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Legal bare-knuckle fighting makes bloody debut in Wyoming
AP ^ | June 2, 2018 | Rod Black

Posted on 06/03/2018 4:25:40 AM PDT by C19fan

The first ever state-sanctioned bare-knuckle boxing match got a bloody ending Saturday night -- and a big response from a raucous crowd.

Arnold Adams, a 32-year-old MMA heavyweight, pounded ex-UFC fighter D.J. Linderman's face into a bloody mess in front of 2,000 rowdy fans at a hockey rink that usually hosts birthday parties and skating lessons in Wyoming's capital. Tens of thousands more tuned in for the pay-per-view event, which featured 10 bouts, including four heavyweight fights in a tournament format.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: History; Sports
KEYWORDS: boxing; decayofsociety
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To: jiggyboy
Time for "Monday Night Rehabilitation"
41 posted on 06/03/2018 12:53:35 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: IronJack
Football? That's hardly a blood sport, although it tends to appeal to the same latent urge for violence, as long as it's vicarious.





"Violent ground acquisition games such as football is in fact a crypto-fascist metaphor for nuclear war."

42 posted on 06/03/2018 12:55:25 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: JohnRand

“Everybody is on their feet yelling ‘Kill! Kill!’ THIS IS HOCKEY!”


43 posted on 06/03/2018 12:58:12 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: IronJack

Boxing is the greatest sport of all.

Why?

Because it is the only one where victory is defined as getting off the mat one more time than your opponent!

Good article on bare knuckle vs glove here:

https://www.complex.com/sports/2015/11/bare-knuckle-boxing


44 posted on 06/03/2018 1:10:55 PM PDT by Mr Rogers (Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools)
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To: LRoggy

We are what we are. The cocks do not consent to being used, but humans have that agency. I find it horrifying, but then it’s just downstream from boxing. Chalk it up to liberty.


45 posted on 06/03/2018 1:42:39 PM PDT by sparklite2 (See more at Sparklite Times)
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To: ClearCase_guy

"Ave, Imperator, morituri te salutant!"


46 posted on 06/03/2018 1:54:26 PM PDT by Bratch ("The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke)
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To: Mr Rogers
Boxing is the greatest sport of all.

Probably the most corrupt ... but to each his own.

47 posted on 06/03/2018 3:33:24 PM PDT by IronJack (A)
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