What's the best analogy for MMA fighter v boxer in a boxing match?

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  1. r o o s t e r

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    tennis player v ping-pong player in a ping-pong match?

    rugby team v American football team in an American football match?

    baseball v cricket in a cricket match?

    110m hurdler v 100m sprinter in a 100m sprint?
     
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    I'd say baseball-cricket, followed by rugby-NFL. I think tennis skills would translate well to table tennis. Hurdles and sprinting are similar enough where you could see the hurdler being competitive. Baseball-cricket is pretty good as an example because they're both bat and ball sports in the same way boxing and MMA are both fighting sports but the techniques used are so drastically different that being good at one would have absolutely no bearing on how well you do at the other.
     
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    Baby giraffe vs male lion
     
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    Guy who thinks he drives his Ford Escort pretty fast to the shops, vs a Formula 1 driver
     
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    Supermarine Spitfire vs Eurofighter Typhoon
     
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    some drunk dumbass at the strip club attempting to tangle with hegman
     
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    r o o s t e r "Twinkle Toes" McJack

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    rugby vs Football in an NFL game
     
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    Decathlete vs 100m sprinter in the 100m?
     
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    A serial rapist vs. a date rapist. At least the second guy was able to get a date.
     
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    Best one, imo
     
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    That's definitely how I see it.
     
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    so is mcGregor more Dan O'brien or Dave Johnson?
     
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    He's no Ashton Eaton that is for sure
     
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    REED:cool:
     
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    Neil tueur de grenouilles

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    I thought Kellerman said it?
     
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    Mcgregor is too much of a bitch to be a proper kick-boxer or Muay thai fighter,... he's more of a karate type.

    Karate vs boxing, at boxing.
     
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    Yup.
     
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    REED:cool:
     
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    Another reason why this is such a good comparison is that even though decathlon is the more all-around and thus more difficult sport and decathlete would do better in 100m than vice versa, the 100m, like boxing, is more respected because of its history and the special talent it requires
     
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    Yup. It's an all round good analogy.

    "HOWEVER" (Copywright Muzse)

    I'm not sure being a jack of all trades is more difficult than being a master of one.
     
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    'Decathlete' is giving him waaaaay too much credit,..
     
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    So, Heptathlon?
     
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    women's heptathlon?
     
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    more like triathlon.
     
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    No. Triathletes do not sprint.
     
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    Fair enough...but I meant 3 events competency instead of 10
     
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    a football player who's known for his particularly fast sprints up the wing v 100m gold medallist at a 100m sprint
     
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