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Posted by Sam_Rothstein

okay you must not read what i had said

because what i was trying to say was that comparing butter bean to even the worst professional boxers is still pretty foul

butterbean is not a boxer, hes a guy who beats up people who cant fight good

hell i bet kimbo would even beat up butterbean, thats how shitty of a boxer butterbean is

him sucking at k-1 or mma wouldnt be that big of a surprise to me

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Posted by grappler0000

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Posted by Sam_Rothstein

okay you must not read what i had said

because what i was trying to say was that comparing butter bean to even the worst professional boxers is still pretty foul

butterbean is not a boxer, hes a guy who beats up people who cant fight good

hell i bet kimbo would even beat up butterbean, thats how shitty of a boxer butterbean is

him sucking at k-1 or mma wouldnt be that big of a surprise to me

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Again, not listening. I used Butterbean as an example of a clash in disciplines. I never made any claim of Butterbeans' ability. If you are too thick skulled to understand it, then take a look at Art Jimmerson's transition to MMA, Ray Mercer's short K-1 career (most importantly against Remy Bonjaski), or Francois Botha's transition to K-1 to know what I'm talking about. All a bunch of jokes...especially considering the talent of the latter two. From the beginning, I was stressing a point about discipline and not talent, but since you somehow thought they were related, I have lowered the bar and given you some better examples of boxers. Do you understand now, or should I continue?

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Posted by Sam_Rothstein

okay obviously you werent listening

because what i was saying is that comparing butterbeans discipline in boxing to anyone else is retarded

eric esch " butterbean" was knocked out by a guy from new york with a 1-7 record in professional boxing, so for you to be like oh well did you see butterbean vs this kick boxer, thats what would happen if any other boxer fought a kick boxer

if you had said ray mercer at the beginning we wouldnt even be having this argument

all i said was that if liddell went head to head with morrison on their feet he would get rocked, i didnt even say would get the better of the exchanges and you have to compare a 300 lb overweight toughman champ who fought johnny knoxville in a department store to a boxer

or lets compare art jimmerson who had 4-13 record following that royce gracie fight or francis botha the guy who got knocked out by mike tyson the fight after he bit off holyfields ear

even those guys would be better to mention then butterbean

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Posted by grappler0000

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Posted by Sam_Rothstein

okay obviously you werent listening

because what i was saying is that comparing butterbeans discipline in boxing to anyone else is retarded

eric esch " butterbean" was knocked out by a guy from new york with a 1-7 record in professional boxing, so for you to be like oh well did you see butterbean vs this kick boxer, thats what would happen if any other boxer fought a kick boxer

if you had said ray mercer at the beginning we wouldnt even be having this argument

all i said was that if liddell went head to head with morrison on their feet he would get rocked, i didnt even say would get the better of the exchanges and you have to compare a 300 lb overweight toughman champ who fought johnny knoxville in a department store to a boxer

or lets compare art jimmerson who had 4-13 record following that royce gracie fight or francis botha the guy who got knocked out by mike tyson the fight after he bit off holyfields ear

even those guys would be better to mention then butterbean

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First of all, I couldn't have just said Ray Mercer at the beginning of this conversation...this conversation started before Mercer's fight against Kimbo (not to mention the original coversation was based off of a mere transition into Kickboxing, not MMA). Again, you still don't understand the point...it doesn't matter who the example is...boxers are one dimensional. Butterbean, Mercer, Tyson, Jimmerson, or whoever...all one dimensional...so it doesn't matter who I use as an example...it was a comparison of disciplines, not fighters. I guess I can say that until I'm blue in the face and you may still not let it sink in. As time goes on, there will be more and more examples of this. As it happens, I can keep an active list going, so you are able to comprehend the problem that boxers have when transitioning over to Kickboxing or MMA.

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Posted by Sam_Rothstein



dude i get the point about you comparing disciplines, but what im trying to say is you can't compare one situation to any of them

its like comparing that pro wrestler who challenged rickson gracie, i cant remember his name but the guy basically got his teeth ****** up and choked out

or Karam Ibrahim the olympic wrestler who was knocked out in his first and only fight

does that mean any pro or olympic wrestler will fail at mma?

just because a 46 year old out of shape mercer, and four shitty boxers who won most of their fights against guys with losing records sucked at mma doesnt mean anyone boxer will

chris lytle and jens pulver, two so-so boxers have made great impact on the sport of mma

let me save you the time of reposting this for the third time

yeah yeah you were just comparing disciplines

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Posted by grappler0000

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Posted by Sam_Rothstein



dude i get the point about you comparing disciplines, but what im trying to say is you can't compare one situation to any of them

its like comparing that pro wrestler who challenged rickson gracie, i cant remember his name but the guy basically got his teeth ****** up and choked out

or Karam Ibrahim the olympic wrestler who was knocked out in his first and only fight

does that mean any pro or olympic wrestler will fail at mma?

just because a 46 year old out of shape mercer, and four shitty boxers who won most of their fights against guys with losing records sucked at mma doesnt mean anyone boxer will

chris lytle and jens pulver, two so-so boxers have made great impact on the sport of mma

let me save you the time of reposting this for the third time

yeah yeah you were just comparing disciplines

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So, now this conversation has taken on a new twist. Let me first state that I originally made a comparison between boxing and kickboxing.

As far as you comparing one wrestler in one match, that's not very convincing...not only is wrestling a key portion of MMA, but several people have done very well in the sport with no other talent...you cannot say that about boxing...kickboxing yes, boxing no. So, your comparison is like apples and oranges.

Yes, Jens Pulver does have a background in boxing...he also has a background in wrestling...guess what, he trains MMA, not just boxing. That is the difference. Yes, Lytle has a decent boxing resume, but he has other skills...or least enough for him to survive the MMA game, but he gets tooled by most good grapplers...and although he's somewhere in the middle of the pack, he has never done all that well against good competition...a little too one dimensional, I would say. And he would even have the mediocre success that he has had if he only trained boxing. No pure boxer has ever had major success in MMA...period. Marcus Davis tried his hardest...and you can ask him...the day he decided that he couldn't make it as a boxer in MMA, was the best day of his career. He now trains all of MMA and has actually been looking pretty good in all aspects of the game.

I'm not sure why you feel the need to stand up for the boxers of the world...unless maybe you are a boxer yourself, which would explain a lot. I'm not trying to discredit boxing as a sport. If you remember, I stated that a smart kickboxer could use certain strategies in a kickboxing match against a boxer, that would put the boxer at a great disadvantage. Again, this wasn't about MMA, it was about boxing vs. kickboxing...but I'm sure you'll remind me once again that you have a horrible short-term memory.

This may help your thinking process along, since it needs some help: Take the best boxer in the world...now teach him to kick. Think that over.

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