I've only gotten to see one K-1 event. They are way too expensive, but I've seen a lot of kickboxing sanctioned by other sanctioning bodies. The girl I used to train with is pretty famous in the kickboxing world now I guess, in fact, Steve Mazagati is one of her friends on her myspace page. She lives in Australia now, and is married to an Australian kickboxing legend. I used to go watch her fight all the time. When I started kickboxing, I was just doing it for fun, and to get into shape. Toward the end, I was starting to kick around the idea of getting in the ring myself, and my instructor was starting to drop hints that I should, but it's a big decision to make, espescially when you're a heavy weight. Right around the time I was conscidering it though, I was hit with health problems, and it never came to be, so I'll be left wondering "what if?" for the rest of my life.
I still thoroughly enjoy watching kickboxing, but I enjoy MMA more even though I'm a pretty new fan to it. It just seems that a lot of technique is lost when stand up and ground is combined. My friend, who is a grappler, Judo/Jiu-Jitsu says that it's the same with their ground games. I take his word for it because I've only done a very limited amount of that stuff. I wrestled for three years in high school, but it's not the same thing. When I was taking my combat grappling class, I actually sparred with Joe Stevenson. My friend just pointed out to me who he was. I didn't even realize I knew him. He tapped me out in about 15 seconds because my instinct, as a wrestler, as to stay off my back, so as soon as I went to my base, he was choking me out.
I used to enjoy boxing a lot too, but after watching UFC, it's hard to watch because it just seems so slow paced anymore, and they're always stopping the fight because the fighters are grabbing eachother.
I still thoroughly enjoy watching kickboxing, but I enjoy MMA more even though I'm a pretty new fan to it. It just seems that a lot of technique is lost when stand up and ground is combined. My friend, who is a grappler, Judo/Jiu-Jitsu says that it's the same with their ground games. I take his word for it because I've only done a very limited amount of that stuff. I wrestled for three years in high school, but it's not the same thing. When I was taking my combat grappling class, I actually sparred with Joe Stevenson. My friend just pointed out to me who he was. I didn't even realize I knew him. He tapped me out in about 15 seconds because my instinct, as a wrestler, as to stay off my back, so as soon as I went to my base, he was choking me out.
I used to enjoy boxing a lot too, but after watching UFC, it's hard to watch because it just seems so slow paced anymore, and they're always stopping the fight because the fighters are grabbing eachother.
How anyone can watch that boring garbage with guys just punching each other is beyond me. Anything can happen in MMA.
