I thought this was very interesting and informative: Between Rounds
I'd like to hear your thoughts on it.
I'd like to hear your thoughts on it.
The view from the outside in is always far different than the view from the inside out huh?:fool2: Those CAT scans are serious...I think the beauty is in the smoother looking techniques. If you see a boxer bob and weave really well, it is slick. Of course, too much of that in MMA and you get a knee to the grill. The barbarism often isn't seen by the boxing fans, unless they get a look at a brain scan.
The gloves are closer to bare-fisted, and cut much more readily.
“boxers learn to roll with punches” which is true, and can mitigate a lot of the power when you get caught clean—but with the little gloves, I think rolling with punches is minimally effective. There’s not much to roll with.
The fact of the matter is that they are two very different games to play because one has more rules and limits than the other. Throwing two guys in a a cage almost barehanded to duke it out - I think if anything, MMA fighting would be far more barbaric than boxing but in the end, it all comes down to what you prefer. Take one or the other, each of those two sports have their beauty and skill involved..Because of the distance, MMA needs the big overhand right, the wide hook, which in boxing (with its closer range and quicker combinations) are too slow. Boxers see that big overhand right working in an MMA fight, and think “those guys can’t punch” when really the range is entirely different. And in MMA you’ll never see a tight boxing hook land, if someone’s that close they’ll throw an elbow, or clinch and look for knees.
It probably referenced Diaz due to his variation on the rubber guard he used to set up the gogoplata on Gomi. Aoki also used the rubber guard to secure the gogoplata on Hansen.Great article.
I have question though...what is the "rubber guard"? While picking up some books yesterday on jujitsu I saw one called that then see if referenced with Nick Diaz.
MMA definitely looks more barbaric, at least in the striking dept., but it is often argued that boxing is worse. The argument seems logical to me, though a neurologist would probably be the only one qualified to address this. Boxers take repeated head trauma, sometimes suffering several flash KO's in a single fight. Usually, in MMA, if a guy gets dropped solidly, the conclusion of the fight is imminent, such as what happened with GSP and Serra, GSP vs. Hughes, etc. In boxing, the guy gets his count to recover, just to get hit in the head again. MMAists don't take that many shots to the head, but it is easier to get KO'd. So the question for the neurologist is, which one does more damage, sustained head trauma over a greater period of time, with recovery, or getting rocked, pounced, and stopped.I think if anything, MMA fighting would be far more barbaric than boxing but in the end, it all comes down to what you prefer. Take one or the other, each of those two sports have their beauty and skill involved..
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