Ufc 204 play by play3/19/2023 ![]() ![]() Even when Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao squared off last year it was ten years too late. For whatever reason, it’s rare that fans get to see the fights they actually want. It’s one of the biggest gripes in boxing in recent years. It’s quite simple why MMA has grown so much in such a short space of time - coming from nowhere to legitimately challenge it’s more traditional cousin, boxing. It’s a combat sport so of course it’s violent, but its competitors and officials are highly trained to ensure it’s as safe as possible. It’s something ropes, which are used in boxing, would not be adequate for. In fact, the cage is a safety feature designed to stop the fighters from falling out of the arena while grappling. Some brutal stoppages, a broken arm ( for Davey Grant the North East’s sole representative at the event) and a bloody battle in the main event that saw Britain keep its first and only UFC champion in Bisping.īut actually some of the criticisms levelled at MMA are unfair.įighting inside a cage, for example, gives the sport a negative stigma. There’ll always be detractors of the at-times barbaric looking sport. Tickets sold out for the show in just six minutes, despite the awkward timing of the event – which was to suit American PPV buyers. ![]() If ever there was more conclusive evidence of just how much mixed martial arts has grown in the UK in recent years, UFC 204 last weekend was it. Hard to believe that it was 5am on a Sunday morning and we were five and half hours into the show. Manchester Arena erupted as fans belted along to Blur’s Song 2. As Michael Bisping’s walkout music hit the hairs on my arms stood to attention. ![]()
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