Chris Clements has just begun to make his mark on the UFC. His split decision win over Keith Wisniewski is just the beginning. Clements won 29-28, 28-29, 30-27 after a hard fought victory that showed both fighters display remarkable res…
Chris Clements has just begun to make his mark on the UFC. His split decision win over Keith Wisniewski is just the beginning. Clements won 29-28, 28-29, 30-27 after a hard fought victory that showed both fighters display remarkable resiliency. Clements was taken down several times in this bout. He even suffered a facial cut in the […]
Bellator welterweight champion Ben Askren has made plenty of news lately. First, there was last week’s infamous fight challenge to Ariel Helwani after the reporter expressed his (very valid) opinion that Askren’s title defense victory over …
Bellator welterweight champion Ben Askren has made plenty of news lately. First, there was last week’s infamous fight challenge to Ariel Helwani after the reporter expressed his (very valid) opinion that Askren’s title defense victory over Douglas Lima was boring. And now, Askren has decided that getting into a Twitter war with UFC President Dana […]
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Demian Maia is arguably the best Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practitioner in MMA today. He started his career 11-0 and had eight submission victories in that time. He has tapped out such names as Chael Sonnen—who he took down with a fantastic throw off t…
Demian Maia is arguably the best Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practitioner in MMA today. He started his career 11-0 and had eight submission victories in that time. He has tapped out such names as Chael Sonnen—who he took down with a fantastic throw off the cage—Nate Quarry, Jason MacDonald and Ed Herman. Also, he fought Anderson […]
In a recent piece by Sam Lee of BuddhaSport.com, the issue on the table is the “health” of the current state of boxing, and all of this based on a trip to the bookstore? Well, it’s not as simple as all that. Lee does make some interes…
In a recent piece by Sam Lee of BuddhaSport.com, the issue on the table is the “health” of the current state of boxing, and all of this based on a trip to the bookstore?
Well, it’s not as simple as all that.
Lee does make some interesting points, among them being no clear heirs to the throne that will be left behind by Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather when they retire and a weak heavyweight division.
One of the more striking (pardon the pun, please) references he makes is the abundant presence of MMA media at local booksellers and the lack thereof for the sweet science.
But at the end of the day, the real question seems to be a simple one: are MMA fans the same as boxing fans?
Yes and no, so it seems.
You can talk to a wide range of fight fans and get a variety of answers. In many ways, it may be just a simple question of what you were raised on: what got you interested in the fight game in the first place.
I think both sports are so drastically different that one will not replace another. Boxing has such a long history that it is entrenched in the minds of fight fans, and always will be.
Years from now, fight fans (be they boxing or MMA followers, or both) will be talking about Barrera/Morales I, Gatti/Ward I and so on. That’s the great thing about great fights; they are timeless.
The same thing could be said for Henderson/Rua, and Griffin/Bonnar I.
Boxing does need a shot in the arm, and it wouldn’t hurt to try and reinvent itself. It would be nice to see the sport put the interests of the fans first, instead of trying to sell us what they think we want to see, which just so happens to be what they want to sell.
So yes, boxing is indeed suffering many woes, but being replaced is not one of them.
Rory MacDonald burst onto the UFC stage two years ago with much fanfare as “The Next GSP”. GSP himself says that MacDonald is the future. The hype is real and the future of the division is close to becoming our present as MacDonald climbs t…
Rory MacDonald burst onto the UFC stage two years ago with much fanfare as “The Next GSP”. GSP himself says that MacDonald is the future. The hype is real and the future of the division is close to becoming our present as MacDonald climbs the ladder toward the championship. MacDonald is a future welterweight champion. […]
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