I don't think most people understand the UFC/MMA in general.

[ReasonableMMAFan]

You know, I was just browsing the internet and going about my business. But while I was doing this I stumbled across a really peculiar thread on some random forum website, it was your typical who would win a fight thread? In this case it was a famous Boxer vs famous MMA fighter. I opened it up thinking my presumptions would be proved true, that everyone would unanimously agree that an mma fighter would crush a boxer 9/10 times with all but a fringe minority disagreeing, but when I opened it I suddenly realized that even the dumbest of sherbros have a better understanding of mma than your typical Internet denizen, and it wasn't even close. I think you can guess what happened. But that's not it, I was so confused as to why these people were so ignorant that I had to make sure this wasn't some outlier. And so I searched and clicked on, but thread after thread(as well as comments sections) from various websites led me to the conclusion that what I saw was actually the norm. Whether it was accusing mma fighters of being half rate athletes who couldn't hack it in Boxing, or things like Tyson/Bruce Lee would destroy 99% of the UFC roster, it was all so apparent these people didn't understand even the basic tenets of mma. I appreciate Sherdog so much more now.

 

[Rondas Pillow]

Ok

 

[Clippy]

ya

 

[neandertal]

Ok

 

[lecter]

Link or didn't happen

 

[bubbleboyjones]

Ok

 

[Tormund]

MMA is a fall back sport, not to say they wouldn't win but there are better athletes in boxing.

 

[touchedbyjab]

 

[sirmorbach]

Most people are stupid anyway, so there you go.

 

[Jar of Flies]

Great responses so far. This one included.

 

[Fatal Catro]

Thanks for clearing it all up for us.

 

[Chain Saw]

Sherdog is dumb because its a forum which spends a lot of time "discussing" MMA yet don't know jack about the technical aspects of it.

 

[Fenix874]

You suck bro, yes you, you SUCK

 

[Dingaling]

Bro I train UFC and have been since UFC 1, how in the hell are you gonna tell me I don't understand?

 

[yookfarb]

savage sherdog

 

[Smelldog]

Uh huh.

 

[Dogo1]

Thanks

 

[Fenix874]

This is my message for TS.

 

[Ether13]

Hypotheticals are hypothetical.

It's part of a discourse on a sport to discuss whether an athlete can cross over. It doesn't necessarily indicate a lack of understanding of the tenets of MMA. Of course there's going to be discussion like this, intelligent and non, with this relatively new sport.

So then who would win a Pride Rules Royal Rumble match; Wilt Chamberlin or Chuck Liddell on HGH with that (Bisping) look in his eyes?

 

[Final Say]

MMA is a fall back sport.

Absolutely not, not even close.

You don't fail in boxing and transition to mma. That's not a winning formula