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Old 12-11-2007, 12:05 PM   #47
Kevin Leavitt
 
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Re: MMA loses a fighter...

I always cringe watching judo tournaments. Guys trying to avoid the ippon put themselves in very risky situations if they misjudge!

Joseph,

I don't know about all that you mention. All I know is the fighters that I train with that are pro or semi pro are good guys, understand the risk of their sport, do it for much the same reasons you and all of us do what we do. It is their passion.

I believe that the good things that come out of the sport far outweigh the bad.

I find nothing unethical about 2 guys that enter the ring that have trained hard and simply want to fight within the constraints of an artificial system designed to support it.

I don't gamble, I don't eat meat (I'm Vegetarian), and I don't think killing and violence toward people is right.

I do draw a distinction between martial sport, rules of warfare, and gratitious violence of all types mental and physical that soul intention is to degrade or injure someone in some way for the purpose of furthering their own gain without the consent of the other person or society in general.

I don't believe Martial sports to fall into this category.

two men enter, one man leaves!

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