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[Afro]

Ring

Cage = Biased towards Wrestlers.

In a ring theres nothing for a wrestler to mash his opponent up against to just to get a takedown that would lead to LnP.

MMA was ment to be fought in open space.. and a ring is closer to open space then a cage is.. your not suppose to be trapped in a fighting environment if your using BJJ, striking, Wrestler, etc.. all a cage does is limit your movement.

[Problematique]

Though no cage...NO MORE SEAN SHERK LnP

[Bigshanks666]

Originally Posted by Afro

Ring

Cage = Biased towards Wrestlers.

In a ring theres nothing for a wrestler to mash his opponent up against to just to get a takedown that would lead to LnP.

MMA was ment to be fought in open space.. and a ring is closer to open space then a cage is.. your not suppose to be trapped in a fighting environment if your using BJJ, striking, Wrestler, etc.. all a cage does is limit your movement.

Then couldnt you also say that a ring is biased towards strikers?

[POINDEXTER]

I'm down with the cage and the element it adds to grappling and wrestling.

[Afro]

Originally Posted by Bigshanks666

Then couldnt you also say that a ring is biased towards strikers?

No? theres more then likely just a very small percentage of strikers who center there game around using the ropes.. where as theres a large margain of wrestlers/grapplers who see the cage and think all I gotta do is put there back up against this and they wont have a defense..

in wrestling there is no cage... no ropes.. its an open space mat.. so are we not seeing a wrestlers true takedown skills if they have nothing to jam there opponent up against to get the takedown?

I just like the challenge and difficulty of it all.. Wrestlers are more pressed to use what they are accustom to.. and you have to defend the takedowns in open space

olus when rolling im sure its better to have more open space as well.. you wouldnt have as much cage stalling.. and you do see a lot more slicker submissions in a ring IE: Paulo Filho in his pride days.

[mattc25]

....some cages are bigger than others,some cages are very small i.e. smaller orgs. The cage the UFC uses is a bigger space and is perfect imo. I see your point on the open area and slicker subs,but I just hate when fighter`s use the ropes to get the fight back standing.....if all the orgs would use a proper size cage it would solve the debate.

[grambino]

Ring a ding ding keep it in a ring

[Ubermensch]

Originally Posted by ChuckBooty

I'm sure it's been brought up before (especially in the PRIDE vs UFC days) but what's your opinion as it relates to the current state of MMA. We already have unified rules of MMA but I really think that the cage needs to be the unified forum for these events. The ring really favors strikers too much and doesn't allow for quality grappling. Every time the ref has to stand fighters up and reposition them it potentially changes the fights outcome.

You don't play football on a baseball field and you shouldn't be fighting MMA in a boxing ring. What's your opinion?

I disagree about the helping Grapplers I think rings help traditional Wrestlers more grapplers can get pinned against the fence and most I know like some room. So if you suck at grappling and you can wrestle really good you can just take them to the corner an lay on them all day. I have my trepidations about both but let the events decide.

[STruC1x]

CAGE for sure!

[Warchief]

I like both.