@newarkcatholicfan, what happened between Machida and Henderson?

 

Machida got popped for illegal substance, was pulled from the card.

Glover looked good, looks like he is inching closer to another shot at the title.

 

 

If Khabib stays healthy he should be in line for a shot at the 155 belt. He does have a victory over champion RDA.

Interesting dichotomy. NFL is getting beat up on for concussions and UFC continues to grow in popularity with fans rooting for knockouts, choke outs, mame, whatever it takes.

Interesting dichotomy. NFL is getting beat up on for concussions and UFC continues to grow in popularity with fans rooting for knockouts, choke outs, mame, whatever it takes.

 

It's really not as brutal as it seems. Yes the knockouts can be scary and lead to potential consequences down the road. However, the way the MMA rules are implemented it is actually far safer than boxing and more than likely football as well. In boxing you are exposing yourself to repeated head trauma, much like football and other contact sports. In football some players are basically involved in a car crash on every play or at best at least a half a dozen times a game. You're taking repeated shots to head and neck area and receive a lot of shock trauma from impact.

 

However, in MMA once you are rattled or a little light on your feet the fight is called. Most of the time the fight will be called before a fighter loses consciousness. In boxing you have what is maybe the stupidest rule in sports, the 10 second count. What this does is allow one to recover just enough to take even more punishment to an already fragile brain. In MMA once you're out, you're out. No time to recover. So this actually makes things safer than boxing. Same for the choke outs, most tap before actually going unconscious, but for the ones who don't the fight is usually called as soon as they go out thus preventing any significant health issues such as oxygen deprivation.

 

MMA can look bad sometimes based on the KO's, the chokeouts, and bloodiness. However, most of the blood comes from cuts caused by grazing elbows, or being struck in a vulnerable area susceptible to bleeding like your mouth/nose or around your orbital bone or brow area. So I guess what I'm trying to say is all the blood usually comes from being struck in a vulnerable area more so than it does being brutal and gruesome. Also, a lot of fighters ala Nate Diaz have scar tissue in said areas and are easily cut down by punches or elbows. Diaz and Diego Sanchez are covered in blood every fight, if you didn't know better you'd think they were massacred. However, they are just very easily cut due to damage they've had in the past so it usually always looks way worst than what it really is.

 

 

For my money boxing, football, rugby, hockey, and all other contact sports are far more dangerous than MMA. In fact, I would even say that competitive cheerleading is far more dangerous than MMA.

Interesting dichotomy. NFL is getting beat up on for concussions and UFC continues to grow in popularity with fans rooting for knockouts, choke outs, mame, whatever it takes.

 

MMA is much safer than boxing and football.