Bloodiest Fight in the UFC

[Clizownmothafackoz17]

Enigma Wrote:*big grin* it's always nice to be liked.
i honestly have this big sheepish grin on my face. hahaha!
*hangs head* i'm such a dweeb.
how's things?

It's a mixed bag of course, but all in all I'm well, thank you. How are you these days?

Grimlin Wrote:Fighting is not a sport...period.

And strictly speaking MMA isn't fighting per se. It is a combat sport, but it is strictly confined within a rule-set in the interests of safety and fairness. In real fighting there is no ban on guns, no weight classes, no promise that it will be one on one, no ban on eye-gouging, biting and so forth and no referee to pull someone off of you when the fight is no longer in contest. With the addition of these rules, we move from actual combat (fighting as you say) to a sporting event. As in any sporting event, it will not do to be nice to our opponent while competing (though, in general, MMA has perhaps the best comradery and sportsmanship of any modern sport). But the object of MMA is not necessarily to "Kick his ass." The object is to win based on the criteria for victory imposed by the sport. This could come via a knockout, or a fighter could be made to tap with a submission before he is hurt in any way, or a fighter could lose based on being outworked/outwrestled/outboxed etc. Depends on the matchup and the strategy and upon who is the better athlete and martial artist.

Grimlin Wrote:It just goes to show how sick people are to watch somebody else get hurt or beaten.It's not a proud thing to want to kick somebody else ass just for the hell of it(guess you could say getting paid too).

I'm not a violent person by nature and I certainly don't enjoy hurting people or seeing people get hurt. Human suffering makes my skin crawl. But I do like to spar, to box, to train. And I love to watch the best fighters in the world compete. And I think, with few exceptions, people aren't watching in the hopes of someone actually getting hurt. People watch MMA because it is the most open expression of combat sport, allowing techniques ranging from boxing to wrestling to jiu jitsu. People watch MMA because it is exciting to see elite level athletes compete in a fair physical contest of skill, strength and intelligence.