Quote Originally Posted by ectomorph28 View Post
Again, you're really wrong. Boxing is more popular in Japan than MMA which is why Dream cant sell shit and why they needed a BOXER to open their telecast for Dream 9 to get ratings.

Boxer Aceleino Freitas is a bigger name than any MMA fighter even though hes retired. MMA is not overly popular in Brazil. But even it is more popular than boxing, its one country out of hundreds.

Listen, wrestling is a very good sport. Its a difficult sport, but you're just lying to yourself if you dont think grapplers can rest. Thats the biggest problem with MMA, very few people trying to advance position, very few if any strikes from the top, no submission attempts and for the most part the bottom guy is doing absolutely nothing.

MMA well at least a similar version of it is about as old as boxing.

Guess which sport survived?

I'll give you a hint.....It wasnt MMA. It was boxing.

I dont know how anybody could possibly say MMA is an evolved version of boxing especially when you consider how crappy the product is. They are different sport with only a few similarities. And boxing at this point in time, has a much larger talent pool, is the more difficult sport and that simply cant be debated.
I asked you a question, and you did not answer, you do not grapple, I do, thats how I know how demanding the grappling apect is. I live in paraguay, right by brazil, and I can tell you that even capoeira is more popular than Boxing, not even going to say bjj...

"MMA well at least a similar version of it is about as old as boxing." (I couldnt understand that you meant)

How anybody could say MMA is evolved version of boxing, simply, in boxing you only use your hands, MMA your whole body, boxing is a part of MMA, that's what is call evolution, and I can really say that Boxing delivers much more crap than MMA, and even worst, boxing at this stage is so dead that cant even put 10 ppvs event a year, a sport that has been around dont know how long, its olimpic, has main stream media coverage, and cant even put 10 ppvs together??? And about being difficult, how can you even say that, you have 3 aspects in MMA, in boxing you only have 1. is simple math. It will take you much longer to perfectionate 3 arts than 1.