U.F.C. Sells Itself for $4B

Re:U.F.C. Sells Itself for $4B by hyperion2010 on Monday July 11, 2016 @02:53PM (#12073354)

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.

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Re:U.F.C. Sells Itself for $4B by iaw on Monday July 11, 2016 @03:01PM (#12073422)

Funny 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.

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Re:U.F.C. Sells Itself for $4B by dublinben on Monday July 11, 2016 @03:02PM (#12073426)

Thankfully, 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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