what is more dangerous boxing or mma

There is a vary popular belief that MMA (mixed martial arts) is a barbaric sport. The biggest argument used to categorise mixed martial arts in this way is the fact that it is excessively violent and dangerous sport, UFC (ultimate fighting champion) presenters don’t even try to hide this due to the fact that most of the pictures they use to advertise mixed martial arts are pictures of people in the octagon who are blooded, battered and bruised. Politicians have actually labelled Mixed martial arts as human cock-fighting. On the other hand boxing is to be considered as an american past time that is a great part of american history and contains allot of historical legendary figures who previously took part such as Jack johnson (the first African american heavyweight champ) or Muhammad Ali, a boxing icon people also falsely believe that boxing is a sport safer than mixed martial arts.

Most people are under this impression for the simple reason that boxing gloves are more padded than mixed martial art gloves, but they have not considered many things such as the fact the professional boxers have to go into a boxing ring and can go through twelve, three minute rounds of constant hard hitting blows to the head and rips while on the other hand mixed martial arts is slightly different. mixed martial arts fighters usually go through three, five minute rounds in a normal fight and can go through five, five minute rounds in a main event and unlike the boxing style mixed martial arts fighting style consist of hitting numerous targets such as arms, legs, head and upper body meaning you don’t concentrate all you attention to just targeting the head and ribs of your opponent in mixed martial arts a person can also take someone out with the use of take-downs and submissions such as an arm bar and triangle lock. The fact that boxing is only targeted to attacking the head and body of an opponent gives a greater risk of head and brain injuries.

According to Hans Forstl, MD and his team of researchers in Germany, there have been an average of 10 boxing deaths a year since 1900, of these death about 80 percent of them are due to some sort of head and neck injury, these injuries include raptures in brain vessels, epidural haemorrhages and sub-dural haematoma. In which bleeding will occur in the brain. Unlike mixed martial arts physical injuries that can heal over time a boxers brain tissue when damaged cannot be repaired.both the government and boxing’s controlling bodies have made attempts to put in regulations to make boxing safer such as the Muhammad Ali boxing reform act aimed at minimizing major injuries in sport however boxing injuries are still a major concern in the boxing industry, the america association for neurological surgeons have studied that 90% of boxers will have sustained some sort of long lasting brain injury towards the end of there boxing career injuries can also include eye injuries and dementia which are from taking to many blows to the head.

 

The greatest fight ever in boxing history

There are many great fight in boxing history for example Sugar Ray Robinson VS Carmen Basilio, Eric Morales VS Marco Antonio Barrera or  Rocky Graziano VS Tony Zale. But the greatest ever historical boxing event has to be given to the second fight of  Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier.

Muhammad Ali born in in Louisville, Kentucky, January 17 1942, is considered one of the greatest fighters and athletes in boxing history, winning both the coveted Golden gloves title and the Olympic gold medal among several other honours. With 56 wins and 5 losses to some of if not all of the boxing greats such as Floyd Patterson, Sonny Liston, Henry Cooper and Ken Norten.  Ali  is considered the best not only for his shear force, determination, skill , power and confidence within the ring but his charm , focus , training ethic , confidence and dedication outside the ring.

On the other hand Joe Frazier born Beaufort, South Carolina January 12 1944. Was one of the greatest heavyweight boxers ever lived and would be the greatest boxer who ever lived if not for Muhammad Ali. He was the world heavyweight boxing champion from February 1973 until his rain was taken and he was beaten by another boxing great George Foreman. Joe Frazier was well known for his bone crushing left hook and his brute power and force inside and outside of the boxing ring.Joe had a great fighting record also of 32 wins, 4 losses and 1 draw. Like Ali Joe Frazier also fought allot of the greats in boxing suck as Jimmy Ellis, Joe Bugner, Bob Foster and Terry Daniels.

The rivalry of Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier was a rivalry far superior than any other boxing rivals, It was a rivalry far greater than a rivalry the Hollywood scriptwriters could have conjured up in there own minds. There first fight in 1971 was also a great fight, it was dubbed “The fight of the century”.

This fight was a meeting between two of the greatest undefeated boxing heavyweight champions of that generation.With Muhammad Ali finally returning to boxing after his three year ban from the boxing federation while fighting of military drafts in the court “Smoking Joe Frazier” was knocking out allot of the greatest fighters with his blistering left hooks in the final rounds, securing his unanimous decision wins.Frazier then lost his championship title to George foreman in 1973 and 1 year later dropped a 12 round unanimous decision to Ali in a rematch. After this defeat Ali then shocked the world.

