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Mixed Martial Arts is the fastest growing sport in the world. Mixed Martial Arts (or MMA) is a combat sport that combines every and any fighting technique in a bout. To look closer at this sport as a discourse community, we will break down the sport into 5 different categories. We will take a look at the goals and values of MMA, the typical fighting styles or genres of MMA, the general rules of MMA, tasks and roles of each MMA community, and the targeted audience of MMA.

Throughout world history people have enjoyed watching two men compete in hand to hand combat. Professional boxing made its debut here in America around the turn of the 20th century. Unlike boxing, mixed martial arts is a relatively new sport. Both sports are very technical and require their fighters to be in superb condition. Many fighters train all their life to make it big, but few ever get there. Although both sports are immensely popular, one stands alone as the dominant sport. In this paper I 'll prove that the sport of MMA is more technical, more exciting, and much safer than boxing.

The viewers are the main encouragement for boxers to keep fighting or to fight harder. “They don’t come out to see a tee party,” said Mike Jacobs evenly. “They come out to see the knockout. They come out to see a man hurt. If they think anything else, they’re kidding themselves” (qtd. in

The UFC, Ultimate Fighting Championship, belongs to the mixed martial arts industry. It is actually the largest MMA promotion company in the world. Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport. It allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques. There are numerous types of mixed martial arts including boxing, wrestling, kickboxing, karate, and taekwondo.

Utilitarianism is the ethical theory which states what is morally good and helps the greatest number of people. A utilitarian could defend the UFC by pointing out the fact that other sports also celebrate hatred and injury, but are not deemed to be immoral. They could also state that many other sports come with risks that may cause injury and brain damage. Another point that could be mentioned is that sports are a form of entertainment that contributes to the greater good of all people. The UFC fighters might willingly take these risks, but the people watching these fights aren’t going to be harmed. If anything, they will be entertained and enjoy the fight that brings so many people together.

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Without fighting the sport would not be the same it would be a lot more entertaining for the fans to watch because there would be no more contact. The coaches of the teams will pay the people getting in fights non stop a lot of money

This is a fight that UFC fans have been dreaming about the second their first match ended.

It is the nature of boxing that the athlete will compete in a series of two to three minute segments, or rounds, with one-minute rest intervals between each round. The boxer’s training program is similar to those found in most contact sports, emphasizing physical fitness and endurance. Boxing is unique as it places equal emphasis on the ability of the athlete to deliver and to absorb powerful physical blows in competition,

Gorn goes to discuss the rules and regulations of boxing, stating; “The two athletes settle on a site for the fight. Strip to their shirts, roll their sleeves up…” (Gorn, pg.37) By adding this information and going to such detail as he does; “At the end of the fight the boxers are bruised, disfigured, and covered with blood, which they spit out, vomit out, or drip from the nose.” allows the reader to get a feel for how violent these fights were but also to allow readers to dive into the fight with their feet first. Gorn goes on to discuss more fights and discusses ‘The Great

octagon. Octagon has eight corners and it's surrounded by metal wire looking like some sort of cage. It's one of the most brutal and most watched sport in whole world. People pay per view and enjoy it worldwide in front of their televisions. UFC is a drug free sport because it's based on pure toughness, strenght and mental strenght. There are three rounds and each lasts only minutes due to fact that it's too dangeours for fighters to fight more than 15 minutes. Every each of fighter is a sort of super human that is able to do every sport and be good at it.

Time limits, protective gloves, banned techniques lists, and many more were added in order for society to accept it and this allowed the UFC to advertise more as a sport instead of a blood-sport. The only problem after the UFC and MMA became legal in many states was attracting attention. In the early days the sport was not profitable due to the ban in almost all U.S states so the original owners sold the company. Dana White, Frank, and Lorenzo Fertitta “…spent $2 million to buy the Ultimate Fighting Championship…” (Anderson). White and the Fertitta brothers were millions in the hole trying to make the company profitable and were ready to sell but, than they came up with the idea of the Ultimate Fighter. The Ultimate Fighter was a reality show where a group of athletes were all put in one house where they would only focus on fighting. This show allowed people to view how the fighters trained and learn the various personalities each athlete had. The finale of this show is what resurrected the sport. The contest between Forrest Griffin and Stephan Bonnar was a “three 5-min. rounds of compelling intensity” ( Chua-Eoan et al.). In this fight both contestants put everything on the line which resulted in a brawl than an actual technical fight. This however attracted viewers for as the fight went on, viewers started tuning in. This Fight is regarded as the most important fight in UFC history (Mannion). This led to

The genre of MMA was chosen because it is a relatively new sport, but despite that, it has been gaining grave amounts of publicity in the sporting world. Unlike other long-established, mainstream sports such as soccer and basketball, the sport of MMA only commenced approximately 20 years ago, back in 1993. The power of social media has revolutionised the way humans

As a combat sport, it is a very simple fight between two sportsmen wearing gloves and other equipment, who try to win each other by having a bigger score or sending the opponent to knock-out, or by throwing punches with fists. However has very strict rules, depending on whether the sportsmen are professionals or amateurs, or , if the match is supervised by the referee, which tend to make the fights less dangerous, lower risks, resulting in less injuries for boxers and also makes for a more entertaining spectacle.

until early 1990s with the introduction of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. The UFC at first was