Why Hasnt the UFC Produced A ALI, Mayweather, De La Hoya, Tyson Type Yet?

[getchamoneyrigh]

Boxers start out at the ages between like 3-13 most of the time and have about 50-100 amatur bouts before they even go pro. They got a lot of new camps for MMA with youngins joining so I am sure in about 10 years or so it may have top tier talent. But it is always best to have a boxing background in MMA, so you dont get knocked out in the first 20 seconds.

 

[DarcSkies777]

Im leaning towards the "it's still young" answer previously given. You're right that it has been around since 1993 but not popular. But since I didnt know much about the sport other than the huge fights they promote on pay-per-view I wanted to ask cuz I really didnt know. Wasnt dissing the sport at all.

*thumbs up*

 

[usmarin3]

I hate when losers like you get the pussy eyes for no reason and then got the nerve to not make any damn sense in the process. You ask the average person in the street who the Gracies are and they dont fucking know and dont care. You ask them who Oscar De La Hoya is...they know. A LEGEND is somebody EVERYBODY knows. And The Gracie family were the ones who started it but they left WAY early so that dont count they have their own shit going.

You one of those sports nerds that know EVERYTHING about the most unknown nigga including his shoe & dick size and you dont realize that not everybody is a loser ass nigga and pays attention to the 8th man on the 76ers bench and shit. Regular people know who ALI is you the type to know who his sparring partners are then try to clown niggas that dont like its normal to be knowing a muthafukkas Social Security number and shit. Save the insults nigga I was asking the question from a regular sports viewers perceptive not some bumass nigga that got UFC action figures and shit. Chill the fuck out.

Nigga shut your bitch ass up, haven't you been clowned on enough on this site. All that computer courage and popping off at the mouth for no reason, calm your ass down Scrappy Doo.

 

[iAMNOVA]

But it is always best to have a boxing background in MMA, so you dont get knocked out in the first 20 seconds.

i disagree...boxing is really not that important in mma...being able to grapple far outweighs boxing in mma...anyone can swing hard and wild and catch people(which most everyone in mma) its obvious that boxing skills ie. being about to throw correct punches and knowing how to properly defend and react those punches...isnt that important cuz most cats when swung on completely cover up,back straight up,flinch hard, or some other random act of WTFness...and omg i dont even wanna talk about the punches...cats swinging from the hips ie. Chuck Liddell and Kimbo Slice...Micheal Bisping's dumb ass circles to peoples power hands with his hands down...smh...i think u need minimal boxing skills to be a MMA star if any...but it doesnt hurt...imo

 

[DarcSkies777]

Nigga shut your bitch ass up, haven't you been clowned on enough on this site. All that computer courage and popping off at the mouth for no reason, calm your ass down Scrappy Doo.

You bitch made like baby socks coming in here name calling out the blue like you Rampage's secret groupie or some shit offended for no reason ass pussy. You the bitch that holds his chains for him while he fighting or something bitch? It aint like amma take the fuckin UFC posters off your wall and make you go outside and get some pussy instead of being one. I have no interest in your non-existent life female ass nigga.

If you were any more beneath me I'd be scraping you off the bottom of my shoe. Fuck outta here and dont start shit if you gonna cry when you get your stupid ass embarrassed. You're done go somewhere else. Adults are talking.

 

[iAMNOVA]

It aint like amma take the fuckin UFC posters off your wall and make you go outside and get some pussy instead of being one.

lmfao...*dead*

 

[DarcSkies777]

lmfao...*dead*

I hate when these dumbasses just start shit for no reason other than to start shit.

Guy's a known loser so whatever. Back to regular programming folks.

 

[jjswipe]

Because according to bernard hopkins, it is gay porn

 

[jjswipe]

I'm bullshitting, but the shit ain't been around long enough to create legends yet

 

[Alpha_Ambition]

like Mayweather said UFC isn't really skill required like boxing is,don't get me wrong those guys are talented but anybody can lift weights and fuck people up.

WOAT post in this thread
I agree that MMA is not mainstream because not everyone can do it. How many times u be like lets wrestle, practice jui-jitsu, engage in a muay-tai fight (sounds dumb but cut me some slack lol), but anyone can pick up some gloves and go at it (and prolly get KTFO). Besides most oldheads hold on to boxing and dont want to look at something new.

