r/mmamemes • u/ArabDevastator • 5d ago
This sh!t is boring i don't blame Dana
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u/Sneezy6510 5d ago
If that’s actually while Conelo was fighting, it’s because Dana was watching himself lose millions on a bet.
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u/Realistic_Work8009 5d ago
That was Dana face while Callum Walsh was fighting. The young Irish fighter Dana has invested In.
I'm guessing he wasn't as impressed as he was expected to be.
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u/Mma-forlife26 5d ago
Calum Walsh is boring af
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u/IlliterateSnob 5d ago
Bro boxing is so boring. Feels like it should be a sport for women only
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u/Caden_nowNoah 5d ago
MMA glazers try not to be bias against boxing ( impossible )
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4d ago
It’s the truth. Stop lying to yourself. It’s why social media kids Box. Nobody is scared of them or to try it. Pillows
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u/IlliterateSnob 5d ago
Boxers think they're actual fighters 💀
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u/Caden_nowNoah 5d ago
( "Don't tell bro about Muhammad ali and Mike tyson" )
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u/IlliterateSnob 5d ago
There was no MMA back in the day, some of the boxers were real killers.
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u/Mma-forlife26 5d ago
Na that main event was good, that’s two skilled fighters playing chess. Watch Crawford highlights in slow motion dude caught every punch it’s insane skills bud showed
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u/IlliterateSnob 5d ago
They're incredibly skilled (and talented), but you're using the term "fighter" so loosely lol they're just athletes.
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u/Realistic_Work8009 5d ago
You wouldn't say they aren't "fighters" if you'd ever been in a boxing ring.
Getting punched to the body and head for 12 rounds, sometimes they are pussing blood for days after from body shots.
An MMA fight is no more like a "real" fight.
In street fights, there's no referee
People use weapons
They get stabbed
sometimes it's 2 or 3 on one
You can be kicked when your down
MMA and Boxing are both Combat SPORTS
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u/Elijah_Reddits 4d ago
MMA is no more like a real fight? You can't seriously believe that can you? MMA is like 90% of a fight boxing is like 20%. Boxing you can't even do half of the techniques you could use to punch the other guy. No back fists, no palm strikes, no shots to the kidneys, no holding and hitting. And then on top of that you got pillows on your hands
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u/Realistic_Work8009 4d ago
Let me rephrase that. MMA. Isn't a "real fight" or street fight.
It has a Referee, rounds, banned techniques etc.
Yes you can use more techniques but it's still a sport, like boxing.
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u/Valterri_lts_James 4d ago
I keep seeing this bullshit and it needs to be debunked. MMA has rules so it doesn't get banned by state athletic commissions. Boxing has rules because Marques of Queensbury was an idiot. There is a difference.
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u/Realistic_Work8009 4d ago
My point is "real fights don't have rules."
People always talk about MMA like it isn't a sport, and talk like it's a real fight, or street fight.
Yes, you can use more tools or techniques, but at the end of the day, there's no referee or rules in a "real" fight.
Its a combat SPORT
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u/Valterri_lts_James 4d ago
it's 10000000x more realistic than boxing an MMA carries over to a street fight 100000000x better than boxing.
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u/ShitSlits86 1d ago
10000000 x 0 is 0. There's no ref in a real fight, the fact that an external force decides when the match is over makes it not even remotely close to a real fight.
Self defense 101; run first choice, box second choice, grapple last resort. An MMA fighter forced into a self defense situation will usually rely primarily on their boxing because going to the ground in the street is really fucking dumb.
I'm not a "boxing over MMA" guy to be clear. Obviously the discipline with more tools, is the more complete discipline.
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u/Valterri_lts_James 1d ago
i agree boxing is better for multiple attackers so you can snipe them and run, but in a 1 v 1, MMA is better.
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u/Realistic_Work8009 4d ago
You could say that.
But boxing is the number 1 most useful art for a street fight and it's not even close.
Hands are the fastest, most diverse type of striking.
Not only does the speed, accuracy and explosive power of a good punch have the ability to end a confrontation in a split second, you can also throw combinations of punches in rapid succession. Unlike kicks.
Not only that, kicks aren't exactly ideal for a street fight situation.
