NHL Goons Respect MMA Fighters

CanadianTopTeam · 04-16-2008, 04:01 PM

Interesting article I was just reading. Thought You guys might want a read. Seems like NHL tough guys really respect UFC Fighters. I was surprised at how much they were saying that MMA workouts are like nothing else. I always thought Hockey could compare to its intesity considering they have 45 second shifts and are gassed. Seems like they do a lot of anarobic exersies simmilar to MMA.

http://www.sportsnet.ca/mma/2008/04/16/nhl_tough_guys/

Mr. Tao Jones · 04-16-2008, 04:10 PM

You would think there would be more crossover between the sports but Steve Bosse is the only one I can think of at the moment.

The Elemental O · 04-16-2008, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Tao Jones

You would think there would be more crossover between the sports but Steve Bosse is the only one I can think of at the moment.

Why does it matter? As long as more people are saying something positive about MMA.

heavy_hander · 04-16-2008, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by CanadianTopTeam

Interesting article I was just reading. Thought You guys might want a read. Seems like NHL tough guys really respect UFC Fighters. I was surprised at how much they were saying that MMA workouts are like nothing else. I always thought Hockey could compare to its intesity considering they have 45 second shifts and are gassed. Seems like they do a lot of anarobic exersies simmilar to MMA.

http://www.sportsnet.ca/mma/2008/04/16/nhl_tough_guys/

each player plays 20 min roughly in a game of hockey, 45 seconds on the ice and then a minute or 2 between each shift.
vs
5 minutes and then a 1/2 minute break.