A Kid I Grew Up With Has a Son Fighting MMA

[CF74]

Have to admit, I don't understand the draw that bloodsport has.

Pipe down Mountie..


Man he gave that other fella a royal pounding.:laugh2:

 

[tomson75]

Same here, I used poor word choice and lost my cool. I disagree with you to a certain extent of what you initially said, but that doesn't give me a reason to start mouthing off talking smack like I did. My bad man, guess I still had a bad taste in my mouth from that Cowboys game. =/

No worries.

We all do.

 

[CanadianCowboysFan]

Same as football.

maybe but in football, they don't deliberately pound each other into a pulp

 

[Cover 2]

maybe but in football, they don't deliberately pound each other into a pulp

What do you think tackling is?

It's not like it's a bar fight between two talentless people just randomly swinging at each other. It's boxing, karate, kickboxing, BJJ, wrestling, and more all rolled into one. The people who fight in the UFC and all the other big-time promotions are all talented in usually multiple martial arts.

 

[CanadianCowboysFan]

I think the equipment and lack of deliberately punching each other separates football from bloodsport.

Granted, I loved that movie with JCVD, damn good movie but in the end, MMA is about kicking the crap out of each other.

 

[Cover 2]

I think the equipment and lack of deliberately punching each other separates football from bloodsport.

Granted, I loved that movie with JCVD, damn good movie but in the end, MMA is about kicking the crap out of each other.

Based on all the studies I've seen it looks like boxing is more detrimental to one's health than MMA. The gloves in boxing are thicker with more padding, so one can deliver more blows to another's head before knocking them out. This is actually more dangerous to the recipient of those blows.

The small gloves in MMA make it where one doesn't take as many blows, because they get knocked out after fewer hits. Long-term this is a good thing as people don't take as many hits to the head.

There have been NO DEATHS in a sanctioned MMA match. There have been some in unsanctioned ones though without proper supervision, but it's only been 2 or 3. Compared to boxing that is miniscule. So basically MMA is safer than boxing.

One thing that can't be measured though is long-term affects due to how new MMA is. Within 20 years we should be able to compare long-term affects of boxing to long-term affects of MMA, but until then there is only speculation.

 

[Rampage]

Good luck to him.

It's a pretty tough road ahead, unless he's doing it just for kicks. I wrestled with/know some ranked guys in VA. One of which is ranked nationally, and has a better record, fight count, and fight history against stronger opponents than about 90% of the guys ranked ahead of him.


....but it's a pretty "political" business. He's not the pretty sell, so he'll never be given the opportunity to compete with the big boys. Damn shame. He's a hell of a fighter.

what is your friends name that fights and do you know the name of a company or event that he's fought in?

 

[TheCount]

Have to admit, I don't understand the draw that bloodsport has.

MMA isn't a "bloodsport" anymore than football is.

 

[tomson75]

what is your friends name that fights and do you know the name of a company or event that he's fought in?

I used to know the Baker brothers with the MMA institute out of Richmond and Harrisonburg VA. Two good friends of mine trained there as well. Both of the Baker bros have been ranked nationally, but I haven't followed them in a while.