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I think there are a lot or reasons that MMA is probably safer. These include - Flash KO's, leading to fast stoppages in MMA as opposed to standing counts in Bo
by dejb 16y ago
I think there are a lot or reasons that MMA is probably safer. These include
- Flash KO's, leading to fast stoppages in MMA as opposed to standing counts in Boxing
- Less emphasis on head strikes and more emphasis on wrestling/control/submissions in MMA. Even cuts can stop the fight.
- Less rounds in MMA
- Different culture. More 'college boy' wrestling than 'street kid' boxing.
If you had boxing rules with MMA gloves you'd probably have more cuts but still a lot of brain damage.
- presidentender 16y agoThey didn't have any gloves in the earliest incarnations of MMA, and fighters would almost never hit each other in the head. The thin MMA gloves they have now do very little to protect the recipient of a blow, but a great deal to protect the knuckles of the striker from the effects of punching someone in the head. The crowds want to see a little bit of that blood.
- bryanwb 16y agomma gloves are there to protect the puncher's knuckles and not the punchee's face