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Originally Posted by Rodsrsr
I would have to disagree. The MMA fighter is much more skilled overall than the boxer, simply because he can do more. All the Kung Fu movies and Hollywood make fighting pretty, but in reality its the non flashy things that work. Take down, control position, ground/pound or submit to finish. Ground fighting is much more complex than boxing. Your natural instincts are 100% wrong when it comes to grappling. It takes years to develop a good ground game, and the MMA guys have both. Lets see a boxer move like this... Now you try it. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQH5CYfuRHU |
Not seeing a whole lot of that ^
in this. I have to wonder about how hard some of these guys hit since I've seen lots of clips of 2 guys going at each others faces trading blows like mad without any thought for not getting hit in the process. It's definitely not a sport that I want to take up. I'm far to pretty
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