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Of course, it can. Too often, fights end up on the mat with competitors rolling around attempting to choke each other out. Brazil's Anderson Silva (pictured) has more than 7.5 million followers on Twitter, followed by Ronda Rousey (USA) with more than 2.2 million followers and Conor McGregor (Ireland) with more than 1.3 million followers. © Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images/Getty Images Evidence of this can be found with UFC matchmaker Dana White’s attempts to get into the promotion of boxing events. © Christian Petersen/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images/Getty Images © Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images/Getty Images The barbarism has turned off many viewers. The UFC is by and large the only real MMA organization in the world. But that doesn’t mean that the emergence of prize fighting has been marred. In addition, MMA has been guilty of allowing non-trained fighters into its world. BOPI, which issues permits for professional sports events, also supervises other MMA promotions such as Singapore-based ONE Championship. On the other hand, MMA has it’s superstars as well. The way in which boxing promoters work enables the sport to reach more fans through promotions and other avenues. Ward senses his opportunity and falls on to him. Apart from its function as entertainment, it can also offer new job opportunities and can help teens in avoid juvenile delinquency, drug abuse," Noor told the Jakarta Globe. While it is not illegal in the U.S., it is not regulated by a central body either. Boxing promoters are also far different than those in MMA. UFC first had almost no fighting rules, but later introduced some for the sake of safety. The boxers were forced to wait in their locker rooms until the MMA event was over. There is no doubt boxing is dangerous, but the rules of the sport make it less so than MMA. Many sports fans are turned off by the fact that MMA fighters can go to ground to pummel opponents. That’s mainly due to the superstars the UFC is constantly creating and promoting and with the new organizations all around the world (One Championship, in Southeast Asian, Rizin FF in Japan). Conor McGregor pays tribute to Portuguese MMA fighter João Carvalho. The real McCoy of fighting. Bruno Fernandes: We didn't know Wan-Bissaka could shoot! MMA Grows in Popularity; Bahrain's Brave Championship Enters Indonesia BY :AMAL GANESHA MAY 15, 2018 Jakarta. There is optimism and some truth to that and maybe also in the tragedy of Carvalho. People are going to weigh them side by side and pick one over the other. In Hugh McIlvanney’s 1980 account of the death of the Welsh boxer Johnny Owen, he writes of the fighter’s eloquence and self-expression in the ring but outside of it an alien world where the chronically shy and inarticulate Owen sometimes didn’t belong. Carvalho slumps down by the side of the ring. The sum of the PPVs for all those number one events is 22,740,000 and 12,599,000 for MMA. Can MMA one day overtake boxing in popularity? How Many Punches on Average Boxers Throw in a Fight? The fight company was seen as barbaric with an open weight class of fighters competing in the octagon. These 3 Pieces of High-End Fitness Equipment Are Better Than Anything at the Gym, Watch Steve Van Zandt Visit Asbury Park’s Upstage Club for Last Time, Trump Talks of ‘Leaving the Country’ if He Loses, Ice Cube Tries to Explain What in the Hell He Was Thinking, Police Unions Wield Massive Power in American Politics — For Now, U.S. Open Women’s Semi-Finals Preview: Venus Williams Leads the Pack. It’s not about the money (it wasn’t a lot) but instead it is about the principle. Why is Boxing more Popular than MMA? “I can’t think of one organization, or one time when I’ve been a part of a show, where I ever felt like…it was super professional,” he says. © 2020 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. It is difficult for fans to feel a connection to those MMA fighters. Oftentimes, bets were made on the fights increasing the popularity of boxing further. Garry Tonon, an elite grappler with a growing deal of cache attached to his name, welcomes the prospect of more prize fighting tournaments in professional jiu jitsu. In contrast to an MMA organization, that is not the case, and the UFC’s matchmaker and other departments organize all events. 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