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Originally Posted by Strange Famous
The defensive skills of a master like Mayweather, like Sugar Ray Leanord, compared to trying to roll up in a ball and protect all of your joints from being twisted and wait for the bell to save you.
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I laughed so hard when I read this. How many real MMA fights have you seen? Be honest. Are you taking wild stabs in the dark on what you imagine happening or have you seen more than 1 or 2 silly fights?
There is quite a bit of skill when it comes to defending against a grappler just as the grappler requires a huge amount of skill to put you into a submission. It is much much more than simply rolling into a ball and protecting yourself. If a fighter rolls into a ball and doesn't do anything.. he's not defending himself according to the rules and the fight will be stopped.
I'm still confused as to how boxing can be considered a "sweet science". How scientific is it to either punch the face or the body? To be backed against the ropes or stay in the middle? The fact here is that while boxing has a definate amount of skill, you still refuse to see MMA for what it is and you are trying to break it down to a simplistic form to enhance your argument. Any sport is stupid when you break it down to it's most simple of forms. How hard is it to put a ball into the back of a goal that is so wide? How hard is it to hit a little ball or to catch that little ball? See.. you have to see the sport for it's beauty and for how it really is. While you may enjoy boxing better, that doesn't mean that MMA is pure barbarism with no skill.
Check out the next UFC pay-per-view. You'll have UFC's most popular fighter in Liddell vs Wanderlei one of the greatest MMA fighters of all time (IMO). Then St. Pierre vs Matt Hughes. Those two fights may just show you that there is more than just rolling around and mindless punching. You might even see there is strategy and skill.
What's wrong with girls taking part in MMA matches or watching them?? That's kind of a turn on if you ask me.