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Originally posted by Sinnister:
I can't get into this whole MMA fad (I remember when it was called Ultimate Fighting). Just doesn't do it for me. I'll take boxing any day though...I suppose I'm way off topic here though.

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I can't get into this whole MMA fad (I remember when it was called Ultimate Fighting).

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ok, one.. fad? fad? lmao. its the future buddy. get used to it. MMA is a three dimensional sport. boxing is 2D. a great boxer is just that, a great MMA fighter is real athlete. he has to know how to fight in many different ways. he has to be able to strike effectively.. standing, on his back or from a dominant position. he has to know how to grapple. he has to know submissions and how to defend against them. comparing boxing to MMA to me is like comparing a homerun derby to a full baseball game or a foul shot contest to a full basketball game. the best MMA fighter are the most rounded physically and mentally. the depth of strategy a good MMA fight will need to employ is very deep.
two, MMA (mixed martial arts) was never called ultimate fighting. ultimate fighting is a league for MMA just like MLB is a league for baseball. MMA is a sport where UFC (ultimate fighting championship) is only one league. there's also WEC, EliteXC, Affliction, M-1, and others i'm sure.

but back to the original topic.. julie's feet.. anyone else see them?!?! lol
 

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Posted by houseshooz (Member # 10572) on :
 
I hate to turn this into a boxing vs. MMA flame war since this is originally a foot thread but I hear this same argument all the time from MMA fans and I usually bite my tongue. I don't think anyone debates the complexity of MMA and the obvious momentum it's picked up in recent years, not to mention the conversion of hardcore boxing fans turned MMA junkies.

But my whole train of thought regarding sanctioned fighting is rooted in the old school principles in that, first and foremost, if you don't have stand up game then you simply can't fight. While MMA fighters are versed in many facets of fighting, I see many fall short of basic boxing principles. Yet they can grapple all night long, which is great but very few fights start on the ground.

Second of all, one of the things that just makes my blood boil when watching a fight is seeing a man get hit when he's down, knocked out or to hit someone in the back of the head (which is forbidden but happens all too often in the heat of the moment). I see a lot of MMA fights where a guy has been knocked out stone-cold but his opponent continues to thrash him as his lifeless body is exposed to what could be irreversible damage and the ref sits there like a bump on a log. I guess it goes back to old and now apparently outdated values of fighting, whatever happened to "Never hit/kick a man when he's down"? If you're truly a skilled fighter you shouldn't have to wait until a man is in a position to where he can't defend himself to finish him off, a good fight to me is finished off when a man is at his prime.

But yeah, back to the feet........
 

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Posted by barnyard27 (Member # 2096) on :
 
i love UFC ..can't wait to see the iceman tonight!
 

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Posted by Tyler D. (Member # 11452) on :
 
would love to see the tall blonde vonda ward kick a slave male right in the face with her big feet.

i would volunteer to take it myself right in the face if i knew it would not do any damage, but my god her big feet could kill with the properly landed kick right into a male's helpless face WOW

i would love to lick and sniff her feet too after a kick like that. especially with julie kedzie or gina carano even
 

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Posted by FtLckr26 (Member # 13998) on :
 
I think the Tapout episode with Julie Kedzie will be replayed again tonight at 7p.m. I'll be keeping an eye out for that.
 

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Posted by Salvy_Mic (Member # 13384) on :
 
You sure about that Tyler? Vonda Ward is fairly brutal-looking. Not as brutal as ol' Ann Wolfe (AKA, the Baddest Woman on the Planet), but pretty brutal.

With that said, I'd willingly fall into Gina Carano's triangle choke.
 

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Posted by FtLckr26 (Member # 13998) on :
 

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Originally posted by Salvy_Mic:

With that said, I'd willingly fall into Gina Carano's triangle choke.

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But my whole train of thought regarding sanctioned fighting is rooted in the old school principles in that, first and foremost, if you don't have stand up game then you simply can't fight. While MMA fighters are versed in many facets of fighting, I see many fall short of basic boxing principles. Yet they can grapple all night long, which is great but very few fights start on the ground.

Second of all, one of the things that just makes my blood boil when watching a fight is seeing a man get hit when he's down, knocked out or to hit someone in the back of the head (which is forbidden but happens all too often in the heat of the moment). I see a lot of MMA fights where a guy has been knocked out stone-cold but his opponent continues to thrash him as his lifeless body is exposed to what could be irreversible damage and the ref sits there like a bump on a log. I guess it goes back to old and now apparently outdated values of fighting, whatever happened to "Never hit/kick a man when he's down"? If you're truly a skilled fighter you shouldn't have to wait until a man is in a position to where he can't defend himself to finish him off, a good fight to me is finished off when a man is at his prime.

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