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Is the MMA another one of those 'fixed' games?

Asked by MilkyWay (13745points) March 14th, 2012

Asking for your honest opinion. Is the MMA really just a fixed ‘entertainment’ tournament or is it the real deal?

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King_Pariah's avatar

Considering how I participated in a few minor tourney’s which had some big name MMA fighters, it’s the real deal. (And Chuck Liddell punches HARD)

6rant6's avatar

No fucking way. No one would take that much damage in a fixed fight. You’re trolling aren’t you?

MilkyWay's avatar

No… just wondering :)

6rant6's avatar

@MilkyWay Have you ever watched it? I’m guessing not.

Here’s what the choreography would sound like:

”...nd at 4:14 of the third round, you’re both all covered in blood, breathing hard, Davis, you’re going to dive for Mandley’s leg, and at the same time, Mandley, you’re going to bring you knee up as hard and fast as you can, right into Davis’ face, breaking his nose, and knocking him back against the cage where his eyes kind of roll up and he slides down toward the floor. When he’s halfway down, spewing like the federal budget and Mandley, before the ref can get there, you jump on him and give him a couple of clean elbows to the head and then when you’re pretty sure he’s out, you give a couple of hammer blows to the side of the head. That’s entertainment!”

MilkyWay's avatar

XD
I did watch it very recently in fact, and I went “Hmm, this shit looks real… I wonder if they if they fake it somehow…let’s ask some more informed American people to find out what they think…”

6rant6's avatar

When someone gets knocked out from a kick to the head, there’s no doubt what happened. Some of the fighters have come from other sports (or other martial arts like judo or boxing or football). Sometimes they do well, sometimes not.

Probably the best evidence that they are real is that some fights are boring. A wrestler will control a boxer, for example. Frustrate the boxer and the audience, but not much damage gets done to either fighter. Sometimes the fighters apologize after winning about how boring the fight was.

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