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Originally Posted By: thundyr
Baseball is incredibly boring, as is Grid-Iron. It's not so much that the games don't have action - it's the gaps between the action that make it really dull. An NFL game is an hour long, but it take 3 to play it because of all the stoppages and rest periods. I only watch highlights - then the game is actually quite interesting.


I love the NFL, got into it about 2 years ago and have followed the Pittsburgh Steelers ever since. I know what you mean about stoppages but the alternative on Sky Sports is NFL Redzone, no breaks for 6 hours, just jumps between all the games when a team is in the 'Redzone'

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actually, im gonna throw UFC into the mix.


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lol they do like to hold

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Some fights can be good in it but when its the likes of GSP who goes out to smother his opponent and not look for a knockout it can be a very boring sport.

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all the fun on the mat

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Originally Posted By: Maxi88
Some fights can be good in it but when its the likes of GSP who goes out to smother his opponent and not look for a knockout it can be a very boring sport.


I've competed at international level in aikido, judo and shotokan karate so I know a good fight(er) when I see one. Whilst there are some talented people in UFC, rarely do you get to see what they can do or get to appreciate any of the technical aspects which they must surely be capable of. To me, the idea of competing 1 martial art against another is very intriguing but due to the differing offensive/defensive natures plus the emphasis on either throws, holds or kicks, the fights nearly always revert to 'scrapping' as the styles don't mix up and the threat of stalemate looms. For entertainment purposes, I guess it has succeeded to a certain extent but as a demonstration/comparison between the advantages and disadvantages of various martial arts it simply doesn't work. Still better than cricket though!

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i do like the stand up fights but when it gets to the mat its lots of hugging and time wasting to me

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If there was martial arts involved in Cricket,then it would be much more interesting,or maybe set the ball on fire or stick a razor blade in it.


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dam the wicket keeper would be a dead man walking behind therm stumps

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living in the US, i can't count the amount of times i have been told, after people find out that when i say i love football...i mean "soccer", how boring of a game it is. that being said, i truly believe that the "great american past-time" baseball is the most boring sport ever. i would pretty much rather watch anything other than baseball.


Baseball is incredibly boring, as is Grid-Iron. It's not so much that the games don't have action - it's the gaps between the action that make it really dull. An NFL game is an hour long, but it take 3 to play it because of all the stoppages and rest periods. I only watch highlights - then the game is actually quite interesting.

Motorsport is basically only for fans. Speeding around an oval track is definitely eye of the beholder stuff. F1 is more interesting the last two seasons now that they make the tyres bad on purpose, but again, most of the time it's just watching a procession.

Golf, like pubs sports like darts and billiards/snooker, is mainly for fans. You either get it or you don't. Golf simply takes 4 days rather than 4 hours.

As for tennis - well, I enjoy watching it when I get the chance, but ladies tennis is too random and the grunting is pathetic, and men's tennis is only interesting once they hit the semi-finals because anyone outside Djokovic, Nadal, and Federer just isn't good enough.


haha i agree with EVERYTHING you said.

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