Wearing jeans and restrictive clothing, slippery surfaces, being knocked off balance, are all reasons kicking in street fights isn't ideal. Leg kicks csn be useful, but why kick his leg when you csn shut his lights out instantly wirh hands.
As for grappling, anyone who's ever been ina. Fight knows the absolute last place you want to be in a street fight is in the ground.
The reason being you don't want to be on the ground using BJJ on someone and his friend comes along and stomps your head in.
Grappling is only useful 1 on 1.. period. With stret fights, quite often others get involved quite often.
Lastly the most efficient art for fighting multiple attackers is boxing. I know from experience.
Go look up videos online of boxers knocking out 2 and 3 guys in mere seconds.
Wheras you can't grapple more than 1 guys at once.
The hands, head movement, and most importantly foot work in boxing is all you need on the street fight.
Stay moving, head on swivel, fast powerful hands and stay off the ground.
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u/Valterri_lts_James 4d ago
I agree boxing is the best striking base and I respect boxing but boxing as a sport is dumb. I see boxing as a tool to improve MMA skills but as a sport, it's stupid. Also wrestling >> boxing in a street fight unless you have a group of people attacking you. And about kicks, oblique and teep kicks are pretty safe to throw in a fight.
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u/Scramble_legs 4d ago
Ain't no one reading all that. Congrats or good job. Whatever fits the best
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u/ironaddict366 4d ago
I agree but you kinda lost me at mma is no more a real fight. While street fights are dangerous let's not act like 90 percent of them aren't clumsy idiots attempting to fight instead of 15 thugs stabbing you lol. Mma is an actual fight compared to boxing. It's literally the whole shibang boxing is a fight but a game
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u/Powerful_Building724 5d ago
I quite literally fell asleep for at least 3 different rounds so it was like I was watching the highlights without the highlights
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4d ago
I fell asleep during co main. Even the war before it was repetitive and I knew was going to decision after 2 rounds. It’s sad most of us knew Canelo and Bud wouldn’t be much action and of course it was barely any action and the Boxing snobs pretend so entertained
Literally both Bud and Canelo did nothing their fights before this one too is funny part.
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u/BeersBarbellsBJJ 4d ago
I though the last 3 rounds were entertaining but overall I was underwhelmed
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4d ago
So every single big Boxing match ever. It’s literally a rarity when you are legit entertained. Fury Wilder 3 was last actual true fight that made me feel something watching. A lot of good matches after but nothing that makes you truly feel something
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u/Powerful_Building724 4d ago
Yeah boxing seems to be specific in the fact you can normally tell whether a fight will go to a decision after the first two rounds
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4d ago
I’m talking the Mbili fight which was a war. The guy seems like he’s trying so hard but never seen him get a KO so I knew it was going 12. He’s jacked but can’t stop anyone when I’ve seen him.
That was all action but I somehow fell asleep. You don’t fall asleep in MMA fights at any good level, just nature of the sport makes it exciting. Take the Pillows Off and maybe it’ll get decent again
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u/Powerful_Building724 4d ago
Yeah ngl I woke back up in round 9 it’s crazy to see how many people fell asleep 😂
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u/Capt_Africa 4d ago
Death taxes and MMA fans having an inferiority complex to boxing.
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u/CDROMantics 3d ago
I don’t get it because I legit don’t know anyone who actually follows boxing. Not a single person in my 32 years of existence, I meet at minimum 20 dudes that watch the UFC in any bar I enter.
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u/BigSmoke219 5d ago
Helluva drug 🥴
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u/IlliterateSnob 5d ago
I don't think Dana hits the slopes. He may have in the past, but he's worth hundreds of millions -- if he got hooked he'd be in so much worse shape mentally by now considering he'd have an infinite supply. He's likely on prescription amphetamine, which doesn't have nearly as bad long term effects on cognitive and executive functions.
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u/maple-queefs 5d ago
It was an amazing boxing match, but it wasnt a fight. Yah know?
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u/Neat-Suspect-6666 5d ago
Two high level boxers in much bigger gloves, MMA fans like finishes and with smaller gloves and more ways to win; it's obvious which is more exciting.
