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Originally Posted by Coola Yagami
Honestly the only UFC/MMA people I know or heard of are ones that made it big elsewhere. Rousey, Lesnar, Shafir, McGregor, I guess Punk when he tried twice?
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I don't even know who Shafir is. McGregor I only know because people were spamming him all over social media some years ago. Where did he make it big outside of UFC, though?
I also know Royce Gracie, somehow. He was one of the first big UFC names or something.
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Originally Posted by Andrew NDB
It's because we've largely lost who we used to think of as the big heavyweights. There just isn't anybody anymore. Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao were the last ones people gave a crap about, and those are just little guys... not as impressive to watch as the big giants of yore.
The problem with MMA is those guys burn out so fast. By the time you get a semi-"name," they get banged up and retire.
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Yes the last 2 boxers I remember hearing about were Mayweather and Pacquiao, indeed. I recall Mayweather being undefeated for a while, even.
Why do they burn out so fast, though? Don't they only fight a few times a year and isn't MMA overall safer than boxing? So, shouldn't MMA fighters in theory have longer careers and peaks than boxers?