my point is, to get back to it:
1 - MMA is overly violent and dangerous
2 - The rules of MMA promote a style of fighting which is classless, unattractive and unmanly
3 - Most of the top MMA stars I have looked into are average fighters without high skill levels.
4 - MMA fighting is in my opinion mostly boring (as they grappled around on the floor) and occasionally horrific (when a fallen man is beaten by his opponent)
5 - MMA fights are unpredictable, because the very open structure of the rules acts as a leveller between the good and the ordinary.
I will tell you one thing.
IF I was an MMA fighter, and I put my man down... I would allow him the opportunity to get to his feet before continuing to fight.
I guarantee that I would act in this way.
Win or lose, I would show that an Englishman at least is still capable of behaving as a true gentleman, with courage and fairness.
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To be quite open, boxing does require skill, courage, and a certain nobility.
Anyone can wrestle.
I can tell you, I read on wikipedia about one MAJOR fight in "Pride MMA" which was won by "soccer kicks to the head" of a fallen man. Is this what people call entertainment? I for one am proud that this kind of sport will never take off in England.
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but fell to Rua's younger brother, Mauricio "Shogun" Rua, via TKO in the elimination series of PRIDE's 2005 Middleweight Grand Prix, where Rua broke one of Jackson's ribs early and proceeded to win by soccer kicks to Jackson's head.
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Legal Techniques
PRIDE allows the following techniques:
Stomps to a grounded opponent.
Soccer kicks to the head of a grounded opponent.
Knees to the head of a grounded opponent.
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Disgraceful.