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Originally Posted by Hemmer
When people who don't know much about MMA see two fighters on the ground fighting.. they think its 'dryhumping the ground'. Whereas, true fans know that theres just as much action going on on the mat as a boxing match. Theres many submissions and positional battles going on on the floor.. its almost sometimes like a chess match. As much as I like to see a knock out.. good ground battles are awesome to watch too.
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And I'm sure you're going to be glued to the TV this summer when Olympic wrestling is on too. The technical aspects of MMA are the typical argument to hide the fact that most people watch it to see some bare-knuckle beat downs.
The fact that there's MMAers out there that were simply tough guys off the street and they learned a couple counters puts it at a level infinitely below boxing, IMO.
It's funny - half the people in this thread ripping on J Pold for underestimating the strategy of MMA just did the same thing with boxing. And I'm sure if you asked someone well versed in both they'd easily tell you that boxing is by far the more technically difficult sport. It's called the sweet science for a reason.