**Should The Boxing & MMA Forums Be Merged???**

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  1. Anthony

    Anthony Admin Staff Member

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    I go around to other boxing sites and i always see A boxing Forum and an MMA forum. They are always seperate. I think we should be the place that has both sections as one. This place is called fightbeat. Not boxbeat. We should be talking about all types of fighting in the General Discussion. What do you guys think?
     
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  2. Hanz

    Hanz Roberto Duran

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    Boxing IS fighting, GF. And the guys on this board all are part of the boxing fanbase. Obviously we are now seeing some conversions from boxing fans to mma fans. But Boxing has a rich history and should maintain its place as FightBeat's primary sport. MMA is too young to suddenly be put in the same section as boxing, especially with the amount of fans on here who could give 2 sh*ts about MMA in general. I think when our generation ultimately dies off, the next generation can merge boxing and MMA or just eliminate boxing altogether. In the meantime, we should keep them seperate.:kidcool:
     
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  4. Anthony

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    The amount of threads in the MMA section are so small compared to here, boxing would still maintain itself as the main sport subject. I think the MMA section is getting lost where its at.
     
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  5. jaws1216

    jaws1216 "Twinkle Toes" McJack

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    there are a select few people on here who care about MMA. If people wanted to bump those threads and post about it they would. Its not that diff to find them.

    I just think a boxing forum, which this is...lets not be technical about the name....

    A boxing forum, should have boxing as its general discussion
     
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  6. Anthony

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    Its a boxing forum now, but we need to start transitioning to a boxing/MMA forum. We need to start covering MMA on the homepage as well. And what do you mean if people wanted to bump those threads?
     
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    Anthony Admin Staff Member

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    I just dont see the problem with having MMA threads mixed with boxing threads. If the boxing people dont want to discuss MMA, dont go in the thread. Its no different than picking the boxing threads you want and dont want to participate in.
     
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    We went through this several months ago. Don't remember if you were the one who suggested it then too, but from what I recall most people don't like the idea of it. I too am against it. Even the site that must remain nameless mixes it's MMA news & boxing news all in the same section yet separates the 2 in the discussion forums.

    Even though I do occasionally watch MMA, I practically never ever go into the MMA section, so the fact that it's seperated pleases me much.

    Sorry GF but I think the only way you're going to be able to do that is to go back to your plan of buying the site from Cupey whereas you'd be able to do with it as you please.
     
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  9. Anthony

    Anthony Admin Staff Member

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    If the MMA threads were in here, couldnt you just ignore them like you do the MMA forum? I am sure there are boxing threads that you dont go into.

    I am looking at the future. Every place has it seperate. We should have them mixed. I would bring more action in the general discussion area.
     
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    No it's a bad idea

    They are two seperate sports, this isn't a general sports forum where possibly you could make an argument to have them grouped together, this is a fight game specific website, and as such the different types of sport need to be seperated. The idea is that the participants in each forum section will all generally take part or at least read the subject in most threads, but to have MMA / Boxing combined there will be alot of people on either side who aren't looking at both and will just be a 'waste' of space, and make the forum less attractive in general.
     
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    I dont see that as a waste of space. If you look at the General discussion forum right now, its not all that great. Its not that active and things arent moving at a good pace. I think there are MMA topics that would be interesting to the casual boxing fan, and actually seing these threads might actually bring them in to participate. Most, if not all the MMA fans are already fans of boxing, so that solve itself.

    I just think the name of this place is fightbeat. We should have a general discussion forum about Fighting in general. I think it will seperate us from other Forums out there.
     
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    Why would you want to see non-MMA fans making opinions on MMA, Godfather? You and TFK spend most of your time always telling us guys; "Shut up, you know nothing about MMA!" and yet here you are wanting non-MMA fans to now chime in on MMA. :dunno::laughing:
     
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    jaws1216 "Twinkle Toes" McJack

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    this forum is already the best, even with the shitty times right now, and the gayness of cupey, people still check this forum all the time.
     
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    actually we just tell you that. But thats because you make silly posts.
     
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    By this forum do you mean the General Discussion forum? Because the TAAA forum is more popular than this one.
     
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  16. Hanz

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    I think we should only merge boxing and mma once Pacman retires. When he retires, boxing will officially be done for me. And I'll give 2 f*cks about the sport after that. But until then, let's keep it seperate.
     
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  17. Joe King

    Joe King WBC Silver Diamond Emeritus Champ

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    When I clicked on this thread 41 people were viewing General Discussion and 3 viewing the MMA forum.

    I say no.
     
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    But thats is my point Joe King. What harm can it do?
     
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    heck no
     
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    It'd make it great for those 3 people and a cluttered, hassle filled mess for the 41 majority. Why should we have to scrounge through all the threads to find the boxing ones we want when we can just continue as usual and not have MMA intermingled in our forum.

    This is just like when someone tried to get us to merge MM with GD. It's fine as it is.

    Maybe you could make a new Boxing/MMA forum that merges the two but also still keep the GD and MMA sections seperated as well for the ones who like it as is. :dunno: Since you're dying to make yourself happy regardless of the fact nobody else wants it.
     
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    Doesn't bother me either way. Pros and cons about even. More Gina Carano would be a pro.
     
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  22. Hut*Hut

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    No, no, no, no, no!
     
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  23. TKO

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    I'm a fan of both but I still prefer to keep them separate.
     
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  24. The Genius

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    Did something happen with this site I didn't read about? Last I heard, Cupey was trying to sell AGAIN but his asking price was too high for S_D and yourself.

    If Cupey sells to another party, won't be up to them what happens here?

    As for the topic: No. They are separate sports and the discussion forums should treated as such. If you were going to merge any forums it should be this one and mythical matchups.
     
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    TFK WBC Silver Diamond Emeritus Champ

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    I don't like the idea. All it would lead to is the MMA haters filling the MMA threads with nonsense about how bad they think MMA is.

    FB has one of the best, if not the best MMA forum for a non MMA board. There isn't a ton of people that post there, but most of the ones that do post quite a bit and for the most part the discussions are good ones. I see no need to change it.

    The MMA board here used to be a wasteland. Nobody posted there. I worked hard to get the forum active, posting schedules, doing the P4P lists, reporting breaking news, etc. I think the MMA forum will grow on it's own. It doesn't need the Boxing forum's help.

    TFK
     
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    steve_dave Hard As Fuck

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    I would personally hate it, but I would like t hear what TFK has to say since the MMA forum is his.
     
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  28. TFK

    TFK WBC Silver Diamond Emeritus Champ

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    Look above you.


    TFK
     
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    My bad.

    So it's settled then.
     
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  30. Hut*Hut

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    Exactly. I absolutely hate the idea. Both sports are big enough to stand on their own and if we can't sustain the traffic to let them do so it's a total admission of defeat.
     
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