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The visceral nature of MMA and the blood makes many people dislike it, but compared to the long, slowly developing brain damage induced by boxing, MMA is a far
by hyperion2010 10y ago
The visceral nature of MMA and the blood makes many people dislike it, but compared to the long, slowly developing brain damage induced by boxing, MMA is a far more humane sport.
- iaw 10y agoFunny thing, I never thought about this, but compared to Football and Boxing, UFC is unlikely to cause debilitating long-term damage. As you are alluding to, what we are now becoming aware of as a society is that by padding our combative athletes we've shifted the trauma from the exterior to the interior and thus made it more severe.
- dublinben 10y agoThankfully, this isn't an either or situation. Boxing's popularity was significantly diminished for years before UFC brought fighting sports back to a forefront.
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