The Controversy of Mixed Martial Arts
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staff on Sun, 08/16/2009 at 10:18pm.
Mixed Martial Arts might sound like a tame, artistic event, but, in reality, it is the toughest sport around. The Ultimate Fighting Championship invites professional mixed martial artists into the fighting ring to have a go at each other, no-holds-barred. Mixing fighting techniques like karate to judo, brazilian jiujitsu to boxing, MMA has one of the world's fastest growing fanbase. MMA is slowly being accepted across the United States, with 33 states and Washington D.C. allowing the sport in 2008. But why the hesitation to make mma legal?
Mixed Martial Arts hasn't always been regulated as it is now. The world of MMA used to view it's fight almost as fight-to-the-death with little or no rules restraining the fighters. This certainly has people nervous about the safety and civility of such a "sport." But the UFC and MMA fighters have supported the enstatement of some rules within the recent past, specifically enforcing weight classes.
MMA is still a near free-for-all fighting atmosphere. But the MMA fighters are trained diligently. The pro mixed martial artists train full-time-- it is, after all, their job. So while this may be the most dangerous sport ever invented, the fighters enter these combat situations knowingly, willingly, and prepared.
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