2007-06-15 03:34:37 · 6 answers · asked by Hafeman 5000 4 in Sports ➔ Other - Sports
Definitely the future, since the UFC has gone away with the no holds bar and added a structured set of rules. It is now widely accepted as a sport and not just 2 people of different martial arts background not knowing how to deal with each other. The reason MMA is surpassing boxing is because there is more action in a shorter amount of time and there is another fight card to look forward to next month. Americans have short attention spans, that is why we rather watch 2 guys give it their all for 15 minutes than watch them feel each other out for 12 rounds and go to a decision and more than 50 percent of time the winner of the round can go either way. Where as in MMA, more than 50 percent of the time someone is knockout or submitted before they go to the judges. I was excited to see the delahoya/mayweather fight, but during the fight I was wishing I was watching a MMA fight instead. There just enough star power in boxing to keep our attention and who we would spend our money to watch.
2007-06-15 04:15:31 · answer #1 · answered by yithrive 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It'll last at LEAST as long as "American Gladiators."
Human beings are a violent, tribal blood thirsty lot. Professional sports are probably one of the main reasons civilization survives. All that tribal warfare is channeled into our sports teams.
UFC may very well replace wrestling and boxing, assuming the government doesn't step in and regulate it to death. How well the fighters hold up over the next decade or so will determine what happens on that score. If anyone dies or is crippled during a fight, you can expect the government to come down HARD, and drive the sport underground in the process.
2007-06-15 11:03:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Future.
2007-06-15 10:38:54 · answer #3 · answered by E O 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Future. It is just going to keep getting bigger and bigger. It is a guilty pleasure watching two guys go at it and beat the holy hell out of each other. I am just waiting for them to set a seperate stage for women in the next 10 years. You know it is coming.
2007-06-16 21:21:55 · answer #4 · answered by Lu 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think its a fad, though it has shot up in popularity lately. This style of fighting dates back to the greeks and was one of the mainstays of the original Olympic games (they called it pankration)
2007-06-15 10:40:34 · answer #5 · answered by megalomaniac 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definitely the future they've been giving it so much on Spike tv..plus ppl are tired of watching boring boxing and they want something exciting to see
2007-06-15 10:39:36 · answer #6 · answered by Golden_Goose 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