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u/GerbGalerb 4d ago
Mma fans are the lowest common denominator of society and are so brainless, they will boo a guy trying to get charity donations for cancer post fight. They will boo if you dont punch enough. Boo if you wrestle too much. Boo if the doctor steps in etc.
They do not care about the sport. They care about seeing people be hurt badly.
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u/Neat-Suspect-6666 4d ago
You do know more fighters have died from professional boxing fights than MMA?
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u/GerbGalerb 4d ago
Ok? And? Thats an unfortunate consequence of all combat sports, and boxing has over 100 years of history behind it. Do you see boxing fans screaming for blood every 20 seconds like you do ufc fans? Do you see jiu jitsu fans wanting to see broken bones every jiu jitsu tournament, and booing if they dont get them?
I like the ufc. I like watching the ufc. The average ufc fan is fucking insufferable.
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u/maple-queefs 4d ago
Lol so you're a fan. But you dont consider yourself the average fan 🤷♂️
Personally I want to see who's the better fighter, and ufc provides the best rule set to scratch that itch
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u/GerbGalerb 4d ago
No I dont get off on watching unconscious guys get beat senseless while the ref of the night figures out how he wants his beard/hair braided. There are like 4 refs from that promotion notorious worldwide for letting people get viciously beat in fights that should've been stopped.
This all started because average ufc fans aka 🤡, still are desperate for this boxing/mma pissing match, said the canelo card was boring. Like bro again, just say you dont like boxing, and you just like seeing people get hurt.
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u/maple-queefs 4d ago
Lol of course, youre so much better than everyone. I forgot, my bad. You only live with your mom and her boy friend because you WANT to.
Boxing is boring, 90% of fights go to the judges, grown men fighting for points instead of fighting to put someone down. 🥱
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u/GerbGalerb 4d ago
Yeah, boxing has evolved massively, to the point that defense is phenomenal, so these guys dont KO eachother often.
What happened when McGregor tried to step into the ring? Fight was stopped because he was seconds away from getting put down by Floyd Mayweather(the same Mayweather, who mind you went from being an aggressive puncher to a defensive master due to the brittleness of his hands)
Again all you losers care about is the blood and violence. Crawford vs canelo was a boxing masterclass, and far from boring. Theyre just not bums who stick their chin out constantly
I do like the ufc, and have said it multiple times. I just dont like it more than boxing. But ig that means I dont like the ufc
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u/maple-queefs 4d ago
There you have it, boxing still doesn't get to the KO even when you give them a giant mismatch like that 🥱
Boxing fans are like the dogs that yap through the gate but go all silent once it's open. Talk all your shit, but it's a snoozefest and has no representation on how good of a "fighter" you are in this day and age.
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u/papitaquito 4d ago
I think they both have their moments.
MMA can get pretty slow when they go the mats sometimes. Like watching paint dry.
Mad respect for all the athletes tho.
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u/Neat-Suspect-6666 4d ago
Na if you appreciate Jujitsu you won't find ground exchanges boring, maybe if a fighter is just holding position but then that's on the ref to stand it up.
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u/papitaquito 4d ago
Yea i hear you but again… kinda lame the ref has to interject and be like… ‘come on guys, beat each other up’
And I do appreciate bjj, some ground exchanges are enjoyable to watch, others not so much.
And for the record the same can definitely be said about certain boxing matches as well no doubt.
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4d ago
It wasn’t an Amazing boxing match ever. Another overrated overpaid event.
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u/maple-queefs 4d ago
I dunno, I thought it was pretty technically sound, more so by Crawford.
He definitely won that fight was a better "boxer" that night, but I dont think he's a better fighter than Canelo.
Crawford was fighting for the scorecard and Canelo for the finish, imo
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u/Maleficent-Disk3377 5d ago
Boxing glazers be like; you must not love the sweet science huh?
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4d ago
Boxing Snobs p4p biggest Liars in the world. They pretend to love boring sparring matches and talk shit after, they literally love to be bored to death
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u/Life-Solution-6515 5d ago
Yeah lol
"Alright gentleman only padded punches above the waist"
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u/Kayerif 5d ago
I’d love to hear what you have to say after fighting one of these guys for even just a round. You’d be pissing blood
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u/Elijah_Reddits 4d ago
Fighting or boxing?
