Posted on 08/30/2005 2:15:53 PM PDT by misterrob
FORT DODGE, Iowa It's a sport where punching, kicking and slamming a knee into someone's gut are allowed. And like it or not, its popularity has surged in recent years.
Known on the street as cage fighting (search), extreme fighting or mixed martial arts, it features a combination of wrestling, boxing and jujitsu.
The goal: Knock your opponent out cold ... or force him to surrender.
"I don't think it's that violent. It's the same in football, baseball and basketball they all get injured just as bad. It's just a sport," Fort Dodge, Iowa, cage fighter Donnie Nordstrom told FOX News.
But others have a different perspective.
"It's very violent and somebody is going to get hurt very seriously. Somebody is going to get killed or maimed," said Iowa Athletic Commissioner Dave Neil.
So far, no cage fighters have died in the United States. But it may be only a matter of time, given the lack of rules and regulation at the lowest level of this combat sport.
"The only rule there really is in the state of Iowa is no hitting behind the head. No hitting in the kidney. And no slamming of the elbow if the person is down," Neil said.
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I guess they consider Mike Tyson to be an alternative example of civilized fighting...
I have a wavemaster in the backyard and get the best cardio
workouts with that thing!
What are you doing punching your wife? ;-)
I'm sorry to admit, but I have that fight on DVD. I laughed when I saw it, but it was terrible because the guy had a seizure or something.
Tank is a true brawler.
Mike Tyson would get destroyed by CroCop or someone like Couture or any well rounded fighter.
It is time you found another wife. :)
Bar arm the guy till you dislocate his shoulder or dislocate the knee. Two moves easily accomplished if you know a bit of wrestling. I haven't seen too many guys with much fight left following said conditions.
Many wrestlers did not know submission moves until they learned juijitsu. Then they became really dangerous!
My opinion is that it is good to know ground fighting, but fights, but almost all fights start standing up and not all should go to the ground if there are other people around.
Good point. If other people are around getting the takedown may get you kicked in the head by the opponent's buddies. Been there.
YOu should attend the NCAA wrestling championships--in Oklahoma City in 2006: they were held in St Louis the last two years where I attended. The heavyweight champion, Steve Mocco, is also a national judo champion. Go figure. I am too old for this stuff now and have had to graduate to carrying my old .45; as they say, whatever it takes to win.
I think the point is that wrestlers have the requisite skills to win fights, balance, coordidation, and conditioning. If they can avoid the initial haymaker, iots hard to see how a good wrestler should lose to a street punk.
My wife is nobodys punching bag. She's armed and dangerous with an emphasis on dangerous. It's why I married her. :-}
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