Comments on: SI.com: Green jackets & frozen feet tougher than MMA

By: tapps

tapps — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:49:55 +0000

are you kidding?! people question if golf is actually a sport or just people knocking balls in holes because they have nothing better to do. lol yeah TW is tough because he golfed sick, sometimes fighters fight sick…i know! we should put gabe reudiger at number 2 he deserves it completely. just like tiger. GOLF SUCKS

By: A.J.

A.J. — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:03:58 +0000

Hey remember Fedor has never lost! You cannot tell me that he is not the best HW in the world. Randy would be dominated by Fedor. Fedor has been hit hard, dropped on his head, but he still manages to beat people up. Everybody loves a HW fighter. Silva fights guys that are the same weight. Fedor fights guys that are usually a lot heavier than himself. I think Anderson Silva is a hell of a fighter, but Fedor is THE BEST POUND FOR POUND FIGHTER IN THE WORLD!

By: cmon_chokehim

cmon_chokehim — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:58:44 +0000

[quote comment=”401007″][quote comment=”400962″][quote comment=”400739″]The Cancer survivor I could see… but Tiger Woods? GET REAL!! Anderson Silva playing 5 consecutive rounds of golf or Tiger in the cage for 5..no 4…no 1 minute. See who’s tougher. What a ridiculous article.[/quote]

I knew a caveman like you would pop up sooner or later. Your definition of “tough” is very narrow. Tiger has the most mental toughness out of any athlete in the world. Tiger has lost, but the dude NEVER chokes. Do you know how tough mentally you have to be to do that? How many people can do that in ANY line of work? Staying with athletes, look how many of them collapse when one little thing doesn’t go their way. Tiger gets pissed off, but he doesn’t let one bad shot get into his head. The guy has ice water running in his veins.[/quote]
I completely agree. Anderson Silva is a tough fighter, and his training is tough, but Tiger has to compete nearly 20 times a year. That is mental overload with focus as well as knowing that everyone, EVERY WEEK, is looking to just beat him. Some golfers consider just beating him as good as a championship. No one says that about ANY mma fighter(save crocop of 2005). As well, I would say what Roger Federer has recently done in tennis is tougher than what Anderson Silva is doing.[/quote]

Actually, what Roger Feder has done the last 3 years is waaaaaaaaaaay better the ANY athlete out there hands down, IF we are condering toughness the way you guys are talking about it.

By: DirtbagHtr

DirtbagHtr — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 04:16:38 +0000

NEWS FLASH!!! At the Sac Kings vs Clippers game at Arco Arena, Sac, CA, its Olympics Night. Kurt Angle was present and was interviewed. He mentioned that he was fighting against Couture sometime in the fall, and was not allowed yet to mention which promotion!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Toms Bombs

Toms Bombs — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 03:35:58 +0000

How did a golfer make #1? lol They’re more accurate than tough.

By: GSP4Prez

GSP4Prez — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 01:41:41 +0000

[quote comment=”401467″]That Lance Mackey is tough as hell and should be on the top of this list! It takes both great mental and physical toughness to accomplish what he did. Tiger is tough mentally but I dont know what else is tough about winning PGA’s? I’d like to see what toughness scale they are measuring with. Maybe Tiger has some kind of major endorsement deal with SI :)[/quote]
Are you kidding? Not tough to win golf tournaments? No doubt its not as physically tough as mma i mean your not gonna come out bloodied up, but if you looked at how much time Tiger puts into training for golf tournaments and how much mental toughness it takes to be able to perform at a consistent level like Tiger does you would understand why he is ranked number 1. There has never been an athlete in any of our lifetimes who has been more dominant at there sport or had more mental toughness than him. If you haven’t played golf competitively before you probably wouldn’t understand but it is definately a mental battle and takes a lot of mental toughness to stay consistant at.

By: Vizai

Vizai — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 21:16:00 +0000

Is there really an argument as to which is tougher, MMA or Golf!!???!! MENTALLY OR PHYSICALLY……..So much of MMA is mental, thats why they call it a human chess match…..Your never going to have to go to the hospital after a Golf Tournament. (Unless you got heat stroke, or were hit by a ball.) I don’t know what can be more mentally tough than fighters trying to get in each others heads…. Just ask Rich Franklin who wouldnt take a rematch if it were handed to him…….This is a funny conversation though!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: grembone

grembone — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:40:30 +0000

[quote comment=”400615″][quote comment=”400599″]Never saw Tiger Woods as being tough… but okay. Not sure how golf has anything to do with tough. Now if Happy Gilmore was a true story… then that is pretty accurate.[/quote]

Now, MMA is tough 2 - 3 times out of the year as that is pretty much how often the division champs are fighting, but so is professional golf. I would even say professional Tennis is tougher than MMA. Your out there with a group of up to 125 golfers who on any given day could win any tournament and Tiger does it on almost every start. Those of you who play know how rediculously amazing that is. Mentally, Golf is tougher than any sport out there. This coming from the javster who HATES watching golf, but I play often, so i know the game. Also, Tiger benches over 300 lbs. give him props![/quote]

Javster… your kidding right? Tiger Benches over 300lbs. Well if you not…Sorry, but you think walking into a cage with the roar of the crowd behind you isn’t a pressure cooker. I bet if you do that once in your life and it could compare to 3 years of golf tournaments. The training regiment alone has it’s validation for toughness. People that are training for events are always having to nurse injuries from training and most of the time suck ‘em up and still fight. How many interviews do we see where guys are fighting with injuries hoping to make a paycheck. When was the last time you had to really sweat it out in a golf game? C’mon.

Maybe golf probably has degree of toughness but it is not on the same level. I guess we should define toughness.

By: Pat

Pat — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 19:46:24 +0000

[quote comment=”401316″]Also, thanks for the “Caveman” comment, I enjoy their commercials. And, I also have a uni-brow, so it works well.[/quote]

HAHA. At least you took it well.

By: Coronado

Coronado — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 19:41:06 +0000

That Lance Mackey is tough as hell and should be on the top of this list! It takes both great mental and physical toughness to accomplish what he did. Tiger is tough mentally but I dont know what else is tough about winning PGA’s? I’d like to see what toughness scale they are measuring with. Maybe Tiger has some kind of major endorsement deal with SI