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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
Its rare that you see a boxer that takes a beating to land a punch anymore, but if you watch punch counts vs punch landed counts you gain an understanding of how good boxers defend.
MMA and specifically UFC has done a good job of removing the freak factor that plagued them in the beginning when they did have a lot of bar brawlers and punks competing. Watch the first UFC tourney with the fat guy that invented his own martial art, or Tank Abbot or others. Boxing has those guys but they don't raise above the club level.
As far as the contender goes, those fighters didn't come off of the street, they were guys with years of training and professional records behind them. UFC until recently didn't have those requirements.
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Can you explain what punch counts vs punch landed counts means? The guys in the Contender were not fantastic boxers though. I have seen a few fights that had some of them after the show and they were not very good at all. I really hope I didn't come across as saying that boxers are without skill because they are very skilled.
Well, the pre-Dana White/Fettuchi (sp?) UFC was a different animal and that wasn't really MMA. That was a bloodsport and was banned in almost every state.