UFC and there WEAK CHINS?

Question

Why dont many of the MMA & UFC fighters do sparring? and I dont mean two guys in tights rolling over on the ground. It's obvious that these guys dont do sparring in the ring. Majority of the guys get tapped in the jaw and there down. When it comes to boxing, dont say they have gloves because even with the gloves there is still the handwraps under. Which is more solid than the fist, the punches hurt more.

My reason would be that if UFC & or MMA were to start sparring, fights would go longer and be more boring than what they already are. And people would start losing interest and the octagon would be no more.

Is that a fair reason to think?

Answer 1

what they have is smaller gloves , meaning their punches have more power behind it  , thats why with a good placed punch they go down , unlike boxing with the big gloves

Answer 2

Mayweather wouldn't last 45 seconds in a mixed martial arts octagon, there's no running in the cage boy.

Answer 3

I take it you know nothing about MMA or UFC but your a boxing fan have you seen them gloves they wear its not worth wearing gloves unlike boxing's bouncy castle like gloves im not knocking boxing i love the sport i've boxed all my life but i've also done martial arts and you get lots of martial artists who are unsuccessful in martial arts but become very successful boxers how many boxers even good ones become good at martial arts and why are boxing fans against martial arts are they afraid it might take boxing over because it won't happen so give the guys the respect they deserve

Answer 4

There is a truth to this question and the truth is they are wrestlers hiding out in a full contact sport.they are not hardened to contact blows that can be delivered by boxers and the more ruthless Thai fighters.it does not mean that they would get beat by these fighters,it just means they are not all that skilled,a proof in the pudding is that Karelin.P.S boxing gloves were invented to protect a fighter from hurting his hands and nothing else.

Answer 5

first of all, mma fighters arent the best stikers, there a jack of all trades, 2nd they rush in with there face first, 3rd its a little harder to be evasive in mma and gloves sizes makes a little different. REMEMBER BOXING IS THE MOST DANGEROUS SPORT OUT THERE. THATS WHY THERES AN AVERAGE OF 10 DEATHS A YEAR. but they dont tell you that. continous punishment, brain rattling in there heads, standing eight count makes it more dangerous. IN MMA WHEN YOU SUBMIT YOUR DONE, WHEN YOUR KNOCKED SILLY THEY STOP IT. boxing is punishment until you cant get up or you cant protect yourself anymore. I pick and choose wich fights to watch(mma and boxing) cause not one sport can produce spectacular fights ever fight, theres been alot of snooozers in both sports. and one more thing either your born with a chin or your not, you cant learn how to take a punch in the jaw or face hince the terms (class jaw) and (granite chin)

Answer 6

Their hands are wrapped under the MMA gloves too. Do you box? If so, try sparring with some 16 oz. gloves. Then switch it up to some 10 oz. and tell me you don't feel a difference.

Answer 7

there is a HUGE difference between the little mits worn in MMA and the 10-12-14oz gloves worn in pro boxing.

I have not fought MMA (nor would I), but I"m guessing that their gloves are "Maybe" 6oz....

you get popped with those small mits and youre gonna get rocked. Plain and simple.

I boxed for years and know what it's like to get hit with large and small gloves a like...

it doesnt feel good.

Greg Jackson

Tigard, OR

http://www.JaxonsGottaGun.com

Answer 8

UFC figthers would last longer in the boxing ring than boxers would last in  the octagon.

In boxing a guy like Forrest Griffin would last maybe 3 rounds against a boxer like Roy Jones before getting KOed.

If Roy Jones faced Dan Henderson in mma he wouldnt last 2mins

He would get laid out with some ground and pound.

Answer 9

boxing has bigger gloves, better defense, punch not centered spread through the gloves

mma has smaller gloves, hard to block or defend with, and the power is more centered.

Answer 10

I love it when some people come on here and try to talk about something they know nothing about.  Just broadcast your stupidity to the world without even knowing it.

Have you taken Martial Arts?  Do you know how they train?  Don't answer that, everyone already knows.  By the way, your hand wrap theory, mma fighters wrap their hands too.  You didn't know that did you.  Every fighter knows to get their hands wrapped to prevent injuries.

Boxing gloves were developed to cushion the blow and prevent injuries.  They are 10-20oz gloves.  They displace the force over a larger area.  MMA gloves are 4oz, much smaller, they don't block very well, there's less cushion, and the force of the blow is more centered.  Do you understand how it works?  Have you ever boxed even?