Ali is now a father of a 9 children in total and his youngest Daughter Laila ali had a celebrated boxing career with a record of 24 wins and 0 losses with 21 wins by KO. Ali is now living out his years on in a small farm near Berrien Springs, Michigan at an age of 72 with his fourth wife Yolanda , but is sadly suffering from Parkinson’s disease.

‘Smoking Joe’ Joe Frazier hung up his boxing gloves at the age of 32 in 1981, his remaining years saw him manage his oldest son Marvis who was a heavyweight boxer and his daughter Jacqua Frazier Lyde also took up boxing and eventually ended up fighting Muhammad Ali’s daughter Laila Ali in a fight called Ali-Frazier IV, but Ali came out victorious. Frazier died at home in 2011 after he was diagnose with liver cancer.

 

worlds best heavyweight MMA artist

There has been many many fighters who have been considered as being the greatest throughout MMA history for example Mirko Filipovic with his 27 wins 10 losses and 2 draws or Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira with his 33 wins 7 losses 1 draw. None of these fighters could ever match up with the sheer animal that is Fedor Emelianenko who within his 37 matches he won 33 lost 4 and had one no count, while looking back throughout the heavyweight MMA division it becomes pretty clear that Fedor Emelianenko is the greatest heavyweight of all time. Fador won the pride title in 2003 and was able to defend it without one defeat until the next three years until the end of the promotion. It is unclear to weather or not Fedor was able to test his skill or full potential but with that being said he was still able to defeat the best of the best through out the heavyweight division.Fedor defeated many great MMA heavyweight contenders such as Pedro Rizzo, Satoshi ishii and Jeff Monson. Fedors first loss was a huge one especially considering it was due to a small cut that caused a defeat by TKO if the fight were to of went on there would have been a strong possibility that Fedor could still of gained the upper hand, Fedor’s aggressive, dominant punches and top game was Fedor’s best techniques and had caused him to become unstoppable for eight years straight during the prime of his career. The only two sugnificant or reall losses Fedor face was by the hands of Dan Henderson who defeated him with a TKO by punches and Fabrico Werdum who defeated him be submission (triangle arm bar). Alot of people wouldnt of thaught of Fedor Emelianenko as being the best world class heavyweight MMA fighter if they were to look at him. Many people would think of him as being overweight or obese, he doesn’t have much definition to show of his muscle but he most definitely has muscle mass that are shown by his unstoppable force and boxing power in the ring and in the octagon. Even the look on Fedor’s face when he is fighting is scary as he shows no scene of fear he only shows pure focus. Many great fighters have actually said or showed there fears of Fedor Emelianenko for example Bas Rutten has said ” Fedor has no weakness! I have seen so many fights, and even the best fighters in the world have flaw in there game but i have yet to find one in Fedor Emelianenko”, Diego Sanchez has also said ” Probably the best ever lived …. he’s a living legend right know I and I don’t think there is a man on this planet who can beat him; The man is unreal. Pound for pound the best in the world” and even Mark Coleman said plainly “He is the BEST !!”. Fedor in is the best of his generation in pound for pound weight and muscle and he is the best in mind and skill, Fedor is the best all round fighter in the MMA heavyweight devision the world has ever seen so far.

Conor mcgregor beating Justin Poirier

Dustin ‘the diamond’ Poirier born January 19 ,1989 from Lafayette,Louisiana, united states is an American mixed martial artist who is currently fighting in the featherweight division  with a height of 5 foot 9 inches, weight of 145 lb and a reach of 73.0 inches. He is a member of the American top team MMA gym and is currently a brown belt in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu. With a record of 16 wins ,7 by knock-out, 6 by submission and 3 by decision and 4 losses, 1 by knock-out, 1 by submission and 2 by decision.

Conor ‘the notorious’ Mcgregor born July 14 1988 (age 26) from Dublin Ireland. Fighting in the Featherweight devision with a height of 5 foot 9 inches, weight of 146 lb and a reach of 74.0 inches. He is currently a member of the SBG Ireland MMA gym and like Justin is also a brown best in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu. With a record of 16 wins, 14 by knock out, 1 by submission,1 by decision and with 2 losses , 2 by submission.

