MMA sucks

They call UFC, WEC, and all that other crap "mixed martial arts" but the only style you see are a bunch of guys on the floor hugging each other. If I wanted to watch that I would've stayed in Turkey. Boxing takes way more skill and is way more physically demanding than MMA hands down. I liked the early UFC but it sucks ass now.

I don't care... I'm NEVER going to care about mixed martial arts or that Ultimate Fighting crap. Stop trying to sell me on the fact that it's martial arts. It's not. Bruce Lee is martial arts. This is legal street fighting being mass marketed to the XBOX generation who needs to see a lot of blood spitting out of people's mouths and noses. It features "tough guys" who would get their asses kicked by a REAL fighter.

I don't even know the rules. I don't want to know the rules. Any sport where the object is to squeeze the other guy's balls is not a sport. I'm not sure you're really allowed to grab a guy's nut sack in MMA but as soon as fans say they want to see it, they'll have it.

The fact that boxing is being forced to compete with this bullshit bothers me. Boxing is truly the "sweet science". It requires discipline, focus, intense training and a sophisticated understanding of technique. Well, mostly. I mean you do have guys like Wladimir Klitchko whose only technique is to get in a ring and throw punches until someone rings a bell. Or Tyson whose technique involved biting a guy's ear off.

Still, at its best, there is nothing more exciting than watching two really talented fighters square off. If I want to see UFC type crap I can just walk into a biker bar at closing time. I mean it's pretty much dog fighting for human beings.

I implore all of my readers to rediscover boxing. It has history, it has ring girls and it has class. I never thought I could say that but, compared to that schoolyard bunk they're selling, boxing IS classy.