Boxing vs. MMA Debate On ESPN UK Before UFC 138

It’s always been a dumb debate. I love MMA and boxing. Just like I like Baseball and basketball.

8th deaths a year in boxing it’s far more brutal.

Dumb debate.It’s like making a debate that hockey is better then lacrosse and rugby is ebtter then football.None is better then the other they are different sports.

And yet another dumb sport analyst(I douibt there’s any smart sport analyst in the world)who doesn’t know s*** about what he’s talking about.There’s no MMA coaches for 11 year old??Right so my coach has been training me since I’m 12 but there’s no coach for 11 years old.What a dumb C***.I bet he never even watched another MMA event to call them garbage.As long as the fights are good they could be fighting in the shittiest ring with no ring girls , no light shows,no giant screens and I would still be happy.

They’re wrong. Kids ARE training MMA and it WILL take over boxing as the most popular combat sport. Just because that’s not the case in England, it doesn’t mean is like that across the globe. These guys are clueless as to how big MMA will become. Just wait and watch.

He is so wrong about kids not training…but he’s right about how at the amateur level mma is not on the same level as boxing popularity wise

I don’t know about in the UK, but in the U.S. MMA has already taken over boxing. The biggest problems in boxing are…1. They never put the fights together that the people want to see (like Mayweather vs Pacquio). If they do put a big fight on, you’ve already waited months (or years) to see it. 2. With boxing, you pay for the main event, no one ever cares about the undercard. With the UFC, you’re pretty much guaranteed that atleast 2 or 3 good fights per card. 3. The last thing I’ll mention is what’s plagued boxing for what seems like forever…the judging! Is there anything worse than watching a guy kick someone’s ass then being denied a victory because of crooked judges that have been paid to vote a certain way? Disgusting! And that my friends is why boxing basically sucks, and the UFC has taken over for quite some time now…

I have never fallen asleep at an mma event.

main difference is mma works. boxing doesnt. mma is much closer to a real fight. the best boxers in the world would lose real fights to top 20 mma fighters. “boxing is the sport of punching, mma is the sport of fighting” -joe rogan. and that makes it so much more interesting imo

@rockstarzee
The best boxers would lose against anyone who grappled seriusly for ore then a year IMO.The boxer might get a punch or two but if you have solid takedowns and good control on the ground you can beat anybody your eight who doesnt know how to grapple.so unless the boxer already trained in grappling he will lose like everybody else who can’t defend grappling.The Gracies proved it many times.I would bet on an good college wrestler with a base in BJJ over any pro boxer in a street fight.