Comments on: Who agrees that Mixed martial arts should become an olympic sport?

By: Bujinkan Ninja

Bujinkan Ninja — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 16:54:44 +0000

Not me. I don’t like MMA.

By: ninja man

ninja man — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 00:26:32 +0000

heck yeah why not

By: Jimmy G

Jimmy G — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:05:59 +0000

Absolutely. It would have to be like the original UFC whereas the fighters would be subject to multiple fights during that couple of weeks. True champions would emerge. The downside, some of the competitors would be subject to career ending injuries. MMA is big business and it would have to be seriously considered for 2012. Its kinda more like an X-game sport if you really get down to brass taxes.

By: DaMatrix

DaMatrix — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:14:02 +0000

I hate these people who give mma a bad name. It’s a sport just like Taekwondo was in the olympics and no one spoke bad about it. I’m for it and for all you people who say no quit hearing about fights in a bad environments like rings set up in bars and start respecting to sport. You can have boxing… nobody said anything. Wrestling… nobody said anything… Than how come you cant put two together and make it a sport?

By: retroactivism

retroactivism — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 08:35:29 +0000

MMA in no way qualifies as an Olympic sport.

Qualifications:
MMA has no recognized world championship.
MMA has no amateur presence in 99% of countries.
MMA is not a legitimate sport and is as much about luck as it is about skill.
MMA is not standardized worldwide.

MMA has no worldwide governing body.

In short, you have a better chance at getting tic-tac-toe into the olympics as MMA

*Edit – as you can see, DaMatrix is simply being obtuse in his answer by stating the exact opposite as myself with no proof. How could MMA be considered standardized when every single league varies its rules? Some have elbows, some dont. Some allows kicks to the head of a downed opponent, some don’t. Do your research before opening your mouth.

By: Renyo

Renyo — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 14:58:05 +0000

Nope, not me, but i’d rather not watch it at all.

If they make it and Olympic sport you can wave goodbye to any actual striking or hurting of any kind.

By: BGTONY

BGTONY — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:39:17 +0000

It would be cool to have it.

But how would it work because a lot of the other sports have mutiple matches. MMA people have them spaced out because it will be hard on their bodies. Also people getting hurt would not be good.

So I think it would be cool, but I don’t see it happening anytime soon. Lets wait till Boxing gets fixed

By: jadedwombat

jadedwombat — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 21:45:08 +0000

I definitely like the idea of it being an Olympic sport, but I don’t think its going to happen. The only way to make it work give then time constraints imposed by the short duration of the Olympics would be a tournament style showdown. The inherent risk in any tournament where a fighter has to fight multiple opponents in a short time frame is that an injury – even a small one like a cut above the eye – would automatically drop a fighter from being able to continue. And given how often small cuts happen in MMA, it seems like the best fighters wouldn’t even make the finals because of medical disqualifications. Do you really want to see an alternate or replacement fighter winning Olympic gold that is undeserved?

Feel free to disagree with me, but I just don’t see how it could work out.

By: Shihan J

Shihan J — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 00:52:31 +0000

no i would not.
and i would not happen with out major changes to mma

By: capitalctu

capitalctu — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 10:31:29 +0000

I disagree. There is no way to do a tournament of Olympic caliber, all the while keeping the fighters health in mind. You’d have to put so many rules and restrictions on it that it would not be any fun to watch.