 

[iAMNOVA]

I hate when these dumbasses just start shit for no reason other than to start shit.

Guy's a known loser so whatever. Back to regular programming folks.

dude did get salty quick for no reason...oh well *kanye shrug*

 

[getchamoneyrigh]

i disagree...boxing is really not that important in mma...being able to grapple far outweighs boxing in mma...anyone can swing hard and wild and catch people(which most everyone in mma) its obvious that boxing skills ie. being about to throw correct punches and knowing how to properly defend and react those punches...isnt that important cuz most cats when swung on completely cover up,back straight up,flinch hard, or some other random act of WTFness...and omg i dont even wanna talk about the punches...cats swinging from the hips ie. Chuck Liddell and Kimbo Slice...Micheal Bisping's dumb ass circles to peoples power hands with his hands down...smh...i think u need minimal boxing skills to be a MMA star if any...but it doesnt hurt...imo

I disagree the reason Silva is so great is because of his amatur background in boxing. He couldn't cut it in the pro game so he switched to mma. Sure in most current matches you are correct, but if you were trying that with someone with an extensive boxing background, one miss your gonna get knocked out. You dont start on the ground in MMA you start standing up, gotta get past the punches first.

 

[usmarin3]

You bitch made like baby socks coming in here name calling out the blue like you Rampage's secret groupie or some shit offended for no reason ass pussy. You the bitch that holds his chains for him while he fighting or something bitch? It aint like amma take the fuckin UFC posters off your wall and make you go outside and get some pussy instead of being one. I have no interest in your non-existent life female ass nigga.

If you were any more beneath me I'd be scraping you off the bottom of my shoe. Fuck outta here and dont start shit if you gonna cry when you get your stupid ass embarrassed. You're done go somewhere else. Adults are talking.

lol this coming from the nigga who ask niggas directions on the IC on how to talk to women. Fuck outta here nigga, your name really does reflect your future when approaching women.

 

[Dick Shitman]

lol this coming from the nigga who ask niggas directions on the IC on how to talk to women. Fuck outta here nigga, your name really does reflect your future when approaching women.

say it aint so, t/s

 

[iAMNOVA]

I disagree the reason Silva is so great is because of his amatur background in boxing. He couldn't cut it in the pro game so he switched to mma. Sure in most current matches you are correct, but if you were trying that with someone with an extensive boxing background, one miss your gonna get knocked out. You dont start on the ground in MMA you start standing up, gotta get past the punches first.

thats what im saying most fighters in mma...have no boxing skills...anderson silva is one of the few with any...but the majority of fighters have very limited if any boxing background and are champions and just as successful...the bolded proves my point most cats be swinging wild and not paying for it Silva is one of the very few who knows how to make u pay for it....the rest dont which is why 99% off the time the fights end up on the ground...yeah the fights start standing but...where do they go on the ground and why...cuz most of these cats have very limited stand up game...Silva has decent stand up,Machida,Rampage,Rashard, a few...but most of those cats are grapplers and dont really focus on boxing and mostly if it is stand up its Thai Boxing or some other traditional Eastern style that they had a background in way b4 MMA not after the fact...i think the reason because IMO from experience its easy to teach or rather learn grappling at an advanced age not so much with striking arts such as boxing,tae kwon do,karate,hapkido etc...idk but i know i destroy cats in my fights with my boxing simply because they dont know how to punch or properly react or defend punches...and im not a big power puncher more of a volume guy when i was boxing i punch a lot and im elusive...idk i like MMA but i think Boxing requires more skill and finesse and relies more on it than MMA.

 

[DarcSkies777]

lol this coming from the nigga who ask niggas directions on the IC on how to talk to women

say it aint so, t/s

It DEFIANTLY aint so. But it just goes to show you this niggas faggotry. I heard of lying on your dick but how you gone lie on another man's?

