Why are multiple losses more accepted in MMA than in boxing?
i'm a big fan of both sports, but i was reading an interview with Roy Jones Jr. and he did seem to have a valid point. I love Randy Couture, but if a 46 year old boxer had a record of 16-9, including a few fairly brutal knockouts, people would be calling for the sport to be banned. I believe rampage has 7 losses, Hughes has 6, i believe, and Dan Henderson is back "on top" with 7 or so losses. There are a few fighters like Mosley and Hopkins and De la Hoya who have multiple losses, but it seems like it's more accepted in MMA. Take Miguel Cotto for instance. He was knocked out by Margarito, and some are saying he might not recover from that loss, yet Rashad Evans will be a coach on ultimate fighter and more than likely will get several chances at the title. Even Chuck Liddell might not be finished in the UFC. Any thoughts?
MMA fighters fight less frequently than boxers. That probably has something to do with it. I can't imagine any boxer fighting for 12 years and only having 25 fights, can you?
In addition, not every loss is a knockout. Henderson has never been knocked out, and has rarely been stopped. While knockouts are incredibly punishing on the body (the brain, specifically), MMA fighters don't have to worry about that as much.
The broad range of skills in MMA also makes a difference. In boxing, you have to be the best at a singular skill. In MMA, you basically have to be able to compete at a high level in three different "sports" (striking/kickboxing, wrestling/takedowns, and submission grappling). It's easy to excuse A. Silva's or Marcus Davis's losses by submission, because that's not their bread-and-butter. Same thing when Dean Lister or Shinya Aoki get picked apart by strikes. Everyone who's seen his matches knows that Spencer Fisher does poorly against good wrestlers/takedown artists and that Keith Jardine isn't that great against an inside flurry. There are so many dynamics ("styles") in MMA that a fighter who has trouble with defending throws from the clinch will do well with guys who stand and trade with him, and be able to build a career on that. A perfect example was Chuck Liddell, whose heavy hands, counterpunching, and sprawl was custom-made to defend against grapplers (Tito, Couture, Randleman, Horn), but did no good against a sharp, technical striker (Rampage, Shogun, Evans).
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