“I feel like the difference between ultimate fighting and boxing is greater than most people– like, we’re having it in part of the same conversation. Usually, when you talk about these things, you talk about them together. But I do feel like they’re probably more different than we think. You know… I think maybe it was Tony Kornheiser who said this once, and it was kind of true… it’s very true… you know, in boxing, you can win by not getting hit. You know, you can win a fight basically by avoiding the contact. That does not seem to be an aspect of ultimate fighting. There’s nobody who’s sort of like the sly guy in ultimate fighting.”
— writer Chuck Klosterman on today’s BS Report with Bill Simmons. Klosterman also calls MMA “a sponge for all the people who are only interested in the most violent aspects of boxing, or even hockey or whatever… the kind of people who watch NASCAR for accidents, they’ve all migrated to ultimate fighting,” before admitting that he’s never attended an event or even watched very much of the sport on television.