GNBRETT
Pelennor Fields
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MMA fighters are masters of the ground game and submissions where almost all REAL fights go to. many are also masters of kicks so to say MMA fighters are masters of none is simply incorrect. most can also box very well but not at the same level a professional boxer can obviously because they have not worked their entire life to simply master (1) aspect of fighting. so yes boxers are masters of punches while standing up but punching takes place of the ground as well which includes elbows and many UFC fighter have ended many fights as a result. effectively using elbows is just as skillful as throwing punches.HELP i am being overrun by MMA VS Boxing nut jobs.:biggrin:
Street fight what ever you say
Sports lets talk.
MMA = Jack of all trades master of NONE.
Boxer = Master of throwing punches.
I'll try this one more time for the fanatics
Boxer in an MMA fight = Boxer gets beat down.
MMA fighter in a boxing match = MMA fighter gets beat down.
Street fight - way to many variables
I would certainly agree that an MMA fighter in a boxing only match would surely lose and the same if a boxer fought a MMA fighter in a MMA match.
take a professional boxer and tell him hes gonna fight bare knuckles and take a professional MMA fighter and tell him the same and tell both to go at in the street and fight till one loses. the boxer will absolutely lose. no question about it.
a boxer can box another boxer and have zero ground game, kicks, elbows, submissions, chokes, knees, etc.... and still do very well. an MMA fighter has to come into the ring with ALL of those disciplines mastered to defeat another MMA fighter or that MMA fighter will expose his weakness and capitalize on it.
if pounching was the only thing that made a fighter skilled then a boxer is the winner. but we know REAL fighting includes much more then pounches. look at Royce Gracie back in the day when he fought Art Jimmerson who was a professional boxer who fought everything from Heavyweight to Super middleweight. he was also the 1983 national golden gloves middleweight champion. Gracie kicked the chit out him and was half his size. no gloves no shoes.
Ken Shamrock was more of a brawler vs. a skilled MMA fighter during UFC #1 and he too lost to Gracie who was a skilled grapler and 1/4 his size, weight and strength and this was a BARE knuckle fight. it was a straight up STREET fight.
a boxer is just a stand up fighter with one skill. an MMA fighter is truly a well rounded fighter and can have no weakness like a boxer can if he wants to compete at the top.
boxing is a dying sport. and im not saying boxing isnt a skilled sport. it absolutely is and im a huge boxing fan but when you compare the two MMA is just more exciting.