This weekend “outrage” was the word being thrown around as Manny Pacquiao lost a split decision over Timothy Bradley. Personally I’ll watch the fight again, but upon first viewing it seemed that Pacquiao had clearly won. This was also the sentiment of the ringside announcers, as well as many of the fight fans who had tuned in and payed to watch those events.
Conspiracy theories aside, obviously there was a large misunderstanding of either the point system or what was going on in the ring. There’s the saying “don’t leave it up to the judges” but if the the Judges are unreliable what’s the point in having them. I wonder if judges are seeing everything from ringside. It’s often said the best seat in the house, is from your living room couch. So it begs to question if the judges need a type of screen system in front of them to watch from the PPV feed, and to get a secondary vantage point. I know this has been discussed in MMA fights however I do not believe it is in place.
I think it’s also fair to look at the qualifications of the judges. Now usually I find that boxing judges are normally well versed.. but I could be wrong, especially after this past weekend. Judging often is a topic in MMA fights as the sport is only around 20yrs old and there has been so many rule changes in those years. Don’t forget for the first UFC events there was no real judges. Currently there are still stories circulating of Judges asking the Judge next to them as to what the fighter is doing in the ring. It’s also pretty well debated that currently things like, takedowns are given more precedent than someone who is active on their back and attempting submissions. To a BJJ practitioner the back isn’t a big deal as they work off of their back all the time. In BJJ competitions working off the back is seen as a good thing and points are given for submission attempts. However, this doesn’t seem to be the case in MMA.
The silver lining is that people who were MMA fighters or trainers are starting to get more involved in the judging of the fight. The latest example is Ricardo Almeida. Here we have someone who is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt, and has a respectable career in the world of MMA and understands the game. Personally, until you get more judges with that pedigree you will continue to run into judging controversy, as the MMA education is still lacking.
However in regards to boxing, it is difficult to say what was the reasoning this weekend, and quite honestly we probably will never know. The unfortunate aspect of this, is that more people have been turned off of boxing as the the theories of underhanded activities are spreading quickly. I seriously hope this isn’t the case, but I believe it will be some time before boxing returns to its former glory.
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Playing any full contact sport is like plyanig Russian roulette with your health, but I think MMA is pound-for-pound one of the less dangerous sports out there. The training and competition might be hard on the body, and guys like Noguiera look like hamburger after a while, but I don’t think they have a lot of serious health issues.A lot of this can be attributed to a handful of facts:1) MMA fighters wear smaller gloves than those worn in boxing. Because of the smaller surface area and weight, there is less shock dispersal onto a target area. This means that when a fighter gets punched in the face, he might get a broken nose, or a cut forehead, or even knocked out. Therefore, a hard punch is more likely to stop a fight than in boxing. In boxing, the heavier, bigger gloves disperse more shock, so boxers can pound on one another for an hour without being knocked out. This means that their brains are bouncing around in their heads every time they take a punch above their shoulders. This is why boxing has waaaaaaay more fatalities than MMA.So, while he won’t be winning any beauty contests, it is unlikely that Nog will be walking around in their 60′s shaking like a leaf from Parkinson’s.Second: there is no dishonor in quitting. While fighting, if the damage you are taking is too much, you can always tap out. There is no stigma against giving up. Because of this, fighters are able to remove themselves from a dangerous situation without having to worsen the damage already inflicted upon their body. If a boxer gives up in the middle of his match, he is booed and called a chump. If a football player feels that he has taken too much damage and requests to be put on the bench, he’ll be booed by the fans and ridiculed by his coaches and teammates for “being too soft.” Because a stigma exists in these sports towards calling it quits, there are more injuries because people push themselves too hard.This is just speculation though. MMA hasn’t been in the mainstream long enough for us to observe the effects the sport as had on them. Time will tell, but I think that MMA is one of the healthier sports that an athlete can do.
Kewl you sholud come up with that. Excellent!
There is no definite aneswr. It depends on what injuries you sustain. But overall the effect cannot be worse than boxing. In boxing you get hit in the head many many times. You get knocked down, you get up and get hit in the head even more.In MMA there are many other ways to win the fight. You don’t get hit in the head nearly as much and there are no knockdowns. As soon as you’re knocked down, if you cannot defend yourself, the fight is over. So you’re not subjected to too much of a punishment.Of course it doesn’t mean that you cannot have problems later on in life.