PTI UK: Toss Up - is UFC bigger than Boxing?

As the UFC returns to the UK this weekend, is it really a bigger sport than boxing? Chappers and Buncey argue the toss... Watch more videos like this at http://www.espn.co.uk/video

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• Boxing
• PTI UK
• UFC
• UK
• birmingham
• buncey
• chappers

[TheRey4you]

Whats more boring .. guys taking breathers on the floor on top of each other after 3 mins of a 5 round fight .. or guys exchanging combinations for 12 rounds non stop with the exception of 1 min break after each round ? I guess sport is bigger then a brand .. MMA ? what was MMA 20 years ago ? MMA isnt even an art of combat realistically (its just an ideology) Just the way there isnt any Art that involves Soccer,Basket ball and Baseball all together as one..

[UsurperOfThrones]

@Gonzoidzz Lol, people boo because MMA fans easily get restless. We're use to seeing all out wars, punches, kicks, elbows, knees, slams. MMA is where fight fans go when they're tired of boring boxing. In boxing, there are typically entire rounds without anyone getting in a decent tag but the fans never boo because a boring fight is what they expect.

[Demoniiiic]

@JOSH7141 Dont think so. It would happen already if it was about it. Cain Vs Dos santos. UFC preferred if cain was because he would still be a mexican heavyweight champion and would attract fans in mexico to the ufc/mma. Dos santos won by ko 1 round.

[Gonzoidzz]

MMA is more boring, you just need to hear the boos after every other mma card when they don't throw enough punches. People want KO's and action.

[JOSH7141]

Believe if the ufc gets to the level as boxing... it will get corrupt their will be fixed figths and yes it will be all about the money

[JOSH7141]

Ok mma fellowers seens like u guyz think your sport is bigger then any other... I hear mma fans say is bigger than football,soocer,basketball,bas­eball,and boxing... Does it really if it is... Plus the peoplethat actually watch the ufc are the age 25 to 13... This explains y u guys think the ufc better then any other sport...

[XxSeminolexX]

He is 100% wrong to say there's no 11 year olds in MMA gyms and also wrong to say that MMA doesn't have a culture around it....just because you aren't apart of something doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Open your eyes

[mobregonjr]

I personally dont care if boxing brings in bigger numbers and money. Money is what killed boxing for me years ago. Whatever fighter brings in the most money will remain on top. Fixed matches, bad matchups, and dodging good fights (pacman and mayweather). Whatever it takes to keep the money coming. Boxing is garbage and i hope mma never gets to that point

[johnciv6]

MMA is no where near as big as boxing on a world scale. How can this even be argued?

[FilthySlutCorp]

@gottawachit it doesn't prove it because it was already proven. I was hoping it would explain it to you