Extreme Fighting

[Harlan Huckleby]

OK, I'm a little slow on the uptake. I just learned what this stuff is about from a special on ESPN.

I know why people like it. Hell, if I was driving down the road, and saw a gang fight, I'd watch it. And I couldn't turn away from the action last night.

It bothers me though. There is something different between the violence in Extreme Fighting and football, or even boxing. Those guys are mercilessly trying to injure their opponent. It's really more like war than sport. Sport is done for.... sport, even if it is rough. I like John McCain's description: human cockfighting.

Who likes extreme fighting? I've seen the Chuck Liddel talk and avatar, so I suppose it's lots of you guys. Do people over 40 like EF?

[swede]

Re: Extreme Fighting

...human cockfighting...

You boys in the back! Settle down! What's so funny?

[Harlan Huckleby]

you're thinking of "sword fighting"

[Little Whiskey]

i thnk you need to get nutz in on this discussion, i think he is the resident EF expert.

[Harlan Huckleby]

ya, Nutz has gone shy.

Bunches of people like EF, they're hiding too. Hell, Patler came forward to talk about his cross-dressing. I've talked about my fetishes. What's so embarassing about liking to watch guys beat each other to death?

[MadtownPacker]

You are just a little sheltered bitch who hasnt had enough violence in his life other then all the damage to your wrist.

Just wait until I go visit you and them you will get your fill of chingasos.

[Harlan Huckleby]

You want a piece of me, punk?

[Deputy Nutz]

The correct term is Mixed Martial Arts. Extreme Fighting brings a connotation that there are no rules. Infact they are now rules that govern the sport in the United States and in Japan. There have been zero deaths in the UFC or in Pride Fighting, there have been zero kneck injuries or severe head trama in the UFC. Sure there are really bad cuts and bruises, along with broken limbs and torn tendons, but the fighters are well protected against serious injury by referees how will side with safety before allowing action that could cause permanant injury to the fighters. Boxing allows fighters to stand up and keep fight after they have been knocked down and in most cases knocked out. Boxing officials will let these fighters continue fighting, and that is when serious and permanent injury happens.

MMA has been held to extreme regulations to allow it to be held and authorized by athletic commissions across the country. California has just allowed it. Which is huge for the sport.

John McCain is a stuge. If he would actually do some investigating into the sport he might find out the truth. Like all politicans they like to come to opinions on things before doing any research.

[Harlan Huckleby]

"Mixed Martial Arts" sounds like you got men and women together in tag teams.

OK, Nutz, you make a spirited defense. On ESPN special, they kept refering to it as "Extreme Fighting Championship", so guess they haven't gotten the word.

[Deputy Nutz]

EFC might be an actual association, I am not sure.


This used to be a sport that was underground, no rules, no regulations. People were getting killed and severly hurt. In this sense it is illegal.
Hell there is underground stick fighting in California where guys beat each other sensless with sawed off broom sticks, ever see Rambo III?

I didn't catch the ESPN show on MMA, I wish I had, but they probably show little respect for it since they missed the boat on it when the UFC was looking for a cable network to pimp The Ultimate Fighter, and show past fights and live fights.

I come from a wrestling background, so MMA is a lot more entertaining for me than watching boxing. To each his own. I am predicting that in the next five years MMA will be a bigger draw than boxing.

[Anti-Polar Bear]

Wanna know what's illegal? The WWE, World Wrestling Entertainment. Every one there is on steroid, even the owner Vince McMahon, and the fights are so fake Los Vegas outlawed gambling on the sport.

[Badgepack]

Fake?, No way.

[Deputy Nutz]

Hey Tank, I guess you shouldn't be betting on WWE matches anymore.

[Harlan Huckleby]

The ESPN special on EF was very balanced. They pointed out it is growing somewhat out of the young male demographic, and that they don't have worse medical problems than say, boxing.

But what bothered me was watching one guy sitting on top of another guy, who was face down, and punching him in the head. I just don't know those guys aren't going to get brain damage from that sorta trauma.

[Bossman641]

Although I'm not a huge UFC fan I watch it quite a bit when I'm flipping channels and see it on. From what I understand, the sport has been cleaned up alot over the past couple of years.

Although I've seen a few guys take pretty good beatings, it seems like the refs tend to stop the fights too soon rather than too late. I think the sport will blow up in the next few years.