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The CBS fights were a joke. The more I see Kimbo fight the more apparent it is that Elite XC is protecting him. Not to mention Gina Carano, that fight was also stopped too early, she was however dominating. I think a lot of fights were cut early because it was on CBS.

Anybody who has seen James Thompson fight in pride FC knows that:
A) He is not very good, barely mediocre
B) He has probably taken more punishment than that in EVERYSINGLE fight he has been in.

Someone posted that the look on Thompson's face convinced him, but Thompson always looks slightly out of it. Watch his fight with Don Frye on dailymotion.

Since when has a fight EVER been stopped with a guy still standing. A joke.

Someone pointed out that heavyweights look like brawlers, but I think the same can be said for boxing. They are bigger guys, get tired faster, and are a little sloppier. But you watch Alexander Emelianenko, Fedor Emelianenko, Kharitonov, Arlovksi even Josh Barnett and tell me they look sloppy. (Lot of russians in that list LOL.)

For those claiming that boxing is more of a science I disagree 100%. If those of you who have clearly watched very little mma got an actual understanding of the chess match involved in pulling out a submission you'd see that mma is probably more technical than boxing. You don't only have to worry about the guys hands, but his feet, and his submission and grappling skills. (Don't give me crap about how they aren't as good standing as boxers, because there are many guys who trained boxing or kickboxing for 10-15 years, and then learn the ground game enough to defend themselves. They are just as good standing.)
These guys have to be very good at all aspects of the game. I sit and watch a fight and love to see submissions pulled off. I have friends who hated the ground fighting at first but after watching more fights, definately have an appreciation for the submissions and how difficult they are to pull off.

Also someone posted that Werdum is a gnp guy. He's actually more of a submission jiu jitsu fighter. VERY VERY good on the ground.

For the record I like both boxing and MMA, but I find MMA to be every bit as technical if not more technical than boxing.