UFC vs Boxing

Originally posted by Mindset
Last time I checked you didn't need a 13-1-1 record to be a pro boxer. There are many bjj bb who fight in mma who could go pro.

It may be self-explanatory, but it's from out of left field since it's irrelevant to what we were talking about. Becoming a pro boxer isn't hard, Kimbo Slice did it. Becoming a good pro boxer is hard. I never referenced championship boxers or championship mixed martial artist. I think you're high.

I was talking this whole time about Chris Lytle, who was a good professional boxer. Then you interjected with saying that pretty much anybody can become a pro boxer. Obviously I wasn't talking about black belts in BJJ who, out of the blue with no training become professional boxers and get smoked every time they box. Nobody does that anyway.

No you weren't.

Originally posted by Mindset
Yup.

Boxing.

Ha! Where have you been the last 19 years?

Originally posted by 0mega Spawn
why?

striking is a part of MMA & tyson is notorious for his punching power

most MMA fighters are brawlers anyways which is suicide against Tyson...

he'd connect & KO most MMA fighters easily considering the only thing they can do is try & close the distance & grapple him.

Bias MMA fans are biased

This is as daft as it was first time i saw it. Tyson has no take down defense. Then add the fact that him attempting to close the distance against a decent wrestler or guy with decent double leg would mean he would be off balance and not even in a good position to sprawl in the first place. More likely than not he gets put on his ass and ground and pounded or submitted. Heck against a guy like tyson, whose only weapons are his hands, his opponent could afford to go for a really low shot and still have high odds of getting him down.

Having ko power does not translate into victory in a fight facepalm

And no im not a biased MMA fan, Im just as big a fan of boxing as I am MMA and got introduced to MMA through boxing. Im merely acknowledging reality as even Tyson himself would disagree with you

Originally posted by Naija boy
This is as daft as it was first time i saw it. Tyson has no take down defense. Then add the fact that him attempting to close the distance against a decent wrestler or guy with decent double leg would mean he would be off balance and not even in a good position to sprawl in the first place. More likely than not he gets put on his ass and ground and pounded or submitted. Heck against a guy like tyson, whose only weapons are his hands, his opponent could afford to go for a really low shot and still have high odds of getting him down.

Having ko power does not translate into victory in a fight facepalm

And no im not a biased MMA fan, Im just as big a fan of boxing as I am MMA and got introduced to MMA through boxing. Im merely acknowledging reality as even Tyson himself would disagree with you

If only there was a 'like' button for this post...

Originally posted by Phoenix2001
Ha! Where have you been the last 19 years?

What about you?

The rules of the UFC are biased against strikers. for instance downward elbows to the back of MMA fighters attempting takedowns as seen on fight quest cause backs to spasm and MMA fighters to fall on their faces. So much for the takedown....

Originally posted by Mindset
Earth.

What about you?

Apparently, a different Earth from yours.

Originally posted by Phoenix2001
Apparently, a different Earth from yours.

Well, welcome back to reality.

Originally posted by I play triangle
The rules of the UFC are biased against strikers. for instance downward elbows to the back of MMA fighters attempting takedowns as seen on fight quest cause backs to spasm and MMA fighters to fall on their faces. So much for the takedown....

Right, because standing the fights up so lessens the striker's chances 🙄

Originally posted by Mindset
Apparently.

Well, welcome back to reality.

Oh, no, you have it wrong. My Earth is the right one, and I don't think you were here before, soooo... Welcome to Reality.

Originally posted by Phoenix2001
Oh, no, you have it wrong. My Earth is the right one, and I don't think you were here before, soooo... Welcome to Reality.

Anyway.

Concession accepted. Boxing wins.

Originally posted by Mindset
Would have been faster to say, "nuh uh".

Anyway.

Concession accepted. Boxing wins.

Nope. MMA.

While I agree with you on the boxing vs. MMA topic, this shit right here? ...

Originally posted by Phoenix2001
Oh, no, you have it wrong. My Earth is the right one, and I don't think you were here before, soooo... Welcome to Reality.

Originally posted by batdude123
While I agree with you on the boxing vs. MMA topic, this shit right here? ...

Umm... well, he tells me 'welcome back to reality' and my post that you seem bewildered by is merely a response to that... I don't understand what your issue is with it.

Originally posted by batdude123

Originally posted by I play triangle
The rules of the UFC are biased against strikers. for instance downward elbows to the back of MMA fighters attempting takedowns as seen on fight quest cause backs to spasm and MMA fighters to fall on their faces. So much for the takedown....

Quit playing Theory Fighter 2 and accept the reality about fights. The best way to neutralize a grappler, is learning how to grapple yourself. You don't have to go to the ground just because you can grapple. Rashad Evans was able to stop Jon Jones's takedowns, because Rashad knows how to wrestle. He kept the fight standing solely because of his wrestling ability.

Originally posted by Phoenix2001
Umm... well, he tells me 'welcome back to reality' and my post that you seem bewildered by is merely a response to that... I don't understand what your issue is with it.

JJ would shoot for a takedown and I'd knee his face off.