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[jjhk001]

Mixed Martial Arts aptly describes this wildly popular sport, however, I think the name could be a little better. It sounds kinda cheesy sometimes. I believe that MMA is the purest form of fighting out there - the only sport that comes closest to unarmed hand to hand combat. Maybe a term like free-style fighting is better description for this sport? To me, MMA was born from the days before guns and knives, when two men (or cavemen) fought hand to hand with what ever technique they had in their arsenal. They didn't have Muay Thai, Greco-Roman, Jiu-Jitsu or Boxing back then, you just used the best of your abilities. I like the term Pancrase uses to describe their fighting: Hybrid Wrestling. I like that Ace Franklin is described as a "Free-Style Fighter," and not a boxer or wrestler. After all, what fighter really exclusively uses a single "style" of fighting in their matches?

What are your thoughts on a better, cooler sounding name for MMA?

[Hypergit]

Ultimate Fighting (tm)

[BIG FLO]

Mortal Combat

[Palma]

I think MMA is a nice concise, yet accurate discription of the sport. Freestyle fighting is already a form of MMA. How does the word wrestling apply to those who don't have a ground game. Besides, I think sports end up naming themselves as opposed to people sitting around trying to comeup with a marketable handle to use. You do have some interesting ideas.

[Ubermensch]

Originally Posted by jjhk001

Mixed Martial Arts aptly describes this wildly popular sport, however, I think the name could be a little better. It sounds kinda cheesy sometimes. I believe that MMA is the purest form of fighting out there - the only sport that comes closest to unarmed hand to hand combat. Maybe a term like free-style fighting is better description for this sport? To me, MMA was born from the days before guns and knives, when two men (or cavemen) fought hand to hand with what ever technique they had in their arsenal. They didn't have Muay Thai, Greco-Roman, Jiu-Jitsu or Boxing back then, you just used the best of your abilities. I like the term Pancrase uses to describe their fighting: Hybrid Wrestling. I like that Ace Franklin is described as a "Free-Style Fighter," and not a boxer or wrestler. After all, what fighter really exclusively uses a single "style" of fighting in their matches?

What are your thoughts on a better, cooler sounding name for MMA?

Dude you mean Pankration where Pancrase got its name.... And man I have really learned to hate you. You come in here with your lame ideas trying to F**K up this sport that you suposedly love and change it into some stupid circus. I seriously cant stand you!!!

[BIG FLO]

I think Mixed Martial Arts is a perfect name.

[BigBanda]

Yeah wtf is wrong with MMA??

[Diegonightmare]

Originally Posted by jjhk001

I believe that MMA is .... the only sport that comes closest to unarmed hand to hand combat.

Uh, what do you mean "comes closest to"? Unarmed hand to hand combat is precisely what it is.

[dudefella]

Originally Posted by Ubermensch

Dude you mean Pankration where Pancrase got its name.... And man I have really learned to hate you. You come in here with your lame ideas trying to F**K up this sport that you suposedly love and change it into some stupid circus. I seriously cant stand you!!!

Because this clown has so much pull with Zuffa and DSE.................

[jjhk001]

Originally Posted by Ubermensch

Dude you mean Pankration where Pancrase got its name.... And man I have really learned to hate you. You come in here with your lame ideas trying to F**K up this sport that you suposedly love and change it into some stupid circus. I seriously cant stand you!!!

No, actually I mean Pancrase, the Japanese MMA Organization. Pankration is what the ancient Greeks called it. Quoting exactly from Pancrase's website: The origin of the name PANCRASE dates back to the ancient Greeks who had a sport competition called PANKRATION. If you want to learn more about it, check out their website, and do your homework: http://www.pancrase.co.jp/en/

How am I coming in with lame ass ideas trying to f**k up this sport? Are you the sole spokesperson for this sport? I am merely doing what is allowed in this forum - posting honest questions or ideas to stimulate some sort of discussion. You are like that guy Sundance Kid...never coming up with your own original postings, just content to jump into someone else's postings and flame on and on about how sutpid you think people are. Why don't you come up with something interesting and original to post? Are you afraid of how stupid YOU may sound? Give it try...I certainly won't bash you for it...I would just give you my honest opinion.

Dude, I don't hate you...all I asked for in this posting was to come up with a name...I really don't want to hear you rant on and on about what you may think is a lame posting...let the subsequent comments and length of this thread speak for itself...we don't need people like you to give their insulting commentary. If the thread lasts for a while, then maybe it is a topic worth some sort of discussion. My last posting that did well - UFC can learn from Boxing, generated a lot of discussion. I admit I said some idiotic things in there, but it served its purpose - it provided for a lot of good and meaningful discussion.

I am not trying to destroy MMA. I am a huge fan of MMA, I just express it differently than you and most other people. I like the raw, savage and violent aspect of MMA, while others like the technical aspect of it. I also happen to enjoy the technical side of it, although not as much as the brutal side of it. After all, I think if you ask most people what they would like to see...the violent part of it, or the technical part of it, I think they would tend towards the violence. Now try to keep it nice and provide some meaningful discussion - be a grown up and write like you have been educated somewhere.