[misterrob]

More nanny state oversight coming our way...

[white trash redneck]

MMA cagefighting is safer than boxing, since fighters have the option of chokes and joint locks, which

1) are less dangerous than knockout punches, and

2) most fight end with the loser conceding (tapping out) rather than sustaining an injury.

BTW, John McCain has come out against MMA prizefights. Care to guess who get money from boxing interests.

[antaresequity]

I think 'no holds' is the synergy of cock fighting and the show that exploits the bums to do stupid things...

[Taliesan]

If this is the same as Ultimate Fighter, I actually have become hooked on it and it doesn't seem all that dangerous, since the refs are pretty quick to stop a fight when someone stops defending.

[Kurt_D]

Whatever... nobody forces the guys to fight each other.

[Clint N. Suhks]

I've watched it for years. You used to be able to head butt, knee and elbow in the face but I don't think it's allowed now. As a former college wrestler I became attracted to it because it carried my martial art to the next level. You have to be a good at wrestling, boxing and jujitsu in order to contend...whoever said it's "bum fighting" is FOS, these are the biggest bad asses in the world and would kill any Mike Tyson in his prime in a nanosecond.

[GimpySadan]

So...MMA should be outlawed because it "might" be dangerous? Even though no one has been killed "yet"??

Great logic. By that standard, let's outlaw electric can openers. No one's been killed "yet", but...

[Conservative til I die]

The MMA/UFC issue comes up every couple years. I believe UFC at least has catered to the concerns of watchdogs by lessening the high-impact nature of it all. But seriously, what is so different with this stuff from boxing? I've personally seen at least 1 fighter get killed in the ring on television. Legally too. No fouls or anything.

[WestVirginiaRebel]

I guess they consider Mike Tyson to be an alternative example of civilized fighting...

[Mr. Mulliner]