Mixed martial arts has made a big splash with sports fans in recent years. A reality TV show about the UFC (the official organization of MMA fighting) brought a lot of publicity to the sport; leading many take an interest in the sport. There has been some concern on the part of boxing fans that the ever growing popularity of MMA has detracted from the attention paid to boxing. However, the two sports are very different from each other and there is no reason why the popularity of one should be in inverse proportion to that of the other. MMA isn't boxing and doesn't pretend to be. There's no reason at all that the two sports (and their fans) can't coexist.
Boxing for a long time has been falling off of the radar of the American sports fans consciousness. However, for just as long there have been people saying that boxing would die, that it would never survive and that it would never be as good as it used to be. But despite all of the hardships along the way boxing has survived and it has a hardcore group of fans that would never give it up. Some of these fans refuse to watch MMA because they feel it's low quality or that it's a cheap knock off.
However, many of those boxing fans have taken to MMA as well. After all, MMA does incorporate some boxing, and it is an individual fighting competition. MMA of course includes many other disciplines, such as wrestling, jiu-jitsu, judo, grappling, kick boxing, Muay Thai and many other distinct styles of fighting. The combined aptitudes in all of these disciplines make MMA fighting much different from boxing.
Fans of each will find something that is appealing, and you can be a fan of both for different reasons. For example, the quality of the actual boxing in MMA is low. Fighters have to stand differently to guard against takedowns and strikes from other angles. Additionally, without years of honing fine boxing technique, the punches themselves are sloppier.
However, with smaller gloves that serve merely as knuckle guards, there are many more knockouts and fights can seem more exciting in that fashion. It depends on what you are looking for, a finer display of skill and technique or a potentially more explosive display. People can like both and turn to each for separate reasons.
You can certainly be a fan of boxing and MMA; there are different reasons why people enjoy each of these sports. There's no need to feel as if you're betraying boxing by enjoying a MMA match or vice versa. After all, you never hear people talking about how they can't take in a basketball game since they're also hockey fans. The two sports are different and are not in direct competition with each other, simple as that.
Boxing and MMA fans need to come to an understanding that the sports are two different animals and have different things to offer fans. Naturally, you don't have to like both; no sport will appeal to every fan. However, you should approach each sport on its own merits rather than in relation to other sports.
Boxing for a long time has been falling off of the radar of the American sports fans consciousness. However, for just as long there have been people saying that boxing would die, that it would never survive and that it would never be as good as it used to be. But despite all of the hardships along the way boxing has survived and it has a hardcore group of fans that would never give it up. Some of these fans refuse to watch MMA because they feel it's low quality or that it's a cheap knock off.
However, many of those boxing fans have taken to MMA as well. After all, MMA does incorporate some boxing, and it is an individual fighting competition. MMA of course includes many other disciplines, such as wrestling, jiu-jitsu, judo, grappling, kick boxing, Muay Thai and many other distinct styles of fighting. The combined aptitudes in all of these disciplines make MMA fighting much different from boxing.
Fans of each will find something that is appealing, and you can be a fan of both for different reasons. For example, the quality of the actual boxing in MMA is low. Fighters have to stand differently to guard against takedowns and strikes from other angles. Additionally, without years of honing fine boxing technique, the punches themselves are sloppier.
However, with smaller gloves that serve merely as knuckle guards, there are many more knockouts and fights can seem more exciting in that fashion. It depends on what you are looking for, a finer display of skill and technique or a potentially more explosive display. People can like both and turn to each for separate reasons.
You can certainly be a fan of boxing and MMA; there are different reasons why people enjoy each of these sports. There's no need to feel as if you're betraying boxing by enjoying a MMA match or vice versa. After all, you never hear people talking about how they can't take in a basketball game since they're also hockey fans. The two sports are different and are not in direct competition with each other, simple as that.
Boxing and MMA fans need to come to an understanding that the sports are two different animals and have different things to offer fans. Naturally, you don't have to like both; no sport will appeal to every fan. However, you should approach each sport on its own merits rather than in relation to other sports.
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