I also expect more cuts in MMA because fighters are allowed to use elbows and they can also kick. The worst cuts I saw in boxing so far were from Badou Jack, Travieso Arce, Vitali Klitschko, and Denis Lebedev.
I remember when UFC goes mainstream and Don King a former top boxing promoter tried to stop it calling MMA a barbarian and very brutal sport. It's been decades now and I cannot remember any deaths from the UFC. While boxing sadly has regular casualties over time. Boxing also has 12 3-minute rounds for a total of 36 minutes compared to UFC's 25 minutes. And boxing's only chance to stop its opponents is by knockouts or technical knockouts where most of the punches are towards the heads. Whereas there are many creative ways in the UFC to stop an opponent.
I have remembered a podcast if I am not mistaken where Michael Bisping defended the MMA by saying that it is more barbaric and brutal than boxing I think it is Simon Jordan that said that MMA fights are Brutal and he doesn't want to watch things where an opponent comes down the canvas and the other will simply still makes another punch until the referee stops the fight, Michael Bisping really put Simon Jordan in his place, here is the
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