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| Trish Burnside |
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Like every sport, MMA suffers its share of shortcomings—combine billions of dollars, media and politics with competition, and you will always wind up with some form of controversy—it is inherent to any professional sport. However, given MMA’s relatively new fledgling status, this sport tends to suffer a slightly larger (and undeserved) amount of criticism, usually from those whose knowledge in martial arts is as profound as a Saturday morning re-run of The Karate Kid. A common criticism and the most offensive in my opinion is that MMA is “too violent.” Well, yes, it is violent so to speak—it’s a combative sport! However, the implication that “violent” is all that MMA stands for, is incorrect. Violence [alone] is erratic, undisciplined, unpredictable and distasteful—usually the result of emotions gone haywire (perhaps exacerbated by alcohol and an illegal drug or two). MMA is an extraordinary mix of multiple techniques derived from ancient and modern martial arts practices—Karate, Jiujitsu, Muay Thai, San Shou, Wrestling, Judo and others. The violence is simply a byproduct of such intricate disciplines. Originating in Brazil, mixed martial arts came into existence within the boundaries of the U.S in the 1980s when Rorion Gracie, son of Brazilian jiujitsu master Helio Gracie, moved to California to spread his family’s art. Rorion, upon relocating, proclaimed a martial arts challenge known as the “Gracie Challenge” where he (like his father in Brazil) offered $100,000 to anyone who could defeat him or either of his brothers (Rolls and Rickson) in a “vale-tudo” match—a challenge that dubbed Gracie jiujitsu against all other forms of martial arts or hand-to-hand combat (essentially, MMA). These challenges were the building blocks that later became known as “ultimate fighting.” MMA earned a bad rap when it was dubbed a “no holds barred” form of combat—it originally lacked rules, regulations and legitimate guidelines and was thus strongly campaigned against by politicians (Senator John McCain) eager to gain political prowess. Rorion’s justification for the sport’s lack of “rules” wasn’t dishonorable as he declared that he did not want to limit any martial art form in its entirety. As a result of this violent stigma attached to MMA, it almost died out in the United States. The sport only began to revive when Zuffa, LLC bought the franchise and sought to legitimize MMA through creation of a “good, clean sport with actual rules.” By 2001 mixed martial arts, previously banned from television, returned to PPV; The Next Ultimate Fighter aired on Spike TV and MMA quickly became the fastest growing sport (in popularity and practice) in the world. Jiujitsu as well as Muay Thai and Wrestling are three of the more dominant disciplines practiced within MMA as they cover the likes of effective stand-up—kicking, punching, kneeing and elbowing (Muay Thai), grappling and submission (Jiujitsu) and take-down, take-down defense and ground control (Wrestling). Typically a fighter enters MMA with a background in one (or more) of these three disciplines (but could also come from disciplines such as Judo, San Shou, Karate, etc). The aspiring fighter then works fervently to develop lacking skills that are necessary in becoming a well-rounded mixed martial artist. Competing in mixed martial arts requires uncanny athleticism, intelligence, dedication and mental stamina—it is analogous to a sort of physical chess match that is as complicated as it is technical. The capacity to learn, practice and apply MMA in a physically demanding, mentally draining and emotionally stressful environment (the cage) results in an incredible spectacle of courage, strength, determination and talent. In retrospect, mixed martial arts is violent, but it is undeniably so much more.
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