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Grimmlokk · 05-11-2008, 03:55 PM

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Non spoiler part:

The boxing type ring still does, always has, and always will SUCK for MMA. It is not made for ground fighting. You should not need 20 Japanese guys on watch to pull the ropes 6 inches whenever someone decides to grapple. And my least favorite thing in MMA is restarts once the fighters get under the ropes or whatever. I'd rather watch Justin McCully fight Tim Sylvia butt naked than see restarts. They completely interrupt the flow of the fight, and it's impossible to get the 2 fighters back in the exact same position so the ref ends up effecting the fight directly rather than just as an arbiter.

Ring = Great for striking. Boxing, Kickboxing, MT, K-1, whatever. But it is just not made for grappling. Even when standing and grappling it still interferes because it's not made for 300-500lbs of fighters leaning against is and struggling this way and that for position.

Ring sucks for MMA and if you say it's better you are a fucking idiot. You can say you like it more and that just makes you a jackass, but if you claim it is actually better designed for the sport you are just an asshole. Who should die. From AIDS. While on fire. And falling down the stairs. Into a bear trap.

05-11-2008, 03:55 PM	#2222 (permalink)
Grimmlokk Unlicensed Vaginoplasty Surgeon Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 3,364 +11 Internets	Dream3 Spoiler Alert, click show to read: Hansen/Alvarez was a hell of a fight. Alvarez' striking looked really crisp for most of the fight. And Hansen's ground game was looking really good. I was pretty surprised neither one managed to end it. Alvarez got the decision, and rightly so. Really entertaining fight though. And the crowd fucking loved Alvarez once it was over. I almost turned it off and went to bed before the last fight(Ishida vs. Uno) because I didn't feel like watching some stall-fest and it was like 7 am. Glad I decided against it. Uno looked great and it was an entertaining fight from start to finish. I was laying down alone on my couch watching and actually jumped up and cheered when Uno sunk in that RNC. Mayhem destroyed the poor can they put in with him. One thing I've never liked about the Japanese shows is their willingness to put sacrificial lambs in the ring. Manhoef won but frankly did not look impressive. He was getting controlled and pretty much out struck. Managed a reverse on the ground and landed a big knee to the back/side of his opponent's head and ended it. Non spoiler part: The boxing type ring still does, always has, and always will SUCK for MMA. It is not made for ground fighting. You should not need 20 Japanese guys on watch to pull the ropes 6 inches whenever someone decides to grapple. And my least favorite thing in MMA is restarts once the fighters get under the ropes or whatever. I'd rather watch Justin McCully fight Tim Sylvia butt naked than see restarts. They completely interrupt the flow of the fight, and it's impossible to get the 2 fighters back in the exact same position so the ref ends up effecting the fight directly rather than just as an arbiter. Ring = Great for striking. Boxing, Kickboxing, MT, K-1, whatever. But it is just not made for grappling. Even when standing and grappling it still interferes because it's not made for 300-500lbs of fighters leaning against is and struggling this way and that for position. Ring sucks for MMA and if you say it's better you are a fucking idiot. You can say you like it more and that just makes you a jackass, but if you claim it is actually better designed for the sport you are just an asshole. Who should die. From AIDS. While on fire. And falling down the stairs. Into a bear trap. __________________ "The eyes are the groin of the face"