robbed. I had it 30-27 on the scorecards, there is no way that Dariush won the fight.
posted on 10/8/15
Would disagree, a little. I had Johnson winning but 29-28. 1st was easily Johnson, second was pretty even but Johnson for me just took it, 3rd round though he just hit air and ate knees easily one for Dariush
posted on 10/8/15
comment by Simon West (U1830)
posted 39 minutes ago
Would disagree, a little. I had Johnson winning but 29-28. 1st was easily Johnson, second was pretty even but Johnson for me just took it, 3rd round though he just hit air and ate knees easily one for Dariush
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3rd round could go either way but I gave it to Johnson due to Octagon control and defending the takedowns with ease. There is a case for Dariush winning the 3rd but he didn't win any other round at all. Got dominated in 1st and 2nd round, even got rocked once too.
posted on 10/8/15
well I had Dariush winning! He had Johnsons timing the entire fight except for when he was caught. That jab was making Johnson so sloppy and had some nice legs kicks going. No idea why he stopped them though.
Defending takedowns doesnt get you anything. Its good for you as a fighter to defend them but wont count as points. And of course he would have octagon control against a counter puncher. You dont see Machida losing fights because he doesnt have control. I thought it was a smart fight from Dariush in the end and was actually very surprised at the backlash. Felt it was from the commentators blatant favourtism and Johnsons petulant reaction.
posted on 10/8/15
"Felt it was from the commentators blatant favourtism and Johnsons petulant reaction."
Before I even heard the decision, I knew for definite that Johnson was going to win, he controlled the whole fight, he even rocked Dariush too. But when I heard the official decision, I was shocked. Even Dana White said Michael deserved to win. Dariush was exposed today.
posted on 10/8/15
Tika, big difference between controlling the fight and just throwing punches and walking forward, only in the first round did Johnson control the fight. There after it was pretty 50/50, with arguably Dariush get the better significant strikes in round 2 and 3, honest round 3 Johnson threw God how many punches and landed less than 10%, and I don't think any would have been classed as significant. Dariush was continually landing jabs and knees from round 2, so certainly not as 1 sided as you are making out.
posted on 10/8/15
Simon
posted on 13/8/15
I'm late joining all this, just to throw my opinion in on a few points;
I'm a fan of both MMA and boxing, though on balance I probably find MMA to be slightly better entertainment in general, but nothing quite competes with the excitement of a real 'big fight' in boxing....
Strangely I agree that the McDonald v Lawler fight was overrated. In my opinion - it was the least entertaining fight of the night, it was pretty much a jab-fest. Plenty of damage done, but no real excitement for me....
Borg v Herrera was a great, entertaining fight, with momentum constantly shifting and lots of clever submission attempts. And I thought Johnson deserved to win too, though not by a huge margin.
Right, that's me up to speed....
posted on 13/8/15
"Strangely I agree that the McDonald v Lawler fight was overrated. In my opinion - it was the least entertaining fight of the night, it was pretty much a jab-fest. Plenty of damage done, but no real excitement for me...."
posted on 13/8/15
The best part of that fight was when Rory nearly stopped Lawler with a barrage of punches but Robbie wouldn't go down.