Yeah, I've grown to like golf. I got a Tiger Woods game about three years ago which taught me to appreciate the variable involved in a single shot.
Yeah, I've tried to follow MMA, but that sort of stuff turns my stomach.
I don't know if you both have watched recently or not, but the refereeing of MMA fights have now become very proactive to avoid the kind of scenario you're describing. Like, if someone is dropped by a strike, the referee is prepared to swoop in and call it a KO before any ground shots can be landed. The only time they let the standing fighter follow the grounded one to the mat is when the grounded one is conscious and alert by the time he hits the mat. So like, if he just stumbled, or was briefly sat down for a moment. He can then escape, stand back up, or counter the fighter trying to rush into him. But, if he's grounded and doesn't look like he can intelligently defend himself anymore, then even if he isn't fully knocked out, the fight is stopped. They err on the side of calling a fight off early, rather than allowing an extended beating.
Yeah, no doubt. But it's a sport where, in lieu of ref intervention, the default response is to pile in until your opponent stops moving. I just find that premise very troubling.
This is very much the case for me as well. When I was younger I pretty much watched any sport I could as we did not have Sky. Now Cricket and Football are so far ahead of anything else, sports like Rugby and Tennis have fallen off a huge amount, I just cant sustain any interest for them and even if I did I just don't have time for them.
I admire the skills but revolted by the spectacle of beating a man up who is down. Its disgraceful and should be illegal. But your post reminds me that I've recently started karate and love it. Wish I'd found out about it when younger.
Fair enough. There are a lot of fighters who don't pile on when it's clear their opponent is out of it, and in terms of brain damage or lasting health issues, MMA is better for athletes than other striking sports because it does allow for grappling and submissions, and the smaller gloves means less weight hitting the head. But at the end of the day it's a fight. No getting around that bit.
What a sob story. Don't know how you manage.
this but 5 weeks ago. i prefer pure muay thai to mma though, because bjj is ****ing boring to watch and the ufc fanbase is often sickening.
you got into one motorsport and you chose ****ing formula 1?
