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btw, lots of people on here making analogies between MMA and Boxing: sprinter vs distance runner etc.

Here's one, just think about it energetically:

In a championship MMA fight, you have 5 x 5 minute rounds, with 1 minute rest between each round. That's a total of 25 minutes of work, 5 minutes of rest, and 30 minutes total duration.

In a championship Boxing match, you have 12 x 3 minute rounds, with 1 minute rest between each round. That's a total of 36 minutes of work, 12 minutes of rest, and 48 minutes total duration.

Now imagine this is some kind of olympic track and field event. Each round of work represents some kind of sustained "pace" of effort. If that were the case, you would expect the 5 minute round to be a slower pace than the 3 minute round. There are 7 more rounds in a boxing match though, so it won't be as fast as 5 x 3, but it should definitely be faster than 5 x 5. Now, add onto that, that in MMA you can "stall" considerably on the ground. In boxing, you can stall by "holding", but you still have to support your bodyweight.

So, if an MMA fighter wants to transition to a boxing match of championship caliber, they have to adapt to 7 more rounds at a higher average pace per round.

IMHO, It's rare that you see MMA fights that out pace boxing matches, weight class adjusted. Lighter weights go nuts in MMA, just like in boxing, but in boxing you can see over 1000 punches, 100 per round etc. I've seen some pretty crazy MMA fights but if I try to compare them to crazy boxing fights, boxing easily wins regarding total work.

I'm sure there are some studies out there which confirm this.. But I just think people are "tricked" somewhat, when they see 5 minute rounds vs 3 minute rounds. Another example is 5 RM vs 3 RM. Generally, 3 minutes should allow a higher pace than 5 minutes. If you look at amateur boxing with 2 minute rounds, it's even higher paced than pro boxing usually, it's a non-stop punch fest.. those fights only go a few rounds though, so it's like an all out sprint with less total work.

Finally, if you want to see how hard MMA vs Boxing would be, just go out to a track and run "hard paced" 5 x 5 minutes on one day, then "hard paced" 12 x 3 minutes on another day. If you make it to 12, congratulations. LMFAO. Man it's brutal.. That's probably a decent way of teaching the difference between those championship events to someone.

peace!!

http://www.boxingscene.com/mayweather-hand-injury-kept-me-from-sparring-last-month-camp--119906

floyd states hand injury kept him from sparring the last 4 weeks.

conor was done. he had no chance of recovering, he had nothing left.

ref should have just let it keep going so that he could get KTFO'd.

btw posted this on T-Nation:

https://forums.t-nation.com/t/mayweather-vs-mcgregor/231073/133

not sure if I posted it on here, but come on this is pretty damn accurate:

If Conor has any chance of winning, it’s in the first 3 rounds. IMHO it’s absolutely impossible for him to make it past 8 rounds. If he makes it to 8, Floyd will be hunting him & he won’t be able to properly defend himself. Floyd doesn’t get tired & he’s gone 12 in prize fights dozens of times.

Conor better go for broke early on, because he has a 0% chance making it to round 12. If he makes it to round 6, he’s going to be breathing hard through his mouth and defense/reflexes will be greatly diminished.

Really happy to have watched that. Connor is a beast for competing the way he did. He's really a special athlete and his mental strength and belief in self is case study worthy. Can't believe he took a situation that most people laughed at and competed better than most pro boxers who I've seen go up against mayweather

definitely .. though, Floyd vs elite pros is a different Floyd. Floyd never fights in the style he fought tonight .. He was confident he could use a style like that and make it more entertaining for the fans, but not take any real punishment.

same .. Conor competed harder than I thought he would. I thought he'd compete hard early on but crumbled by round 4 or so .. He didn't crumble until like round 8.. And even then, he held on.

Conor has some huge balls man. god damn.

so much respect to Conor .. he really brought it. He really wanted to win, and he didn't look like he wanted to quit in the end.. His corner also didn't save him, which i'm surprised but happy about. He was ready to get KO'd.

absolutely insane.

Floyd looked like he had alot of fun .. but he took some shots and that'll hurt his ego for a LONG time, very long time.