News Claressa Shields Will Fully Expose MMA For What It Is

[theincognito]

It will be interesting to see how she will do. If im not mistaken, shes the second world class boxer to go into mma while in his/her prime (Holms.being the first)

Heather Hardy was the 2nd. Shields is more like her than Holm (trying to do both sports at the same time while Holm dedicated to one). Hardy got brutalized by a taekwondo fighter in Bellator and was never the same.

 

[Street Samurai]

Never heard of her. Glanced.at her record and she seems to be a (former) paper champ, while Shields is probably #1 p4p female boxer in the world. Still a good call though

 

[VitorReem]

Come on, you guys are comparing a bunch of absolute bum boxers to a 2x Olympic gold medalist. Shields is VERY good and if she takes it seriously will be a real problem for these soccer moms.

 

[randumo24]

What a stupid thread. Literal World Champion Kick Boxers, which translates much better to MMA, have transferred to MMA with varying success. Trying to guess how a boxer will do is an exercise in futility, because the sport is so unrealistic and so much has to change to fight effectively in MMA.

 

[Razor]

Meh, the wording on the thread title is asschecks, and didn’t even bother reading, but I’m def rooting for her, doing what 99% of boxers are afraid to do

 

[HunterAcosta]

Meh . Don’t think so .

 

[Street Samurai]

What a stupid thread. Literal World Champion Kick Boxers, which translates much better to MMA, have transferred to MMA with varying success. Trying to guess how a boxer will do is an exercise in futility, because the sport is so unrealistic and so much has to change to fight effectively in MMA.

Yeah, we all know this since numerous boxers world champions have made the switch to mma

 

[KesaGatameOToshi]

I'm trying to understand the psychology of this because I see a decent amount of people on here have this attitude

Are they purely just trolls? Do they really have such a small amount of respect for MMA fighters? Does it somehow make them feel good to diminish MMA fighters?

It's very odd... just go watch Boxing if it's so elite, and professional lmao

What else are they going to do? Watch a boxing fight? Have you ever tried that? It's pretty damn boring.

 

[fractal]

Her boxing is almost Ronda-esque. She plants her feet and wails arm punches. She's got some hand speed and power but that's all I see. I don't think I saw her slip a single punch. Just stands there her head high and wails away. Obviously she's a highly successful boxer with knowledge far surpassing mine, but those highlights aren't reflective of a champion level boxer.

 

[Snails]

What a stupid thread. Literal World Champion Kick Boxers, which translates much better to MMA, have transferred to MMA with varying success. Trying to guess how a boxer will do is an exercise in futility, because the sport is so unrealistic and so much has to change to fight effectively in MMA.

Low level kickbox is not comparable to high level boxing success.

The greatest kickbox ever was fully exposed and humiliated by Money Mayweather.

Again I must reiterate kickbox is not comparable to BOXING, no doubt about it.

 

[Snails]

Meh, the wording on the thread title is asschecks, and didn’t even bother reading, but I’m def rooting for her, doing what 99% of boxers are afraid to do

No one is afraid of MMA players if Dana White paid them their boxing wages you would see more prime boxers making the transition.

 

[mkt]

Where does this myth come from that superior boxing athletes can't adapt to leg kicks from F level strikers. Your eyes will be opened soon enough. Here is Heavyweight GOAT getting KTFO by a shot geriatric boxer.

And Mercer lost to Youtuber Kimbo Slice in his MMA debut....because Kimbo didn't make a silly "gentleman's agreement" to stand and box like Tim apparently did.

 

[randumo24]

Low level kickbox is not comparable to high level boxing success.

The greatest kickbox ever was fully exposed and humiliated by Money Mayweather.

Again I must reiterate kickbox is not comparable to BOXING, no doubt about it.

Once again, a boxing fan doesn't get the point. Obviously a kick boxer is going to be at a severe disadvantage in a boxing match against arguably the GOAT boxer.

What you don't seem to be paying attention to is that boxing is just the sport of punching, it's nothing like fighting. Being the sport of punching, it has been optimized for such. Everything from footwork, stances, & hand placement are only prepared for defending punches. Thus, they are left completely vulnerable to kicks and takedowns.

So very much needs to be learned by this woman, and we have no idea if she will be good at any of it.

 

[Snails]

Once again, a boxing fan doesn't get the point. Obviously a kick boxer is going to be at a severe disadvantage in a boxing match against arguably the GOAT boxer.

What you don't seem to be paying attention to is that boxing is just the sport of punching, it's nothing like fighting. Being the sport of punching, it has been optimized for such. Everything from footwork, stances, & hand placement are only prepared for defending punches. Thus, they are left completely vulnerable to kicks and takedowns.

So very much needs to be learned by this woman, and we have no idea if she will be good at any of it.

Best Kickbox in UFC which is Adensanya was embarrassed by a club level journeyman. No doubt Adensanya wanted that sweet boxing money but had to settle on MMA paycheques.

 

[Askafan]

Hilarious that in the minds of the anti crowd, Shields has already run through the entirety of wmma. Here's a tip, we've seen nothing from her yet.

We've been here before with the hype of course: Heather Hardy, face rearrangement courtesy of 0-0 Kristina Williams, then choked out by a 37 year old hobby fighter with a 3-5 record; Ava Knight put to sleep by 3-3 Emilee King.

Then we had Amanda Serrano (a bigger boxing talent than Shields and someone who actually has some hope of being an mma prospect) collapsing in the ring after her draw with 3-4 unknown Corinna Herrara.

Good luck to Claressa though.

 

[Bearknuckle]

Hahaha love the trolling TS. Triggering mma fans.

btw. Anyone know a boxing equivalent forum to sherdog where i can go make fun of boxers losing to mma fighters like artem vs maglignaggi?

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Hey Askrens chin, how's it going buddy?

 

[Street Samurai]

And Mercer lost to Youtuber Kimbo Slice in his MMA debut....because Kimbo didn't make a silly "gentleman's agreement" to stand and box like Tim apparently did.

Thats not true. Sylvia clearly said before the fight that since it was a mma fight, anything goes. And Mercer was pissed at him because of that

 

[mkt]

Thats not true. Sylvia clearly said before the fight that since it was a mma fight, anything goes. And Mercer was pissed at him because of that

Source? Here's mine. Tim realized his mistake afterwards.
"That was my stupidity. It was the dumbest thing that I could have ever done. As soon as it was switched to Mixed Martial Arts I should have went in there and took him down and ended the fight in 30 seconds but I listened to his mouth run and I thought I could stand with a heavyweight boxer with four ounce gloves. Obviously, it didn’t work out the way I wanted it to but I did fight in September and that went well against a pretty decent up-and-comer (Jason Riley).”

 

[Through The Looking Glass]

how long has she been preparing is the question? I doubt shes put the time in with her grappling.

probably trying to make some quick money because she was an amateur forever plus wmma has more coverage/money than womens boxing id imagine