Comments on: The Cage vs. The Ring http://www.grapplemonkey.com/2007/05/21/the-cage-vs-the-ring/ An MMA blog for the discriminating meathead Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:50:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Chuckmonster http://www.grapplemonkey.com/2007/05/21/the-cage-vs-the-ring/#comment-5154 Chuckmonster Fri, 25 May 2007 17:50:26 +0000 http://www.grapplemonkey.com/2007/05/21/the-cage-vs-the-ring/#comment-5154 Cage vs. Ring - who cares. Discussing this to any degree more deeply than is here is like reviewing how a car drives based on whether or not it has whitewall tires. Yeah the fence has psychological connotations - once the gate is closed it becomes more like a cock fight. Two go in, one comes out. With the loose boundaries of a ring, the opportunity for escape and interloping by nefarious heels and managers is available... its purely psychological. Stand up fighting seems more appropriate for the ring, grappling seems hindered by the ring. I'd rather have the fight continue un-interrupted than to have a ref stand em up and move em to the center then sit em down again. It ruins the whole flow of the fight... from this fan's persepective. Get rid of the ring. Cage vs. Ring - who cares. Discussing this to any degree more deeply than is here is like reviewing how a car drives based on whether or not it has whitewall tires.

Yeah the fence has psychological connotations - once the gate is closed it becomes more like a cock fight. Two go in, one comes out. With the loose boundaries of a ring, the opportunity for escape and interloping by nefarious heels and managers is available… its purely psychological.

Stand up fighting seems more appropriate for the ring, grappling seems hindered by the ring. I’d rather have the fight continue un-interrupted than to have a ref stand em up and move em to the center then sit em down again. It ruins the whole flow of the fight… from this fan’s persepective.

Get rid of the ring.

]]> By: themonkey http://www.grapplemonkey.com/2007/05/21/the-cage-vs-the-ring/#comment-5115 themonkey Tue, 22 May 2007 16:32:53 +0000 http://www.grapplemonkey.com/2007/05/21/the-cage-vs-the-ring/#comment-5115 OK so maybe the headline could've been clearer that my comparison would be in the context of safety. Maybe I'll write more about the fight-related aspects of the ring and cage at some point...or you could just go to Sherdog and read the bazillion posts on the topic. OK so maybe the headline could’ve been clearer that my comparison would be in the context of safety. Maybe I’ll write more about the fight-related aspects of the ring and cage at some point…or you could just go to Sherdog and read the bazillion posts on the topic.

]]> By: SamScaff http://www.grapplemonkey.com/2007/05/21/the-cage-vs-the-ring/#comment-5114 SamScaff Tue, 22 May 2007 14:43:29 +0000 http://www.grapplemonkey.com/2007/05/21/the-cage-vs-the-ring/#comment-5114 What a useless post. There is absolutely no real analysis of the issue. And I thought I was actually going to read something in-depth and thought provoking. My mistake. What a useless post. There is absolutely no real analysis of the issue. And I thought I was actually going to read something in-depth and thought provoking. My mistake.

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