Is it just me?

strummers

Does anyone else just not get the whole UFC, boxing, fighting thing?

Ok, I get the argument about admiring the technique, and to some extent 'skill'. At the end of the day though, it's still people trying to inflict physical pain to other human beings.

I watched 10 minutes of UFC the other day to see what it was like and make sure I wasn't jumping to conclusions - but I started to feel physically sick and so wrong watching it, it seemed so brutal. It can't be right to get pleasure from inflicting pain on others or watching pain be inflicted on them.

Is it just me?? Probably!

All5horizons1991

I don't get either.

I don't have a problem with violent sports. I'll occasionally watch boxing and think fighting has its place in hockey. However, I've never had the desire to watch UFC. Just seems so pointless to me.

pretext

Me either. I don't understand why one would want to subject themselves to it (same goes for getting punched in the head repeatedly as a boxer). It might be a low tolerance for violence. I do get juiced during a hockey fight, hell, I get juiced for any hockey at all, but they often aren't connecting. And when they are, I have a tough time watching. Also, these are REAL people getting hurt, not characters in a SAW movie. I guess if there's an audience, it will grow, as it has. But I don't think I'll ever be able to appreciate it.
Golf doesn't really do it for me either.

mfc2006

no, it's not just you. a couple of my friends love that stuff & they order the ppv's & have parties. i went to one out of curiousity. i ended up leaving after about 45 minutes...it wasn't my thing at all. i don't get it. i've never been a big wrestling or boxing fan either. to each their own, i guess.

norm

mfc2006 wrote:

i don't get it. i've never been a big wrestling or boxing fan either. to each their own, i guess.

same here

strummers

At least I'm not alone!

With how popular it is I was beginning to think everyone was enamoured with it. Like I said, it just seems inherently wrong to derive pleasure from watching 2 thugs beat each other senseless. I know I'll probably get some stick for the use of the word 'thug', but I can't seem to separate them from the average beefcake charver/chav/cracker* wanting to pick a fight at the drop of a hat.

*insert regional equivalent here

FinsburyParkCarrots

What a bunch of fucking girls.

strummers

FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:

What a bunch of fucking girls.

You're right I am a girl!

FinsburyParkCarrots

Then what's Norm's excuse?

I've no time for UFC. Or wrestling. But let me explain the beauty of the noble art of boxing in one clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cu2nKcfMS9A

milarso

FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:

Then what's Norm's excuse?

I've no time for UFC. Or wrestling. But let me explain the beauty of the noble art of boxing in one clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cu2nKcfMS9A

Boxing used to be noble. Then, pretty much from the mid 80s until recently, it was such a mess. So many fixes. It seems to be coming back now, but I think UFC is stealing a lot of its thunder as far as viewership goes.

norm

FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:

Then what's Norm's excuse?

I've no time for UFC. Or wrestling. But let me explain the beauty of the noble art of boxing in one clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cu2nKcfMS9A

boxing hasn't been interesting since tyson...i remember as a kid watching ali, frazier etc and it was fun....but now...eh

FinsburyParkCarrots

Don King killed boxing.

milarso

FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:

Don King killed boxing.

Bingo.
It was like the sport was his own personal strip mine. He raped it for all it was worth and left nothing but a big hole in the ground.

norm

FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:

Don King killed boxing.

yep!

g under p

milarso wrote:

FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:

Then what's Norm's excuse?

I've no time for UFC. Or wrestling. But let me explain the beauty of the noble art of boxing in one clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cu2nKcfMS9A

Boxing used to be noble. Then, pretty much from the mid 80s until recently, it was such a mess. So many fixes. It seems to be coming back now, but I think UFC is stealing a lot of its thunder as far as viewership goes.

Yes it will certainly comeback with the likes of boxers such as Manny "PACMAN" Pacquiao. By the end of the year if there could be a fight between the PACMAN and Merriwether will put boxing back in the limelight.

Peace

FinsburyParkCarrots

But fuck it, I could watch those old fights forever.

strummers

FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:

But fuck it, I could watch those old fights forever.

This wasn't quite was I was hoping for when I started the thread! :P

FinsburyParkCarrots

We'll convert you. You'll be able to name all of George Foreman's KOs by the end of this thread.

strummers

FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:

We'll convert you. You'll be able to name all of George Foreman's KOs by the end of this thread.

I can name all of George Foreman's kids;

George
George
George
George
George
etc

:P :P :P

milarso

g under p wrote:

milarso wrote:

Yes it will certainly comeback with the likes of boxers such as Manny "PACMAN" Pacquiao. By the end of the year if there could be a fight between the PACMAN and Merriwether will put boxing back in the limelight.

Peace

I think that since the spotlight has gone away from the heavyweights, some really interesting fighters have had a chance to step in and show what they can do, especially the lighter weight classes, which traditionally have always been undercards.

"Skinny guys fight til' they're burger." --Fight Club

DewieCox

I don't see how anybody can justify boxing and have a problem with mma. I can't hardly watch boxing, but I find mma to be pretty enjoyable, for the most part. The same stuff that makes boxing boring, to me, happens in mma, just much less and the fights are alot shorter.

As an aside, mma has fewer long term effects on the fighters compared to boxing.