Ring vs octagon.....which one is better?

[Symbolic Death]

they should fight in one of these

 

[Gambit MMA]

Ring. Its 24' vs 30' (UFC). Easier to trap your opponent and looks aesthetically pleasing. More finishes.

i agree

 

[Gambit MMA]

plus the ring you cant really hold your opponent against the ropes like you can use the cage.

 

[trident]

I agree the ring is more ascetic, presses the fighters into a fight more, but it creates problems too.

The cage is an acceptable middle road and a smaller cage pushes the action like a ring can but without issues that arise like falling out

Neither are perfect but the cage is probably better over all

 

[Taco Loco]

I perfer a ring, something about it makes it more. More what? I don't know?

 

[Subliminal Message]

its pure insanity that pride fans still think a ring is better after countless fighters getting tied up in the ropes and only pushed back in by a small army of japanese men

They both have their disadvantages though, grabbing on the fence, and using it to your advantage etc.

 

[reveler]

They both have their disadvantages though, grabbing on the fence, and using it to your advantage etc.

grabbing the fence is a foul, its the refs' problem that they dont enforce it and deduct points

 

[BraNerd]

Has anyone tried making a boxing ring with meshing?

 

[Subliminal Message]

grabbing the fence is a foul, its the refs' problem that they dont enforce it and deduct points

But that's the problem, grabbing on the fence can happen multiple times, constantly, just like a knee Jerk reaction, but the ref would rather slap the hand and tell them stop doing it, rather than pause the fight, and that's if the ref is even looking properly. Its a problem. All it takes is one grab for a split second to stop a take down. And then let go. The ref nobody can do shot about it. And it happens constantly.

 

[Gambit MMA]

the ring stops a lot of the stalling and shit that happens from wrestling. pride didnt have the amount of guys with college wrestling pedigrees that the ufc does but the ropes doesnt really let u hold guys against it and use it as a tool to control them. couture wouldnt have won shit in PRIDE

 

[UhHuhSure]

Has anyone tried making a boxing ring with meshing?

Yes there was a promotion that had a net on the bottom ropes. I forget which one it was.

 

[Chillez]

Octagon benefit wrasslers more whereas the ring benefit strikers.

Yup pretty much. I personally prefer a ring over a cage.

 

[Weuylf]

I'd love to see Pettis bouncing of a rope to kick someone.

 

[bubbleboyjones]

So basically cage=mma

Right, its better design for the original intention of the sport which was an open style combat sport with limited rules trying to simulate pure fighting. In that sense the cage makes sense....its like locking 2 animals in and watching them fight it out. With that said ring has given us a shit load of great fights and it's king for live viewing. The cage really blows live for the most part.

 

[cevo]

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A ring for MMA is beyond stupid. Obviously it's easier to look through for the aduience but constant restarts and these incidents ruins the fights completely.

 

[Thug Rose]

ring 100%. a cage is so fucking corny and gimmicky, hard to take mma seriously as a sport.

 

[Organic Damage]

I agree the ring is more ascetic, presses the fighters into a fight more, but it creates problems too.

The cage is an acceptable middle road and a smaller cage pushes the action like a ring can but without issues that arise like falling out

Neither are perfect but the cage is probably better over all

+1 for smaller cage. I started watching UFC before I saw Pride and guys falling out of the ropes and constantly having to be reset always irked me.

 

[Coolidge]

ring 100%. a cage is so fucking corny and gimmicky, hard to take mma seriously as a sport.

It's hard to take MMA seriously as a sport when you have little Japanese men at ringside molesting the fighters.

 

[now what?]

The one that has nothing to do with pro genocide satanic cults, oh wait.....

 

[Spidermine]

Ring. It would eliminate the wall and stall thats quite common in the UFC.