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Originally Posted by Austin
Having said that, show me UFC fights that match the excitement and all out action of Robinson vs. LaMotta, Marciano vs. Walcott, Leonard vs. Hagler, Hagler vs. Hearns, etc. Great boxing struggles have ebb and flow, keeping you on the edge of your seat the entire fight.
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You guys that think every UFC fight is a "quick kill" have not watched enough MMA. At the last UFC event, there was exactly one fight where one combatant got the advntage and quickly finished the other. The vast majority of MMA fights feature give and take. As far as classic, dramatic battles, going back as little as one month on June 24 on Spike TV, there was such a match between Kendall Groves and Ed Herman.
Off the top of my head, fights to watch that will be as good as any boxing match:
Randy Couture vs Pedro Rizzo I
Forrest Griffen vs Stephan Bonnar
Ivan Salaverry vs Andrei Semenov
Robbie lawler vs Aaron Riley
Matt Serra vs Shonie Carter
Pele vs Carlos Newton
Murilo "Ninja" Rua vs Mario Sperry
Wanderlei Silva vs Quinton "Rampage" Jackson II
Matt Hughes vs Frank Trigg II
Caol Uno vs Joachim Hansen
Diego Sanchez vs Nick Diaz
Joe Stevenson vs Luke Cummo
Bob Sapp vs Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
Wanderlei Silva vs Hidehiko Yoshida I
Mauricio Rua vs Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
Allistair Overeem vs Chuck Liddell
That is just scratching the surface of great MMA.