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Old 12-10-2007, 09:41 PM   #40
Aristeia
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Re: MMA loses a fighter...

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Joseph Madden wrote: View Post
Sam Vasquez was the unacceptable risk Michael. He leaves a spouse and a son. And although most involved in the MMA's will argue that he had a pre-existing condition and his death was a fluke, the fight will go on. Until the next Sam Vasquez.

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I agree the death is tragic. But are we saying that a death should mean the demise of the sport? And if so why does that not hold true for every other sport that causes death - aikido included. Apples for apples remember?

And incidentally Vasquuez's wife is on record as saying she does not blame the sport and does not believe her husband would either...

"When your only tool is a hammer every problem starts to look like a nail"
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