Bellator/WSOF/One FC etc events Thread

Straight punches all day will just chew Artem up. Everything he throws is either a big hook/overhand, always looking for that KO or an uppercut.

He is nearly always exhausted in the last 3+ minutes of any fight that goes the distance and just walks forward with his hands at his hips once that fatigue hits.

Paulie would eat him alive with fast combinations and superior footwork. Artem will be lucky to land much and will be relying on that big bomb. The match up would be like a D Class version of Mayweather v McGregor, but I'd still look forward to it

Am I the only one that thinks that bare knuckle thing is absolutely barbaric.

I hate to sound like your average naysayer, but it's basically street fighting. It's pathetic and shouldn't be sanctioned.

chrisbonnie wrote:

Am I the only one that thinks that bare knuckle thing is absolutely barbaric.

I hate to sound like your average naysayer, but it's basically street fighting. It's pathetic and shouldn't be sanctioned.

Devil's advocate for the sake of discussion. What makes it more barbaric than pro boxing, MMA, must Thai, etc.
The goal and methods are largely the same in them all.


Grappling is the gentlemans fight sport obvs.

Mellor wrote: »

Devil's advocate for the sake of discussion. What makes it more barbaric than pro boxing

Purely the bare knuckle aspect of it for me. Look at the two lads faces after 10 minutes, multiple lacerations, enormous bruising and huge swelling. Their hands, if not broken will be swollen and tender as **** for days.

The bare knuckle aspect of it makes no difference to any risk of brain trauma but obviously that bone on bone causes way more external damage. I supposed it's new and may take some getting used to, like the first time you seen someone take a shin to the jaw or an old school Pride soccer kick to the head!

So is it the fact that they're getting cut that makes it barbaric?

There is no glove that will protect a fighter from brain damage. Really, gloves and wraps protect a fighters hands, and help prevent face lacerations. Punching bare Knuckle may actually reduce how hard a fighter is getting hit.

Also, with regard to the street fighting comment, both Lobov and Knight are trained professional athletes, not sure if putting on gloves and doing the exact same thing would make it less 'street fighty'

creeper1 wrote: »

Doctors opposed to these kinds of sports are fairly consistent. They are against Mma, boxing and bare knuckle because the aim (knockout) is considered brain damage to them.

It is brain damage. Pretty much getting hit in the head is brain damage

The Nal wrote: »

So is getting tackled in rugby, NFL etc. The brain shakes in the skull.

Exactly, which is why head gear or the size of a glove has nothing to do with protecting the brain. In fact, the greater size of the head with headgear on actually increases rotational forces.

The difference though from those doctors standpoints is that brain trauma suffered in rugby/nfl/soccer etc is not an intentional act, where as boxing MMA etc the aim is to inflict a brain trauma (KO) on your opponent in order to win.

Whelo79 wrote: »

The difference though from those doctors standpoints is that brain trauma suffered in rugby/nfl/soccer etc is not an intentional act, where as boxing MMA etc the aim is to inflict a brain trauma (KO) on your opponent in order to win.

True, although I don't think your brain differentiates