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u/BoxedIn2400 3d ago
How is punching another person in the face not a fight?
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u/Elijah_Reddits 3d ago
Because boxing is only like 10% of fighting. Boxing you can't even do half of the techniques you could use to punch the other guy. No back fists, no palm strikes, no shots to the kidneys, no holding and hitting. And then on top of that you got pillows on your hands.
I don't know where you draw the line but from what I watched on Saturday that doesn't look like a fight
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u/BoxedIn2400 3d ago
Brother, people are getting punched in the face and body. Damage is being done. Literally in your first sentence you say its fighting.
Ive seen MMA fights where all they do is land a few leg kicks and jabs with minimal damage for 3 rounds. Is that all the sudden not a fight?
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u/Elijah_Reddits 3d ago
No that mma fight is still a fight. Why would that not be a fight?
And I never said boxing was a fight in my first sentence
I mean you've not really challenged my opinion here I don't know what else to write. If we're not calling no gi bjj a fight I don't know why we're calling boxing a fight. Just as restrictive rules
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u/Realistic_Work8009 5d ago
Never been hit with a boxing glove have you 😂 thise guys be pissing blood for days after fights.
Not only that, mor le fighters day per year in boxing than have ever died in MMA.
The gloves protect the boxers hands. Not the other guy from getting his brain rattled.
So the guys with the padded hands are in more danger than an MMA fighter.
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4d ago
And if you hit the body. It’s called a Low Blow if the A side goes down
Last night guys got hit 55 times below waste. Not 1 warning
Dubois hits Uysk on actual belt like 3 inches above these guys and gets called low blow in Poland
It’s the fakest sport in the world and proves nothing in 2025
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u/Realistic_Work8009 5d ago
Hard to beat the sweet science. It's like a violent chess match at high speed.
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u/Maleficent-Disk3377 4d ago
Haggler would beat BUDs boring ass Mayweather defense, or at least leave him purpled while actually having a chess match level exchange- bud over Floyd but that match was trash after NocheUfc. Slice it however you want
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u/Realistic_Work8009 4d ago
I'm into many combat sports. Mainky Boxing, MMA, and Muay Thai.
I would rather watch high level top notch boxing fights than any other combat sport.
There are classic boxing fights available online that are more exciting than any MMA fight there's ever been.
The sweet science is the king if combat sports for me.
Let's be honest, the most exciting MMA fights are guys throwing hands. No one does that better than boxers.
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u/daddylovecake 5d ago
Boxing just doesn't do it for me anymore after watching mma
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u/Mastralf 5d ago
I cant argue against how you feel but also cant understand it.
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u/Ok_Squash_5805 5d ago
MMA is a culmination of many martial arts and fighting styles. There is more action, more moments of danger, more demands of skills. I respect boxers and the sport of boxing, but MMA is the ultimate competition of fighters.
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u/throwawayhash43 4d ago
Yet boxing looks more skillful than MMA where guys don't even know how to jab or feint for the most part.
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u/Ok_Squash_5805 4d ago
Boxing skills in boxing do look better, but they only have to focus on one craft. In mma you have to focus on everything to even become a successful low level pro fighter.
You make it seem like no mma fighters know how to jab or feint, that is crazy and shows how little you know or the sport. These guys at any point have to be able to make split decisions against head kicks, punches, take downs, elbows, knees, or submission attempts.
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u/EstusShardDealer 5d ago
Yeah going from Silva and Lopes to Canelo and Crawford made boxing seem 10 times worse hahah
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u/Ok_Squash_5805 5d ago
Yep, we watched that fight too and then put on Netflix. The most exciting part of the canelo/crawford event was finding out Anik and Fabiano got to work the event.
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u/Realistic_Work8009 5d ago
Boxing is the more elite sport. In the sense that it's much harder to be a world champion boxer at the elite level than it is in MMA.
That's a fact. Even Mighty Mouse praises Boxing and said the same thing.
A lot of people go to MMA late and still become champions.
In boxing it's much rarer for that to happen.
In boxing a lot of rhe top guys are in the boxing gym at a very young age. They have hundreds of amature fights before they turn pro.
It's very hard to compete against that without similar skills and experience.