 

[DarcSkies777]

thats what im saying most fighters in mma...have no boxing skills...anderson silva is one of the few with any...but the majority of fighters have very limited if any boxing background and are champions and just as successful...the bolded proves my point most cats be swinging wild and not paying for it Silva is one of the very few who knows how to make u pay for it....the rest dont which is why 99% off the time the fights end up on the ground...yeah the fights start standing but...where do they go on the ground and why...cuz most of these cats have very limited stand up game...Silva has decent stand up,Machida,Rampage,Rashard, a few...but most of those cats are grapplers and dont really focus on boxing and mostly if it is stand up its Thai Boxing or some other traditional Eastern style that they had a background in way b4 MMA not after the fact...i think the reason because IMO from experience its easy to teach or rather learn grappling at an advanced age not so much with striking arts such as boxing,tae kwon do,karate,hapkido etc...idk but i know i destroy cats in my fights with my boxing simply because they dont know how to punch or properly react or defend punches...and im not a big power puncher more of a volume guy when i was boxing i punch a lot and im elusive...idk i like MMA but i think Boxing requires more skill and finesse and relies more on it than MMA.

What you think about that dude from the NFL fighting in that match lol I forgot his name.

Why does everybody think they can do that shit anyway? Like it's fight club or some shit? How many bums you gotta go through until you get a person with actually skill? How do they pick who is good enough to fight anyway?

 

[iAMNOVA]

What you think about that dude from the NFL fighting in that match lol I forgot his name.

Why does everybody think they can do that shit anyway? Like it's fight club or some shit? How many bums you gotta go through until you get a person with actually skill? How do they pick who is good enough to fight anyway?

i remember that shit Johnnie Morton got KTFO in like 10 seconds lol...everyone thinks they can do it because it looks simple on the outside...and to an extent being big and strong can get u far...so every big ass guy thinks he can do it cuz it does at times look sloppy as fuck...Boxing most cats know they watching Pac Mac or Mayweather or someone like that Roy in his prime...Tyson...u not going to hear too many cats talking reckless like Ill beat *insert name* ass dog...most cats know and respect that boxing is about more than just being big and strong and that shit aint going to get u far...u have to have some skill...but i see a lot of MMA fights either turn into organized bar brawls or wrestling matches...and the average guy will be like "nigga i can do that"

 

[getchamoneyrigh]

thats what im saying most fighters in mma...have no boxing skills...anderson silva is one of the few with any...but the majority of fighters have very limited if any boxing background and are champions and just as successful...the bolded proves my point most cats be swinging wild and not paying for it Silva is one of the very few who knows how to make u pay for it....the rest dont which is why 99% off the time the fights end up on the ground...yeah the fights start standing but...where do they go on the ground and why...cuz most of these cats have very limited stand up game...Silva has decent stand up,Machida,Rampage,Rashard, a few...but most of those cats are grapplers and dont really focus on boxing and mostly if it is stand up its Thai Boxing or some other traditional Eastern style that they had a background in way b4 MMA not after the fact...i think the reason because IMO from experience its easy to teach or rather learn grappling at an advanced age not so much with striking arts such as boxing,tae kwon do,karate,hapkido etc...idk but i know i destroy cats in my fights with my boxing simply because they dont know how to punch or properly react or defend punches...and im not a big power puncher more of a volume guy when i was boxing i punch a lot and im elusive...idk i like MMA but i think Boxing requires more skill and finesse and relies more on it than MMA.

Lol alright then we don't disagree after all. The point I was originally making is that anyone with boxing skills has a superior advantage, and the level of competition in MMA will be greater in 10 years with more refined skills such as boxing. So again in the future people are going to need to get their boxing game up.

 

[DarcSkies777]

i remember that shit Johnnie Morton got KTFO in like 10 seconds lol...everyone thinks they can do it because it looks simple on the outside...and to an extent being big and strong can get u far...so every big ass guy thinks he can do it cuz it does at times look sloppy as fuck...Boxing most cats know they watching Pac Mac or Mayweather or someone like that Roy in his prime...Tyson...u not going to hear too many cats talking reckless like Ill beat *insert name* ass dog...most cats know and respect that boxing is about more than just being big and strong and that shit aint going to get u far...u have to have some skill...but i see a lot of MMA fights either turn into organized bar brawls or wrestling matches...and the average guy will be like "nigga i can do that"

LOL A lot of those turn into wrestling when that's the other guys specialty too. I notice crowds hate that shit. They get pissed when one guy is finesse but the other one is a grappler. But thats one thing I like about the UFC you can always see a different style of fight every match.

BUt I agree with dude that posted just now. I saw somebody on TV say something like, "boxing is harder because it's only 2 hands vs. 2 hands" so you gotta be artful with it. Once the UFC fighters get some boxing skills they just might start getting the respect boxing gets cuz nobody will be able to say shit about them as artists.