There was allot of sly remarks from each of the two fighters towards one another which initially caused tension between the two, Conor McGregor stated in the interviews that Dustin was “a little hill billy from the back ars’e of nowhere, he probably has a cousin called Cleavis”, Conor also said “I hope he likes it after i whoop his ass, i might have to whoop it twice”. In return Dustin said “Iv’e never disliked someone so much that Iv’e ever fought”

Dustin Poirier was initially in MMA studies the most proven fighter between him and Conor Mcgregor. Dustin Poirier had no intentions of being beaten in the cage by the notorious Conor mcgregor as he said “I respect him as a fighter. He’s dangerous and has good instincts. That being said i have been there with the best guys and i know what it takes to compete at this level. I’m going to be the first fight he’s ever been in and I’m going to be prepared.

Conor Mcgregor the vary talented MMA fighter became a world wide hit not only in Los Vegas but in the cage as-well. After annihilating Dustin Poirier in 1 minute and 42 seconds of the first round of the preliminary rounds in the UFC, Los Vegas. Conor hit Dustin poirier with a series of hard hitting kicks and blows to the face before he dealt his final kick causing Justin to fall to the mat to receive a ground and pound beat down which initially finished the the fight !. Both fighters took there wins and losses like professional athletes and men which initially shows the amount of respect allot of the MMA athletes have towards each other in the end

Dustin Poirier was initially suppose to be Conors big test or challenge to prove his worth to the UFC industry, but after the unexpected first round knock out, providing proof didnt seem to be much of a challenge to Conor mcgregor. 10% of the Los Vegas vanue was Irish, therefore showing the the sheer support Conor mcgregor was receiving and the mass popularity he was gaining. Conors main focus now is the championship that will be place on the traditional end of year show taking place on the 28th of December.

Anderson Silva return to the octagon

Anderson Da Silva is considered to be one of the best if not the best fighter in the middleweight division within the  MMA federation, he is a Brazilian mixed martial artist who studies boxing and is a black Prajied in Muai thai, A black belt in jiu-jitsu, 5th Dan black belt in Taekwondo and a yellow cord in Capoeira.

Anderson Silva’s journey back to the octagon has been a vary hard long since he received a gruesome broken led on the 29th of December 2013 during his title fight rematch against Chris Weidman. Silva went from the cage straight to surgery hours after his fight and began rebuilding his leg, the leg that millions of viewers saw snap during the fight were Silva attempted to regain the middleweight belt he held for seven years.

before Silva’s broken leg Anderson was taking into consideration retirement from his MMA career but since his broken leg his drive to get back into the cage has never been stronger, and just seven months later Anderson Silva is back into full time training and sparing with his surgically repaired leg as he prepares to fight again in the UFC arena in 2015 against Nick Diaz. The videos of Anderson “SPIDER” Silva hitting pads and kicking footballs has enhanced viewers beliefs that Silva is in tip top condition but Silva’s states that he is no quite ready yet. But Anderson also believes that by the time his fight comes up against Nick Diaz he will be able to deal the same pain as he did before his accident on the 29th of December. He states “I have been doing a lot of physical therapy and right now (the leg) is at 95 percent and improving. At the day of the fight its going to be 100 percent.

Although Silva is giving 100 percent of his determination into rehabilitation for his fight, Anderson’s family is not so enthusiastic for Silva to step back into the octagon. But I like many other fans of MMA am intrigued to see how Anderson preformed on the day.

Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao… big fight

According to Joe Cortez one of the greatest referees in boxing in the last 35 years the Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao will have a hard time with Chris Algieri and may not get through him due to Algieri’s height advantage (Algieri will keep pacquiao at distance). In the event that Pacquiao does not come out victorious against Algieri, Cortez highly believes that the big Mayweather vs Pacquiao fight next year might not take place.

The Mayweather / Pacquiao fight is now long over due and in fact even boxing legends are now pushing for this mega fight to take place. Surprisingly after the Mayweather vs Maidana fight in May the legendary greatest boxer of all time Muhammad Ali tool to twitter to express his desire to make the Mayweather vs Pacquiao fight happen. Sugar Ray Leonard also revealed his lust for the Mayweather vs Pacquiao to take place ” Thay should fight” Sugar Ray said via ESPN. Shortly after Mayweather picked up his 47th Career victory the verbal jabs between Mayweather and Pacquiao began therefore the tension and friction between the two fighters is present but now boxing supporters around the world are sitting on the edge of there seats waiting for the two rival boxers to take centre stage to let this tension be released !. But in light of the bickering. Fans and the media have discussed the possibility of the two fighters meeting in the ring. while the fight continues to look like it will never happen Mayweather trainers and father told fighthype the he expects the fight to be made one day.