As you said, if you're going to take a bunch of guys and gals with no interest in sport fight and put them through ~100 hours of training in how to defend thems

As you said, if you're going to take a bunch of guys and gals with no interest in sport fight and put them through ~100 hours of training in how to defend themselves in real world situations, then MMA fighting is probably not ideal. However, when I hear young adult males talk about how badass they are for training under some 19th-degree black belt ninja sensei, I get annoyed. I'm not afraid of their sensei. I'm afraid of boxers and amateur wrestlers.