We should all agree that wrestling is the most boring part of any fight.

give me a Jon Jones suplex any day if the week.

but overall, I agree. I think most of us want to see people come in and throw down
 
New to mma? Wrestling adds another level and is an ancient form of human combat in many cultures. Even the threat of a takedown has an impact on the tempo of a fight. mma is the most complete form of human combat competition. Rather than modifying mma to protect certain people, how about they just rise to the occasion and improve their deficiencies.

People who are fans of strikers that have questionable ground skills always seem to hate wrestlers and yet would cheer their asses off if their boy was coming up short on the feet and managed to score a takedown.

All this said, I was a kickboxer an boxer when I was a kid and can appreciate mma for what it is. If I did mma and was getting wrestle fucked, I would choose to work on my ground game rather than cry.
I couldn't have put it any better. That's a beautiful answer. These "fans" annoy me. It's like go watch kickboxing Badr Hari will never shoot for a takedown, neither would Raymond Daniel's nor Rico ver... Something. Striking on its own does nothing for me. For instance I love max Holloway, but I do get weary of his fights sometimes. His offense is striking heavy and the last time he intentionally took it to the ground was Pettis. I get it, keeping the fight where you're strongest is genius. That's high fight iq, buts it's like man show me what else you've got. All the belly aching about wrestling is immature. Mfs who think like that should go watch striking arts. Can't have mma ruined like they ruined judo simply because narrow minded fans can't let people do their thing. Don't get me started on all the homophobic "crotch sniffing" comments. <45>
 
I couldn't have put it any better. That's a beautiful answer. These "fans" annoy me. It's like go watch kickboxing Badr Hari will never shoot for a takedown, neither would Raymond Daniel's nor Rico ver... Something. Striking on its own does nothing for me. For instance I love max Holloway, but I do get weary of his fights sometimes. His offense is striking heavy and the last time he intentionally took it to the ground was Pettis. I get it, keeping the fight where you're strongest is genius. That's high fight iq, buts it's like man show me what else you've got. All the belly aching about wrestling is immature. Mfs who think like that should go watch striking arts. Can't have mma ruined like they ruined judo simply because narrow minded fans can't let people do their thing. Don't get me started on all the homophobic "crotch sniffing" comments. <45>
Funnily enough everybody though the slams were the most entertaining part when I fought.
 
Funnily enough everybody though the slams were the most entertaining part when I fought.
Yeah man slams, gnp, scrambles, chain wrestling etc. I love it all. And even the top control can be cool. Strategy and all y'know?
 
Also reads as, “my favorite fighter has shitty takedown defense.”
 
Hes right you know.

Things like Judo have.much more exciting takedowns.

Brazilian Jujitsu when.attacking has more interesting finishing moves.

Who really wants to see some greased up guy chaining single leg attacks into the side if the cage and then just hugging it out?
 
Its relative. Wrestling isnt taking a nap on top of someone.
 
Totally depends on the fight, and how aggressively they do it. Very aggressive ground and pound is really fun to watch IMO


Seeing those kill shots from point blank and waiting for one to land is exciting as hell. Big elbows? Hammer fists? He’ll yeah


Off topic, your av is more hilariously classic than the shad face one and i didnt think that was possible
 
Because it just is.

I'm not talking about BJJ.

99% of fans groan when a fight goes to the ground and the fighter isn't a BJJ specialist because we all know nothing exciting is gonna happen.

Wrestling is the transition from standing to ground ya goof
 
Of course, just holding someone is transitional, when fighters can only wrestle their fights are only exciting if they’re getting torched
 
I dont mind it at all. Particularly if it's a good technical back and forth. Besides, with striking involved it's never pure wrestling...punches and elbows are always implemented when they can be.
 
Depends on the fighter really. I love how everyone just lumps wrestling together. But I guess if a fan doesnt understand something they probably wont like it.
 
Because it just is.

I'm not talking about BJJ.

99% of fans groan when a fight goes to the ground and the fighter isn't a BJJ specialist because we all know nothing exciting is gonna happen.
yeah i agree ground fighting sucks thats why im in a ufc forum that worships khabib
 
That's because wrestling is not fighting. Its the act of hindering or avoiding a fight as the goal is to take your opponent down and hold him there. Ground n pound is not wrestling as there are no punches in wrestling. The "wrestling" part of MMA is "holding them down" which I agree is really boring. Takedowns and slams can be entertaining tho.
 
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