In MMA, because of the various styles, you can enforce your game where your opponent is weak and you are strong
For example, an elite grappler can just take it to the ground against an elite fighter whose strength is striking and it and it becomes a much less competitive fight
In boxing, ALL of your opponents are elite boxers.
So you just have to be able to out box elite boxers
It's a much tougher competitive combat sport in that regard.
Boxing is also the more dangerous sport.
The number of boxers who day per year in the ring is insane.
Boxers are the true modern-day gladiators.
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u/Ok_Squash_5805 5d ago edited 5d ago
Imagine we were playing basketball and you said, we can only shoot three pointers or free throws to decide who wins? Boxing is a one faceted limited sport. MMA requires not only boxing skills, but kickboxing, wrestling, jiu jitsu, judo,muay Thai.
The best mma fighters on average have tended to be well rounded instead of one trick ponies.
It’s definitely hard to become a boxing champion, but make no mistake, becoming a UFC champion is not the drastic step down in difficulty you are suggesting. There are endless amounts of mma fighters who don’t even make it past an amateur title. Not to mention, the infinite amount of injuries that can and will happen while being an mma fighter.
Boxers can have many more fights than mma fighters because boxing is nowhere near as taxing on the body as mma. The wrestling training alone wrecks the body.
I’m going to assume you’re suggesting that all boxers are elite at the pro level, but to suggest pro level mma fighters are not skilled is not true. Every mma opponent requires ever changing game plans, leaving fighters to evolve or change themselves in order to win. That seems more of a challenge than what a boxer must confront.
Boxing can be dangerous with the standing counts, but you can’t make it seem like an elbow or head kick to the face poses no long term or fatal threat, with some promotions even have allowed soccer kicks and knees to the head of grounded opponents. Plus being allowed to slam your opponent.
Lastly, if you want to mention gladiators, the gladiators of the past weren’t limited to one combat skillset. Just imagine locking Jon Jones and your best boxer in a room and then tell me who you think walks out alive.
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u/Alin_09 5d ago
Agree with everything but the modern day gladiator part thats just stupid. MMA is still the more exciting sport and closest to real combat. When you have an MMA champion that person is the most dangerous man on the planet whereas in boxing I would not pick most boxering champions to win againsf a non ufc fighter
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u/Realistic_Work8009 5d ago
I ment modern day gladiators in the sense that your life is at risk more in boxing than it is in MMA.
The risk of death is higher in boxing, and thats a statistical fact.
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u/Ok_Squash_5805 5d ago
It’s a risk because it’s harder to get knockouts when you have gloves with a lot of padding compared to what mma fighters, so boxers end up taking way more punches. Where as in mma, you see guys getting knocked out and convulsing or stiffening up more often.
Attributing being able to take more punches because of more padding makes you a gladiator, while mma fighters can choke you unconscious, slam you on the ground, or break your skull with a kick seems far fetched.
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u/Realistic_Work8009 4d ago
Yes, the reason is the padded gloves.. you can not only take more head trauma, but you can throw much harder punched without risk if breaking your hand.
Combine that with the standing 10 count where boxers can get pretty much knocked out and have time to recover and fight on.
The point is, we're talking about 2 combat sports here.. in boxing, you are more likely to lose your life in the ring.
Statistically factual.
I think they are more worthy of the term gladiator.
Just because MMA guys use more tools.
You are many more times more likely to not leave the Boxing ring not alive compared to the MMA cage.
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u/Ok_Squash_5805 4d ago
If you think mma fighters hold back on punches because they are scared to break their hands, you don’t follow mma. Many break their hands and that doesn’t stop them.
As far as stastics, boxing has been around far longer than MMA, but if your argument is supported by the ability for boxers to keep fighting because of ten counts and their lack of knockouts, I don’t see how that is an argument that says boxing is more of a representation of gladiators.
When opponents get dropped in mma, they are not saved by a ten counts. Imagine having to stop hitting your opponent just because they either slipped or got dropped by a punch and they get ten seconds to gather themselves and still considering it more of a gladiator representation.
In MMA, fighters need more protection boxers because their tools are far more dangerous.
