I find the UFC more entertaining because the rounds are longer meaning there is more chance for something to happen and there is variation like grappling, takedowns, chokes and variety in strikes.
Camera work in UFC is also a lot better than boxing. You get a clearer and cleaner look at the action. Plus the gloves in boxing kinda ruin it, it is almost like watching people hit each other with batons like in galditaors. Fist sized gloves look better when UFC fighters punch each other. Longer rounds are better as wekk.
I don't know when you stopped watching, but the talent pool in MMA is now much, MUCH deeper than it used to be. There are plenty of talented strikers I've never even heard of who fight on the prelims now.
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I wouldn't say "most" of them slug it out. There are several technical strikers in MMA, especially now. Striking in MMA isn't the exact same as pure boxing or kickboxing, so it looks off to some people. Even Tyson has admitted that MMA strikers are far more technical than people give them credit for.
Of course, there are brawlers out there though. Chris Leben comes to mind.
Last edited by StyleTime on May 6th, 2012 at 11:58 PM
I stopped watching it a few years ago.
even still I won't take peoples word on what's going on then or now
considering the fans are more or less the same.
I was a fan then, and I'm a fan now. I can tell you that striking has improved dramatically across the board. You've got kids now like Renan Barao and Rory MacDonald that are absolute dynamos and are only getting better with each fight.
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Lets be honest if anyone in MMA had good enough hands to be competitive in Boxing, then they'd be Boxing. The Boxing money is so much better, it's easier and less physically demanding, there is no reason to be in the UFC if you can Box.
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Let's be honest, the only people making money in boxing are those at the top. Nobody makes Mayweather/Pacquiao money except for those two. Everybody else is getting paid peanuts in comparison.
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