“MMA is actually safer than boxing due to the fact that most fights end either by submission or (quick) TKO/KO.”
That is hard to believe. Round house kicks to the temple are lethal.
The sport should be outlawed.
Wasn’t MMA illegal a few years ago in the US? I don’t care if it’s legal or not, but putting it on TV is kind of sick, imo.
It’s all about how many times you are hit on the head over the course of a fighting career. But I do see that one single catastrophic injury might be more likely in MMA. But they are probably actually hit a lot less.
Freegards
Roundhouse kicks to the temple can definitely be lethal, but most times they are not (and don’t even cause knockouts among trained competitors, and for that matter most Muay Thai kicks are to the outer thigh since attempting a high kick on a trained opponent is a really stupid move - most times - as it exposes the person attempting it to all sorts of counter attacks). But they are rarely lethal. The issue with boxing is that the padded gloves and multiple rounds lead to repeated head (and also liver) hits, and those add up. To be even more radical, fighting with knuckle dusters would be better as the fight would be over in seconds and only result in a broken nose and lost teeth and such. A multiple round boxing bout, over years, has serious effects