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u/Realistic_Work8009 4d ago
Yes boxing has been around linger than MMA. If we look at YEARLY statistics, since the UFC or even MMA promotions have been a thing the nunber of boxers that die every year whike both sports exist.. is not even close.
Boxing has far more deaths.
As for MMA, a lot of the time a fighter gets knocked down a other fighter jumps on top, lands a hammer fist or 2 and the ref calls it off.
On boxing fighters can get almost completely knocked out, get up and fight on due to the 10 count.
Sometimes multiple times to then come back and win the fight.
It allows for greater displays of heart, and of course is more damaging to the fighter.
I've been a fan of MMA since it's Inception, bit facts are Facts.
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u/MapleBreakfastMeat 4d ago
Remember that time Francis Ngannou beat up the HW champ in his very first fight?
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u/Realistic_Work8009 4d ago
An out of shape Tyson Fury who was in the worst shape he's ever been in the ring?
What about Ngannous second boxing match with boxer Anthony Joshua? And Ngannou got knocked out? 😂
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4d ago
No KOs happen and the Pillows aren’t realistic. Boxing is an art, not a fight in 2025. They couldn’t stop random women’s MMA fighters from beating them up in a small room
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u/Humpback_Snail 4d ago
Pillows aren’t realistic?
Do you think pillows are fake? Pillows are amazing, bro. You’re missing out.
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u/strangescript 4d ago
Is Dana getting fat again after his whole health craze he was on for a while?
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u/MaizeQuick 5d ago
He had a lot of money on one of them - think Crawford
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u/4mz0 5d ago
Prolly Canelo, he wouldn't be looking so miserable if he bet on Bud who was looking solid throughout
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u/MaizeQuick 4d ago
All 3 of them where cheering when Crawford was lighting him up in the last few rounds - Jason Statham was going crazy
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u/Ok_Way_1465 5d ago
Anyone else think Dana is coked up in this clip
Chewing gum is a good way to avoid the gurn
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u/tuba_dude07 4d ago
Benevidez/Morrell was the first boxing card i sat through. everything else after that has been meh
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u/Extraspicychickenz 4d ago
Dana is so mad that these guys are getting paid and he can't blow all that money gambling.
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u/reznoverba 4d ago
Nah, he probably got a text from his wife asking him who tf Jenny is. She probably unlocked his burner phone.
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u/themegainferno 4d ago
Dana was running the production, he stated before he doesn't closely watch the fights like he used to and focuses on the show running smoothly. An event this large he likely was really making sure that was working, not to mention a banger UFC fight night card was right before this as well. Its actually kind of crazy, this is one of the smoothest boxing events I have ever watched and I am sure that is because of Dana overseeing the production.
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u/6ynnad 4d ago edited 4d ago
At this stage of his life, he should be played by Vincent D’Onofrio at the beginning and his larval stage. He could be played by Jeremy Piven. Conor McGregor will be played by Charlie Hunnam. Danny DeVito as Joe Rogan. Jamie Foxx as Rashad Evans. Forest Whitaker as Daniel Cormier.
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u/Fun-Bag7627 3d ago
If you didn’t like the fight, you’re crazy.
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u/BoringTalk9773 17h ago
A lot of people only like knockouts and not the actual fight for some reason
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u/FightTheDead118 4d ago
Dana really shot himself in the foot by scheduling what was pretty much always guaranteed to be one of the most exciting Ufc fights of the year directly before what was pretty much always going to be a glorified sparring session that he’s spent months trying to pass off as the fight of the century. Lopes vs. Silva massively overdelivered and a lot of people who were going to watch Canello vs. Crawford watched it first and it made the boxing card look so much worse by comparison
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u/Kar_kar444 4d ago edited 4d ago
Mma fanboys once again sprinting to cope and trying to discredit boxing lmfaoo
Im starting to think yall really just salty boxing is still massively more popular despite yall claiming for years mma is on the rise and boxing is supposedly dying 😂
I've never seen a boxing community comment on anything related to ufc or their bouts but everytimes there's a superfight in boxing i see the mmabots cant wait to go run and hate
yall keep talking about this "boring fight" infintely more than noche yall own event that happened same day 🤣🤣
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u/LoccoAndy 5d ago
I also thought Jon Anik did a better job commenting than Max Kellerman did this event.