StaticJess Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 MMA is the fastest growing sport. It's a sport for gladiators since there are a lot of ways and techniques you can use to win. I believe they can coexist with each other. I think it's actually good for boxing since UFC has a good marketing strategy a lot of people will be drawn to watch more contact sport. Open your mind people try and learn the different styles of Martial Arts and watch some of the great fights in the UFC. We also have Filipinos there who are actually doing good. Mark Munoz and Brandon Vera. Quote Link to comment
MVP3 Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 MMA is the fastest growing sport. It's a sport for gladiators since there are a lot of ways and techniques you can use to win. I believe they can coexist with each other. I think it's actually good for boxing since UFC has a good marketing strategy a lot of people will be drawn to watch more contact sport. Open your mind people try and learn the different styles of Martial Arts and watch some of the great fights in the UFC. We also have Filipinos there who are actually doing good. Mark Munoz and Brandon Vera. You're right Sir. Hope Mark Munoz can be given a tilte fight nga. Quote Link to comment
SaintPeter5858 Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Kung more action, it's MMA Quote Link to comment
U.P. AdMU2008 Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Hope UFC will hold a fight at Araneta. Quote Link to comment
U.P. AdMU2008 Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Boxing tickets are much cheaper. Quote Link to comment
SaintPeter5858 Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Well, of course, MMA has the advantage that's why their tickets are still expensive Quote Link to comment
BrightestStar Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Boxing is very popular in the provinces. Quote Link to comment
SaintPeter5858 Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Is it because most Filipinos have upper body strength? Quote Link to comment
SaintPeter5858 Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 MMA is now the fastest growing contact sports. Would you agree with me? Quote Link to comment
SaintPeter5858 Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 It depends mostly on who are the ones fighting. LIke right now, boxing seems to be popular coz some Americans are buying pay per view for the Pacman-Bradley fight for $49. But on ordinary days, MMA seems to be getting more revenues. Quote Link to comment
SaintPeter5858 Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Boxing this time coz Pacman is fighting Quote Link to comment
Sports 888 Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 A lot of MMA clubs are now becoming popular in the Philippines. Quote Link to comment
SaintPeter5858 Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Hmmm, will boxing survive? Quote Link to comment
BrightestStar Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Today, boxing is more popular than MMA coz of the Pacman-=Bradley fight. Quote Link to comment
harpoon24 Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 after pacman retires, MMA will k*ll Boxing Quote Link to comment
Larry Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 this thread is a certified blast from the past what's amazing to me, is how far MMA has gone from the time this thread was started until today. this thread started 4 years ago, and to go from the MMA of those times (which was already pretty big) to now (UFC on the Fox network, OneFC rising to be a legit Asian MMA promotion with an ESPN tv deal, Burger King sponsoring Anderson Silva, Ronda Rousey, etc) it's crazy. some of the posts on this thread are funny too, like the floyd mayweather beats any MMA fighter...135lb Ronda Rousey would snap PBFs arm within a minute. and to answer the OPs question on whether MMA will k*ll boxing... My answer is still no. boxing will k*ll boxing, MMA has got nothing to do with that. Quote Link to comment
Guest demon nick fury Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 I agree with that too. No, I mean, MMA is not gonna k*ll boxing because some countries like Mexico, Cuba, Philippines etc are still very much boxing havens because even their athletes prefer to focus on that sport rather than MMA. But yeah, MMA is fast eating up millions of fans who used to root for boxing more or less exclusively in the past. Credit that to the excitement we can see in every MMA most especially UFC event! Quote Link to comment
Guest Satanick Fury Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 MMA will not k*ll boxing but it will be more popular. Quote Link to comment
Spyke Duhdley Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Boxing has run out of marquee athletes that headline the sport. If you look down the roster of today's champions, do people even know who they are? E.g. who is the heavyweight champion of the world now? Some Russian guy whose name I can't even pronounce correctly. Names like Tyson, Holyfield, Lewis, Roy jones Jr, De LA hoya etc.. The only marquee boxers we have are pacquiao and mayweather. That's it. There's no excitement to look forward to when you watch other weight classes. They don't market & promote their boxers properly, that's why MMA is kicking boxing on their behind when it comes to PPV revenues. Its sad at the same time tragic for Boxing. Quote Link to comment
ADAM Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 No. MMA is not killing boxing, and boxing is not killing MMA. They are two distinct sports that should be appreciated differently. Following boxing since the Duran-Hagler-Leonard-Hearns days. MMA, since i first saw Pedro Rizzo. And yeah, Ken Shamrock and the Gracies. Not loosing an ounce of interest to both sports. So, to me, and to still quite a lot of people, both Boxing and MMA are alive and well and still blocks dates in every single week. Quote Link to comment
Pentatonic88 Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 MMA will not k*ll boxing. they have there own thing. They both complement each other On the other hand, Filipino are just embracing the art of MMA We have a lot of competitive boxer but with MMA, its on the process. Quote Link to comment
JustSmile=) Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 We have tons of good fighters in the Philippines. OneFC is proving that, though the last event in PH every Pinoy fighters lost. Such a bummer. Back to the topic. I would choose MMA all day. Reason being, I can watch the whole card, even prelims without me falling asleep. Admit it, in boxing events how many fights do u watch? Only the main event. Also, I agree with one post above. Boxing will k*ll boxing. Boxing has become so dirty with all the fight fixing happening. In a Pacman fight, how many dudes should be in the ring with the fighter? What business do they have in the ring? Quote Link to comment
emz404 Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Soon MMA will be more popular !!! Quote Link to comment
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